deciphering
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解説 Definition
deciphering は decipher（解読する、読み解く）の-ing形で、解読していることや解読作業を表します。暗号、読みにくい文字、難しい資料などを理解できる形にする場面で使われます。
Deciphering is the act or process of working out the meaning of coded, obscure, damaged, or difficult-to-read material. As the present participle of decipher, it can also describe someone who is currently carrying out that process.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 decipher「解読する」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、発音上も語幹は保たれます。cipher「暗号・符号」に de- が付いて、読めないものを理解可能にするイメージです。deciphering a coded message、the deciphering of an old note のように、暗号だけでなく悪筆や傷んだ文書にも使えます。
Connect deciphering with the base verb decipher, meaning to turn something coded or hard to read into understandable information. The form is made by adding -ing directly: decipher becomes deciphering, with no doubled consonant or dropped letter. Picture a researcher interpreting an old damaged note or a team working through a coded message. Useful patterns include “deciphering a message,” “begin deciphering the document,” and “the deciphering of the inscription.” The object need not be a formal cipher; messy handwriting or obscure evidence can also require deciphering.
例文
Deciphering the old note took several hours.
その古いメモを解読するのに数時間かかりました。
She is deciphering a message written in code.
彼女は暗号で書かれたメッセージを解読しています。
The team began deciphering the damaged document.
チームは傷んだ文書の解読を始めました。
deciphering の類義語・関連語
派生語
deciphering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞 de-（解除）＋ cipher（暗号）＋ -ing（動名詞）。cipher はアラビア語 ṣifr（ゼロ・空）に由来し、秘密の記号体系を意味するようになった。関連語: cipher（暗号）、encrypt（暗号化）。暗号を「解除する」行為という構造がそのまま意味を表す。
Deciphering consists of decipher plus the suffix -ing. Decipher was formed from de- and cipher, with the sense of undoing or interpreting what has been put into cipher. Cipher ultimately comes through Old French and Medieval Latin from Arabic ṣifr, meaning “zero” or “empty.” The term later developed meanings involving numerical figures and secret writing. Adding -ing produces either a participial verb form or a noun naming the interpretive process.
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