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■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
Traditional media had their heyday, but now no one's {confined to} newspapers and magazines.
I find that electronic media have {spurred} more personalized communication.
You can {scale tall peaks} of data to get what you want.
Millions of people are visiting news blog instead of {perusing} print media.
New generations of leaders will have to be technically {astute} to formulate the future.
────────────────────────────── be confined to, …にとらわれる、…に限定される ────────────────────────────── If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
ex) That problem is not confined to Germany.
────────────────────────────── spur, 拍車をかける、刺激する ────────────────────────────── If something spurs a change or event, it makes it happen faster or sooner. [JOURNALISM]
ex) The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico.
────────────────────────────── scale a peak, 頂上に登る = climb ────────────────────────────── If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. [WRITTEN]
ex) Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to scale Everest
────────────────────────────── peruse, 熟読する = read ────────────────────────────── If you peruse something such as a letter, article, or document, you read it. [FORMAL]
ex) She found the information while she was perusing a copy of Life magazine.
────────────────────────────── astute, 目先が利く、抜け目がない = shrewd ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skillful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
ex) He made a series of astute business decisions.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Global Conversation (2) 3/19-20 2008"
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