防御する
解説 Definition
fending は fend(防ぐ、かわす)の動名詞・現在分詞です。攻撃、批判、問題などを退けたり、身を守ったりする場面で使われます。
The present participle and gerund of fend, describing the action of resisting, repelling, or dealing with an attack, pressure, criticism, or another unwanted difficulty. It is especially common in the phrasal verb fend off.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 fend に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、短母音後の子音を重ねず fending とします。典型形 fend off は、攻撃・質問・圧力を自分から遠ざけて「撃退する、かわす」の意です。defend よりも、迫るものをその場で払いのける動作を意識すると覚えやすくなります。
Link fending to the base verb fend and especially to the common phrase fend off. Add -ing directly, without doubling the final d: fend becomes fending. Picture a goalkeeper pushing away repeated shots or an interviewee deflecting difficult questions. Fending off suggests actively keeping an approaching threat, demand, or criticism at a distance. Defending is broader and may describe protecting something over time, whereas fending off often focuses on repelling a particular challenge as it comes toward you.
例文
The goalkeeper kept fending off hard shots.
ゴールキーパーは強いシュートを何度も防ぎ続けました。
She spent the interview fending off difficult questions.
彼女は面接の間、難しい質問をかわすのに追われました。
The team was fending off pressure from its rivals.
そのチームはライバルからの圧力を防いでいました。
fending の類義語・関連語
fending の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fendian(防御する)から。これは古フランス語 defendre(守る)の短縮形で、ラテン語 defendere(de-=離して + fendere=打つ)に遡る。「打撃をそらす」が原義で、fend off(撃退する)の形でよく使われる。関連語: defend, fence。
Fending is the -ing form of fend. Fend arose as a shortened form of defend, which entered English through Old French defendre and ultimately comes from Latin defendere, meaning to ward off or protect. The historical elements convey the idea of striking or pushing something away. Modern fend is particularly frequent with off, as in fending off an attack or criticism.
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