attempting
試みています
解説 Definition
attempting は attempt（試みる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。何かをしようとしている途中であることや、試みる行為そのものを表します。
Attempting is the present participle or gerund of attempt. It describes trying to perform or achieve something, often something difficult, either as an action in progress or as the activity of making such an effort.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 attempt に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の子音は重ねません。be attempting to do なら「〜しようとしている」、attempting a task なら「課題を試みている」です。trying と近い一方、attempt は難しいことを成功の保証なしに意識的に実行しようとする響きがあり、試みる行為そのものも表せます。
Start with the base verb attempt and add -ing directly: attempt becomes attempting, with no doubled consonant and no letter removed. In a progressive construction, be attempting to fix the machine means that the effort is currently under way. Attempting a difficult task uses a direct object, while attempting to do something uses an infinitive. As a gerund, attempting can name the activity itself. Connect it with try, but remember that attempt often sounds more deliberate or formal and is especially common when success is uncertain or the task is difficult.
例文
He is attempting a new task.
彼は新しい課題に取り組もうとしています。
They are attempting to fix the machine.
彼らはその機械を直そうとしています。
The team is attempting a difficult project this year.
そのチームは今年、難しいプロジェクトに挑戦しています。
attempting の類義語・関連語
attempting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 attemptare（試みる）から。ad-（〜に向かって）+ temptare（触れる、試す）の合成語。tempt（誘惑する）やtemptation（誘惑）と同根。「対象に手を伸ばして触れてみる」が原義で、そこから「挑戦する・試みる」の意味に発展した。
Attempting is made from attempt plus the participial suffix -ing. Attempt entered English through Old French atempter and ultimately comes from Latin attemptare or attentare, meaning “to try” or “to test.” These forms are associated with ad-, “toward,” and temptare, “to try, test, or handle.” The historical image is of directing oneself toward testing something. In modern English, attempting can function as a present participle in a verb phrase or as a gerund naming the act of trying.
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