examining
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解説 Definition
examining は examine（検査する、調べる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物や体、資料などを注意深く見て、状態や問題を確認する場面で使われます。
The present participle and gerund of “examine,” referring to looking at, testing, or considering a person, object, or information carefully in order to discover its condition, qualities, or possible problems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 examine の語末の e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、examining となります。医師がひざを診る、技師が時計を調べるなど、細部を注意深く確認する場面を連想し、be examining、spend time examining の型で覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb “examine.” To form “examining,” drop the final silent e before adding -ing. Picture a doctor carefully checking a patient’s knee or a researcher studying old records. This is more deliberate and detailed than simply “looking at” something. Learn it in patterns such as “is examining the evidence,” “spent hours examining the records,” and “examining a patient.” The form can describe an action in progress or function as a gerund naming the activity.
例文
The doctor is examining my knee.
医者が私のひざを診察しています。
She is examining the broken watch.
彼女は壊れた時計を調べています。
They spent the afternoon examining the old records.
彼らは午後を使って古い記録を調べました。
examining の類義語・関連語
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examining の語源・成り立ち Etymology
examine は古フランス語を経てラテン語 examinare に由来し、語尾 -ing が付いた形です。語源の examen は「秤の針・重さを量ること」で、元は物を量って確かめる感覚だったため「詳しく調べる」になりました。関連語は exam, examination です。
“Examining” is formed from “examine” by dropping its final silent e and adding -ing. “Examine” entered English through Old French from Latin “examinare,” meaning to weigh, test, or consider. That verb was connected with “examen,” a word for the tongue or pointer of a balance and, by extension, an act of weighing. The physical idea of weighing carefully developed into the modern sense of inspecting or investigating closely.
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