alleviating
軽減する
解説 Definition
alleviating は alleviate（軽減する、和らげる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。痛み、負担、問題などを完全になくすのではなく、程度を軽くするという意味で使われます。
The present participle or gerund of alleviate, meaning making pain, suffering, a burden, or a serious problem less severe or easier to endure, without necessarily removing it completely.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 alleviate「痛み・負担・問題を軽くする」の語末 e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /əˈliːvieɪtɪŋ/。alleviating pain、hunger、traffic のように使う。eliminate「完全になくす」と違い、悪い状態を消し切らず程度を和らげることが核。
Begin with alleviate, “to make something painful, difficult, or serious less severe.” Form alleviating by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Connect it with lightening a load: medicine can be alleviating pain, public transport can help in alleviating traffic, and aid programs may focus on alleviating hunger. The important contrast is with eliminating. Eliminating a problem removes it entirely, while alleviating it reduces its weight or intensity. This distinction matches the word’s historical connection with the idea of making something lighter.
例文
The medicine is alleviating her headache.
その薬は彼女の頭痛を和らげています。
The new bus route is alleviating traffic in the city center.
新しいバス路線が市中心部の交通混雑を軽減しています。
The charity focused on alleviating hunger among children in the area.
その慈善団体は地域の子どもたちの飢えを和らげることに力を入れました。
alleviating の類義語・関連語
alleviating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
alleviating は alleviate「軽くする」の現在分詞。alleviate はラテン語 alleviare に由来し、ad-「〜へ」+ levis「軽い」からでき、関連語に relieve, levity がある。負担を“軽くして持ちやすくする”感覚が、そのまま「軽減する」につながる。
Alleviating is the present participle and gerund of alleviate. Alleviate comes from Late Latin alleviare, “to lighten or relieve,” formed from ad-, expressing movement toward a state, and levis, “light in weight.” The prefix changed in form through assimilation. English adopted the verb with the figurative sense of making pain, burdens, or difficulties lighter. Related words such as levity and relieve also preserve historical connections with lightness or relief.
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