adoring
崇拝する
解説 Definition
adoring は adore（深く愛する、崇拝する）の現在分詞です。人や対象に強い敬愛や愛情を向けている様子を表し、宗教的な崇拝だけでなく熱心な賞賛にも使われます。
Adoring is the present participle of adore and describes the action of feeling or showing exceptionally deep love, admiration, or reverence toward a person or thing. It can also modify a noun to characterize someone as openly affectionate or devoted.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 adore に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、語末の e を落として adoring となる。発音は adore の語幹を保ち「アドーリング」に近い。be adoring someone なら「深く敬愛している」、adoring fans のように名詞の前なら「熱烈に慕う」。単なる like より愛情や賛美が強い。
Start with the base verb adore, meaning to love, admire, or revere deeply. To form adoring, drop the final silent e and add -ing; the stressed vowel and final sound of adore remain recognizable. Picture devoted fans watching a singer with intense admiration, or visitors reverently appreciating a sacred statue. This feeling is much stronger than simply liking something. In a continuous verb phrase, “were adoring” presents the feeling or behavior as ongoing; before a noun, as in “adoring fans,” it describes people whose affection is obvious.
例文
The fans were adoring the singer throughout the concert.
ファンたちはコンサートの間ずっとその歌手を熱烈に崇拝していました。
Many visitors stood quietly, adoring the ancient statue.
多くの来館者が静かに立ち、古い像を崇敬していました。
The students were adoring their teacher for her courage and kindness.
生徒たちは勇気と優しさゆえに先生を深く敬愛していました。
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adoring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の接頭辞ad-（〜の方へ）と語根or（祈る・語る）に由来し、古フランス語を経由します。神に向かって敬虔に語りかけるのが原義で、後に宗教的畏敬から相手への深い敬愛へ意味が自然に転じました。同語根にはoratory（雄弁）などが挙げられます。
Adoring is formed from adore by dropping its final silent e and adding the present-participle suffix -ing. Adore came through Old French from Latin adorare, built from ad-, “toward,” and orare, “to speak, plead, or pray.” It originally referred especially to addressing or worshipping a deity. Its meaning later broadened from religious reverence to profound admiration and affectionate love for people or things.
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