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1 asunto controversial
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3 спірне питання
controversial issue, contentious issue, contentious matter, contestable matter, dispute, matter in controversy, matter of argument, matter of dispute, matter of opinion, moot point, point at issue, questionable matter -
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5 вопрос спорный
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6 спорный вопрос
1) General subject: a matter of argument, a matter of dispute, a matter of opinion, a point at issuance, contestation, controversial issuance, issue, matter of argument, moot point, point at issue, staggerer, vexed issue, vexed question, contentious question, debatable question, matter in contest, outstanding issue, outstanding matter, outstanding question, contentious matter, issue in question2) Military: controversial question3) Mathematics: a controversial issue, a moot point4) Law: at issue, contestable matter, difference, disputable matter, matter in controversy, moot case, question at issue, questionable matter, disputed issue5) Economy: case at issue, question of issue6) Diplomatic term: contentious problem, controversial matter, controversial problem, disputable problem, disputable question, divisive issue, point in question7) Politics: contentions question8) Advertising: controversial subject, matter of opinion9) Mass media: bargaining issue, chip away at an issue, divisive issues10) Business: contentious issue, controversial issue, disputable issue, dispute, matter, matter in dispute11) Sakhalin energy glossary: misunderstanding12) Makarov: a point at issue, moot question, point of controversy -
7 heiß
I Adj.1. hot; Land, Wüste: torrid; Stirn etc., bei Fieber: hot; glühend heiß red-hot; Sand, Sonne etc.: scorching; siedend heiß boiling hot; heiß machen heat (up); mir ist heiß I’m hot; mir wird heiß I’m getting hot; das Kind ist ganz heiß the baby feels hot; ihm wurde heiß und kalt ( vor Angst) he went hot and cold (with fear); heiß! bei Suchspielen: hot!; heiße Spur fig. hot trail; Draht 2, Nadel 12. fig. (heftig) vehement, fierce; (leidenschaftlich) fiery; Liebesaffäre: auch passionate; (inbrünstig) fervent; heißes Blut hot blood ( oder temper); heißes Blut haben be hot-blooded; heißen Dank! umg. thanks a lot; heißer Krieg shooting war; heiße Tränen weinen weep bitterly; was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß umg. ignorance is bliss, what you don’t know can’t hurt you; ganz heiß sein auf umg. be wild about4. (gefährlich) Geld, Ware etc.: hot; heißer Sommer long, hot summer; das Land steht vor einem heißen Herbst things are likely to get pretty hot in the country this autumn; heißes Thema (highly) controversial issue, Am. auch hot-button topic; Eisen 35. PHYS. (radioaktiv) hot7. umg. (mit guten Aussichten) Favorit, Tipp: hot; ein heißer Anwärter auf den Posten / Titel a hot prospect for the post / titleII Adv.1. die Sonne brennt heiß herunter the sun is burning down; sie haben sich die Köpfe heiß geredet they talked themselves silly, they talked till they were blue in the face; (haben sich gestritten) they went at it hammer and tongs; den haben sie ( als Kind) wohl zu heiß gebadet! umg. they must have dropped him on his head when he was a baby; es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird Sprichw. things are never as bad as they look2. fig. (leidenschaftlich) fervently, ardently; heiß begehrt coveted; heiß begehrt sein auch be in great demand; etw. heiß ersehnen long for (fervently); heiß ersehnt longed-for; Brief etc.: auch long-awaited; heiß geliebt dearly ( stärker: passionately) loved; meine heiß geliebte Frau my dearly beloved wife; heiß ( und innig) lieben love s.o. madly; (auch Sache) adore, be wild about umg.; heiß umkämpft sein be fiercely fought over, be the object of fierce fighting; fig. Wahlkreis, Sieg: be hotly ( oder fiercely) contested; die Stadt ist heiß umkämpft fierce battles are being fought over the town; heiß umstritten highly controversial; (Thema etc.) auch hotly debated; hergehen 2* * *thermal; ardent; zealous; hot* * *1. adj1) hot; Zone torridbrennend/siedend/glühend héíß — burning/boiling/scorching hot
