手直し
解説 Definition
reworking は rework「手直しする、作り直す」の現在分詞・動名詞です。既に作った文章・計画・設計などを、改善や新たな目的のために修正することを表します。
The present participle or gerund of “rework,” meaning to revise, reshape, or make substantial changes to something already created, such as a chapter, design, plan, or proposal, usually in order to improve it or make it suitable for a new purpose.
使い方 Usage
- reworking の後に a chapter、the design、a proposal など、手直しする対象を置きます。 Place the thing being revised after reworking, as in reworking a chapter, reworking the design, or reworking a proposal.
- spend time reworking ... で「…の手直しに時間を使う」と表せます。 Use spend time reworking ... to describe using time to revise something.
使い分け Common distinctions
- proofreading が誤字などの確認・訂正を指すのに対し、reworking は構成や内容の大幅な修正も含みます。 Proofreading concerns checking and correcting errors such as typos. Reworking can involve substantial changes to structure or content.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
re-「再び」＋ work「作業する」で、一度作ったものにもう一度手を加えると覚えましょう。rework にそのまま -ing を付けて reworking と書きます。
Break the word into re-, “again,” work, and -ing. Picture working on an existing draft again to improve it. Add -ing directly to rework: reworking.
例文
She is reworking the first chapter of her report.
彼女は報告書の第1章を手直ししています。
The team spent the afternoon reworking the design.
チームは午後を使ってデザインを手直ししました。
After the review, he began reworking the proposal.
レビューの後、彼は提案書の手直しを始めました。
reworking の類義語・関連語
reworking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「再び」の接頭辞re-（ラテン語）と「働く」語根work（古英語）、動作の名詞化を表す-ingで構成。「一度作った工程をもう一度行う」という語源が、製品や文章を「手直しする」意味に自然に繋がります。同じwork語根のoverworkやhomeworkも同構造です。
Reworking is formed from rework plus the participial suffix -ing. Rework itself combines re-, meaning “again” or “anew,” with work, a word inherited from Old English weorc. Its structure directly expresses doing work on something another time. The modern verb commonly refers to revising or reshaping an existing text, design, plan, or product. The -ing form presents that activity as ongoing or treats the process itself as a noun-like concept.
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