constraining
拘束する
解説 Definition
constraining は constrain（拘束する、制限する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物理的に動きを縛る場合だけでなく、規則や条件が行動・選択を制限する場合にも使われます。
Constraining is the present participle or gerund of constrain. It describes the act or continuing effect of restricting someone’s movement, choices, behavior, or possibilities through physical pressure, rules, limited resources, or other conditions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
constraining は原形 constrain「拘束する・制限する」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /kənˈstreɪnɪŋ/。語尾の n は重ねません。constraining movement、constraining choices のように、物理的な動きにも規則・予算による選択制限にも使えると覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb constrain, meaning “restrict or hold within limits,” and add -ing without doubling the final n: constrain becomes constraining, pronounced /kənˈstreɪnɪŋ/. Link it to two common scenes: a tight bandage constraining movement and a limited budget constraining choices. This contrast shows that the restriction may be physical or abstract. Also remember the patterns constrain someone from doing something and constrain how something can be done.
例文
The tight bandage was constraining his movement.
きつい包帯が彼の動きを拘束していました。
Budget limits are constraining the team's choices.
予算の制限がチームの選択肢を狭めています。
The new rules were constraining how researchers could share the data.
新しい規則は、研究者がデータを共有する方法を制限していました。
constraining の類義語・関連語
constraining の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 constringere（con-「共に」+ stringere「締める、縛る」）が古フランス語を経て英語に。語根 stringere は strict（厳格な）や restrict（制限する）にも含まれ、「きつく縛り上げる」が原義。
Constraining is the -ing form of constrain. Constrain entered English through Old French from Latin constringere, formed from con-, “together,” and stringere, “to draw tight or bind.” Its underlying image is therefore that of tightening or binding something so that it cannot move freely. The same Latin root appears in words associated with tightness or limitation, including strict and restrict.
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