interrupting
中断する
解説 Definition
interrupting は interrupt（中断する、割り込む）の現在分詞・動名詞です。会話や作業、流れなどを途中で止める行為を表し、失礼な割り込みにも中立的な中断にも使われます。
The present participle or gerund of interrupt, referring to the act of stopping the continuous progress of speech, an activity, or a process by speaking, acting, or causing a disturbance before it has finished.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
interrupting は interrupt に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、会話や作業の流れへ途中から入り、それを止める行為を表します。inter-「間に」＋「破る」に関係する語根から、「流れを間で断つ」と捉えましょう。keep interrupting、stop interrupting、interrupting a meeting が典型表現です。
Form interrupting by adding -ing directly to interrupt; no letter is dropped or doubled. It can be a present participle, as in The alarm was interrupting our work, or a gerund, as in Stop interrupting. The structure of interrupt helps memory: inter- suggests “between,” while the root is related to breaking. Imagine something entering between parts of a continuing flow and breaking it. Learn frequent patterns such as keep interrupting, stop interrupting someone, and interrupting a meeting. Depending on context, the interruption may be rude, accidental, or completely neutral.
例文
He kept interrupting the meeting with small questions.
彼は細かい質問で会議を何度も中断しました。
Please stop interrupting me while I am explaining the plan.
計画を説明している間は、私の話を遮らないでください。
The alarm was interrupting our work every few minutes.
アラームが数分おきに私たちの作業を中断していました。
interrupting の類義語・関連語
類義語
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interrupting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 interrumpere に由来し、inter-（間に）+ rumpere（壊す・破る）に分解できる。rupture（破裂）やcorrupt（腐敗した）と同根。流れの「間に割り込んで断ち切る」が原義で、中断するという意味になった。
Interrupt comes from Latin interrumpere, formed from inter-, “between” or “among,” and rumpere, “to break.” It passed into English through Latin and French-related forms with the central idea of breaking into an ongoing sequence. The same Latin root appears in rupture. Interrupting is the modern English -ing form of interrupt and can function as a present participle in a verb phrase or as a gerund naming the act.
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