rejecting
拒否する
解説 Definition
rejecting は reject（拒否する、却下する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。提案、申し出、考えなどを受け入れない行為を表します。
Rejecting is the present participle or gerund of reject and describes the act of refusing to accept, approve, or consider an offer, proposal, plan, idea, or similar item. It can form a continuous verb phrase or function as a noun-like expression.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rejecting は reject「拒否する・却下する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の t はそのままで rejecting となり、発音は「リジェクティング」に近い形です。re-「後ろへ」＋ ject「投げる」から、offer や proposal を受け取らず投げ返す場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Rejecting is formed by adding -ing to reject; the final t remains, and the word is pronounced with the /t/ beginning the last syllable. Remember the parts re-, “back,” and ject, “throw”: rejecting an offer is like throwing it back instead of accepting it. Picture a committee rejecting a proposal after reviewing it. The form appears in continuous constructions such as is rejecting the offer and as a gerund in Rejecting the plan was difficult. Contrast it with accepting or approving.
例文
She is rejecting the offer for personal reasons.
彼女は個人的な理由でその申し出を断ろうとしています。
Rejecting the plan was a difficult decision.
その計画を拒否するのは難しい決断でした。
The committee explained why it was rejecting the proposal.
委員会はなぜその提案を却下するのかを説明しました。
rejecting の類義語・関連語
rejecting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「rejecting」は reject の進行・分詞形で、古フランス語を経てラテン語 reicere「後ろへ投げ返す」に由来します。re- は「後ろへ」、-ject は「投げる」で、申し出や考えを「投げ返す」感覚から「拒否する」となり、eject や project も同じ語根です。
Reject comes through French and Latin from Latin reicere, “to throw back,” formed from re-, “back,” and iacere, “to throw.” The spelling element -ject reflects the same Latin root found in eject, project, and object. English adds -ing directly to reject to create rejecting, its present-participle and gerund form. The historical image of throwing something back developed into the modern sense of refusing it.
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