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解説 Definition
elaborating は elaborate（詳しく述べる、詳述する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。考えや説明にさらに情報を加えて、より具体的に述べる場面で使われます。
Elaborating is the present participle or gerund of elaborate. It means adding relevant details, explanation, or examples to an idea or statement so that it becomes clearer, fuller, or more specific, often in the pattern elaborate on something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 elaborate の無音の e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞。ラテン語 labor「労働」と結び付け、「手間をかけて説明を作り込んでいる」と覚える。elaborate on an idea/evidence のように on を伴い、情報や具体例を足す場面で使う。単なる repeat ではなく内容を発展させる語である。
Connect elaborating with labor, because the word historically carries the idea of working something out carefully. When someone is elaborating, they are putting effort into developing an explanation by adding details, examples, or evidence. Form it from elaborate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. The usual pattern is elaborating on an idea, point, plan, or piece of evidence. Unlike repeating, elaborating expands the content and makes it fuller or clearer. Picture a teacher continuing an explanation until every part of the main idea is understood.
例文
The teacher is elaborating on the main idea.
先生は中心となる考えを詳しく説明しています。
She kept elaborating until everyone understood the plan.
彼女は全員が計画を理解するまで詳しく説明し続けました。
By elaborating on the evidence, the report became easier to follow.
証拠を詳述したことで、その報告書は理解しやすくなりました。
elaborating の類義語・関連語
elaborating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 elaborare（苦労して作り上げる）から。接頭辞 e-（外へ）+ labor（労働）で「労力を注いで仕上げる」が原義。関連語：labor, collaborate。手間をかけて細部まで作り込むことから「詳しく述べる」の意味に発展した。
Elaborate comes from Latin elaborare, meaning “to work out” or “accomplish through effort.” It combines e- or ex-, conveying “out,” with laborare, “to work,” from labor, “work.” The sense developed from producing something carefully through labor to developing it in detail, including in speech or writing. Elaborating is formed by dropping the final silent e of elaborate and adding -ing.
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