bundle, bundler, practiced, bundling

 The documents provide a detailed look into the intricate world of presidential fund-raising, which Mr. Obama and his team have mastered, and donor-stroking, which some supporters complain they have not. The campaign closely monitors its top bundlers, rating them by how much each individual or couple has raised and donated each year going back to 2007.



In Whitman, H.P. Gains a Prolific Deal Maker Hewlett-Packard finally announced on Thursday that it had selected Meg Whitman as its new chief executive. And in Ms. Whitman, H.P. will gain a practiced deal-maker as its new leader.

傅斯年友人說他是 "bundle of CONTRADICTIONS" 一肚子大矛盾
這可以有許多解釋 英文有 bundle of nerves 說法 膽小而緊張者


bundle of nerves
n. Informal
An extremely nervous person.bundle 也有許多俗語 如指 胖女子 小孩等等
bundle,
(bŭn'dl)
n.

1. A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.
2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.
3. Biology. A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.
4. Botany. A vascular bundle.
5. Informal.
   1. A large amount; a lot: had a bundle of fun at the dance.
   2. A large sum of money: made a bundle selling real estate.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles. v.tr.

1. To tie, wrap, or gather together.
2. To dispatch or dispense of quickly and with little fuss; hustle: bundled the child off to school.
3. To dress (a person) warmly: bundled them up in winter clothes.

v.intr.

1. To hurry; hasten: The children came bundling in from outside.
2. To dress oneself warmly.
3. To sleep in the same bed while fully clothed, a custom formerly practiced by engaged couples in New England and in Wales.

[Middle English bundel, probably from Middle Dutch bondel.]

bundler bun'dler n.

[名]

1 （一まとめにした物の）束, 包み((of ...)). ▼異種の物を束ねた場合にも用いる

a bundle of straw
1束のわら

large bundles of love letters
いくつにも大きく束ねられたラブレター

make up a bundle of
…を束にする.

2 （運搬・発送のための）包み, 小包

New Year cards were delivered in a bundle.
年賀状は束ねて配達された.

[類語]bundle, bunch, sheafは同種類の物を一まとめにした束. bundleは書類・衣類・棒切れなどの束を表すもっとも一般的な語. bunchは花束・かぎの束・ブドウの房など, sheafは平らに重ね束にされた書類などに用いる.

3 ((a 〜 of))（いろいろな物の）かたまり, 群, 組, 団

a bundle of superstitions ［ideas］
さまざまな迷信［考え方］

a bundle of thieves
こそどろの一味（▼人の一群についての用法は軽蔑的意味をもつことが多い）

be a bundle of fun ［laughs］
とてもおもしろい

I was a bundle of nerves during the interview.
面接の間, 神経がピリピリしていた.

4 《植物》維管束, 管束；《解剖学・動物学》繊維束.

5 ((略式))大金, 札束；大もうけ

make a bundle
大金をもうける.

6 ((略式))人, （特に）赤ん坊.

7 ((英俗))若者のけんか.

8 ((米俗))（小柄でかわいい）セクシーな女.

go a bundle on ...

((英略式))〈物を〉とても好む.

drop one's bundle

((俗))（投機などで）大損する.

━━[動](他)

1 …を束ねる((up))；…を包みにする, 包む；…を（…に）ごちゃごちゃにほうり込む((into ...))；…をさっと丸める, 片づける

bundle the newspapers
新聞を束にする

We bundled our babies into the car.
赤ん坊は車にほうり込んでおいた（▼ユーモラスな表現；2との関連に注意）.

2 〈人を〉さっさと追い出す, （…から）追い立てる((away, off, out/out of ...))

bundle a person out of the room
人を部屋から追い立てる

They bundled the children off to the nursery.
子供たちを追い立てるように託児所へ送り出した.

3 〈関連商品・サービスを〉込み［セット］にして売る；《コンピュータ》〈ハードウエアとソフトウエアを〉セットで売る.

4 〈献金・小切手を〉バンドリング(bundling)する, バンドリングで集める.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 荷物をまとめる, 急いで仕度をする.

2 （…から）さっさと出て行く, 立ち去る, 降りる((away, off, out/out of ...))（⇒(他)2）；（…に）さっとはいる；乗り込む((in, into ...)).

bundle (oneself) up/be bundled up

（毛布・衣類に）暖かく［気持ちよく］くるまる((in ...)).

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Working paper: The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy
Download the PDF. This paper investigates the practice of bundling as a product strategy, and identifies how consumers make choices between products and bundles in a dynamic environment.