invading
侵入する
解説 Definition
「侵入する」という意味の動詞です。
Invading is the present participle of invade and describes forces, organisms, or people entering a place where they are unwanted, often in order to occupy, attack, or spread. It can refer to military action, infection, or ecological expansion.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
invading は invade「侵入する」の現在分詞。語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付け、発音は /ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/ で /dɪŋ/ と続く。invading army は国境へ攻め込む軍、invading bacteria や species は体内・生態系へ入り広がるもの。単なる entering より敵対性や有害性を含みやすい。
Start with invade, “to enter forcefully or harmfully.” Before adding ing, drop the final silent e: invade becomes invading. It is pronounced /ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/, with the ending sounding like /dɪŋ/. The Latin components create a useful picture of moving into a place. Use that image for an invading army crossing a border, invading bacteria entering tissue, or an invading species spreading through an ecosystem. Unlike the neutral entering, invading usually suggests that the arrival is unwanted, aggressive, or damaging. In attributive use, invading identifies the force currently carrying out the invasion.
例文
The invading army crossed the border under the cover of darkness.
侵入する軍は闇に乗じて国境を越えた。
Doctors worked to stop the invading bacteria from spreading further.
医師たちは侵入する細菌がこれ以上広がらないようにするために尽力した。
The invading species of plant is threatening the native ecosystem.
侵入する外来植物種が在来の生態系を脅かしています。
invading の類義語・関連語
invading の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 invadere（in-「中へ」+ vadere「進む」）が語源。敵地の中へ踏み込んで進むイメージから「侵入する」の意味に。関連語: evade（逃れる＝外へ進む）、pervade（浸透する＝隅々まで進む）。
Invading is the present participle of invade, from Latin invadere. That verb combines in-, “into” or “against,” with vadere, “to go” or “advance.” Its basic image is therefore of advancing into a place, especially with force. English uses it for armies entering territory and, by extension, for organisms, diseases, or unwanted things entering and spreading. Evade and pervade contain historically related forms of the Latin root meaning “go.”
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