asserting
主張する
解説 Definition
asserting は assert（主張する、断言する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。形容詞的に、何かをはっきり主張している様子を表すことがあります。
Asserting is the present participle or gerund of assert. It describes the act of stating a belief, fact, claim, or right firmly and confidently, especially when others may question or oppose it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
asserting は原形 assert に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。assert は「根拠や権利をはっきり主張する」で、asserting a right や asserting that ... が典型です。語末の無音字を落とす変化はなく、そのまま -ing を加え、発音は /əˈsɜːrtɪŋ/ となります。
Start with the base verb assert, meaning to state something firmly or claim a right. Add -ing without changing the spelling: assert becomes asserting, pronounced with the final /t/ followed by /ɪŋ/. Remember it through the common patterns asserting a right, asserting control, and asserting that something is true. Unlike merely saying something, asserting suggests confidence and often resistance to doubt or opposition. In a continuous verb phrase, as in is asserting, it presents the claim as an ongoing action.
例文
The lawyer is asserting her client's right to speak.
その弁護士は依頼人の発言する権利を主張しています。
He kept asserting that the data was correct.
彼はそのデータが正しいと主張し続けました。
The report is asserting a clear link between diet and health.
その報告書は食事と健康の明確な関連を主張しています。
asserting の類義語・関連語
asserting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
asserting は assert＋-ing で、assert はラテン語 asserere「権利を主張する・そうだと認めさせる」に由来する。ad-「〜へ」＋ serere「結びつける」とされ、相手に自分の主張を結びつけて通す感覚がある。assertive や reassert も同根。
Asserting is formed regularly from assert plus the participial suffix -ing. Assert entered English through Latin assertus, the past participle of asserere, meaning “to claim, maintain, or declare.” The Latin verb is traditionally analyzed as ad-, “toward,” plus serere, “to join or bind.” The modern word retains the central idea of firmly maintaining a claim, fact, or right.
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