concoct (C1)

カタカナ: コンコクト

IPA: /kənˈkɒkt/

Definition

Create or prepare something, especially a dish or a drink, by mixing various ingredients together, or to devise a plan or story, often in an inventive or deceitful way.

意味: 様々な材料を混ぜ合わせて料理や飲み物を作ること、あるいは計画や物語を（しばしば独創的、または人を欺くような方法で）考え出すこと。

Examples / 例文

• She tried to concoct a believable excuse for being late to the meeting. — 会議に遅れた理由として、もっともらしい言い訳をでっち上げようとした。

• The alchemist spent years trying to concoct a potion that would turn lead into gold. — 錬金術師は、鉛を金に変える薬を調合しようと何年も費やした。

• They managed to concoct a wild story to explain the missing money. — 彼らは消えた金について説明するために、突拍子もない話をでっち上げた。

Concoct の日本語訳

Japanese translations of Concoct:

• 作り上げる
• 考案する
• でっち上げる

How to Use Concoct

concoct something from something (prepositional phrase)

To make something using specific base materials. — "He had to concoct a dinner from whatever was left in the fridge."

concoct a plan (collocation)

To invent a strategy, often one that is complex or slightly suspicious. — "The students concocted a plan to sneak out of the dormitory."

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