vying
争う
解説 Definition
vying は vie（競う、争う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。賞や地位、注目などを得ようとして複数の人や組織が競い合っている場面で使われます。
Vying is the present participle or gerund of vie. It describes people, teams, or organizations actively competing against one another to obtain something desirable, such as a prize, position, contract, or public attention, and is commonly followed by for.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 vie の語末 e を落として -ying を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、vie → vying となります。発音は /ˈvaɪɪŋ/ で、二つの母音を続けます。vying for the contract、first place、attention のように、得たい賞・地位・注目を for の後ろに置く形で覚えましょう。
Connect vying directly to its base verb vie, “to compete.” To form the -ing form, the final e is replaced before -ing is added: vie becomes vying, not “vieing.” It is pronounced with the sounds of vie and ing kept distinct, approximately /ˈvaɪɪŋ/. The most useful pattern is be vying for something: companies vie for a contract, teams vie for first place, and artists vie for attention. This pattern emphasizes active rivalry over a desired result rather than an ordinary disagreement or fight.
例文
Several companies are vying for the contract.
数社がその契約をめぐって争っています。
The two teams are vying for first place.
その2チームは首位を争っています。
Young artists are vying for attention at the exhibition.
若い芸術家たちが展覧会で注目を集めようと競っています。
vying の類義語・関連語
vying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古仏語envier（勝負へ挑む）の短縮形で、ラテン語invitare（招く）に由来します。接頭辞脱落後の語根vie/invit（招く・導く）に由来し、「誰かを勝負の席へ招く」意味が転じて「競い合う・争う」となりました。関連語にinvite、invitationがあります。
Vying is the present-participle and gerund form of vie. The English verb is generally traced to a shortened form of Middle English envien, borrowed from Old French envier in a sense connected with challenging or inviting someone to compete. Its deeper history has been associated with Latin invitare, “to invite,” although parts of that development are debated. In modern English, the spelling change is clear: final e in vie gives way to y before -ing.
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