苦労している
解説 Definition
struggling は struggle（苦労する、もがく）の現在分詞です。「苦労している」「困難に取り組んでいる」という意味で、勉強や仕事、生活上の問題に苦戦している場面で使います。
Trying very hard to do, understand, or manage something because it is difficult. As the present participle of struggle, it describes an ongoing effort against a problem, limitation, or challenging situation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
struggle（苦闘する）の現在分詞で、語末の無音の e を取って -ing を付け、struggling /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/ となります。struggle with a question は「問題に苦戦する」、struggle to learn は「学ぼうと懸命に努力する」です。単に忙しいのではなく、困難に押し返されながらも取り組んでいる場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Struggling is the present participle of struggle. Drop the final silent e and add -ing: struggle becomes struggling, pronounced /ˈstrʌɡəlɪŋ/. Picture someone continuing to push against a difficult problem without giving up. Learn the common patterns struggle with something and struggle to do something: She is struggling with English; she is struggling to understand the lesson. The word suggests difficulty combined with active effort. It is stronger than simply being busy and does not necessarily mean that the person has failed.
例文
I am struggling with this question.
私はこの問題に苦労しています。
She is struggling to learn English.
彼女は英語を学ぶのに苦労しています。
They are struggling because the work is hard.
仕事が大変なので、彼らは苦労しています。
struggling の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
struggling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
struggling は struggle の現在分詞で、中英語 struglen / strogelen に由来します。語源ははっきりせず、北欧語系やオランダ語系の「よろめく・もつれる」語に結びつけられ、体をよじって争う感じから「苦闘する」へ広がりました。関連語は struggle, struggler。
Struggling is formed from struggle by removing the final silent e and adding -ing. Struggle entered English in the Middle English forms struglen and strogelen. Its deeper origin is uncertain, though it has been compared with Germanic words associated with stumbling, grappling, or moving with difficulty. Its early physical sense of wrestling or contending broadened to include determined effort against abstract difficulties such as financial problems, demanding work, or hard questions.
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