exhausting
疲れる
解説 Definition
exhausting は exhaust（疲れ果てさせる）の現在分詞からできた形容詞で、疲れる、へとへとにさせるという意味です。人ではなく、仕事・運動・一日など、疲れを引き起こすものを説明するときによく使います。
Something exhausting requires so much physical or mental effort that it leaves a person extremely tired. The adjective normally describes the activity, experience, or situation causing fatigue, rather than the tired person.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 exhaust「疲れ果てさせる」に -ing を付けた形容詞で、語末の t は重ねません。「疲れを生じさせる側」に使い、an exhausting day、exhausting work が典型です。人の状態を表す exhausted「疲れ果てた」と対比し、The meeting was exhausting, so I was exhausted と一組で覚えましょう。
Build exhausting from the verb exhaust plus -ing; no letter is dropped or doubled. The adjective describes the cause of extreme tiredness: an exhausting meeting, exhausting work, or an exhausting day. Contrast it with exhausted, which describes the person or animal affected. A useful paired sentence is: “The trip was exhausting, so we were exhausted.” The older image behind exhaust is of drawing something out until nothing remains, which fits the feeling that a demanding task has emptied your supply of energy.
例文
The long meeting was exhausting.
長い会議はとても疲れました。
Moving all the boxes was exhausting work.
箱を全部運ぶのは疲れる作業でした。
It was an exhausting day, so I went to bed early.
疲れる一日だったので、私は早く寝ました。
exhausting の類義語・関連語
exhausting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「exhaurīre（汲み尽くす）」が語源。ex-（完全に）＋haurīre（汲む）で「体力を汲み尽くす→疲れさせる」の意。関連語：exhaust（排気・消耗させる）、inexhaustible（尽きない）。資源や体力を空にするイメージが核にある。
Exhausting is the -ing form of exhaust used adjectivally. Exhaust comes from Latin exhaurire, meaning “to draw out, drain, or empty,” formed from ex-, conveying removal or completeness, and haurire, “to draw up.” English extended the physical idea of emptying a supply to using up someone’s strength. The suffix -ing makes exhausting describe an activity or experience that drains energy and causes severe tiredness.
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