approaching
近づいてくる
解説 Definition
approaching は approach(近づく)の現在分詞で、近づいてくるという意味です。人や乗り物、時期などがだんだん近くなる様子を表し、名詞の前で形容詞のようにも使われます。
Approaching is the present participle of approach and describes someone or something moving or drawing nearer. Before a noun, it commonly identifies an event, vehicle, person, or condition that is getting closer in distance or time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
approaching は approach「近づく」に -ing を付けた現在分詞です。語末の ch はそのままで approaching とし、発音は /əˈproʊtʃɪŋ/。an approaching bus、train、storm のように名詞の前に置くと、「こちらへ近づきつつある」という進行中の動きを表します。
Approaching is formed by adding -ing to approach; the final ch remains unchanged. Hear it as /əˈproʊtʃɪŋ/ and connect it with movement toward a nearer point. In an approaching bus, approaching train, or approaching storm, the participle stands before a noun like an adjective and shows that the movement is still in progress. It can also appear in a continuous verb phrase, as in The train is approaching. Compare approaching with nearby: nearby describes location, but approaching emphasizes change and movement as the distance becomes smaller.
例文
The approaching bus slowed down.
近づいてくるバスが速度を落としました。
We heard the approaching train.
近づいてくる電車の音が聞こえました。
The approaching storm made the sky dark.
近づいてくる嵐で空が暗くなりました。
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approaching の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 appropiare(ad-「~へ」+ prope「近く」)が古フランス語 aprochier を経て英語に入った。「近くへ向かう」が原義で、物理的にも抽象的にも「接近」を表す。関連語に approximate(おおよその=近づいた値)や reproach(非難する=相手に迫る)がある。
Approaching is the -ing form of approach. Approach entered English through Old French aprochier, ultimately based on Late Latin appropiare, “to draw near,” which contains elements conveying movement toward and nearness. The suffix -ing marks an ongoing action or allows the verb form to modify a noun. Thus, approaching preserves the word’s basic historical image of something moving toward a nearby point.
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