negotiating
交渉中
解説 Definition
negotiating は negotiate（交渉する、取り決める）の現在分詞・動名詞です。条件、価格、契約などについて話し合って合意を目指している途中の動作を表します。
Negotiating is the present participle or gerund of negotiate. It refers to discussing terms, prices, or competing interests with another person or group while trying to reach a mutually acceptable agreement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
negotiating は negotiate「交渉する」の現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として -ing を付けます。発音は語幹の後に /eɪtɪŋ/ が続きます。be negotiating a deal、negotiate with a company、negotiate the final price の型で、双方が条件を出し合い、まだ合意へ向けて調整している途中だと覚えましょう。
Connect negotiating with negotiate, meaning to work toward agreement by discussing different interests or conditions. When -ing is added, the final silent e is removed: negotiate becomes negotiating. Imagine two sides still exchanging offers across a table; the agreement has not necessarily been completed. Useful patterns are negotiating a deal, negotiating the final price, and negotiating with a company. The preposition with introduces the other party, while a direct object names the matter being arranged. This active, unfinished scene distinguishes negotiating from negotiated, which normally presents the discussion as completed or viewed in the past.
例文
They are negotiating a deal.
彼らは取引について交渉中です。
She is negotiating with the company.
彼女はその会社と交渉中です。
The two sides are negotiating the final price.
双方は最終価格について交渉中です。
negotiating の類義語・関連語
negotiating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
negotiating は negotiate の現在分詞で、語源はラテン語 negotiari「商売する・取り決める」です。さらに negotium は nec「ない」+ otium「暇・余暇」から成り、直訳すると「暇ではない状態」。そこから用事や取引を進める感覚が生まれ、negotiation や negotiable が同根です。
Negotiating consists of negotiate plus the present-participle ending -ing, with the final silent e of negotiate removed. The base verb comes through Latin negotiari, “to do business,” from negotium, meaning business or occupation. Negotium combines a negative element with otium, “leisure,” and originally conveyed being occupied rather than at leisure. Commercial dealings then supplied the path to the present sense of discussing conditions and seeking agreement.
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