colluding
共謀している
解説 Definition
colluding は collude（共謀する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。不正や秘密の目的のために、複数の人や組織がひそかに協力していることを表します。
Colluding is secretly cooperating with another person or organization to deceive others, break rules, restrict fair competition, or achieve another dishonest purpose. It is the present-participle or gerund form of collude and often appears in legal, business, and investigative contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 collude の黙字 e を取って -ing を付けた形で、colluding /kəˈluːdɪŋ/ と発音します。col-「一緒に」と lud「遊ぶ」が核ですが、現代語では遊びではなく、不正な目的で secretly work together すること。collude with 人、collude on prices の形が典型です。
Begin with collude, then drop its final silent e before adding -ing: collude becomes colluding, pronounced /kəˈluːdɪŋ/. The historical parts suggest “playing together,” but the modern meaning is strongly negative: people or organizations secretly work together for an improper purpose. Picture rival companies privately agreeing on prices or managers coordinating to hide losses. Common patterns are collude with someone, collude to do something, and collude on prices. Unlike cooperate, which is usually neutral or positive, collude implies secrecy, dishonesty, or unfairness.
例文
The two managers were suspected of colluding to hide the losses.
その2人の管理職は、損失を隠すために共謀していた疑いを持たれました。
The report accused several companies of colluding on prices.
その報告書は、複数の企業が価格について共謀していると非難しました。
Investigators found messages suggesting that the bidders had been colluding.
調査員は、入札者たちが共謀していたことを示すメッセージを見つけました。
colluding の類義語・関連語
colluding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「colludere」由来で、接頭辞「col-（一緒に）」と語根「lud-（遊ぶ）」に分けられます。「裏で一緒に遊ぶ」意味が転じ、「秘密裏に手を組む」となりました。同語根からは「illusion（錯覚）」や「allude（ほのめかす）」が派生しています。
Colluding is the -ing form of collude, from Latin colludere, “to play together” or “act in concert.” Colludere combines col-, a form of com- meaning “together,” with ludere, “to play.” The sense developed from playing or acting together to secretly cooperating in deception. Related formations from the Latin ludere family include allude and illusion, though their meanings developed along different paths. In spelling, collude loses its final silent e before -ing is added.
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