raiding
襲撃
解説 Definition
raiding は、場所や集団を突然襲う行為を指す名詞です。軍事的な襲撃だけでなく、警察の強制捜査や略奪目的の攻撃についても使われます。
Raiding is the act of suddenly entering or attacking a place in order to seize goods, damage a target, or conduct an official search. It may describe military attacks, looting expeditions, or forceful police operations.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
raiding は raid「突然襲う、強制捜査する」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、発音は /ˈreɪdɪŋ/ です。「素早く踏み込む」という raid の感覚を保ち、the raiding of trucks や police raiding のように襲撃・強制捜査という行為を表します。長期戦を表す attack より、突然性と短時間の侵入を意識して覚えましょう。
Raiding is raid plus -ing, with no spelling change, and is pronounced /ˈreɪdɪŋ/. Keep the central image of a group moving quickly into a place for a limited purpose: soldiers may seize supplies, thieves may take property, or police may search an illegal operation. Phrases such as the raiding of supply trucks and police raiding of gambling sites show its noun-like use. Compared with the broader word attack, a raid usually suggests a sudden entrance, a specific target, and a relatively quick withdrawal. That combination makes the meaning easier to retain.
例文
Raiding the village at night caused fear among the residents.
夜に村を襲撃したことで、住民の間に恐怖が広がった。
The report described the raiding of several supply trucks.
その報告書は数台の補給トラックへの襲撃について述べていた。
Police raiding of illegal gambling sites increased last year.
違法賭博場への警察の強制捜査は昨年増加した。
raiding の類義語・関連語
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raiding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
raiding は raid に動名詞語尾 -ing が付いた語。raid はスコットランド語を経て古英語 rad「騎馬の遠征」にさかのぼり、ride や road も同根です。だから単なる攻撃より「素早く踏み込む襲撃」の感じが出ます。
Raiding is formed by adding -ing to raid. Raid entered standard English through Scots and is connected with an older sense of a riding expedition. It ultimately relates to Old English rad, referring to a ride, journey, or mounted expedition. Ride and road belong to the same Germanic word family. The historical idea of traveling out on a swift expedition helps explain the modern sense of a sudden attack, incursion, or official entry.
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