delivering
配達する
解説 Definition
delivering は deliver(配達する)の現在分詞・動名詞です。荷物や手紙、食べ物などを相手のいる場所へ届けている動作を表します。
Delivering is the present participle or gerund of deliver, referring here to the action of taking packages, letters, food, or other items to the person or place for which they are intended.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 deliver に -ing をそのまま加えた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は語末に /ɪŋ/ が続きます。deliver a package、deliver food、deliver letters のように「物を受取人の所まで届ける」と覚えます。delivery は名詞「配達」。この語義では speech を「行う」などの別義と混同しないことが大切です。
Delivering is formed by adding -ing directly to deliver; no letter is dropped or doubled, and the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Picture an item moving all the way to its intended recipient: delivering a package, delivering food, or delivering letters. This destination-focused image separates the word from simply carrying something, which does not guarantee arrival. Connect it with delivery, the noun for the service or act. Deliver can also mean giving a speech or producing a result, but the examples here use only the physical “take to the recipient” sense.
例文
He is delivering a package now.
彼はいま荷物を配達しています。
The driver was delivering food to our house.
その運転手は私たちの家に食べ物を配達していました。
She spent the morning delivering letters.
彼女は午前中を手紙の配達に費やしました。
delivering の類義語・関連語
delivering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語「delivrer」から。de-(離れて)+ livrer(自由にする)で、ラテン語liberare(解放する)が原形。元は「束縛から解放する」意で、そこから「届け先に届ける」意に発展。関連語:delivery(配達)、liberate(解放する)。
Delivering consists of deliver plus the participial suffix -ing. Deliver entered English through Old French delivrer, “to set free,” ultimately connected with Latin liber, “free.” Its early sense involved releasing someone from restraint or trouble. From the idea of handing something over or bringing it into another person’s possession, the verb developed its familiar modern sense of taking goods, letters, or messages to their destination.
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