合計で～に達する
解説 Definition
amounting は amount（合計で〜になる、達する）の現在分詞です。金額や数量が特定の合計に達していることを表し、多くは amounting to ... の形で使います。
The present participle of amount, used especially in the pattern amounting to to describe money, quantities, or effects that add up to or reach a stated total or level.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 amount「合計で～になる、達する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、語末を変えず amounting とします。発音も amount の後に /ɪŋ/ を続けます。単独より amounting to＋金額・数量の形が典型で、expenses amounting to $5,000 なら「合計5千ドルになる経費」。数量が積み上がって一つの合計へ達する図で覚えましょう。
Amounting is the -ing form of the verb amount. Add -ing directly to amount, with no spelling change, and pronounce the base word followed by /ɪŋ/. The key pattern is amounting to, meaning “adding up to” or “reaching.” Picture individual expenses being stacked until their combined value reaches five thousand dollars: expenses amounting to $5,000. It commonly follows nouns such as costs, orders, losses, or errors and gives their total or cumulative effect. Remember that to is normally required before the resulting figure or level; amounting by itself usually leaves the idea incomplete.
例文
The team recorded expenses amounting to five thousand dollars.
そのチームは合計5千ドルの経費を記録しました。
They found errors amounting to a small difference in the final total.
最終合計に小さな差が出るほどの誤りが見つかりました。
The company received orders amounting to more than last year's total.
その会社は昨年の合計を上回る量の注文を受けました。
amounting の類義語・関連語
amounting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
amount は古フランス語 amonter（上がる、総計に達する）に由来し、さらにラテン語 ad montem（上へ、山へ）にさかのぼります。amounting は英語の動詞 amount に -ing を規則的に付けた現在分詞で、主に amounting to ... の形で「合計で…に達する」を表します。
Amount entered English through Old French from a phrase based on Latin ad montem, literally expressing movement “upward” or “to the heap.” From the idea of items rising or accumulating, the verb developed the sense “to add up to” or “reach a total.” Amounting is formed regularly by adding -ing to amount. In current usage, it most often appears with to before a sum, quantity, or resulting condition.
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