追いかける
解説 Definition
hounding は hound（しつこく追い回す、追跡する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や動物を追いかけること、または人をしつこく悩ませることを表します。
The act of persistently pursuing, following, questioning, or bothering a person or animal. It often implies repeated, aggressive pressure that gives the target little opportunity for privacy, rest, or escape.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hound は本来「猟犬」で、動詞では猟犬のように「しつこく追う・悩ませる」です。そこへ -ing をそのまま付けた hounding は /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/ と発音します。hounding the mayor、hounding a witness のように、質問や要求を繰り返して逃げ場を与えない場面と結び付けて覚えます。
Begin with a hound, a dog traditionally used to follow prey. As a verb, hound transfers that image to persistently chasing, questioning, or bothering someone. Add -ing without changing the base: hound becomes hounding, pronounced /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/. Imagine reporters repeatedly surrounding a mayor or investigators pressuring a witness. Expressions such as hounding the mayor and hounding someone for an answer emphasize continued, unwanted pursuit, making the word stronger and more negative than simply asking or following.
例文
The reporters kept hounding the mayor after the meeting.
会議の後、記者たちは市長をしつこく追い回しました。
Hounding a witness can make the investigation unfair.
証人をしつこく追及すると、捜査が公正でなくなることがあります。
The dog was hounding the scent through the wet grass.
その犬は濡れた草の中でにおいを追っていました。
hounding の類義語・関連語
hounding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 hund（犬）から派生した hound の動名詞形。ゲルマン祖語 *hundaz に遡り、ドイツ語 Hund と同根。猟犬が獲物を執拗に追う様子から「しつこく追い回す」意味が生まれた。canine（犬の）とは別系統だが意味が重なる。
Hounding is the -ing form of the verb hound. The noun hound comes from Old English hund, “dog,” and is related to German Hund through their shared Germanic ancestry. Because hunting dogs persistently track and chase their quarry, hound developed a figurative verb sense meaning “to pursue or harass relentlessly.” Adding -ing presents that pursuit as an ongoing action or as an activity.
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