drückend héíß — oppressively hot
jdm ist/wird héíß — sb is/is getting hot
sie hat einen héíßen Kopf (wegen Fieber) — she has a burning forehead; (vom Denken) her head is spinning
héíße Tränen weinen — to cry one's heart out
mit der héíßen Nadel genäht — thrown together
ein Paar Heiße (dial) — a couple of hot sausages
See:→ baden2) (= heftig) Diskussion, Kampf, Auseinandersetzung heated, fierce; Zorn impassioned; Begierde passionate, burning; (= innig) Liebe, Wunsch burning, ferventhéíßen Dank — very many thanks
3) (= aufreizend) Musik, Sachen, Bilder hot; (inf = sexuell erregt) hot, randy (Brit inf horny (inf)ein héíßes Eisen — a hot potato
ein héíßes Eisen anfassen (inf) — to grasp the nettle
5) attr (inf) Favorit, Tip, Maschine hotein héíßer Ofen — a motorbike
6)2. adv1)héíß baden — to have a hot bath
es überläuft mich héíß und kalt — I feel hot and cold all over
es wird nichts so héíß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird (prov) — things are never as bad as they seem
2)héíß ersehnt — much longed for
héíß geliebt — dearly beloved
eine héíß geführte Diskussion — a passionate discussion
es ging héíß her — things got heated
das Gebiet/die Stadt ist héíß umkämpft — the area/town is being hotly or fiercely fought over
ein héíß umkämpfter Markt — a fiercely contested market
héíß umstritten (Frage) — hotly debated; Künstler etc highly controversial
jdn/etw héíß und innig lieben — to love sb/sth madly
See:* * *1) (angrily; passionately: The accusations were hotly denied.) hotly2) (having or causing a great deal of heat: a hot oven; That water is hot.) hot3) (very warm: a hot day; Running makes me feel hot.) hot5) (passionate: a torrid love affair.) torrid* * *[hais]I. adj1. (sehr warm) hot[jdm] etw \heiß machen to heat [or warm] up sth sep [for sb]▪ jdm ist/wird es \heiß sb is/gets hotist das \heiß! it's so hot!2. (heftig) heatedeine \heiße Debatte a heated debateein \heißer Kampf a fierce fight\heiß umkämpfter Markt hotly contested market3. (innig) ferventeine \heiße Liebe a burning loveein \heißer Wunsch a fervent wish6. (brisant) explosiveein \heißes Thema an explosive issuedie Polizei ist auf einer \heißen Fährte the police are on a hot trail11. (neugierig)II. adv1. (sehr warm) hot\heiß laufen Maschinenteil to overheat; Debatte, Gespräch to become heated; Telefonleitungen, Drähte to buzz2. (innig) ardently, fervently\heiß ersehnt much longed for\heiß geliebt dearly belovedmein \heiß geliebter Mann my dearly beloved husband3. (erbittert) fiercely\heiß umkämpft fiercely contested\heiß umstritten hotly disputed; (Person) highly controversial4. NUKL\heißes Atom hot [or recoil] atom\heiße Chemie hot chemistry5.▶ es wird nichts so \heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird (prov) things are not as bad as they first seem▶ jdn überläuft es \heiß und kalt sb feels hot and cold all over* * *1.1) hot; hot, torrid < zone>brennend/glühend heiß — burning/scorching hot
kochend heiß — boiling hot; piping hot <soup etc.>
sie haben sich die Köpfe heiß geredet — the conversation/debate became heated
2) (heftig) heated <debate, argument>; impassioned < anger>; burning, fervent < desire>; fierce < fight, battle>3) (innig) ardent, passionate <wish, love>heiße Tränen weinen — weep bitterly; cry one's heart out
heißen Dank — (ugs.) thanks a lot! (coll.)
was für'n heißer Typ! — (salopp) what a guy! (coll.)
ein heißes Thema — a controversial subject; s. auch Eisen 2)
6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (Aussichten habend) hot <favourite, tip, contender, etc.>7) nicht präd. (ugs.): (schnell) hot; s. auch Ofen 5)8) (ugs.): (brünstig) on heat9) (salopp): (aufgereizt)2.jemanden heiß machen — turn somebody on (coll.)
