We want to continue using them as an essential sounding board for future launches and relaunches of new products and services.
Typically, an alpha mom is a well-educated, tech-savvy and kidcentric mother with a yen for excellence.
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
on the dot Type A sounding board relaunch yen for excellence trailblazer social outreach set one's sight on hyperactive
────────────────────────────── on the dot, 時間通りに ────────────────────────────── If you do something on the dot, you do it punctually or at exactly the time you are supposed to.
ex) At nine o'clock on the dot, they have breakfast.
────────────────────────────── Type A, A型行動様式 ────────────────────────────── a personality type characterized by ambition, impatience, and competitiveness, and thought to be susceptible to stress and heart disease.
Type B この性格の人は落ち着きがあり、のんびりしており、人当たりがよく、 心臓発作になりにくいとされる
────────────────────────────── sounding board, 共鳴板、反響版、反応をテストされる人 ────────────────────────────── If you use someone as a sounding board, you discuss your ideas with them in order to get another opinion.
ex) It was one of those occasions when he needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.
────────────────────────────── relaunch, 再販売する、再販売 ────────────────────────────── To relaunch something such as a company, a product, or a scheme means to start it again or to produce it in a different way.
ex) Football kit relaunches are simply a way of boosting sales.
────────────────────────────── yen for excellence, 卓越したいという熱望 ────────────────────────────── If you have a yen to do something, you have a strong desire to do it.
ex) Mike had a yen to try cycling.
────────────────────────────── 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 ────────────────────────────── trailblazer, 先駆者、草分け social outreach, 社交範囲 set one's sight on, …に照準を合わせる、…を手に入れようとする hyperactive, 非常に活発な
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Mother of All Mothers (1) 12/17-18 2007"
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