eluding
意味一覧 (2件)
理解されない
解説 Definition
考え、答え、理由、解決策などが、努力しても頭に入らない・思い浮かばない状態を表します。主に something eludes someone の形で、「人が理解できない」という受け身的な感覚になります。
Eluding is used when an idea, answer, reason, or solution does not come to someone even though they are trying to understand or remember it. It often appears in patterns like "something is eluding someone," which gives the feeling that the person cannot quite grasp it. The word suggests more than simple difficulty: the thing seems to slip away from the mind again and again.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 elude の核は「つかもうとしても手に入らない」です。このエントリでは犯人が逃げる場面ではなく、answer, meaning, explanation, name などが人の頭からすり抜ける場面に注目します。understand できない、remember できない時に the answer eluded me のように使います。avoid よりも、努力しているのにつかめない感じが強い語です。
Think of elude as "slipping away when you try to catch it." In this entry, focus on answers, meanings, explanations, or names that escape your mind, not a criminal running away. If you try hard but still cannot understand or remember something, you can say, "The answer is eluding me."
例文
The answer was eluding me, even after I read the question three times.
問題を3回読んでも、その答えはどうしても理解できなかった。
A clear explanation kept eluding the students during the lecture.
講義の間、はっきりした説明が学生たちにはなかなか理解されなかった。
Why the system failed is still eluding the engineers.
なぜそのシステムが故障したのかは、今も技術者たちにはつかめていない。
逃れている
(意味 2)解説 Definition
追跡や捕獲からうまく逃れること。また、理解や達成が困難で手が届かないこと。
Eluding means avoiding someone or something successfully, so they cannot catch, find, or understand you. It is often used for escaping danger, capture, or a clear answer. It can also describe something that is difficult to remember or explain.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eluding は原形 elude の -ing 形で、「相手の手をすり抜けて捕まらない」動きを表せます。この rare 義では、理解を逃れるという抽象的な意味ではなく、suspect, animal, target などが police や pursuer から巧みに逃げ続ける場面を思い浮かべます。avoid よりも、追跡されている相手を出し抜く感じが強いです。
Start with the base verb `elude`. Think of it as something slipping away so you cannot catch or grasp it. A thief can elude the police, and an answer can elude your mind, so the core image is the same: it stays out of reach. `Eluding` is that action happening now.
例文
The suspect kept eluding the police by changing his appearance.
容疑者は外見を変えることで警察から逃れ続けた。
The answer to the riddle kept eluding me until I read the clue again.
もう一度ヒントを読むまで、なぞなぞの答えがどうしても思い浮かばなかった。
Success has been eluding the team all season despite their hard work.
懸命な努力にもかかわらず、シーズンを通じてチームに成功は訪れなかった。
eluding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
elude はラテン語 eludere「逃れる・もてあそぶ」から。e-/ex-「外へ」+ ludere「遊ぶ」が元で、相手の手をすり抜ける感覚から理解できない意味にも広がりました。
Elude comes from the Latin word eludere, meaning "to escape" or "to mock." It is built from e- or ex-, meaning "out," and ludere, meaning "to play." From the idea of slipping out of someone's reach, it later developed the meaning of something that cannot be understood or remembered.
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