At my alma mater, these days, indoor and outdoor facilities are hooked into wireless Internet systems.
Students lug their laptops everywhere.
During classes they feed notes into their computers.
It doesn't help build mental muscle and acumen.
■今日注目する表現はこれ！ 答えは以下で
inhuman be hooked into lug feed notes into a computer acumen alma mater rivers of info droning bore put a high price on in a bid to lightning-quick be tickled pink at someone's beck and call put a high premium on begrudge
────────────────────────────── inhuman, 不人情な、冷酷な、残酷な = cruel ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone or something as inhuman, you mean that they are strange or bad because they do not seem human in some way.
ex) those inhuman shrieks that rent the air and chilled my heart.
shriek 悲鳴 rend the air 空をつんざく
似た言葉でinhumane[発音注意]は、非人道的な。
inhuman と inhumaneの違いは良くわかりません。
────────────────────────────── be hooked into, …に接続されている、…に引き込まれる ────────────────────────────── If you hook into the Internet, you make a connection with the Internet on a particular occasion so that you can use it.
ex) an interactive media tent where people will be able to hook into the Internet.
────────────────────────────── lug, 苦労して運ぶ、引きずる ────────────────────────────── If you lug a heavy or awkward object somewhere, you carry it there with difficulty. [INFORMAL]
ex) Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.
────────────────────────────── feed notes into a computer, コンピュータでノートを取る ────────────────────────────── To feed information into a computer means to gradually put it into it.
ex) An automatic weather station feeds information on wind direction to the computer.
────────────────────────────── acumen, 洞察力、眼識 ────────────────────────────── Acumen is the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.
ex) His sharp business acumen meant he quickly rose to the top.
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── alma mater, [ラテン語] 母校、出身校 rivers of info, 大量の情報 droning bore, だらだらしゃべる退屈な人 put a high price on, 重視する in a bid to, …することを目指して lightning-quick, 超高速の be tickled pink, [Daily Quizより] 大喜びする at someone's beck and call, [Daily Quizより] （人）の指示のままに put a high premium on, [Daily Quizより] …を重んじる begrudge, [Daily Quizより] いやがる
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