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解説 Definition
partaking は partake（参加する、加わる、共に飲食する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。やや改まった語で、活動や食事などに加わっていることを表します。
Partaking is the present participle and gerund of partake. It describes joining in an activity or sharing and consuming food or drink, usually in the formal patterns partake in something and partake of something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 partake に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として partaking とします。発音の中心は take と同じ /teɪk/ です。part「一部」+ take「取る」から、共同活動の一部を担うと考え、partake in an activity と partake of a meal を使い分けましょう。
Partaking comes from partake by dropping the final e and adding -ing. The stressed syllable contains /teɪk/, just like take. Think of part plus take: to partake is historically and conceptually to “take a part” or share in something. Use partaking in for participation in an activity, as in partaking in a ceremony, and partaking of for sharing or consuming food and drink, as in partaking of a meal. The word is more formal than joining, participating, eating, or drinking, so ceremonial and written contexts are especially memorable.
例文
Several guests are partaking in the tea ceremony.
数人の客が茶会に参加しています。
He is partaking in a research workshop this week.
彼は今週、研究ワークショップに参加しています。
The visitors were quietly partaking of the simple meal.
訪問者たちは静かに質素な食事を共にしていました。
partaking の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
partaking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 part（部分）に take（取る）を組み合わせた partake の現在分詞。直訳は「一部分を取る」→「分かち合う・参加する」。関連語：participate（参加する）、partition（分割）。共同の食事や活動の「一部を取る」ことから共有・参加の意味に広がった。
Partaking is the -ing form of partake, created by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Partake is historically a compound involving part and take, with the central idea of taking or receiving a share. From sharing a portion, its use developed to include joining an activity and sharing food or drink. Modern English commonly uses partake in with activities and partake of with food, drink, or something received.
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