encountering
遭遇する
解説 Definition
encountering は encounter（遭遇する、出会う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。予期していなかった人、問題、状況などに出会うことを表し、少し硬めの文脈でも使われます。
The present participle or gerund of “encounter,” referring to unexpectedly meeting a person or coming into contact with a situation, difficulty, or idea. It can describe an event currently in progress or the general act of facing something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 encounter「予期せず出会う」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末のつづりは変わりません。meeting よりも偶然性や問題への直面を含みやすい語です。be encountering a problem や encountering different opinions の形で、「進行中の遭遇・出会うこと」と覚えましょう。
Build “encountering” from “encounter” plus -ing; no letter is dropped or doubled. Picture two sides coming face to face, which fits both meeting someone unexpectedly and running into a problem. Compared with the neutral verb “meeting,” “encountering” often suggests that the contact was unplanned or that a difficulty had to be faced. Learn it through patterns such as “be encountering a problem” for an ongoing situation and “by encountering different opinions” when the -ing form names an experience.
例文
We are encountering a problem with the new system.
私たちは新しいシステムで問題に遭遇しています。
Travelers may be encountering heavy rain in the mountains.
旅行者は山間部で大雨に遭遇しているかもしれません。
She learned a lot by encountering different opinions.
彼女はさまざまな意見に出会うことで多くを学びました。
encountering の類義語・関連語
encountering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
encountering は encounter「出会う、遭遇する」の進行形で、古フランス語 encontre、さらに俗ラテン語 in contra「向かい合って」にさかのぼります。contra「反対・向かい」が核で、「相手と正面からぶつかる」感覚が「遭遇する」になりました。関連語は counter, contrary。
“Encountering” is the -ing form of “encounter.” The base word entered English through Old French “encontre,” associated with meeting or opposition, and ultimately reflects the Latin expression “in contra,” meaning against or face to face. The element “contra” carries the idea of being opposite something. From a face-to-face meeting, the verb developed its modern senses of meeting unexpectedly and confronting a difficulty.
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