conserving
保存する
解説 Definition
conserving は conserve（保存する、守る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。資源や自然、歴史的な物などを失わないように保つ行為を表し、進行形や名詞的な使い方でよく使われます。
Conserving is the act or process of protecting something from loss, damage, or waste, especially natural resources, energy, water, or valuable objects. It is the present participle or gerund of conserve.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
conserving は conserve＋-ing で、語末の e を落として conserving とする現在分詞・動名詞。conserve water／energy「水・エネルギーを節約して守る」、conserve old documents「古文書を保存する」と目的語ごと覚える。単なる保管より、損失や浪費を防ぐ意識を含む。
Start with conserve, meaning to keep something from being lost, damaged, or wasted. To add -ing, drop the final silent e: conserve becomes conserving. Learn the form with typical objects: conserving water and conserving energy usually mean using less of them, while conserving old documents means protecting them through careful storage or treatment. The shared idea is preventing unnecessary loss. This distinguishes conserving from merely keeping something: conservation usually involves deliberate care, efficient use, or protective action so that a resource or object remains available in the future.
例文
The team is conserving water during the dry season.
そのチームは乾季の間、水を節約して保存しています。
Conserving old documents requires careful storage.
古い文書を保存するには、慎重な保管が必要です。
By conserving energy, the school reduced its monthly costs.
エネルギーを節約することで、その学校は月々の費用を減らしました。
conserving の類義語・関連語
conserving の語源・成り立ち Etymology
conserving は conserve＋-ing。conserve は古フランス語 conserver を経てラテン語 conservare にさかのぼり、con-「共に・完全に」＋servare「保つ」から成る。関連語は preserve, conservative で、「ばらばらにせず保つ」が保存する感覚。
Conserving is formed from conserve by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Conserve came through French from Latin conservare, “to preserve or keep intact.” That verb combines con-, an intensifying element historically meaning “together,” with servare, “to keep or guard.” The same core idea appears in conservation: something is deliberately protected from destruction, depletion, deterioration, or waste.
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