English Dictionary

weasel word

名詞

古風 軽蔑的

(derogatory, dated) A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies. / (derogatory) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.

日本語の意味

修飾する単語の意味を打ち消す、または除去するために用いられる言葉。 / 発言をあいまいに、不明瞭にするために使われる、曖昧な表現を指す言葉。

The editor called the phrase 'some people say' a weasel word that diluted the article's claims.

編集者は「some people say」という表現を、記事の主張の意味を弱め、修飾する語の意味を打ち消す言葉だと表現した。

意味（1）

(derogatory, dated) A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies.

Weasel words are words that suck all of the life out of the words next to them just as a weasel sucks an egg and leaves the shell.

意味（2）

(derogatory) A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.

In scrapping HS2's eastern leg and descoping Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), Prime Minister Boris Johnson's frequent and unambiguous promises to build both have been exposed for the weasel words they were.

weasel words （ plural ）