humiliating
屈辱的な
解説 Definition
「humiliating」は、人の尊厳やプライドを著しく傷つけ、屈辱感を与えるような状態や出来事を表す形容詞です。公衆の面前での恥、敗北、侮辱など、自尊心が深く傷つく状況に使われます。単に恥ずかしいというレベルを超えた、深刻な屈辱を伴う場合に用いられます。
Causing someone to feel deeply ashamed or to lose dignity, self-respect, or social standing. It is stronger than merely embarrassing and often describes a public defeat, insult, correction, or other experience that painfully lowers a person’s pride.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 humiliate「屈辱を与える」の語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付け、humiliating になります。発音は humiliate /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ から /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/。屈辱を生む状況は humiliating、屈辱を感じた人は humiliated と分け、a humiliating defeat で覚えましょう。
Begin with humiliate, “to make someone feel lowered or stripped of dignity.” To form humiliating, drop the verb’s final silent e and add -ing: humiliate becomes humiliating. Its pronunciation continues the verb’s /eɪt/ sound before /ɪŋ/. Keep the cause–reaction contrast clear: a humiliating defeat causes shame, while a humiliated player feels it. The connection with humble and humility can help you remember the image of someone’s pride being brought low, but humiliating usually carries a painful, negative force.
例文
Losing the championship in front of the home crowd was humiliating.
地元の観客の前で優勝を逃すのは屈辱的だった。
She found it humiliating to be corrected by a junior colleague in public.
彼女は公の場で後輩に訂正されることを屈辱的に感じた。
The team suffered a humiliating defeat of ten goals to zero.
そのチームは10対0という屈辱的な敗北を喫した。
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humiliating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
humiliatingはhumiliateに現在分詞語尾-ingが付いた形で、語源はラテン語humilis「低い」、さらにhumus「地面」です。humbleやhumilityも同根で、「人を地面近くまで低くする」感覚から「屈辱的な」になったと分かります。
Humiliating is the -ing form of humiliate. Humiliate comes from Late Latin humiliare, “to humble or bring low,” based on Latin humilis, “low or humble.” Humilis is related to humus, “ground” or “earth,” creating the historical image of lowering someone toward the ground. English relatives include humble and humility. The adjective now describes an event or treatment that seriously lowers a person’s dignity or pride.
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