トランプ氏が次期大統領では無くなって良かった。他国の話とはいえ、人間的にどうかと思う人が国のトップとは大問題だ。それにしてもトランプ氏は往生際が悪い。性格通りの行動なのでやめられないのでしょうね。
さて、Reader's Digest ９月号の記事 'How to Build a Better Brain' からの引用です。
Brain scientist Michael Scullin, the director of the Sleep Neurroscience & Cognition Laboratory at Baylor University, believes so passionately in the value of a good night's sleep that he bribed undergraduates with extra points if they got eight hours' sleep a night during exam week. "I didn't expect it, but they also scored about four points higher--before adding the extra credit--on their finals in my class," he reports.
"bribed" からは直ぐに賄賂とお金を連想しますが、上記の例ではお金ではなく 'extra points' が対価になっています。 "bribe" の定義を辞書で見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement.: ‘an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence’
・Collins English Dictionary: to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally: The government bribed the workers to be quiet.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want: They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.
お金以外での "bribe" もあるのですね。そう言えば過剰な接待も賄賂になりますね。
選挙に不正があったとトランプ氏は主張していますが、不正があったとしたら、誰がどうやってそんな不正をしたのでしょうか？
さて、Reader's Digest ９月号の記事 'How to Build a Better Brain' からの引用です。
Brain scientist Michael Scullin, the director of the Sleep Neurroscience & Cognition Laboratory at Baylor University, believes so passionately in the value of a good night's sleep that he bribed undergraduates with extra points if they got eight hours' sleep a night during exam week. "I didn't expect it, but they also scored about four points higher--before adding the extra credit--on their finals in my class," he reports.
"bribed" からは直ぐに賄賂とお金を連想しますが、上記の例ではお金ではなく 'extra points' が対価になっています。 "bribe" の定義を辞書で見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Persuade (someone) to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement.: ‘an undercover agent bribed the judge into giving a lenient sentence’
・Collins English Dictionary: to promise, offer, or give something, usually money, to (a person) to procure services or gain influence, esp illegally: The government bribed the workers to be quiet.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want: They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.
お金以外での "bribe" もあるのですね。そう言えば過剰な接待も賄賂になりますね。
選挙に不正があったとトランプ氏は主張していますが、不正があったとしたら、誰がどうやってそんな不正をしたのでしょうか？
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