commuting
通勤
解説 Definition
commuting は commute（通勤する、通学する）の現在分詞・動名詞で、名詞として「通勤」という意味です。自宅と職場の間を定期的に移動することを指し、通学にも使われることがあります。
Commuting is the regular activity of traveling between one’s home and workplace or place of study. It often refers to a repeated daily journey by train, car, bicycle, or another form of transportation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
commuting は commute＋-ing で、語末の無音の e を落として作ります。発音は /kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/。commuting by train、commuting costs、a long commute のまとまりで、自宅と職場・学校を定期的に往復する場面を結び付け、一度だけの travel と区別します。
Start with the verb commute, meaning to travel regularly between home and work or school. To form commuting, drop the final silent e before adding -ing: commute becomes commuting, pronounced /kəˈmjuːtɪŋ/. Imagine the same train journey every weekday morning and evening. Useful combinations include commuting by train, commuting time, commuting costs, and a long commute. Unlike general travel, commuting is regular and tied to work or study. The noun commute often means one particular regular journey or its length, while commuting emphasizes the repeated activity as a whole.
例文
Commuting by train takes me forty minutes.
電車での通勤には40分かかります。
She is tired of long commuting every morning.
彼女は毎朝の長い通勤に疲れています。
Commuting costs are higher than they were last year.
通勤費は昨年より高くなっています。
commuting の類義語・関連語
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commuting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 commutare（com- 共に + mutare 変える）が語源。元は「交換する」の意味で、定期券で運賃を一括払いに「交換」する人を commuter と呼んだことから通勤の意味に転じた。関連語: mutation（変異）、mutual（相互の）。「変える」が「通勤」になった意外な意味変化が面白い。
Commuting is formed from commute plus -ing, with the final silent e removed. Commute comes from Latin commutare, “to change, exchange, or substitute,” built from com- and mutare, “to change.” In English, commute was used for replacing one payment or obligation with another. Its travel sense developed in the United States through commuted railway fares: regular travelers paid a reduced or substituted fare, and such travelers became known as commuters.
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