heiß umkämpft — fiercely contested or disputed
es ging heiß her — things got heated; sparks flew (coll.); (auf einer Party usw.) things got wild
2) (innig)jemanden heiß und innig lieben — love somebody dearly or with all one's heart
ihr heiß geliebter Gatte/Sohn — heer dearly beloved husband/son
sein heiß geliebtes Auto — his beloved car
das heiß ersehnte Fahrrad — the bicycle he/she has/had longed for so fervently
* * *A. adj1. hot; Land, Wüste: torrid; Stirn etc, bei Fieber: hot;glühend heiß red-hot; Sand, Sonne etc: scorching;siedend heiß boiling hot;heiß machen heat (up);mir ist heiß I’m hot;mir wird heiß I’m getting hot;das Kind ist ganz heiß the baby feels hot;ihm wurde heiß und kalt (vor Angst) he went hot and cold (with fear);heiß! bei Suchspielen: hot!;2. fig (heftig) vehement, fierce; (leidenschaftlich) fiery; Liebesaffäre: auch passionate; (inbrünstig) fervent;heißes Blut hot blood ( oder temper);heißes Blut haben be hot-blooded;heißen Dank! umg thanks a lot;heißer Krieg shooting war;heiße Tränen weinen weep bitterly;ganz heiß sein auf umg be wild aboutheiße Höschen hot pantsheißer Sommer long, hot summer;das Land steht vor einem heißen Herbst things are likely to get pretty hot in the country this autumn;ein heißer Anwärter auf den Posten/Titel a hot prospect for the post/title8. sl (toll) hot;heißer Typ hunk;echt heiß! brill!, US awesome!B. adv1.die Sonne brennt heiß herunter the sun is burning down;heiß laufen overheat, run hot;heiß gelaufen the engine has overheated;den haben sie (als Kind) wohl zu heiß gebadet! umg they must have dropped him on his head when he was a baby;es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird sprichw things are never as bad as they look2. fig (leidenschaftlich) fervently, ardently;heiß begehrt coveted;heiß ersehnen long for (fervently);heiß ersehnt longed-for; Brief etc: auch long-awaited;heiß geliebt dearly ( stärker: passionately) loved;meine heiß geliebte Frau my dearly beloved wife;heiß umkämpft sein be fiercely fought over, be the object of fierce fighting; fig Wahlkreis, Sieg: be hotly ( oder fiercely) contested;die Stadt ist heiß umkämpft fierce battles are being fought over the town;* * *1.1) hot; hot, torrid < zone>brennend/glühend heiß — burning/scorching hot
kochend heiß — boiling hot; piping hot <soup etc.>
sie haben sich die Köpfe heiß geredet — the conversation/debate became heated
2) (heftig) heated <debate, argument>; impassioned < anger>; burning, fervent < desire>; fierce <fight, battle>3) (innig) ardent, passionate <wish, love>heiße Tränen weinen — weep bitterly; cry one's heart out
heißen Dank — (ugs.) thanks a lot! (coll.)
was für'n heißer Typ! — (salopp) what a guy! (coll.)
ein heißes Thema — a controversial subject; s. auch Eisen 2)
6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (Aussichten habend) hot <favourite, tip, contender, etc.>8) (ugs.): (brünstig) on heat9) (salopp): (aufgereizt)2.jemanden heiß machen — turn somebody on (coll.)
heiß umkämpft — fiercely contested or disputed
es ging heiß her — things got heated; sparks flew (coll.); (auf einer Party usw.) things got wild
2) (innig)jemanden heiß und innig lieben — love somebody dearly or with all one's heart
ihr heiß geliebter Gatte/Sohn — heer dearly beloved husband/son
das heiß ersehnte Fahrrad — the bicycle he/she has/had longed for so fervently
* * *adj.ardent adj.fervent adj.hot adj. adv.ardently adv.fervently adv. -
8 Streitfrage
f (Kontroverse) dispute, controversy ( über + Akk over; ob over whether); (strittiger Punkt) disputed ( oder controversial) issue (ob of whether)* * *die Streitfrageissue* * *Streit|fra|gefdispute* * *(a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) issue* * *Streit·fra·gef [disputed] issue* * *die disputed question or issue* * *Streitfrage f (Kontroverse) dispute, controversy (über +akk over;ob of whether)* * *die disputed question or issue* * *f.issue n. -
9 kontrowersyjny
adj* * *a.(= problematyczny, niejednoznaczny) controversial; kwestia kontrowersyjna controversial issue, debatable issue.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kontrowersyjny
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10 проблема
сущ.Русское слово проблема обозначает вопрос, требующий ответа, исследования; в разговорной речи и переносном смысле обозначает трудно разрешимую ситуацию; английские эквиваленты покрывают отдельные аспекты значения русского слова и имеют дополнительно к ним свои семантические особенности.1. problem — проблема, сложный вопрос, затруднение, трудность (в отличие от русского слова проблема, английское problem в первую очередь подчеркивает трудность решения вопроса, сопутствующие ем) затруднения, волнения, озабоченность и неприятность, на преодоление которых требуются большие усилия): drug problem — проблемы наркомании; a problem of transport — проблема с транспортом; a problem of unemployment — проблема борьбы с безработицей; a problem child — трудный ребенок; problem family — неблагополучная семья The continuing bad weather causes problem for farmers. — Непрекращающаяся плохая погода вызывает крайнюю озабоченность среди фермеров. Employment causes serious problems for a lot of young people. — Найти работу — большая проблема для многих молодых людей. Poverty is one of the fundamental problems facing the government. — Борьба с бедностью — одна из основных проблем стоящих перед правительством. That's your problem. — Это твоя проблема./Это твоя головная боль. No problem! — Все в порядкс!