eliminating
排除する
解説 Definition
eliminating は eliminate（排除する、取り除く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。問題や不要なものを取り除く行為を表し、文の中で進行形や名詞のように使われます。
Eliminating is the present participle or gerund of eliminate and refers to the process of removing something unwanted or causing it to cease. It can describe an ongoing action or function as a noun-like expression naming that action.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 eliminate「取り除く」の語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語尾は /ɪŋ/ と発音します。進行形の are eliminating errors と、動名詞主語の Eliminating waste can save money を対にして、問題や無駄を除去する途中・行為として覚えましょう。
Link eliminating directly to eliminate, “to remove or get rid of.” To form it, drop the final silent e and add -ing, pronounced /ɪŋ/. Use two sentence patterns as memory anchors: “They are eliminating errors” shows the progressive form, while “Eliminating waste saves money” uses the gerund as the subject. In both cases, imagine unwanted material being taken beyond a boundary and no longer remaining in the system. This is stronger than merely reducing something, because eliminate commonly suggests removing it completely.
例文
They are eliminating old errors from the report.
彼らは報告書から古い誤りを取り除いています。
Eliminating waste can save money.
無駄をなくすことで費用を節約できます。
The new rule is aimed at eliminating unfair fees.
新しい規則は不公平な手数料をなくすことを目的としています。
eliminating の類義語・関連語
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eliminating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 eliminare（敷居の外へ出す）が語源。e-（外へ）+ limen（敷居）から成り、「境界の外に追い出す」が原義。関連語: preliminary（予備の＝敷居の前）、limit（限界）。不要なものを「門の外へ出す」イメージで「排除する」意味になった。
Eliminating is formed from eliminate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Eliminate comes from Latin eliminare, meaning “to turn out of doors” or “drive out.” That verb is based on e- or ex-, “out,” and limen, “threshold.” The original image was therefore of sending something across a threshold and outside. This physical idea broadened into the modern senses of removing errors, waste, costs, competitors, or other unwanted elements.
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