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解説 Definition
highlighting は highlight（強調する、目立たせる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。文章の重要な部分に印をつける場合や、要点を強調して示す場合に使います。
Highlighting means making information, features, or differences especially noticeable or emphasizing their importance. It can also refer to marking selected words or passages with color, as when a reader identifies key material in a text.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
highlighting は highlight に -ing を付けた形で、語末を変えずそのまま加え、発音は /ˈhaɪlaɪtɪŋ/ です。high＋light の「強い光が当たる所」から、重要箇所を目立たせる動作へ意味が広がりました。highlight key words、highlight changes の組み合わせで覚えましょう。
Break highlighting into high and light, then imagine directing the brightest light onto the most important part. That image matches both common uses: physically marking key words with a colored pen and figuratively drawing attention to an important idea or change. It is the -ing form of highlight, made simply by adding -ing without changing the base word, and is pronounced /ˈhaɪlaɪtɪŋ/. Useful patterns include highlighting key words, highlighting the main idea, and highlighting important changes.
例文
She is highlighting the key words in the article.
彼女は記事の重要な単語に印をつけています。
The teacher is highlighting the main idea on the board.
先生は黒板で主な考えを強調しています。
This report is highlighting several important changes.
この報告書はいくつかの重要な変更点を強調しています。
highlighting の類義語・関連語
派生語
highlighting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
high（高い）+ light（光）の複合語で、原義は「最も明るく照らされた部分」。絵画用語で最も光が当たる箇所を指したことから、転じて「強調する・目立たせる」の意味に。light はゲルマン祖語 *leuhtą に遡り、lucid（明晰な）のラテン語 lux と同じ印欧祖語根を持つ。
Highlighting is the -ing form of highlight, a compound of high and light. Highlight first referred to the area of a picture receiving or representing the strongest light. The noun later came to mean an especially prominent or memorable feature, and the verb developed the senses of making something prominent and marking text visibly. The present form describes that action as ongoing or treats it as an activity.
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