fudge

noun

/fʌdʒ/

[uncountable] a type of soft brown sweet made from sugar, butter and milk法奇软糖，乳脂软糖（用糖、黄油和牛奶制成）Topics Foodc2
[countable, usually singular] (especially British English, rather informal) a way of dealing with a situation that does not really solve the problems but is intended to appear to do so敷衍，装模作样（没有真正解决问题）
- This solution is a fudge rushed in to win cheers at the party conference.这个解决方案是为了在党的会议上赢得赞誉而仓促搞出来的表面文章。

Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably an alteration of obsolete fadge ‘to fit’. Early usage was as a verb in the sense ‘turn out as expected’, also ‘merge together’: this probably gave rise to its use in confectionery. In the late 17th cent. the verb came to mean ‘fit together in a clumsy or underhand manner’, which included facts or figures being cobbled together in a superficially convincing way: this led to the exclamation ‘fudge!’

fudge

verb

/fʌdʒ/

[transitive, intransitive] (rather informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fudge	/fʌdʒ/ /fʌdʒ/
he / she / it fudges	/ˈfʌdʒɪz/ /ˈfʌdʒɪz/
past simple fudged	/fʌdʒd/ /fʌdʒd/
past participle fudged	/fʌdʒd/ /fʌdʒd/
-ing form fudging	/ˈfʌdʒɪŋ/ /ˈfʌdʒɪŋ/

to present or deal with something in a way that avoids giving clear and accurate information敷衍；回避；含糊其词
- fudge something Politicians are often very clever at fudging the issue.从政者常常很擅长回避问题。
- I asked how long he was staying, but he fudged the answer.我问他要待多久，但他含糊其词。
- fudge on something They simply fudged on the details.说到细节他们只是敷衍了一下。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably an alteration of obsolete fadge ‘to fit’. Early usage was as a verb in the sense ‘turn out as expected’, also ‘merge together’: this probably gave rise to its use in confectionery. In the late 17th cent. the verb came to mean ‘fit together in a clumsy or underhand manner’, which included facts or figures being cobbled together in a superficially convincing way: this led to the exclamation ‘fudge!’