preventing
防止する
解説 Definition
preventing は prevent（防止する、妨げる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。悪いことや望ましくないことが起こらないようにする場合に使います。
Stopping an unwanted event, action, or condition from happening, or making it impossible for someone or something to do something. It is the present participle and gerund form of prevent.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 prevent「防ぐ」に -ing をそのまま加えた現在分詞・動名詞で、綴りは変わりません。pre-「前もって」と「来る」に由来する部分を意識し、問題に先回りする姿を思い浮かべます。prevent A from doing「Aが〜するのを妨げる」を一まとまりで覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb prevent and add -ing without changing the spelling: preventing. Its historical parts suggest coming before something, so picture taking action before an accident, illness, or leak can occur. Learn the common pattern prevent A from doing: “They are preventing water from entering the room.” As a participle, preventing can form a continuous verb phrase; as a gerund, it names the activity, as in preventing illness. This forward-looking image makes the word easier to distinguish from repairing damage after it happens.
例文
Washing your hands helps in preventing illness.
手を洗うことは病気の予防に役立ちます。
The rule is preventing accidents at school.
その規則は学校での事故を防いでいます。
They are preventing water from entering the room.
彼らは水が部屋に入るのを防いでいます。
preventing の類義語・関連語
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preventing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語praevenire（先に来る・先手を打つ）に由来。prae-（前に）＋venire（来る）の構成で、「先回りして阻む」が原義。同根語にintervene（介入する）やconvene（招集する）があり、いずれも-venire系。
Preventing is formed from prevent plus the participial ending -ing, with no spelling change. Prevent comes from Latin praevenire, built from prae-, “before,” and venire, “to come.” It originally carried the idea of coming before or anticipating something, from which the modern sense “stop something from happening” developed. Intervene and convene contain elements derived from the same Latin verb venire.
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