/Нет проблем! We've been having heating problems at the office. — В офисе у нас были проблемы с отоплением. Racial tension in the south of the city rose a real problem for the police. — Расовые волнения в южной части города создали для полиции большие трудности. What's your problem? — Что с тобой?/Что случилось?/Какие проблемы? Существительное problem, как причина трудностей, неприятностей, вызывает ассоциации с болезнью и необходимостью ее лечения; слова, связанные с темой болезни, используются в переносных значениях, замещая слово problem: She thinks we live in a sick society. — Она считает, что мы живем в больном обществе. We must address the social ills that are al the root of crime. — Нам надо установить те социальные болезни, которые лежат в основе преступности. She said that there was a cancer at the heart of society. — Она заявила, что общество глубоко поражено раком. Transport was another headache for the government. — Проблемы стране портом — еще одна «головная боль» правительства./Проблемы с транспортом — еще одна забота правительства./Транспорт — еще одна про блема правительства. London was paralyzed by a scries of strikes. — Серия забастовок пароли зо вал а жизнь Лондона. We discussed the company and its ailing finances. — Мы обсуждали дела компании и их финансовые затруднения. The economy of the country is healthy (unhealthy). — В этой стране здоровая (нездоровая) экономика. The economy began to recover. — Экономика на подъеме./Экономика начинает выздоравливать. There is no simple remedy for the problem. — Для решения этих трудностей простого лекарства нет./Для решения этих проблем простого лекарства нет. The latest development has reopened old wounds. — Последние события вновть разбередили старые раны./Последние события вновь подняли старые проблемы.2. question — вопрос, проблема, дело: an urgent question — актуальная проблема/злободневный вопрос; an important question — важный вопрос/важная проблема; a burning question — вопрос на злобу дня; a vexed question — трудный вопрос/вопрос, вызывающий массу проблем; to raise a question — поднять вопрос; to bring about the question — затронуть вопрос; to tackle the question — подойти к проблеме It is a question of time. — Это все вопрос времени. It's a question of money. — Проблема в деньгах./Вопрос в деньгах./ Дело в деньгах. Recent incidents are bound to raise questions of violence in football. — Недавние события неизбежно поднимают проблему футбольного хулиганства.3. issue — проблема, трудный вопрос: an international (social) issue — международная (социальная) проблема; a controversial issue — противоречивая проблема/спорный вопрос (в особенности касающийся экономической и политической жизни общества); an issue of mutual interest — вопрос взаимных интересов; an urgent (burning) issue of today — актуальная (насущная/злободневная) проблема Unemployment is not the issue — the real problem is the decline in public molality. — Проблема не в безработице — настоящая проблема в падении общественной морали. «What's the big issue?» — asked he sarcastically. — «Тоже мне проблеме» — саркастически заметил он. There is a website devoted to environmental issues. — Существует сайт, посвященный вопросам окружающей среды./Существует сайт, посвященный проблемам окружающей среды. The issue is confused to such an extent that people do not know which way to vote. — Вопрос до такой степени запутан, что люди не знают, как голосовать.4. matter — вопрос, проблема, дело, затруднительная ситуация: Is there anything the matter? — Что, возникли какие-то проблемы?/ Что, возникли какие-то затруднения? What is the matter? — В чем проблема?/В чем дело?/Что случилось? Nothing is the matter. — Ничего не случилось./Все в порядке./Никаких проблем. There is nothing the matter with you. You are just tired. — С вами все в порядке. Вы просто устали./Нет оснований для серьезного беспокойства. Вы просто устали. There is something the matter with the printer — it won't work. — Проблема с принтером — он не работает./Что-то случилось с принтером — он не работает. -
11 dibattuto
* * *[dibat'tuto] 1.participio passato dibattere2.* * *dibattuto/dibat'tuto/II aggettivo(controverso) [ questione] controversial, talked-about. -
12 caballo de batalla
figurado hobbyhorse* * *( de persona): el inglés es su caballo de batalla English is his real bugbear o is a constant battle for him; ( en discusión) controversial issue* * *(n.) = uphill struggle, hobby-horse, war horse, chargerEx. While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them.Ex. They then lambasted her for interrupting the president and riding her hobby-horse of war and peace.Ex. The destrier is the most well-known war horse of the medieval era carrying carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts.Ex. For example, the chargers were used for warfare and the carthorses were used for pulling carts.* * *( de persona): el inglés es su caballo de batalla English is his real bugbear o is a constant battle for him; ( en discusión) controversial issue* * *(n.) = uphill struggle, hobby-horse, war horse, chargerEx: While I have received rave reviews for these courses I teach, I have an uphill struggle to fill them.
