eradicating
根絶する
解説 Definition
eradicating は eradicate（根絶する、完全に取り除く）の動名詞・現在分詞です。病気、害虫、悪い習慣などを徹底的になくす行為について使われます。
Completely removing or destroying something harmful or unwanted, such as a disease, pest, bad practice, or persistent error. It is the present participle and gerund of eradicate and emphasizes elimination at the source rather than a partial reduction.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 eradicate に -ing を付けるとき、語末の無音の e を落として eradicating とする。e-「外へ」＋radic-「根」が示す「根から抜く」を核に、eradicate disease／pests／errors のように、病気や害虫、誤りを残さず徹底的になくす場面で覚える。単に減らす reduce より強い。
Connect eradicating with the base verb eradicate and the image of pulling a problem out by its roots. The Latin root radic- means “root,” also seen in radical and radish. For the -ing form, eradicate drops its final silent e: eradicate becomes eradicating. Learn it with strong objects such as “eradicating disease,” “eradicating mosquitoes,” and “eradicating errors.” The word implies complete removal, usually through sustained action. That makes it stronger than reducing, which only makes a problem smaller, and often stronger than controlling, which may leave the problem present but manageable.
例文
The city is eradicating mosquitoes near the river.
市は川の近くの蚊を根絶しようとしています。
Eradicating the disease requires steady vaccination efforts.
その病気を根絶するには、継続的な予防接種の取り組みが必要です。
The team focused on eradicating errors from the database.
チームはデータベースから誤りを取り除くことに集中しました。
eradicating の類義語・関連語
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eradicating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語eradicare（根こそぎにする）の現在分詞形。接頭辞e-（外へ）＋radix（根）から成り、「根から引き抜く」が原義。radical（根本的な）やradish（大根＝根菜）も同じ語根を持ち、問題を根本から完全に除去するニュアンスを持つ。
Eradicating is the present participle and gerund of eradicate. Eradicate comes from Latin ērādīcāre, “to root out,” built from ex- or ē-, “out,” and rādīx, rādīcis, “root.” The literal act of pulling something out by the roots developed into the figurative sense of eliminating it completely. Related English words containing the root idea include radical and radish. In forming eradicating, English drops the final silent e of eradicate before adding -ing.
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