stressing
ストレスを感じる
解説 Definition
「ストレスを感じる」という意味の動詞です。
Experiencing worry or mental pressure about a problem or future event, especially in the informal pattern stress about or over something. As another use of the same verb form, stressing can mean repeatedly emphasizing that something is important.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 stress に -ing を付ける際、語末の s は重ねず stressing とする。stress about／over a presentation なら「〜を心配してストレスを感じる」。一方、stress the importance of では「重要性を強調する」なので、目的語の形で語義を見分ける。発音は /ˈstresɪŋ/。
Stressing is the -ing form of stress. Add -ing directly without doubling the final s, and pronounce it /ˈstresɪŋ/. For the target meaning, remember the pattern “stress about” or “stress over” something: she was stressing about tomorrow’s presentation. It describes ongoing worry or mental pressure and is especially common in informal English. Context also reveals a second meaning. If a person is stressing the importance of something, stress means “emphasize,” not “feel worried.” Look for about or over to signal anxiety, and a direct object such as importance or need to signal emphasis.
例文
She was stressing about the presentation she had to give the next day.
彼女は翌日に行わなければならないプレゼンテーションのことでストレスを感じていた。
He kept stressing the importance of finishing the project on time.
彼はプロジェクトを期限内に終わらせることの重要性を繰り返し強調していた。
Stop stressing and take a deep breath to calm yourself down.
ストレスを感じるのをやめて、深呼吸して落ち着きなさい。
stressing の類義語・関連語
stressing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
stressing は stress＋-ing。stress は中英語で distress の短縮形として入り、古フランス語経由でラテン語 distringere「きつく引っ張る」に遡ります。dis-「離して」＋stringere「締める」から、「心身を締めつける」感覚で『ストレスを感じる』に。関連語は distress, strain。
Stressing consists of stress plus the participial ending -ing. Stress entered Middle English as a shortened form related to distress, which came through Old French from Latin distringere, “to draw tight” or “constrain.” The Latin verb combines dis- with stringere, “to bind or tighten.” The physical idea of pressure or strain developed into meanings involving mental tension, and the verb stress consequently came to mean experiencing such pressure as well as placing emphasis on something.
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