recuperating
回復中
解説 Definition
recuperating は recuperate（回復する、元気を取り戻す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。病気やけが、疲労などから体力や健康を取り戻している状態を表します。
The process of gradually regaining health, strength, or energy after an illness, injury, operation, or period of exhaustion. As a participial form, it can describe someone who is currently going through that recovery.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
recuperate「病気・けが・疲労から回復する」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形です。re-「再び」と「取り戻す」という語源的な核から、失った体力を再び得る過程を想像します。be recuperating at home、recuperate from an injury の形が典型です。
Recuperating is formed from recuperate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Link it to the idea of getting something back: a person who is recuperating is gradually regaining health, strength, or energy that was lost through illness, injury, surgery, or exhaustion. Picture someone resting at home after an operation rather than immediately returning to work. Common patterns are “be recuperating at home” and “recuperate from an injury.” Compared with recovering, recuperating often draws attention to rest and the gradual rebuilding of physical strength.
例文
He is recuperating at home after a minor operation.
彼は軽い手術の後、自宅で回復中です。
Recuperating from the injury took longer than she expected.
そのけがから回復するのには、彼女が思ったより時間がかかりました。
The coach said the player was still recuperating and would not join practice.
コーチは、その選手はまだ回復中で練習には参加しないと言いました。
recuperating の類義語・関連語
recuperating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 recuperare（取り戻す）から。re-（再び）+ capere（つかむ）に分解でき、失ったものを再びつかむ意。関連語：recover（回復する）、capture（捕らえる）。体力や健康を「取り戻す」過程を表す。
Recuperating is the present participle and gerund of recuperate, formed by dropping final e before adding -ing. Recuperate comes from Latin recuperare, “to regain or recover.” The Latin word conveyed the recovery of something lost, and English first used it in related senses of getting something back. Its modern intransitive use commonly refers to regaining health or strength after sickness, injury, surgery, or fatigue.
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