confronting
対峙する
解説 Definition
「confronting」は、困難な問題や脅威、あるいは人物と正面から向き合う、対峙することを表す動詞の現在分詞形です。恐れや困難に立ち向かうことや、誰かを問い詰めること、挑戦的な状況に直面することを意味します。回避せずに直接向き合う姿勢を示す言葉です。
The present participle of confront, used for directly facing a difficult person, fact, fear, or problem, or for challenging someone about an issue. In some varieties of English, it can also describe something distressingly direct or difficult to watch.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
confrontingは原形confrontに-ingをそのまま付けた形で、綴りは変わらず、発音はconfront /kənˈfrʌnt/ に /ɪŋ/ が続きます。con-「共に・向かい合って」とfront「正面」を手掛かりに、confronting fearsやconfronting a colleagueのように、避けず正面から向き合う場面で覚えます。
Confronting is formed by adding -ing directly to confront; there is no spelling change. Pronounce it as confront followed by the /ɪŋ/ ending. The useful visual core is front: when you are confronting something, you put yourself in front of it instead of turning away. Learn it through common patterns such as confronting your fears, confronting a difficult problem, and confronting someone about a conflict. It can function in a progressive verb form or as a gerund. In Australian and related usage, a confronting film or image may be disturbingly direct and emotionally difficult to face.
例文
Confronting your fears is the first step toward overcoming them.
恐怖と向き合うことが、それを克服するための最初のステップだ。
She had difficulty confronting her colleague about the conflict.
彼女は同僚と対立について対峙することに困難を感じた。
The documentary is confronting in its portrayal of poverty.
そのドキュメンタリーは貧困の描写において直視するのが辛い内容だ。
confronting の類義語・関連語
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confronting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 confrontare（con-＝共に＋frons＝額・前面）→フランス語 confronter に由来。「額と額を突き合わせる」が原義で、面と向かって立ち向かう意味に発展した。関連語: front（前面）、frontier（国境）。顔を突き合わせる緊張感が「対峙する」の語感に直結している。
Confronting is the -ing form of confront. Confront entered English through French confronter and is ultimately based on Medieval Latin confrontare. Its parts are Latin con-, conveying “together” or “face to face,” and frons, meaning “forehead” or “front.” The early image was of bringing people or things face to face. From that physical idea developed the modern senses of directly facing a difficulty, presenting someone with an accusation, or placing contrasting things together.
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