troll

荒らし

面白がってネットに書き込み、人を怒らせたり争わせたりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who posts comments online to upset people or start arguments for amusement.

• Ignore the troll in the comments.
• Several trolls tried to spoil the discussion.
• She blocked a troll who kept insulting her posts.

類義語： provocateur, troublemaker

よく使う表現： internet troll, online troll, ignore a troll

トロール

昔話に登場する人に似た醜い怪物。橋の下や洞窟に住むことが多い。

やさしい英語で： An ugly creature like a person in traditional stories, often living under bridges or in caves.

• A troll lived under the bridge.
• The children drew pictures of trolls.
• In the story, a clever girl tricks the hungry troll.

類義語： trow

よく使う表現： mountain troll, troll under a bridge, wicked troll

政治工作員、政治的な荒らし

組織的な政治活動のために、主にネットでうそを広めたり争いを起こしたりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who spreads lies or causes arguments, often online, to support an organized political campaign.

• The campaign employed paid trolls.
• Investigators traced the false posts to a network of trolls.
• Political trolls used fake accounts to attack the candidate.

よく使う表現： paid troll, political troll, troll farm

荒らす、あおる

人を怒らせたり議論を荒らしたりするため、わざとネットに書き込む。

やさしい英語で： To post comments online deliberately intended to upset people or turn a discussion into an argument.

• He likes to troll in the comments.
• She was trolling the discussion with ridiculous claims.
• Stop trolling and answer the question seriously.

類義語： provoke, bait

よく使う表現： troll a discussion, troll a forum, troll someone online

荒らす

ネット上の集団が正常に活動できないよう、わざと問題を起こすこと。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately cause trouble in an online group so that it cannot work normally.

• They troll the forum every evening.
• Someone trolled our online support group.
• The moderators banned users who were trolling the community.

類義語： disrupt

よく使う表現： troll a forum, troll a community, troll a chat

ネットで嫌がらせする

ネットのメッセージやコメントで、繰り返し人を攻撃したり困らせたりする。

やさしい英語で： To repeatedly attack or upset someone through messages or comments on the internet.

• Strangers began to troll her online.
• He blocked the accounts that were trolling him.
• They have trolled the journalist for months.

類義語： harass, cyberbully

よく使う表現： troll someone online, troll someone repeatedly, troll someone relentlessly