ammunition

弾薬

銃や大砲などの武器で使う弾丸や砲弾など。

やさしい英語で： Bullets, shells, and other materials used in guns and similar weapons.

• The soldiers needed more ammunition.
• They found boxes of ammunition in the truck.
• The guards ran out of ammunition during the attack.

類義語： ammo, munitions

よく使う表現： live ammunition, supply ammunition, run out of ammunition, store ammunition

攻撃材料、批判材料

議論で相手を攻撃するために使える事実や言葉。

やさしい英語で： Facts or words that can be used to attack someone in an argument.

• His mistake gave her ammunition.
• The report provided ammunition for critics of the policy.
• She used his old comments as ammunition in their argument.

使い方： ammunition for someone/something (The mistake gave ammunition to her critics.); ammunition against someone (They gathered ammunition against their opponent.)

類義語： fuel, material

よく使う表現： give someone ammunition, political ammunition, ammunition against someone