tackling
取り組む
解説 Definition
tacklingは「取り組む」という意味で、tackle（取り組む、対処する）の現在分詞形である。困難な問題や課題に積極的に対処しようとする行為を表す。スポーツでは相手選手に体当たりして止める行為も指す。
Tackling is the present participle of tackle and means actively confronting and dealing with a difficult problem, task, or amount of work. In sports, it can instead refer to attempting to stop or dispossess an opponent by making a tackle.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tackling は tackle の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞で、/ˈtækəlɪŋ/ と発音する。tackle a problem「問題に取り組む」を進行形にして is tackling the problem と使う。スポーツで相手に組み付いて止める像から、難題へ正面から対処する感覚をつかむ。
Tackling is formed from tackle by dropping the final e and adding -ing; it is pronounced /ˈtækəlɪŋ/. Picture a player moving directly toward an opponent to stop them. That physical image supports the figurative meaning of confronting a difficult task instead of avoiding it. Learn it with direct objects: tackling unemployment, tackling a new project, or tackling a mountain of paperwork. Compared with handling, tackling often suggests that the problem is substantial and that the response is active, energetic, and direct.
例文
The government is tackling the problem of rising unemployment.
政府は増加する失業問題に取り組んでいる。
She spent the weekend tackling the mountain of paperwork on her desk.
彼女は机の上に積まれた大量の書類に週末をかけて取り組んだ。
The team is tackling the new project with great enthusiasm.
チームは大きな熱意を持って新しいプロジェクトに取り組んでいる。
tackling の類義語・関連語
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tackling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tackling は tackle の現在分詞で、語源は中英語 takel『道具・装備』、さらに中低地ドイツ語系の『船具』にさかのぼります。『装備を扱う』感覚から『組みつく』『課題に取り組む』へ広がり、tackle や tackle-box も同根です。
Tackling is the present-participle form of tackle, formed by dropping final e before adding -ing. Tackle originally referred to equipment or apparatus, especially ships’ rigging, and entered Middle English from a Middle Low German or related Germanic source. The verb later developed senses involving handling equipment, seizing or grappling with someone, and finally confronting a task or problem. The sports and figurative meanings preserve the idea of engaging something directly.
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