mock

まねてからかう

相手の声や動作をまねて、ばかにする。

やさしい英語で： To copy someone’s voice or actions in a way that makes them look foolish.

• The boys mocked his accent.
• She mocked the teacher by copying his gestures.
• Stop mocking the way I walk.

類義語： mimic, imitate

よく使う表現： mock someone’s accent, mock someone’s voice, mock someone for, openly mock someone

くじく、無にする

成功を妨げ、人の希望や努力を無駄にする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone’s hopes or efforts seem useless by preventing success.

• The wind mocked our efforts to light a fire.
• Each setback mocked her hopes of escape.
• The empty well mocked their desperate search for water.

類義語： frustrate, defeat

よく使う表現： mock someone’s hopes, mock someone’s efforts

模擬の、見せかけの

練習や遊びなどのため、本物らしく作ったり行ったりした。

やさしい英語で： Made or done to seem real, often for practice or fun.

• We held a mock election.
• She gasped in mock horror.
• The course includes mock interviews with employers.

類義語： imitation, simulated, pretend, fake

反対語： real, genuine

よく使う表現： mock trial, mock interview, mock surprise, mock leather

模擬試験

重要な試験の前に、練習のために受ける試験。

やさしい英語で： A test taken for practice before an important exam.

• My maths mock is tomorrow.
• She did well in her mocks.
• Have you revised for the history mock?

類義語： practice exam

よく使う表現： history mock, mock results, sit a mock

模造品

本物に似せた品で、多くの場合は本物より質が劣る。

やさしい英語で： A copy that looks like something real but is often poorer in quality.

• The crown was only a mock.
• They sold a cheap mock of the original.
• This mock lacks the quality of the real thing.

類義語： imitation, copy, fake

反対語： original

よく使う表現： cheap mock, poor mock

嘲笑

人を笑ったり、ばかにして扱ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： The act of laughing at someone or treating them as foolish.

• There was mock in his voice.
• They made mock of the stranger.
• Her proud speech became the subject of cruel mock.

使い方： make mock of someone/something (The crowd made mock of his grand promises.)

類義語： mockery, ridicule

よく使う表現： make mock, cruel mock