assisting
援助する
解説 Definition
assisting は assist（援助する、手助けする）の現在分詞・動名詞です。誰かの作業や活動を助けている状態、または援助する行為を表します。
Assisting is the present participle and gerund of assist. It describes the ongoing act of helping someone perform a task or providing support to a person, activity, or process, often in a practical or somewhat formal context.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
assisting は原形 assist「援助する」にそのまま -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、子音を重ねません。assist /əˈsɪst/ に対し assisting /əˈsɪstɪŋ/ と一音節増えます。be assisting the doctor のような進行形や、assist someone with a task「人の作業を手伝う」の型で覚えます。help よりやや改まった語で、主役を補助する場面に合います。
Build assisting directly from assist by adding -ing; no consonant is doubled and no letter is removed. The base form assist is /əˈsɪst/, while assisting is /əˈsɪstɪŋ/, with an added syllable. Picture a nurse assisting a doctor or volunteers assisting visitors. Common patterns are “be assisting someone,” for an action in progress, and “assist someone with a task.” Assist is often slightly more formal than help and frequently suggests a supporting role: the person assisting contributes to the work, while someone else may remain chiefly responsible.
例文
She is assisting the doctor today.
彼女は今日、その医師を手助けしています。
Two volunteers are assisting visitors at the entrance.
二人のボランティアが入口で来場者を案内しています。
The new tool is assisting workers with simple tasks.
その新しい道具は作業員の簡単な仕事を助けています。
assisting の類義語・関連語
assisting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
assisting は assist の現在分詞で、語源はラテン語 assistere「そばに立つ」。ad-「〜へ」+ sistere「立たせる」から成り、困っている人のそばに立って力を貸す感覚が「援助する」になった。関連語は assistance、insist。
Assisting is the -ing form of assist. Assist entered English through French from Latin assistere, formed from ad-, meaning “to” or “toward,” and sistere, meaning “to cause to stand” or “take a stand.” The earlier image was that of standing near or beside someone. From this developed the modern sense of giving support or help. The ending -ing marks an ongoing action or turns the action into a gerund.
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