戦っている
解説 Definition
battling は battle（戦う、奮闘する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。敵や困難、病気などと戦っている状態を表し、物理的な戦いにも比喩的な苦闘にも使われます。
Battling is the present participle or gerund of “battle.” It means fighting against an enemy or continuing to struggle energetically against a difficult problem, illness, opponent, or unfavorable situation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 battle「戦う」の語末の発音しない e を落として -ing を付け、battling となります。発音は /ˈbætlɪŋ/ で、語末は /lɪŋ/ と続きます。battle an enemy の実戦だけでなく、battle an illness や keep battling のような困難への継続的な奮闘にも使うと覚えましょう。
Start with battle, meaning “fight or struggle,” then drop the final silent e before adding -ing: battle becomes battling. The standard broad transcription is /ˈbætlɪŋ/, with the ending pronounced /lɪŋ/. Picture soldiers battling an enemy for the literal sense, then extend the same determined struggle to someone battling a serious illness or a team battling until the final minute. Common patterns such as battling an illness and keep battling make the continuing struggle memorable.
例文
The soldiers are battling in the cold rain.
兵士たちは冷たい雨の中で戦っています。
She is battling a serious illness.
彼女は重い病気と闘っています。
The team kept battling until the final minute.
そのチームは最後の1分まで戦い続けました。
battling の類義語・関連語
battling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
battling は battle に進行・反復を表す -ing が付いた形です。battle は古フランス語 bataille、さらに後期ラテン語 battualia にさかのぼり、「打ち合う」感覚から「戦っている」となり、関連語に battalion と battery があります。
Battling is formed from battle by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Battle entered English from Old French bataille and ultimately goes back to Late Latin battualia, associated with fighting or exercises involving blows. The original physical idea of people striking and fighting one another remains in military uses. English later extended it naturally to determined struggles against illness, hardship, competition, and other nonhuman opponents.
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