easing
緩和する
解説 Definition
easing は ease（緩和する、和らげる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。痛み、緊張、制限、負担などを軽くすることを表し、「緩和している」「緩和すること」という形で使われます。
The present participle or gerund of ease, describing the act of making pain, tension, restrictions, traffic, or a burden less severe, difficult, or troublesome.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 ease「楽にする・和らげる」から語末の e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音では ease の s が /z/ の音になる。ease pain「痛みを和らげる」、ease the burden「負担を軽くする」、ease restrictions「制限を緩和する」という組み合わせで覚える。
Connect easing directly with the base verb ease, meaning “make something less painful, tense, or difficult.” The final silent e is removed before -ing is added: ease becomes easing, not easeing. Also notice that the s in ease is pronounced like /z/. Learn the form through common combinations such as easing pain, easing tension, easing restrictions, and easing the burden. Each expression contains the same practical image: something uncomfortable or demanding is gradually being made easier to bear.
例文
The new rule is easing the burden on small shops.
新しい規則は小さな店の負担を緩和しています。
The medicine is easing her pain.
その薬は彼女の痛みを和らげています。
Easing traffic around the station will take time.
駅周辺の交通を緩和するには時間がかかります。
easing の類義語・関連語
easing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ēaþe（容易な・快適な）が名詞 ease となり、その動詞形 ease に -ing が付いた。原義は「楽にすること」で、痛みや緊張を和らげる意味に発展。関連語: easy（簡単な）、disease（dis+ease＝不快＝病気）。
Easing is formed from the verb ease by dropping its final silent e and adding -ing. Ease developed from a noun meaning comfort or freedom from difficulty and became a verb meaning “make comfortable” or “make less severe.” The same element appears historically in disease, formed with dis- and ease and originally expressing a lack of ease or comfort.
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