mediating
仲介する
解説 Definition
mediating は mediate（仲介する、調停する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。対立する人や組織の間に入り、話し合いや解決を助けることを表します。
Mediating is the present participle or gerund of mediate. It describes acting as a neutral intermediary between opposing people or groups in order to improve communication, manage a dispute, or help them reach an agreement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
mediating は mediate の現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付け、mediate → mediating となります。発音の核は「中間」を表す medi-。be mediating a dispute や mediating between A and B の形で、双方の間に立って解決を助ける場面と結び付けましょう。
Mediating comes from mediate: drop the final silent e and add -ing. Its central image is being in the middle between two sides, which matches the medi- element also seen in medium and intermediate. Learn it with practical patterns such as mediating a dispute and mediating between two departments. As a present participle, it can follow be, as in she is mediating; as a gerund, it can name the activity, as in mediating the discussion required patience. The mediator helps communication without simply taking one side’s position.
例文
She is mediating a dispute between two departments.
彼女は二つの部署の間の争いを仲介しています。
Mediating the discussion required patience and clear rules.
その話し合いを仲介するには、忍耐と明確なルールが必要でした。
The lawyer spent the afternoon mediating an agreement between the companies.
その弁護士は午後を使って、企業間の合意を仲介しました。
mediating の類義語・関連語
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mediating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mediating は mediate の現在分詞で、ラテン語 medius「中間の」にさかのぼります。med-「中」と -ate「〜にする」から成り、「真ん中に立って両者をつなぐ」が仲介するになった語です。関連語は medium, intermediate。
Mediating is formed from mediate by dropping the final silent e and adding the participial suffix -ing. Mediate entered English through Latin mediatus, related to medius, meaning middle. Its structure therefore reflects the central idea of occupying a position between two parties. From that spatial idea developed the modern sense of intervening in a disagreement to facilitate communication, negotiation, or settlement.
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