discarding
捨てる
解説 Definition
discarding は discard（捨てる、不要なものとして処分する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物だけでなく、案や習慣などを採用しないで捨てる場合にも使います。
Discarding is the act or ongoing process of getting rid of something judged unwanted, useless, or unsuitable. It is the present participle and gerund form of discard and can apply to physical objects as well as ideas, habits, or parts of a text.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
discarding は discard に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の子音は重ねません。もとはカード遊びで不要な札を手放す語だったため、「役に立たないと判断して除く」が記憶の核です。old papers や broken tools のほか、an idea、a paragraph も目的語にできます。throwing away より選別・不採用の判断を感じさせます。
Discarding is made by adding -ing directly to discard; no consonant is doubled. Its oldest useful image is from card play: a player removes a card that is not wanted. Extend that image to old papers, broken tools, a weak paragraph, or an unsuitable proposal. The key is a judgment that something should no longer be kept or used. Common patterns include be discarding old files, suggest discarding an idea, and discarding waste safely. Compared with the everyday phrase throwing away, discarding often sounds more deliberate or formal and works especially well for rejected plans, data, text, and other nonphysical things.
例文
He is discarding old papers from his desk.
彼は机の古い書類を捨てています。
Discarding broken tools made the workshop safer.
壊れた道具を捨てたことで、作業場はより安全になりました。
The editor suggested discarding the weak opening paragraph.
編集者は、弱い冒頭の段落を捨てるよう提案しました。
discarding の類義語・関連語
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discarding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語のdescarderに由来し、接頭辞dis-（離れて）と語根card（カード）から成ります。元はカード遊びで「不要な札を捨てる」意味でしたが、不要物を手放す一般動詞へと意味が拡張されました。同語根にcard（カード）があります。
Discarding is the -ing form of discard, created by adding the suffix directly to the base verb. Discard entered English from a French card-playing term related to des- or dis-, expressing removal, and card. It originally meant removing an unwanted card from one’s hand. The sense later broadened from cards to any object, idea, practice, or piece of material rejected as unnecessary or unsuitable. The modern word therefore preserves the practical image of selecting something and putting it aside.
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