同化する
解説 Definition
assimilating は assimilate（同化する、取り入れる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や集団が別の文化や社会に同化していくこと、また情報や考えを吸収して自分のものにすることを表します。
Assimilating is the present participle or gerund of assimilate. It describes gradually becoming integrated into a community or culture, helping something become integrated, or absorbing information, ideas, or practices so that they become familiar and usable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
assimilating は原形 assimilate の語末の e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。発音も原形末尾の /t/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く形です。核の similar「似た」と結びつけ、「周囲と似た状態になって取り込まれる」と理解します。assimilating into a community は文化への同化、assimilating information は情報の吸収です。
Treat assimilating as the -ing form of assimilate: drop the final silent e and add -ing. In pronunciation, the final /t/ of assimilate is followed by /ɪŋ/. Link the central idea to similar: something becomes more like its surroundings or is taken in and made part of an existing whole. A family assimilating into a community is adapting socially and culturally, while someone assimilating information is absorbing and understanding it. The preposition into is especially common for social integration, as in assimilating into campus life.
例文
The family is slowly assimilating into the local community.
その家族はゆっくりと地域社会に同化しています。
New employees were assimilating the company's work style.
新入社員たちは会社の仕事の進め方を取り入れていました。
The course helped international students with assimilating into campus life.
その講座は、留学生がキャンパス生活に慣れて同化する助けになりました。
assimilating の類義語・関連語
assimilating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
assimilating は assimilate の形で、語源はラテン語 assimilare「同じようにする」です。ad-「〜へ」が同化して as- となり、similis「似ている」が核なので、「似たものにして取り込む」から「同化する」という意味になりました。関連語は similar, assimilation。
Assimilating is formed from assimilate by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Assimilate ultimately comes from Latin assimilare, “to make similar,” built from ad-, “to” or “toward,” and similis, “like” or “similar.” The prefix changed in form before the following consonant, producing as-. The historical sense of making something similar developed into the modern ideas of cultural integration and mental absorption.
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