defending
守る
解説 Definition
defending は defend（守る、防御する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や場所、考えなどを攻撃や批判から守っていることを表します。
Defending is the present participle and gerund form of defend. It refers to protecting a person, place, goal, or idea against physical attack, loss, accusation, or criticism, either as an ongoing action or as an activity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
defend に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語尾は /ɪŋ/ と発音します。攻撃から goal を守る、批判から friend をかばう、法廷で人を弁護する場面を一つの「外から来るものを払いのける」像で結びましょう。protect より、実際の攻撃・非難に対抗する動きが前面に出ます。
Defending is formed by adding -ing directly to defend, with no spelling change; the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Imagine actively pushing an attack or criticism away from its target. The same image connects defending a goal in sports, defending a town, defending a friend against unfair words, and defending a client in court. Compared with the broader protecting, defending usually suggests that a threat, attack, accusation, or criticism is already present. In progressive forms it describes an ongoing action; as a gerund, it names the activity itself, as in “Defending the town was difficult.”
例文
The team is defending its goal.
そのチームは自分たちのゴールを守っています。
She is defending her friend from unfair words.
彼女は不公平な言葉から友人を守っています。
Defending the town was difficult.
その町を守るのは大変でした。
defending の類義語・関連語
defending の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 defendere が語源で、de-（離れて）+ fendere（打つ、撃つ）に分解できる。「打撃を払いのける」が原義で、そこから「守る、防御する」の意味に。法廷で被告を弁護する意味にも発展した。関連語: fence（柵、フェンシング）、offend（攻撃する→感情を害する）。
Defending is defend plus the participial and gerund ending -ing. Defend comes from Latin defendere, historically analyzed as de- plus a verbal element associated with striking, and carried the sense of warding off or repelling. This physical idea developed into protecting people, places, rights, and opinions, as well as representing an accused person in court. Words such as defense and defensive belong to the same direct family, while offend reflects a related Latin formation with a contrasting development.
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