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解説 Definition
distorting は distort の現在分詞・動名詞で、形や音、外見、意味、事実の伝え方などを、本来の姿を正しく表さない状態に変えることです。
Distorting is the present participle or gerund of distort. It describes changing the shape, sound, appearance, meaning, or factual presentation of something so that it no longer accurately represents its original or true form.
使い方 Usage
- be動詞+distorting+対象で「〜を歪めている」。形や音のほか、the facts「事実」も対象になります。 Use be + distorting + an object for an action in progress. Objects can include shapes, sounds, or the facts.
- for distorting the facts のように、前置詞の後ろでは動名詞として使えます。 After a preposition, distorting can function as a gerund, as in for distorting the facts.
使い分け Common distinctions
- changing は広く「変える」こと。distorting は、本来の形や内容を正しく表さなくなる変化を示します。 Changing describes change generally. Distorting indicates a change that no longer accurately represents the original form or content.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distort に -ing をそのまま付けて distorting。「元の姿をねじ曲げる」イメージで、鏡が像をゆがめる場面と、話者が事実を歪める場面を結び付けましょう。
Add -ing directly to distort. Picture something being twisted away from its true form: a mirror distorts a reflection, and a speaker distorts facts. The same image connects physical distortion with inaccurate presentation.
例文
The old mirror was distorting her reflection.
古い鏡は彼女の姿をゆがめて映していました。
He was criticized for distorting the facts in his speech.
彼は演説で事実を歪めたとして批判されました。
distorting の類義語・関連語
類義語
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distorting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源はラテン語distorquēre。接頭辞dis-(離れて)と語根torquēre(ねじる)を組み、「本来の姿からねじり外す」イメージで転じて「歪める」になりました。同語根のtorque(回転力)やcontort(よじる)と比べれば、「ねじれ」の核心が納得できるでしょう。
Distorting is formed from distort plus the participial ending -ing. Distort comes from Latin distorquere, “to twist apart or deform,” combining dis-, expressing separation or movement apart, with torquere, “to twist.” The same twisting root appears in torque and contort. A literal change of shape gave rise to figurative senses in which sounds, facts, meanings, or impressions are altered so that they no longer represent the original accurately.
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