Ex: They then lambasted her for interrupting the president and riding her hobby-horse of war and peace.Ex: The destrier is the most well-known war horse of the medieval era carrying carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts.Ex: For example, the chargers were used for warfare and the carthorses were used for pulling carts. -
13 eliminar
v.to eliminate.El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.* * *1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside* * *verb1) to eliminate2) remove3) kill* * *1. VT1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule outeliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory
2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminatefueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition
3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate5) (Fisiol) to eliminate2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.----* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *eliminar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, removepara eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminatefueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournamentB ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminateC ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate* * *
eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap
* * *eliminar vt1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech* * *v/t1 eliminate2 desperdicios dispose of3 INFOR delete* * *eliminar vt1) : to eliminate, to remove2) : to do in, to kill* * *eliminar vb1. (en general) to eliminatela policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects2. (manchas) to remove -
14 espeluznante
adj.hair-raising, lurid.* * *► adjetivo1 hair-raising, terrifying, horrifying* * *ADJ hair-raising, horrifying* * ** * *= horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.----* de un modo espeluznante = spookily.* * ** * *= horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.* de un modo espeluznante = spookily.* * *1 (que produce terror) ‹tragedia/estado› horrific, horrifying; ‹historia/experiencia› horrific, horrifying, hair-raising; ‹grito› terrifying, blood-curdling* * *
espeluznante adjetivo ‹tragedia/estado/experiencia› horrific, horrifying;
‹ grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
espeluznante adjetivo hair-raising, terrifying
' espeluznante' also found in these entries:
English:
blood-curdling
- creepy
- eerie
- grisly
- hair
- hair-raising
- hairy
- lurid
- spooky
- blood
- shocking
- spine
* * *espeluznante adj[escena, suceso] horrific, horrifying; [relato] hair-raising; [grito] bloodcurdling; [sonido] terrifying* * *adj horrific, horrifying* * *espeluznante adj: hair-raising, terrifying* * *espeluznante adj terrifying -
15 horrendo
adj.horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *horrendo -da* * *
horrendo◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso
' horrendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- infierno
English:
eyewitness
- harrowing
- horrendous
- horrific
- ghastly
- hideous
- horrifying
* * ** * *adj horrendous* * *horrendo, -da adj: horrendous, horrible -
16 horripilante
adj.1 horrifying, spine-chilling.2 horrible, hideous (muy feo).3 dreadful, horrible, gruesome, horrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 hair-raising, horrifying, terrifying* * *ADJ (=espeluznante) [escena] hair-raising, horrifying; [persona] creepy *, terrifying* * *adjetivo terrifying, horrifying* * *= horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *adjetivo terrifying, horrifying* * *= horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *terrifying, horrifying, hair-raising* * *
horripilante adjetivo
terrifying, horrifying
horripilante adjetivo hair-raising, scary
' horripilante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantosa
- espantoso
English:
grisly
- gruesome
- horrifying
* * *horripilante adj1. [terrorífico] horrifying, spine-chilling* * *adj horrible* * *horripilante adj: horrifying, hair-raising -
17 horroroso
adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *horroroso -sa‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)* * *
horroroso
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
horroroso,-a adjetivo
1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful
' horroroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrorosa
- traer
- horrendo
English:
appalling
- ask back
- frightful
- ghastly
- grisly
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrid
- vile
- wicked
- awful
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- horrifying
* * *horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weathertiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * ** * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terrible -
