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解説 Definition
experimenting は experiment(実験する、試す)の現在分詞・動名詞です。何かを試しながら結果を確かめている状態や、「実験すること」を表します。
Experimenting is the present-participle and gerund form of experiment. It describes trying procedures, materials, or new ideas in order to observe the results, discover what happens, or determine whether a particular approach works.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
experimenting は experiment「実験する・試す」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の t に続いて /ɪŋ/ を発音します。綴りを重ねたり文字を落としたりしません。be experimenting with salt water なら「塩水で試行中」、spend time experimenting なら「実験すること」です。結果を決めつけず、実際に試して確かめる場面と結び付けます。
Form experimenting by adding -ing directly to the verb experiment; no letter is doubled or removed. The final /t/ of experiment is followed by the /ɪŋ/ ending. As a present participle, it appears in continuous forms such as “The students are experimenting with salt water.” As a gerund, it names the activity, as in “They spent the afternoon experimenting.” Remember the frequent pattern experiment with something. The core image is practical testing: instead of assuming an answer, someone changes or tries something and watches the result.
例文
The students are experimenting with salt water.
生徒たちは塩水を使って実験しています。
She is experimenting with a new recipe.
彼女は新しいレシピを試しています。
The team spent the afternoon experimenting in the lab.
そのチームは午後を研究室での実験に費やしました。
experimenting の類義語・関連語
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experimenting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
experimenting は experiment に -ing が付いた形で、語源はラテン語 experimentum「試み・試験」です。さらに experiri「試す」にさかのぼり、「実際にやって確かめる」感覚から今の意味になりました。関連語に experience、expert があります。
Experimenting consists of experiment and the present-participle or gerund suffix -ing. Experiment came through Latin experimentum, meaning a trial, test, or proof, from experiri, meaning to try or test. Experience and expert are historically related through this idea of knowledge gained by trying and finding out. The modern form therefore retains the sense of active investigation through practical tests.
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