Lunch today with those potential interns and recruits was a humdinger, wasn't it?
Yes, it appears the new generation of students has come on campus with an armada of media players, cell phones, notebook computers and other high-tech tools that rattle the old school of their professors.
They're rocking the boat with new notions of stud.
Having long been immersed in technology, they want ubiquitous connectivity on and off campus.
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────────────────────────────── humdinger, すばらしもの ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone or something as a humdinger, you mean that they are very impressive, exciting, or enjoyable. [INFORMAL]
ex) It should be a humdinger of a match.
────────────────────────────── an armada of, …の大兵力 [大編成、大軍] ────────────────────────────── An armada is a large group of warships.
ex) An armada of U.S. Navy ships participated in the invasion.
────────────────────────────── rattle, いら立たせる、混乱させる = unnerve ────────────────────────────── If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous.
ex) The news from Body Shop rattled the rest of the retail sector.
────────────────────────────── rock the boat, 波風を立てる ────────────────────────────── If someone is rocking the boat, their behavior is likely to cause trouble or upset a stable situation. Behavior like this can be described as boat-rocking.
ex) I'm outspoken, sometimes critical of the organization, which is seen as boat-rocking, upsetting a comfortable arrangement.
────────────────────────────── be immersed in, …にどっぷりつかっている、…に凝る ────────────────────────────── If you immerse yourself in something that you are doing, you become completely involved in it.
ex) Their commitments do not permit them to immerse themselves in current affairs as fully as they might wish.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Campus and Electronic World (1) 2/1-2 2008"
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