後援する
解説 Definition
sponsoring は sponsor（後援する、資金を提供する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。イベントや活動を支援していること、または支援する行為そのものを表します。
The -ing form of “sponsor,” meaning to provide money, resources, or official support for an event, organization, activity, or person. It can describe ongoing support or the act of giving such support.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sponsoring は sponsor「資金・物品・名義を提供して後援する」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の r の後にそのまま付け、/ˈspɒnsərɪŋ/ などと発音します。company sponsoring a festival や Thank you for sponsoring us のように、単なる応援ではなく、責任を伴う具体的な支援を思い浮かべましょう。
Form sponsoring by adding -ing directly to sponsor; no letter is dropped or doubled. It is pronounced /ˈspɒnsərɪŋ/ in common British pronunciation or /ˈspɑːnsərɪŋ/ in common American pronunciation. Connect it with concrete, organized support rather than simple encouragement: a company may be sponsoring a festival, local businesses may sponsor a charity run, and donors may be thanked for sponsoring a school event. A sponsor usually contributes money, goods, services, or an official name and accepts some responsibility for the activity. This practical support is the core image behind both the participle and gerund.
例文
The company is sponsoring a local music festival.
その会社は地元の音楽祭を後援しています。
Thank you for sponsoring our school event.
私たちの学校行事を後援してくださりありがとうございます。
Several small businesses are sponsoring the charity run this year.
今年は複数の小規模企業がチャリティーランを後援しています。
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sponsoring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sponsoring は sponsor＋-ing。sponsor は後期ラテン語 sponsor「保証人・代父」に由来し、さらに spondere「厳かに約束する」にさかのぼります。原義が「責任を負う人」なので、そこから現代の「資金や名義を出して後援する」へ発展しました。関連語は respond, spouse.
Sponsoring consists of sponsor plus the suffix -ing. Sponsor entered English from Late Latin sponsor, meaning a guarantor or person who gives a solemn promise, derived from Latin spondēre, “to promise solemnly.” The idea of accepting responsibility developed into the modern senses of officially supporting or financing a person, event, or activity. Related words such as spouse and respond ultimately share historical connections with the Latin family of spondēre, though their modern meanings differ.
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