deserving
値する
解説 Definition
deserving は deserve（値する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。賞賛、報酬、罰、注意などを受けるだけの理由があることを表すときに使います。
Having qualities, actions, or circumstances that provide a valid reason for receiving a particular reward, response, treatment, or punishment. It frequently appears in the pattern deserving of something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
deserve「値する」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞。例文では deserving of respect/support の形で「尊敬・支援を受ける十分な理由がある」を表す。deserve respect のように原形は目的語を直接取れるが、形容詞的な deserving は of と組むことが多い。報酬だけでなく罰に値する場合にも使える。
Form deserving from deserve by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Keep the central idea “having earned or justified a result.” In the examples, deserving of respect, deserving of support, and deserving of a break all mean that there is a good reason for receiving those things. Notice the useful pattern deserving of plus a noun. The base verb more often takes a direct object, as in “She deserves respect.” Also remember that the result is not always positive: a person or action can be deserving of punishment as well as praise.
例文
She is deserving of our respect.
彼女は私たちの尊敬に値します。
This project is deserving of more support.
このプロジェクトはもっと支援を受けるに値します。
The team felt deserving of a short break after the hard work.
チームは大変な作業のあと、短い休憩に値すると感じました。
deserving の類義語・関連語
deserving の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 deservire（熱心に仕える）から古フランス語 deservir を経て英語に。接頭辞 de-（完全に）＋ servire（仕える）で「十分に仕えて報いを受ける資格がある」が原義。関連語: serve（仕える）、service。奉仕の対価として「値する」意味に転じた。
Deserving is the -ing form of deserve, made by removing the final silent e before adding -ing. Deserve came through Old French deservir from Latin deservire, meaning to serve diligently or devote oneself to service. It combines an intensive use of de- with servire, “to serve.” From the idea of service meriting a return, the verb developed the broader modern sense of being worthy of a reward, response, or punishment.
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