形を変える
解説 Definition
reshaping は reshape（形を変える、作り直す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物の形を変える場合だけでなく、計画や制度などの構造を作り直す場合にも使われます。
Reshaping means changing the form, structure, or organization of something while the action is in progress or considered as an activity. It can describe physically altering material or substantially redesigning a plan, program, system, or other abstract structure.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 reshape に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として reshaping となる。re-「再び・改めて」＋shape「形作る」から、粘土の形を変える場面だけでなく、design や program の構造を作り直す場面も思い浮かべると用法が定着する。
Link reshaping to the base verb reshape: re- means “again” or “anew,” and shape means giving something a form. To add -ing, drop the final silent e in reshape, producing reshaping. Picture an artist actively changing the form of clay; then extend the same image to engineers reshaping a design or a company reshaping a training program. In each case, an existing physical or abstract structure is being given a different form rather than merely being adjusted in one minor detail.
例文
The artist is reshaping the clay by hand.
その芸術家は手で粘土の形を変えています。
The company is reshaping its training program for new employees.
その会社は新入社員向けの研修制度を作り直しています。
Engineers are reshaping the design to make the device smaller.
技術者たちは装置を小さくするために設計を作り直しています。
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reshaping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
re-「再び」+ shape から成る語です。shape は古英語 scapan/scieppan「形作る・作り出す」にさかのぼり、reshaping はもともと「もう一度形を作る」こと、そこから「形を変える」の意味になります。関連語は shape, misshape。
Reshaping is the -ing form of reshape, created from the prefix re-, meaning “again” or “anew,” and shape. The verb shape is historically related to Old English scieppan or scapan, meaning “to create, form, or arrange.” Reshape therefore literally suggests giving something a new form, and its use expanded naturally from physical objects to designs, institutions, plans, and other abstract structures.
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