comprising
含む
解説 Definition
comprising は動詞 comprise の現在分詞です。「含む」「構成する」という意味で、名詞の後ろからその内容や構成要素を説明するときに使われます。進行形で「含んでいる」と言うより、この形では修飾用法が自然です。
Comprising is the present participle of comprise. It describes something as including particular people, parts, or elements, especially when it follows a noun and introduces a list of what that thing contains.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 comprise に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、語末の e を落として comprising になります。発音は「コンプライジング」に近く、comprising five teachers のように名詞の後ろで「5人の教師を含む」と構成内容を示す形を覚えましょう。consisting of と違い、of は不要です。
Comprising is formed from comprise by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Connect it with a noun followed by its contents: a committee comprising five teachers or a report comprising three studies. This pattern lets the -ing phrase describe what the noun includes. Unlike consisting of, comprising does not take of, so remember comprise/comprising something but consist/consisting of something. Its pronunciation also keeps the voiced sound at the end of comprise before the -ing ending.
例文
The committee comprising five teachers will review the proposal.
5人の教師を含む委員会がその提案を審査します。
They published a report comprising three separate studies.
彼らは3つの別々の研究を含む報告書を発表しました。
A package comprising tickets, meals, and hotel rooms is available online.
チケット、食事、ホテルの部屋を含むパッケージがオンラインで利用できます。
comprising の類義語・関連語
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comprising の語源・成り立ち Etymology
comprising は comprise の現在分詞で、古フランス語を経てラテン語 comprehendere「つかんで含む」に由来します。com-「共に」+ prehendere「つかむ」なので、「まとめて抱え込む」から「含む」の意味になります。関連語は comprehend, apprehend。
Comprising is the present-participle form of comprise. Comprise entered English through French and ultimately goes back to Latin comprehendere, meaning “to seize, grasp, or include.” That Latin verb combines com-, conveying togetherness, with prehendere, “to take or seize.” The historical image of grasping several things together developed into the modern sense of including multiple parts within a whole.
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