electing
選挙する
解説 Definition
electing は elect（選挙で選ぶ、選出する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人を投票や正式な手続きで役職に選ぶことを表します。単に選ぶというより、公的な役割に選出する場面で使われます。
Choosing a person for an official position by voting or another formal procedure; the present-participle and gerund form of the verb elect.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
elect「投票や正式な手続きで選出する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の t を重ねず electing と綴ります。elect a president、elect officers の形を、候補者の中から投票で公的な役職者を選ぶ場面と結び付け、日常的な choose より制度的な語だと覚えましょう。
Connect electing with an election: both concern formally choosing someone for an office or public role. Add -ing to elect without doubling the final t, giving electing. Picture club members voting while electing a new president, rather than casually choosing a restaurant or a shirt. Common objects are a president, leader, representative, or officers. This formal setting distinguishes elect from the broader verb choose, which can apply to almost any personal selection.
例文
The club is electing a new president today.
そのクラブは今日、新しい会長を選出しています。
Electing local leaders is an important part of democracy.
地域の指導者を選挙で選ぶことは、民主主義の重要な一部です。
The committee began electing officers after the speeches ended.
演説が終わったあと、委員会は役員の選出を始めました。
electing の類義語・関連語
electing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 eligere（選び出す）から。e-（外へ）+ legere（選ぶ、読む）の合成語で、「多数の中から選び出す」が原義。election（選挙）やelegant（選び抜かれた→優雅な）も同根。legere は lecture（講義＝読むこと）にもつながる。
Electing is the -ing form of elect. Elect comes from Latin eligere, “to pick out or choose,” formed from ex-, “out,” and legere, “to gather or choose.” It entered English through French and Latin usage associated with formal selection. Election and electoral belong to the same family. The modern verb commonly refers to selecting a person for office through voting or an established procedure.
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