fudge

ファッジ

砂糖、バター、牛乳で作る柔らかく甘い菓子。チョコを加えることも多い。

やさしい英語で： A soft, very sweet food made with sugar, butter, and milk, often with chocolate added.

• I bought some chocolate fudge.
• She cut the fudge into small squares.
• Would you like a piece of vanilla fudge?

よく使う表現： chocolate fudge, vanilla fudge, homemade fudge

ごまかしの答え

わざと真実を隠したり、はっきり言うのを避けたりする答え。

やさしい英語で： An answer that deliberately hides the truth or avoids saying anything clearly.

• His answer was a fudge.
• The minister offered a political fudge instead of a clear decision.
• We need a proper answer, not another fudge.

類義語： evasion

よく使う表現： political fudge, a fudge, another fudge

たわごと、くだらない話

ばかげていて、内容に価値のない話や考え。

やさしい英語で： Words or ideas that are silly and have no real value.

• That story is pure fudge.
• He dismissed their romantic talk as sentimental fudge.
• Why do you believe such fudge?

類義語： nonsense, rubbish

よく使う表現： sentimental fudge, mere fudge, such fudge

はぐらかす、言葉を濁す

質問に明確で率直な答えを出すのを避ける。

やさしい英語で： To avoid giving a clear, direct answer to a question.

• Please do not fudge the question.
• She fudged when I asked about the cost.
• The manager keeps fudging the issue of pay.

類義語： evade, dodge

よく使う表現： fudge the issue, fudge an answer, fudge the question

改ざんする、ごまかす

問題や真実を隠すために、細かい情報や数字を書き換える。

やさしい英語で： To change details or numbers so that problems or the truth are hidden.

• He fudged the figures.
• They fudged the results to make the experiment look successful.
• You cannot fudge the numbers just to meet your target.

類義語： manipulate, doctor

よく使う表現： fudge the figures, fudge the results, fudge the numbers