pandering
迎合する
解説 Definition
pandering は pander（迎合する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。相手の人気取りや機嫌取りのために、望ましくない要求や好みに合わせるという批判的な意味でよく使われます。
The present participle or gerund of pander, meaning appealing to or satisfying people’s undesirable tastes, prejudices, or demands in order to gain approval, popularity, or advantage. The term is usually critical.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 pander に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、pandering to voters や pandering to public taste のように前置詞 to とよく結び付きます。単に相手へ配慮するのでなく、人気や利益を得るため好ましくない欲求・偏見まで満たすという批判的な語です。迎合の対象を示す to と一緒に覚えましょう。
Connect pandering with the base verb pander and the common pattern “pandering to someone.” The form is regular: simply add -ing, with no spelling change. Picture a politician pandering to angry voters or a business pandering to its audience’s worst tastes. Unlike accommodating, which can describe reasonable efforts to help, pandering is usually disapproving: it suggests seeking approval or advantage by indulging demands, prejudices, or desires that should not be encouraged. Remember the preposition to as part of the usual collocation.
例文
The article accused the leader of pandering to angry voters.
その記事は、その指導者が怒った有権者に迎合していると非難しました。
Pandering to every complaint will not solve the real problem.
すべての不満に迎合しても、本当の問題は解決しません。
The campaign avoided pandering and explained its policy clearly.
その選挙運動は迎合を避け、政策を明確に説明しました。
pandering の類義語・関連語
pandering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pandering は pander「周囲にへつらって満たす」に -ing が付いた形で、語源はトロイ伝説の仲介役 Pandarus です。恋の取り持ち役の名が「人の欲に合わせて取り入る人」へ一般化したので、pander や pandering に迎合の響きが残ります。
Pandering is the -ing form of pander, produced by adding -ing without changing the base spelling. Pander developed from Pandarus, a character in the medieval tradition of the Trojan story who acts as an intermediary in a love affair. The personal name became a common noun and then a verb for facilitating another person’s desires. Its modern use often implies shameful indulgence or calculated attempts to win favor.
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