obstructing
邪魔する
解説 Definition
obstructing は、通行や進行、作業などを妨げていることを表す動詞 obstruct の現在分詞です。物理的に道をふさぐ場合にも、計画や手続きを邪魔する場合にも使われます。
Obstructing is the present participle or gerund of obstruct. It describes blocking a passage, view, or process, or deliberately interfering with an activity such as an investigation so that progress becomes difficult or impossible.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
obstruct に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末はそのままです。語源の ob-「行く手に」＋「積み上げる」という像から、前に物を積んで通路をふさぐ場面を思い浮かべます。obstructing the road / exit は物理的妨害、obstructing an investigation は抽象的妨害です。block より硬く、法律・報道でもよく使われます。
Take the base verb obstruct and add -ing directly: obstructing. Imagine boxes piled in front of an emergency exit or a fallen tree across a narrow road. That physical picture also extends to abstract situations, such as obstructing an investigation or obstructing justice. Obstruct is more formal than block or get in the way and often appears in official, legal, and news contexts. The object after it tells you what cannot move or progress normally: traffic, a view, access, a procedure, or an inquiry.
例文
A fallen tree was obstructing the narrow road.
倒れた木がその狭い道をふさいでいました。
The boxes are obstructing the emergency exit.
その箱が非常口の邪魔になっています。
He was accused of obstructing the investigation.
彼は捜査を妨害したとして非難されました。
obstructing の類義語・関連語
obstructing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
obstructing は obstruct の進行形で、語源はラテン語 obstruere「ふさぐ」です。ob-「前に・行く手に」+ struere「積む・築く」に分かれ、関連語は obstruction、construction。“前に物を積んで通れなくする”が、そのまま「邪魔する」の芯の意味です。
Obstructing is formed from obstruct plus -ing. Obstruct comes from Latin obstruere, “to block up or build against,” combining ob-, “against or in the way,” with struere, “to pile up or build.” The literal idea is placing a structure or heap in someone’s path. English extended this physical meaning to interference with plans, procedures, investigations, and justice. Obstruction is the corresponding noun.
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