overcoming
克服する
解説 Definition
overcoming は overcome（克服する、乗り越える）の動名詞・現在分詞です。困難、恐怖、問題などを努力して乗り越える場面で使います。
Overcoming is the present participle or gerund of overcome. It refers to successfully dealing with, controlling, or moving beyond a difficulty, fear, weakness, or other obstacle, often through effort and persistence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 overcome「克服する」の語末の無音の e を取って -ing を付けた形が overcoming です。overcome /ˌoʊvərˈkʌm/ に対し overcoming /ˌoʊvərˈkʌmɪŋ/ と一音節増えます。over「越えて」+ come「来る」から、恐怖・問題・困難という障害を越える場面で覚えましょう。
See the structure over + come: figuratively, you come over or beyond an obstacle. To form overcoming, drop the final silent e of overcome and add -ing. Overcome /ˌoʊvərˈkʌm/ becomes overcoming /ˌoʊvərˈkʌmɪŋ/, with one extra syllable. Connect it with obstacles that require effort: overcoming fear, overcoming difficulties, or overcoming a problem. The form can describe an action in progress, as in “She is overcoming her fear,” or function as a noun-like gerund, as in “Overcoming this will take time.”
例文
She is overcoming her fear of water.
彼女は水への恐怖を克服しつつあります。
Overcoming this problem will take time.
この問題を克服するには時間がかかります。
He wrote about overcoming many difficulties at school.
彼は学校で多くの困難を克服したことについて書きました。
overcoming の類義語・関連語
overcoming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ofercuman（ofer「超えて」+ cuman「来る」）から。障害を「乗り越えて来る」が原義。ドイツ語 überkommen と同根。関連語：outcome（結果）、become（なる）。over が「超越」を示し、困難を越える意味に発展した。
Overcoming is formed from overcome by dropping its final silent e and adding -ing. Overcome continues Old English ofercuman, built from ofer, “over or beyond,” and cuman, “come.” The compound originally conveyed coming over, reaching, or overpowering something. Its modern figurative sense preserves the image of passing beyond an obstacle, especially when a person successfully deals with fear, hardship, temptation, or another difficulty.
同じレベルの英単語をもっと
外部辞書で調べる
この単語を英単語クイズで覚えよう