数え直す
解説 Definition
recounting は recount（数え直す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。票や物などを、結果を確認または訂正するためにもう一度数える動作を表します。「出来事を詳しく語る」という同綴りの別義とは、発音と文脈で区別します。
Recounting is the present participle or gerund of recount in its numerical sense. It means carefully counting votes, coins, objects, or other items again, usually to check or correct an earlier total.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形は recount「数え直す」。count に「再び」の re- が付き、綴りを変えずに -ing を加えた形で、語尾は /ɪŋ/ と発音します。recounting the votes や recounting every item のように、一つずつ確認して再計数する場面で覚え、「出来事を詳しく語る」という同綴りの別義とは文脈で区別します。
Connect recounting with count and the prefix re-, meaning “again.” The base verb is recount, and -ing is added without changing its spelling; the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Imagine officials recounting votes after a close election or a clerk checking every coin after discovering an error. The useful pattern is recounting the votes, coins, or items: each object is counted again for accuracy. Context separates this numerical sense from recounting a story, which means narrating events in detail.
例文
She is recounting the votes carefully.
彼女は票を慎重に数え直しています。
The clerk spent the morning recounting the coins.
店員は午前中、硬貨を数え直して過ごしました。
After the mistake, the team began recounting every item in the box.
ミスのあと、チームは箱の中の品物を一つずつ数え直し始めました。
recounting の類義語・関連語
recounting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
recounting は re-「再び」+ count「数える」から成り、count は古フランス語を経てラテン語 computare「計算する」に由来します。もとは『もう一度数える』なので、項目を一つずつ確かめながら数え上げる感じがそのまま出ています。関連語は count, account。
In its counting sense, recount is formed from re-, meaning “again,” and count. Count entered English through Old French and ultimately comes from Latin computare, “to calculate.” Recounting simply adds the participial ending -ing to recount. The structure directly expresses the action of counting something again, often to verify a result after a mistake or dispute.
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