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解説 Definition
perpetuating は perpetuate（永続させる、長引かせる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。習慣、問題、考え方などを終わらせずに続けてしまう場合に使われます。
The present participle or gerund of perpetuate, meaning to cause a condition, practice, belief, or problem to continue for a long time, especially when its continued existence is harmful or undesirable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 perpetuate「永続させる」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、perpetuating /pərˈpetʃuˌeɪtɪŋ/ と発音します。問題や偏見など好ましくないものを終わらせず続ける文脈が多く、perpetuating confusion「混乱を長引かせる」、perpetuating a myth「俗説を存続させる」という組み合わせで覚えると実用的です。
Perpetuating comes from perpetuate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. It is pronounced /pərˈpetʃuˌeɪtɪŋ/, with the /t/ of the base followed by the -ing syllable. Link it to perpetual, meaning “continuing without interruption.” Imagine a rule that was meant to solve a problem but is actually perpetuating confusion. Frequent combinations include perpetuating inequality, perpetuating a myth, and perpetuating harmful stereotypes. The verb is transitive: a person, action, or system perpetuates something by causing it to remain in existence.
例文
The old rule is perpetuating confusion.
その古い規則が混乱を長引かせています。
They worried that the policy was perpetuating unfair treatment.
彼らは、その方針が不公平な扱いを続かせているのではないかと心配しました。
Repeating the same false story is perpetuating a serious misunderstanding.
同じ誤った話を繰り返すことは、深刻な誤解を長引かせることになります。
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perpetuating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のperpetuusに由来し、接頭辞per-（通して）＋語根pet（広がる）が組み合わさり「途切れずに続く」イメージを作ります。この成り立ちから「永続する」という意味がすっきりと納得できます。関連語にperpetual（絶え間ない）があります。
Perpetuating is the -ing form of perpetuate. Perpetuate entered English from Latin perpetuare, “to make continuous,” based on perpetuus, “continuous or uninterrupted.” Perpetuus is associated with the idea of something extending throughout without a break and also gives English perpetual. In modern spelling, perpetuate loses its final silent e before the suffix -ing is added. The word therefore literally carries the sense of causing something to keep continuing.
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