slowing
遅くなる
解説 Definition
slowing は slow（遅くなる、遅くする）の動名詞・現在分詞です。速度や進み具合が落ちている状態、または何かを遅くする動作を表します。
Slowing describes a decrease in speed, rate, or progress, or the action of causing such a decrease. It is the present participle and gerund of slow and may be used either without an object or with the thing whose progress is being reduced.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
slowing は slow にそのまま -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、slow → slowing です。語末の w は重ねません。速度が自然に落ちる The train is slowing と、何かが進行を遅らせる The medicine is slowing recovery の両方を、slow down「速度を落とす」と関連付けて覚えましょう。
Slowing is formed by adding -ing directly to slow; the final w is not doubled. Keep two related pictures in mind. In “The train is slowing,” the train itself is losing speed. In “The medicine is slowing his recovery,” something causes a process to progress less quickly. The common phrase slow down reinforces both patterns and makes the change in speed easy to visualize. Slowing can refer not only to physical motion but also to traffic, growth, recovery, production, or any process whose rate is decreasing.
例文
The train is slowing near the station.
電車は駅の近くで速度を落としています。
Traffic was slowing because of the rain.
雨のために交通の流れが遅くなっていました。
The medicine may be slowing his recovery.
その薬が彼の回復を遅らせているのかもしれません。
slowing の類義語・関連語
類義語
slowing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
slowing は slow の現在分詞で、slow は古英語 slaw「のろい、怠い」にさかのぼるゲルマン系の語です。もともと「動きが鈍い」という感覚から、速度や進み方が遅くなることを表します。関連語に slowly, slowdown があります。
Slowing is the -ing form of slow, created without any change to the base spelling. Slow comes from Old English slāw, which described something sluggish, inactive, or not quick, and belongs to the Germanic vocabulary of English. Its later use as a verb developed naturally from the adjective: to slow is to become less quick or to cause something to proceed less quickly.
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