safeguarding
保護する
解説 Definition
safeguarding は safeguard（保護する、守る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や物、権利などを危険や損害から守る行為について使われます。
The present participle or gerund of “safeguard,” referring to the continuing action or practice of protecting people, property, health, rights, or information from danger, abuse, loss, or damage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 safeguard は safe「安全な」＋ guard「守る」で、「安全な状態を保つよう継続的に保護する」と捉えます。末尾を変えず -ing を付けた safeguarding は現在分詞・動名詞です。safeguarding children、safeguarding health、safeguarding rights のように、守る対象との組み合わせで覚えましょう。
Break “safeguarding” into “safe,” “guard,” and “-ing.” The first two parts create a clear picture: guarding someone or something so that it remains safe. The -ing form can describe an action in progress, as in “rules are safeguarding children,” or the activity itself, as in “safeguarding workers’ health.” Learn it with common objects such as children, rights, health, documents, and data. Compared with a single act of defense, “safeguarding” often suggests organized, preventive, or continuing protection.
例文
The new rules are safeguarding children online.
新しい規則は、子どもたちをオンライン上で保護しています。
She is safeguarding the documents in a locked cabinet.
彼女は書類を鍵のかかる戸棚で保護しています。
Safeguarding workers' health is a basic duty of the company.
従業員の健康を守ることは、会社の基本的な義務です。
safeguarding の類義語・関連語
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safeguarding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
safeguarding は safe + guard + -ing で、safe は古フランス語 sauf を経たラテン語 salvus「無事な」、guard はゲルマン系由来です。「無事な状態を見張って保つ」形なので、単なる防御より継続的な保護の感じが出ます。関連語は guardian、salvation です。
“Safeguarding” is formed from the verb “safeguard” plus the suffix “-ing.” “Safeguard” combines “safe,” which came through Old French from Latin “salvus,” meaning safe or unharmed, and “guard,” a word of Germanic origin that entered English through French. The compound first referred to protection or a protective measure and later also became a verb meaning to keep from harm.
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