expecting
期待している
解説 Definition
expecting は expect（期待する、予期する）の動名詞・現在分詞で、「期待している」「予期している」という意味です。何かが起こると思って待っている状態を表します。
Expecting is believing that something will probably happen or that someone or something will arrive, often because there is evidence, a plan, or a reasonable basis for that belief. It is the present participle and gerund form of expect.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形expectに-ingを付けた動名詞・現在分詞で、語末のtを重ねずexpecting、発音は /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/。expect good news、expect a call、expect many visitorsのように、根拠や予定から「起こると思って待つ」場面で覚える。hopeが望ましいことを願うのに対し、expectは良し悪しにかかわらず起こると予測する語。
Start with expect and add -ing directly: expecting, pronounced /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/. Link it with practical patterns such as expecting good news, expecting a call, and expecting many visitors. Imagine looking ahead because a plan, sign, or previous arrangement gives you reason to believe something will happen. Expect is different from hope: hope expresses a wish for a desired result, while expect expresses a prediction and can be used for good, bad, or neutral events. As a present participle, expecting often follows be to describe an anticipation that is active now.
例文
We are expecting good news.
私たちは良い知らせを期待しています。
She is expecting a call today.
彼女は今日電話が来ることを期待しています。
They are expecting many visitors this weekend.
彼らは今週末に多くの訪問客が来ると見込んでいます。
expecting の類義語・関連語
expecting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 exspectare（ex-「外を」+ spectare「見る」）が語源。外を見張って待つ→期待するという意味に発展した。関連語: spectacle（見もの）、inspect（中を見る→検査する）。「目を向けて待ち構える」が原義。
Expecting is the -ing form of expect. Expect entered English from Latin exspectare, formed from ex-, “out,” and spectare, “to look at or watch,” an intensive form related to specere, “to look.” The historical image is of looking out or watching for someone or something and therefore waiting in anticipation. Related English words built on the same Latin family include inspect, spectacle, and spectator. The modern spelling simply adds -ing to expect without doubling the final consonant.
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