独り占め
解説 Definition
hogging は hog（独り占めする）の動名詞・現在分詞です。物や時間、場所などを必要以上に自分だけで使い続けることを表します。
Hogging is the selfish or excessive use of something that should be available to other people, such as equipment, space, attention, or speaking time. It is the gerund or present-participle form of hog.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 hog は名詞で「豚」、動詞で「独り占めする」です。hogging は短母音＋子音で終わるため g を重ねて -ing を付け、/ˈhɒɡɪŋ/ と発音します。charger、shared desk、conversation など、皆で使うべき物・場所・時間を一人で必要以上に占め続ける場面と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Begin with hog, the word for a pig, which also works informally as a verb meaning to keep too much of something for yourself. Hogging is formed by doubling the final g before adding -ing and is pronounced /ˈhɒɡɪŋ/. Picture one person refusing to release a shared charger, occupying a communal desk all day, or dominating an entire conversation. Common objects after hogging include the bathroom, the road, the spotlight, and resources. The important idea is not merely using something, but using more than your fair share and preventing others from having access.
例文
Stop hogging the charger and let someone else use it.
充電器を独り占めしないで、ほかの人にも使わせてください。
He was hogging the conversation during the meeting.
彼は会議中、話を独り占めしていました。
The manager asked him to avoid hogging the shared desk all day.
マネージャーは彼に、共用デスクを一日中独り占めしないよう頼みました。
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hogging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 hog（豚）から派生した動詞 hog（独り占めする）の動名詞形。豚が餌場を占領して他を寄せ付けない様子が語源。関連語: hog（豚）、hogwash（たわごと）。貪欲に一人で取り込む豚の習性から比喩的に広まった。
Hogging is formed from the verb hog by doubling the final consonant and adding -ing. Hog first denoted a pig in English and later developed figurative uses based on stereotypical ideas of greedy or excessive consumption. From this image came the informal verb meaning to appropriate, occupy, or use more than one’s fair share. As a gerund, hogging names that selfish monopolizing behavior; as a participle, it describes someone currently doing it.
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