抱きしめる、積極的に受け入れる
解説 Definition
embracingはembraceの現在分詞・動名詞です。人を腕で「抱きしめる」ことのほか、考え・変化・機会などを「積極的に受け入れる」ことも表します。
Embracing is the present-participle or gerund form of embrace. It can describe holding someone closely in one’s arms or, figuratively, accepting an idea, change, opportunity, or practice readily and enthusiastically.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形embraceに-ingを付けた形で、末尾のeを落としてembracingとします。発音ではembraceの/s/を保ちます。腕の中に人を包む具体的な動作から、考え・変化・技術などを積極的に受け入れる比喩的な意味へ結び付けて覚えましょう。
Connect embracing with the image of drawing someone or something close. The base verb is embrace; before adding -ing, the final silent e is removed, producing embracing. Its s keeps the /s/ sound heard in embrace. With a person as its object, it can mean holding that person in one’s arms. With an idea, change, opportunity, or technology, it means accepting or adopting it readily and enthusiastically.
例文
The mother is embracing her child.
母親が子どもを抱きしめています。
I saw two friends embracing at the station.
駅で友人同士が抱きしめ合っているのを見ました。
Many companies are embracing new technology.
多くの企業が新しい技術を積極的に取り入れています。
embracing の類義語・関連語
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embracing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 in-(中に)+ brachium(腕)が古フランス語 embracier(腕に抱く)を経て英語に。語根 brach- は「腕」を意味し、bracelet(腕輪)と同源。「両腕の中に包み込む」が原義で、転じて思想などを「受け入れる」意味にも広がった。
Embracing is formed from embrace by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Embrace entered English through Old French embracier, “to clasp in the arms.” That verb was based on brace, “arm,” from Latin bracchium, also meaning “arm.” The word’s physical image is therefore that of enclosing someone within one’s arms. Its later figurative sense, “accept willingly,” grew naturally from this idea of drawing something close.
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