assaulting
暴行する
解説 Definition
assaulting は assault（暴行する、襲う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人に対して暴力を加える行為を表し、法的な文脈や報道で使われることがあります。
Physically attacking a person or using violence against them. It is the present participle or gerund of assault and is often used in legal reports, accusations, and descriptions of violent conduct.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
assault「暴行する」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /əˈsɔːltɪŋ/。assault–assaulted–assaulting と規則変化します。assaulting a guard のように被害者を直接目的語に取り、報道では be arrested for assaulting someone が典型です。単なる口論より、暴力的な攻撃を表します。
Connect assaulting with the base verb assault, “attack someone violently.” It is a regular -ing form: assault becomes assaulting, pronounced /əˈsɔːltɪŋ/, without doubling or dropping a letter. The person attacked normally follows directly as the object, as in assaulting a guard or assaulting another passenger. News and legal contexts often use patterns such as arrested for assaulting someone, accused of assaulting someone, and prevent someone from assaulting a victim. Keep it distinct from arguing or insulting: in the sense illustrated here, assaulting involves a violent physical attack.
例文
The man was arrested for assaulting a guard.
その男は警備員に暴行したとして逮捕されました。
The report accused him of assaulting another passenger.
その報告書では、彼が別の乗客に暴行したとされています。
The officer stopped the suspect from assaulting the victim again.
警官は容疑者が被害者に再び暴行するのを止めました。
assaulting の類義語・関連語
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assaulting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 assaillir からラテン語 assalīre（ad-＝～に向かって + salīre＝跳ぶ）に由来。「飛びかかる」が原義で暴行・攻撃の意に。関連語は assault（暴行）、salient（突出した）。同じ sal- 語根は「跳躍」を意味する。
Assaulting is formed regularly from assault and the suffix -ing. Assault entered English through Old French forms associated with assaillir, “to attack,” ultimately from Latin assilire or related assalire, built from ad-, “toward,” and salire, “to leap.” The underlying image is of leaping or rushing toward someone in attack. Modern assaulting preserves the developed sense of physically attacking a person and is especially common in legal and journalistic language.
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