ratifying
批准する
解説 Definition
条約や協定を正式に承認し、法的効力を持たせる手続きを行うこと。
Ratifying means officially approving or confirming something, especially a law, agreement, or decision. It is often used in formal, legal, or political contexts when a group or government gives final acceptance. The action makes the agreement valid in an official way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず ratify を核で覚える。日常の agree よりずっと固く、条約や協定で「最終的に正式承認して効力を持たせる」ときの語。sign しただけで終わらず、その後に国会や政府が ratify して初めて発効する場面を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。ratification（批准）, ratified（批准済み）も同じ語幹でまとめて覚えると強い。ratifying はその手続きを進めている途中の形。
Start with `ratify`, the formal word behind `ratifying`. It is stronger than just `agree` or `sign`: after signing, a government may still need to `ratify` something officially. Learn the family together: `ratify`, `ratified`, and `ratification`.
例文
The parliament spent months debating before ratifying the international trade agreement.
議会は国際貿易協定を批准する前に何ヶ月も議論を重ねた。
Several member states are still in the process of ratifying the climate accord.
いくつかの加盟国はまだ気候協定の批准手続きの途中にある。
By ratifying the treaty, the government committed to reducing carbon emissions by half.
条約を批准することで、政府は炭素排出量を半減させることを約束した。
ratifying の類義語・関連語
ratifying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ratifying は ratify の現在分詞で、古フランス語 ratifier、さらに中世ラテン語 ratificare に由来します。ratus「承認された、確かな」＋ facere「作る」から成り、「正式に有効なものにする」という感覚で、ratification も同系です。
"Ratifying" comes from the verb "ratify," which entered English through Old French from Medieval Latin "ratificare." It is built from Latin "ratus" meaning "approved" or "settled" and "facere" meaning "to make." The basic idea is "to make something officially valid," and related English words include "ratification."
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