擁護する
解説 Definition
advocating は advocate の現在分詞・動名詞で、考え方、政策、権利などを公に支持し、擁護する動作を表します。
Publicly supporting, recommending, or arguing in favor of a policy, idea, cause, or another person’s rights. It is the present participle or gerund form of advocate and often suggests active, sustained efforts to influence opinion or bring about change.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- supporting は内心の支持にも使えますが、advocating は支持を公に示し、他者に働きかける意味合いがあります。 Supporting can describe private support; advocating suggests making that support public and trying to influence others.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
advocate「公に支持する・擁護する」の末尾の e を落とし、-ing を付けて advocating。発音は /ˈædvəkeɪtɪŋ/。給食の改善や労働者の権利のために声を上げる姿で覚えましょう。
Drop the final e of advocate and add -ing: advocating, pronounced /ˈædvəkeɪtɪŋ/. Picture someone speaking publicly for better school meals or workers’ rights.
例文
She is advocating better school meals.
彼女は学校給食の改善を訴えています。
He spent years advocating the rights of workers.
彼は労働者の権利を擁護する活動に何年も費やしました。
advocating の類義語・関連語
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advocating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 advocare（ad-「～へ」+ vocare「呼ぶ」）が語源で、「助けを呼ぶ→弁護する」が原義。法廷で誰かのために声を上げる意味から「擁護する」へ発展した。関連語: vocation（天職）、provoke（挑発する）。
Advocating is the -ing form of advocate. Advocate ultimately comes from Latin advocare, formed from ad-, “to” or “toward,” and vocare, “to call.” An advocatus was a person called upon to provide help, especially legal assistance. From the image of someone summoned to speak on another person’s behalf, the verb developed its broader modern sense of publicly supporting or recommending a cause, policy, or group.
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