18 satanismo
m.Satanism.* * *1 Satanism* * *SM Satanism, devil-worship* * *= satanism.Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.* * *= satanism.Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
* * *Satanism, devil worship* * *satanismo nmSatanism -
19 suprimir
v.1 to abolish (ley, impuesto, derecho).hay que suprimir todo lo superfluo we have to get rid of everything that's superfluous2 to delete (palabras, texto).suprime los detalles y ve al grano forget the details and get to the point3 to ax (puestos de trabajo, proyectos).4 to suppress, to ban, to delete, to eliminate.5 to edit out.* * *1 (libertad etc) to suppress; (ley, impuestos) to abolish; (dificultades) to eliminate, remove; (restricciones) to lift2 (tabaco, alcohol) to cut out3 (palabra) to delete, take out, leave out4 (omitir) to omit* * *verb* * *VT [+ rebelión, crítica] to suppress; [+ costumbre, derecho, institución] to abolish; [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to remove, eliminate; [+ restricción] to lift; [+ detalle, pasaje] to delete, cut out, omit; [+ libro] to suppress, bansuprimir la grasa de la dieta — to cut out o eliminate fat from one's diet
* * *verbo transitivoa) <impuesto/ley/costumbre> to abolish; < restricción> to lift; < servicio> to withdrawdebemos suprimir gastos superfluos — we must eliminate o cut out unnecessary expenses
b) (Impr) <párrafo/capítulo> to deletec) <noticia/detalles> to suppress* * *= abort, delete, remove, stifle, suppress, staunch [stanch, -USA], elide, abolish, expunge, cut out, quash, steamroller, stomp + Nombre + out.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex. Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.Ex. A variant text is conventionally represented in a footnote quoting the text to be elided, the variant reading, and a code identifying its source.Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.* * *verbo transitivoa) <impuesto/ley/costumbre> to abolish; < restricción> to lift; < servicio> to withdrawdebemos suprimir gastos superfluos — we must eliminate o cut out unnecessary expenses
b) (Impr) <párrafo/capítulo> to deletec) <noticia/detalles> to suppress* * *= abort, delete, remove, stifle, suppress, staunch [stanch, -USA], elide, abolish, expunge, cut out, quash, steamroller, stomp + Nombre + out.Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.Ex: A variant text is conventionally represented in a footnote quoting the text to be elided, the variant reading, and a code identifying its source.Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.* * *suprimir [I1 ]vtA1 ‹impuesto› to abolish; ‹restricción› to lift; ‹servicio› to withdrawdebemos suprimir estos gastos superfluos we must eliminate o cut out these unnecessary expensesle suprimieron la medicación they stopped his medication¿por qué no le suprimes el ajo? why don't you leave out the garlic?queda suprimida la parada en El Colorado the bus ( o train etc) no longer stops at El Coloradose suprimió la salida de las 9h the 9 o'clock service was withdrawn2 ( Impr) ‹párrafo/capítulo› to deletesuprimió un párrafo entero she cut out o deleted a whole paragraph3 ‹noticia/detalles› to suppressB ( Elec) to suppress* * *
suprimir ( conjugate suprimir) verbo transitivo
‹ restricción› to lift;
‹ servicio› to withdraw;
‹gasto/ruido/alcohol› to cut out
suprimir verbo transitivo
1 to supress
(un derecho, una ley, etc) to abolish
(un servicio) to withdraw
(gastos) to eliminate, cut out
(en un texto) to delete
2 (omitir, pasar por alto) to omit: suprime los detalles técnicos, leave out the technicalities
' suprimir' also found in these entries:
English:
black out
- delete
- edit
- suppress
- zap
- ax
- do
- strike
* * *suprimir vt1. [eliminar] to get rid of;[ley, impuesto, derecho] to abolish; [sanciones, restricciones] to lift; [gastos] to cut out;hay que suprimir todo lo superfluo we have to get rid of everything that's superfluous;han suprimido las retransmisiones deportivas they have cancelled the sports broadcasts2. [palabras, texto] to delete;suprime los detalles y ve al grano forget the details and get to the point3. [puestos de trabajo, proyectos] to axe* * *v/t rebelión suppress, put down; ley, impuesto abolish; restricción lift; servicio withdraw; puesto de trabajo cut; en texto delete;suprimió algunos detalles she kept something back, she didn’t give me/us the whole story* * *suprimir vt1) : to suppress, to eliminate2) : to delete* * * -
20 Reizthema
n1. explosive topic, emotive issue; POL. auch gut issue2. für einzelne: touchy subject; das ist für sie ein Reizthema that’s a touchy subject with her, that always gets her going* * *Reiz|the|mantcontroversial issue* * *Reiz·the·mant emotive subject* * *2. für einzelne: touchy subject;
См. также в других словарях:
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