intensifying
激化する
解説 Definition
intensifying は intensify（強まる、激化する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。対立、嵐、痛み、努力などがより強くなっている状態を表します。
Intensifying is the present participle or gerund of intensify. It describes something becoming stronger, more severe, or more concentrated, or causing another condition or activity to increase in strength.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
intensifying は intensify の y を i に変えて -ing とした形ではなく、そのまま intensify＋-ing で intensifying となり、/ɪnˈtensɪfaɪɪŋ/ と発音します。intense「強烈な」＋ -ify「〜にする」を手掛かりに、storm、competition、pressure、effort などの強度が上がり続ける場面と結びつけましょう。
Intensifying is formed by adding -ing directly to intensify; the final y stays before -ing. Its pronunciation keeps the /faɪ/ sound of intensify, followed by -ing. Break the base into intense plus -ify, “make or become”: an intensifying storm is becoming more intense, and intensifying competition is growing fiercer. Associate it with nouns whose strength can rise, such as pressure, pain, conflict, effort, and rain. Strengthening is broader, while intensifying specifically focuses on a higher degree, severity, or concentration of something already present.
例文
The storm is intensifying as it moves toward the coast.
嵐は海岸に近づくにつれて激しくなっています。
Competition among the companies is intensifying this year.
今年は企業間の競争が激化しています。
The team responded to the intensifying pressure with careful planning.
チームは高まる圧力に慎重な計画で対応しました。
intensifying の類義語・関連語
intensifying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
intensifying は intensify「強める」の形で、intense＋-ify（〜にする）に分けられます。intense はラテン語 intensus「張りつめた」、さらに intendere「ぴんと伸ばす」に由来するため、「張りを増して強度が上がる」感覚が「激化する」につながります。関連語は intense、intensity。
Intensifying is the -ing form of intensify. Intensify was created from intense with the verb-forming suffix -ify, meaning “to make or become.” Intense comes through Latin intensus, meaning “stretched tight” or “strained,” from intendere, “to stretch toward” or “direct.” The physical image of increasing tension developed into the modern idea of becoming stronger or more extreme. Intensity and intensive belong to the same family.
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