worsening
悪化する
解説 Definition
worsening は worsen（悪化する、悪化させる）の現在分詞・動名詞で、形容詞としても使われます。状況、状態、問題などが前より悪くなっていることを表します。
Worsening describes a condition, problem, or situation that is becoming more serious, harmful, difficult, or unpleasant over time. It emphasizes an ongoing change for the worse, as in worsening symptoms, traffic, or weather.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
worsening は worsen「悪化する・悪化させる」に -ing を付けた形で、形容詞では「今まさに悪くなっている」という進行を表します。worsening cough、worsening traffic、worsening weather のように、以前との比較で状態が悪い方向へ動いている場面と結び付けましょう。単なる bad より変化を強調します。
Worsening is made by adding -ing to worsen, with no spelling change to the base. Its key idea is movement in a negative direction, not simply a bad condition. A bad cough may already be serious, but a worsening cough is becoming more serious than before. Build the memory around common combinations such as worsening symptoms, worsening traffic, and worsening weather. Worse gives the comparison, -en forms the verb “become worse,” and -ing presents that change as continuing or currently developing.
例文
The doctor was concerned about her worsening cough.
医師は彼女の悪化しているせきについて心配していました。
Worsening traffic made the trip much longer.
交通状況の悪化で、移動時間がかなり長くなりました。
The city prepared for worsening weather during the night.
市は夜間の天候悪化に備えました。
worsening の類義語・関連語
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worsening の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 wyrsa（より悪い）+ 接尾辞 -en（動詞化）+ -ing。ゲルマン祖語 *wersizōn に由来し、worse と同根。war（戦争）とは無関係だが、古英語の wyrsa は「混乱した状態」を含意。状態が「より悪い方向へ進む」過程を表す。
Worsening is the -ing form of worsen and can function as an adjective, participle, gerund, or noun. Worsen was formed in English from worse with the verb-forming suffix -en, giving the literal sense “to make or become worse.” Worse comes from Old English wyrsa and has Germanic roots. The added -ing presents the movement toward a worse condition as an ongoing process.
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