mop up

拭き取る

こぼれた液体を布やスポンジ、モップで取り除くこと。

やさしい英語で： To remove spilled liquid by using a cloth, sponge, or floor cleaning tool.

• Please mop up the milk.
• She mopped up the water with an old towel.
• Have you mopped up the spill in the kitchen?

使い方： mop something up (Please mop the water up before someone slips.)

類義語： wipe up, soak up

よく使う表現： mop up water, mop up a spill

パンで拭って食べる

皿に残ったソースなどをパンでぬぐって食べること。

やさしい英語で： To use bread or similar food to collect liquid left on your plate and eat it.

• Use bread to mop up the sauce.
• He mopped up the last of the gravy with a roll.
• Would you like some bread to mop up those juices?

使い方： mop up something with something (I mopped up the sauce with bread.)

類義語： soak up

よく使う表現： mop up sauce, mop up gravy

災害の後片付けをする

洪水や嵐、火災、戦闘の後で、その場所を片付けてきれいにすること。

やさしい英語で： To clear and clean a place after a flood, storm, fire, or fighting.

• Crews are mopping up after the flood.
• Soldiers mopped up the damaged area after the fighting.
• Volunteers arrived to mop up the ruined streets.

使い方： mop up after something (Residents helped mop up after the storm.)

類義語： clean up, clear up

よく使う表現： mop up after floods, mop up the area

後始末をする、問題を解決する

失敗や事故の後に残った問題や被害に対処すること。

やさしい英語で： To deal with problems or harm left after something has gone wrong.

• We need to mop up these problems.
• She mopped up the mess left by the failed project.
• Who will mop up after their argument?

類義語： sort out, fix, put right

よく使う表現： mop up problems, mop up the mess

余剰を吸収する

余った物や多すぎる物を使う、買う、取り除くなどして減らすこと。

やさしい英語で： To use, buy, or remove something that is left over or exists in too large an amount.

• The sale mopped up our excess stock.
• Banks bought bonds to mop up surplus cash.
• Extra demand should mop up the remaining supply.

類義語： absorb, use up

よく使う表現： mop up excess, mop up surplus funds

残りを仕上げる

最後に残った細かな作業や部分を終わらせること。

やさしい英語で： To complete the last small tasks or parts of something.

• We just need to mop up the last few tasks.
• She mopped up the remaining details before sending the report.
• Can you mop up these little jobs today?

類義語： finish off, complete

よく使う表現： mop up remaining tasks, mop up the details