dissolving
溶解する
解説 Definition
dissolving は、物質が液体の中に溶けて見えなくなったり、混ざったりすることを表す動詞 dissolve の現在分詞です。比喩的に、組織や関係、形などがなくなっていく様子にも使われます。
Dissolving is the -ing form of dissolve and describes a substance becoming incorporated into a liquid, or causing it to do so. Figuratively, it can describe ending an organization, agreement, relationship, or other established structure.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dissolving は dissolve の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形。dis-「離して」と solve に通じる「ほどく」の感覚から、砂糖や塩の粒が液体中でほどけて見えなくなる場面を描く。partnership を目的語にすれば、提携などを正式に解消して形をなくす比喩的用法になる。
Form dissolving by dropping the final silent e of dissolve and adding -ing. Use the image suggested by its parts: something solid is loosened and separated until it spreads through a liquid. Picture sugar dissolving in hot tea or salt dissolving in water. The same image extends metaphorically to a partnership or organization losing its established form and coming to an end. Do not confuse dissolving with melting: melting is a change from solid to liquid caused by heat, whereas dissolving usually involves one substance dispersing in another, such as salt in water.
例文
The sugar is dissolving in the hot tea.
砂糖が熱いお茶の中で溶けています。
Stir the mixture until the salt is dissolving completely.
塩が完全に溶けるまで、その混合物をかき混ぜてください。
The company is dissolving its old partnership.
その会社は古い提携関係を解消しようとしています。
dissolving の類義語・関連語
dissolving の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dissolving は dissolve の現在分詞で、ラテン語 dissolvere に由来します。dis-「離して」+ solvere「ゆるめる・ほどく」から成り、「固まったものをほどいてばらけさせる」が元の発想なので、「溶かす・溶解する」の意味に自然につながります。関連語に solve, soluble があります。
Dissolving is the -ing form of dissolve. Dissolve comes from Latin dissolvere, formed from dis-, “apart,” and solvere, “to loosen or release.” Its earliest image is therefore that of loosening a structure into separate parts. This developed into the chemical sense of a substance dispersing in a liquid and into figurative senses involving the termination of an organization, agreement, or relationship. Solve, soluble, and solution belong to the same broad Latin word family.
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