overlooking
見落とす
解説 Definition
overlooking は overlook（見落とす、見逃す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。何かに気づかないまま進めている状況や、誤りを見過ごしている行為を表すときに使います。
Overlooking is the present participle or gerund of overlook, used here for failing to notice, consider, or deal with something such as an error, detail, or warning sign. It can describe an action in progress or the act of missing something important.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overlooking は overlook に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音の中心も overlook と同じ。視線が対象の上を越えてしまい、重要な点に止まらない図を考えると「見落としている」と結び付く。overlook an error/detail や may be overlooking の組み合わせで覚える。
Overlooking is formed by adding -ing directly to overlook: overlook becomes overlooking, with no spelling change to the base. For this meaning, imagine your eyes moving over a detail without stopping on it. That picture connects naturally to failing to notice an error, warning, or important fact. Learn it in combinations such as be overlooking a problem, may be overlooking a detail, and overlooking the warning signs. Remember that overlook can also mean “have a view of from above,” but the examples here use the “fail to notice” sense.
例文
She is overlooking a small error in the report.
彼女は報告書の小さな誤りを見落としています。
We may be overlooking an important detail.
私たちは重要な細部を見落としているかもしれません。
Overlooking the warning signs can cause bigger problems later.
警告のサインを見落とすと、後でより大きな問題につながることがあります。
overlooking の類義語・関連語
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overlooking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overlooking は over「越えて」+ look「見る」から成り、look は古英語 locian「目を向ける」にさかのぼります。もとは「上から見渡す」ですが、視線が通り過ぎるイメージから「見落とす」の意味が生まれました。関連語は lookout, outlook。
Overlooking is the -ing form of overlook, a compound of over and look. Look goes back to Old English lōcian, meaning to look at or observe. Overlook first carried the physical idea of looking over or viewing from above; it later developed the sense of letting one’s attention pass over something and therefore failing to notice it. In this form, -ing marks an ongoing action or turns the action into a noun-like expression.
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