simplifying
単純化する
解説 Definition
simplifying は、複雑なものをより簡単にする、つまり「単純化する」という意味の動詞 simplify の -ing 形です。説明・手順・計算・制度などをわかりやすくしたり扱いやすくしたりする場合に使います。
Simplifying is the -ing form of simplify. It describes the ongoing or general act of making an explanation, process, calculation, system, or other complex matter easier to understand, perform, or manage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 simplify に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、語末の y は i に変えず simplifying と綴ります。simple「簡単な」と結び付け、複雑な規則や手順から余分な部分を減らして扱いやすくする場面を想像しましょう。simplifying a process や simplifying data が典型表現です。
Begin with simplify, meaning to make something simpler, and add -ing without changing the final y: simplifying, not simplifing or simplifing. The form can appear in a continuous verb phrase, as in the teacher is simplifying the rule, or act like a noun, as in simplifying the process saved time. Connect it with simple and simplicity. Picture removing unnecessary steps from a complicated procedure. Simplifying should make something easier to understand or handle, though oversimplifying goes too far and removes details that are still important.
例文
The teacher is simplifying the grammar rule for beginners.
先生は初心者向けにその文法規則を単純化している。
Simplifying the process saved the team a lot of time.
その手順を単純化したことで、チームは多くの時間を節約できた。
She is simplifying the data so that everyone can understand it.
彼女は誰もが理解できるようにデータを単純化している。
simplifying の類義語・関連語
simplifying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
simplifyingはsimplifyに進行形の-ingが付いた形で、語幹はラテン語simplex「一重の、入り組んでいない」にさかのぼります。simpleやsimplicityと同根で、「複雑なものを一つにほどいて分かりやすくする」感覚から「単純化する」になりました。
Simplifying is formed from simplify plus the suffix -ing. Simplify came through French from a Medieval Latin verb based on Latin simplex, meaning single, plain, or uncomplicated, together with a verb-forming element meaning to make. Simple and simplicity share this historical base. In the modern spelling, simplify keeps its final y before -ing, producing simplifying. The word therefore expresses making something less complex while an action is occurring or considered generally.
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