discontinuing
中止する
解説 Definition
discontinuing は discontinue（中止する、打ち切る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。商品、サービス、習慣、手続きなどを続けるのをやめる場合に使われます。
The present participle or gerund of discontinue, meaning ending the production, provision, use, or practice of something that has previously continued. It commonly applies to products, services, programs, treatments, or established procedures.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 discontinue「続けるのをやめる」の現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付ける。discontinuing a product、service、program のように、継続してきた提供・活動を打ち切る場面で使う。pause は一時停止だが、discontinue は原則として終了する含みが強い。
Build discontinuing from discontinue by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. The prefix dis- reverses the idea in continue, so the core image is breaking an ongoing line of activity. Common combinations include discontinuing a product, a service, a program, or a treatment. Unlike pausing, which suggests that something may resume soon, discontinuing usually presents the activity or availability as ending. Picture a company removing an old model from its range or a clinic permanently ending a service.
例文
The company is discontinuing the old model next spring.
その会社は来春、旧モデルの販売を中止します。
The clinic considered discontinuing the service after demand fell.
需要が減ったため、その診療所はサービスの中止を検討しました。
Discontinuing the program would affect many local students.
そのプログラムを中止すれば、地域の多くの学生に影響が出るでしょう。
discontinuing の類義語・関連語
類義語
discontinuing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
discontinuing は discontinue の現在分詞で、dis-「離して」+ continue「続ける」から成ります。continue はラテン語 continere「つなぎ止める」にさかのぼり、関連語に continue, contain があり、「続いているつながりを断つ」感覚から「中止する」となります.
Discontinuing is the -ing form of discontinue, made by dropping the final silent e before adding the suffix. Discontinue combines dis-, expressing interruption or reversal, with continue. Continue comes from Latin continuare, “to join or make continuous,” based on continuus, “uninterrupted.” The modern verb discontinue therefore conveys breaking an established continuation, whether by ending a product line, service, practice, treatment, or other ongoing activity.
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