repairing
修理する
解説 Definition
repairing は repair（修理する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。壊れた物や傷んだ部分を直して使える状態に戻す動作を表します。
Repairing is the act or ongoing process of fixing something damaged, broken, or worn so that it works properly or can be used again. It is the present participle and gerund form of “repair.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 repair にそのまま -ing を付けて repairing とし、語末の子音は重ねない。発音は repair の /r/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く。repair a bicycle、repair a clock、repair a bridge のように、壊れたり傷んだりした物を再び使える状態へ戻す場面と結び付け、単なる点検や交換と区別する。
Take the base verb repair and add -ing directly: repairing. Do not double the final consonant. The final /r/ sound of repair flows into /ɪŋ/. Picture someone repairing a bicycle, an old clock, or a storm-damaged bridge. In every case, the object has a fault or damage and is being restored to a usable condition. This distinguishes repairing from inspecting, which only checks something, and replacing, which substitutes a different item. Learn it with a direct object: repairing the bike, repairing the clock, or repairing the bridge.
例文
He is repairing his bicycle in the garage.
彼はガレージで自転車を修理しています。
Repairing the old clock took two hours.
古い時計を修理するのに2時間かかりました。
The workers are repairing the bridge after the storm.
作業員たちは嵐の後、橋を修理しています。
repairing の類義語・関連語
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repairing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
repairing は repair + -ing で、repair は古フランス語を経てラテン語 reparare に由来し、re-「再び」+ parare「整える」です。つまり「もう一度使える状態に整える」が原義なので、「修理する」の意味に納得できます。関連語に prepare, repair があります。
Repairing is formed regularly from repair plus -ing. Repair in the sense “fix or restore” came through Old French from Latin reparare, composed of re-, “again,” and parare, “prepare or make ready.” Its structure therefore suggests making something ready again. That idea developed naturally into restoring a damaged object or structure to sound or usable condition. The related word prepare shares the Latin element parare but does not itself mean fixing damage.
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