好む
解説 Definition
preferring は prefer（好む、より望む）の現在分詞・動名詞です。二つ以上の選択肢の中で、どれかをより好むことを表します。
Preferring is the present-participle or gerund form of prefer, meaning choosing, liking, or wanting one person, thing, or course of action more than another. It can describe an ongoing tendency or function as a noun-like expression.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 prefer「ほかより好む」に -ing を付ける際、語末の r を重ねて preferring とします。最後の音節に強勢があるための綴りで、発音は prefer /prɪˈfɜːr/ に /ɪŋ/ を加えます。prefer A to B「BよりAを好む」を基本形として、選択肢の一方を前に置く感覚で覚えましょう。
Begin with prefer, meaning to place one option ahead of another in your choice. When adding -ing, double the final r because the last syllable is stressed: prefer becomes preferring. Its pronunciation adds /ɪŋ/ to prefer, /prɪˈfɜːr/. Learn it with the pattern prefer A to B, as in preferring tea to coffee. The historical image also helps: the Latin components suggest carrying or putting something forward. One usage caution is that prefer is often stative, so simple forms are usually more natural; the progressive emphasizes a changing or temporary tendency.
例文
She is preferring tea to coffee these days.
彼女は最近、コーヒーより紅茶を好んでいます。
Many students are preferring online lessons for short courses.
短期講座では、多くの学生がオンライン授業を好んでいます。
He kept preferring quiet restaurants when he traveled.
彼は旅行中、静かなレストランを選び続けていました。
preferring の類義語・関連語
preferring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 praeferre（prae-=前に + ferre=運ぶ）が古フランス語 preferer を経て英語に。「前に持ち出す→優先する→好む」と意味が変化した。関連語: transfer（移す）、defer（延期する）。何かを他より「前に運ぶ」から「そちらを選ぶ」という意味になった。
Preferring is formed from prefer by doubling the final r and adding -ing. Prefer entered English through French from Latin praeferre, composed of prae-, “before,” and ferre, “to bear or carry.” Its literal sense was to carry or place something before something else. From this developed the meanings “rank more highly,” “choose first,” and finally “like or want more than an alternative.”
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