attracting
引き寄せる
解説 Definition
attracting は attract（引き寄せる、引きつける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や物、注意、関心などをこちらへ向かわせている状態を表します。
Attracting is the present participle or gerund of “attract.” It describes causing people, animals, attention, or other things to come closer, become interested, or be directed toward someone or something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 attract「引き寄せる」にそのまま -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、つづりの脱落や子音重複はありません。強勢は原形と同じ第2音節にあり、語尾は /tɪŋ/ です。attract customers、bees、attention のように、何かをこちらへ向かわせている場面で覚えましょう。
Connect attracting directly with the base verb attract, “to pull or draw toward.” The form is made simply by adding -ing, with no letter removed or consonant doubled. The stress stays on the second syllable, and the ending sounds like /tɪŋ/. Imagine a bright sign attracting customers, flowers attracting bees, or an idea attracting attention. In every case, something causes people, animals, or interest to move toward it. These common object combinations help distinguish the active process of attracting from attractive, which describes something that has appealing qualities.
例文
The bright sign is attracting many customers.
その明るい看板は多くの客を引き寄せています。
This garden is attracting bees in spring.
この庭は春になるとミツバチを引き寄せています。
Her new idea is attracting attention at school.
彼女の新しいアイデアは学校で注目を集めています。
attracting の類義語・関連語
対義語
紛らわしい語
attracting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
attracting は attract の -ing 形で、語源はラテン語 attrahere です。at-（ad-）「…へ」+ trahere「引く」から成り、原義は「こちらへ引っぱる」。だから attracting は、人や注意を自分のほうへ引き寄せている状態だと理解できます。
Attracting is the -ing form of attract. Attract came through Latin attractus from attrahere, formed from ad-, meaning “to” or “toward,” and trahere, meaning “to draw or pull.” The prefix was assimilated to at- before the following consonant. Thus, the word’s structure preserves the image of drawing something toward a point, whether the force is physical or involves attention and interest.
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