explain in plain English

I II [pleın] v арх.

̈ɪpleɪn I
1. прил.
1) уст. плоский, ровный Syn: even II
1., level
2.
2) чистый, беспримесный Syn: pure
3) а) очевидный, явный, ясный The facts are plain to see. ≈ Факты просты. It's plain to everyone that she will never return. ≈ Всем ясно, что она не вернется. It's perfectly plain that they will resist. ≈ Они совершенно точно окажут сопротивление. Syn: apparent, conspicuous, evident, manifest, obvious Ant: imperceptible, implicit, inconspicuous, secret, concealed, hidden б) простой;
ясный, понятный to make one's meaning clear ≈ сделать понятной свою точку зрения plain writing Syn: clear в) прямой, резкий, без обиняков be plain with ≈ говорить( кому-л.) неприятную правду Syn: blunt
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4) а) незамысловатый, обыкновенный plain clothes ≈ штатское платье б) простой, несложный plain home-cooked meals ≈ простая домашняя еда
5) простоватый, незнатный( о происхождении) Syn: ordinary
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6) а) одноцветный, гладкокрашенный, без узора( о материи) б) простой, без украшений Syn: undecorated
7) некрасивый Syn: ugly ∙ it will be all plain sailing ≈ все пойдет как по маслу plain sailing
2. сущ.
1) а) равнина б) амер. степь, прерия ∙ The plains of America are generally characterised by their gramineous covering or their vast forests. ≈ Для американских равнин и прерий свойственен либо травяной покров, либо обширные леса. Syn: bush, desert, outback, pampas, prairie, range, steppe, tundra, savannah, veldt Ant: mountain
2) поэт. поле брани
3) а) геом., уст. плоскость б) горизонтальная поверхность биллиардного стола
3. нареч.
1) разборчиво, ясно, вразумительно Others began to speak plainer than he did. ≈ Другие стали говорить более понятно, чем он. Syn: clearly, intelligibly, candidly
2) явно, откровенно the figure plainest to be seen ≈ фигура, которая самым явным образом виднелась (где-л.) Syn: frankly, candidly, evidently, manifestly
3) совершенно, безусловно( с эмоционально-усилительным оттенком) I had gained so much weight and I just plain didn't look like the girl who had left town ten months before. ≈ Я так поправилась, что уже совершенно не была похожа на ту девочку, которая десять месяцев назад покинула родной дом. Syn: simply, absolutely, purely II гл.;
поэт., уст. сетовать, жаловаться, плакаться;
хныкать Syn: lament, complain равнина - in the open * в открытом поле - Salisbury P. равнина Солсбери обыкн. pl (американизм) (австралийское) безлесные равнины;
прерии поле брани (the P.) (историческое) "болото" (во французском национальном конвенте) прямая петля (в вязанье) - * and purl прямая и обратная петля > Cities of the P. (библеизм) Содом и Гоморра ясный;
отчетливый - * view /sight/ открытый вид - * articulation отчетливая артикуляция - * writing разборчивый почерк - all was * to see все было ясно видно - the rippling of the brook was * to be heard журчание ручейка было отчетливо слышно явный, очевидный - it is your * duty это ваш прямой долг - it was * that he did not wish to do it было очевидно /ясно/, что он не хотел этого делать полный, совершенный, абсолютный - * folly чистое безумие - * nonsense полнейшая бессмыслица, абсолютная чепуха - * stupidity непробиваемая тупость простой, понятный - to explain smth. in * and precise terms объяснить что-л. ясно и точно - to make smth. * to smb. разъяснить что-л. кому-л. - tell her what you want in * words объясните ей членораздельно, что вы хотите - the meaning is quite * значение совершенно ясно /понятно/ - in * English ясно, членораздельно - he can't understand * English он не понимает простых слов незашифрованный - * langauge (военное) открытый /незашифрованный/ текст - in * (военное) открыто, открытым текстом (о радиограмме, донесении) простой, незамысловатый, обыкновенный - * dress простое платье - * style простой /незамысловатый/ стиль - * unvarnished tale бесхитростный рассказ, рассказ без всяких прикрас - * food простая пища - * water простая /обыкновенная/ вода - * bread and butter просто хлеб с маслом - * living простой /скромный/ образ жизни - * dive простой прыжок( прыжки в воду) - * sewing простое шитье (в отличие от вышивки) - * stitch чулочная вязка - he was called * John его звали просто Джоном - I like my cooking * я люблю готовить просто, я не люблю всякие разносолы чистый, несмешанный, без добавок - * boiled beef вареное мясо( из бульона) - a cup of * black coffee чашечка черного кофе без сахара - * tea чай (только) с хлебом и маслом - * cigarettes сигареты без фильтра гладкий( о волосах) обычный - * card нефигурная игральная карта;
некозырная карта - * steel нелегированная сталь - * concrete (строительство) неармированный бетон - it's * common sense это обычный /всего лишь/ здравый смысл одноцветный, без узора или рисунка - * drawing нецветной рисунок - * blue material гладкий синий материал - * silk гладкий шелк - * wallpaper гладкие обои( без рисунка) простой, незнатный - * man простой человек - * countryfolk простые /бесхитростные/ деревенские люди, простонародье прямой, откровенный - * statement откровенное заявление - * answer прямой ответ - * langauge прямая /откровенная/ речь;
особая, откровенная манера речи квакеров - * talk прямой разговор - the * truth настоящая /чистая/ правда;
неприятная /печальная/ правда, правда без прикрас - the * truth /fact/ is... дело просто в том, что... - to make one's meaning perfectly * говорить откровенно /прямо/;
поставить все точки над "i" - to be * with smb. быть откровенным с кем-л.;
говорить кому-л. правду в глаза - to stick to the * facts придерживаться( только) фактов невзрачный, некрасивый - * face некрасивое лицо - * Jane некрасивая девушка - a pity the girl is so * жаль, что девочка так некрасива гладкий, ровный (о местности) - * ground плоский рельеф - * surface ровная поверхность > (as) * as a pikestaff /as the nose on your face, as the day, as daylight, as the sun at noonday/ ясный как день, очевидный;
совершенно ясно ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо - I made them speak the word * я заставил их произносить это слово отчетливо откровенно - others spoke *er than he другие говорили более откровенно, чем он - talk /speak/ * so that I can understand you говори прямо, чтобы я тебя понял просто, совершенно, абсолютно - he is just * stupud он просто глуп (устаревшее) жаловаться, плакаться, сетовать ~ прямой, откровенный;
plain dealing прямота, честность;
to be plain (with smb.) говорить (кому-л.) неприятную правду ~ sailing легкий, простой путь;
it will be all plain sailing = все пойдет как по маслу ~ ясный, явный, очевидный;
to make it plain выявить, разъяснить plain гладкий, ровный (о местности) ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
plain water обыкновенная вода;
plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ некрасивый ~ одноцветный, без узора (о материи) ~ откровенно ~ плоскость ~ поэт. поле брани ~ простой, незнатный;
plain folk простонародье ~ простой, скромный (о пище и т. п.) ~ простой;
понятный;
plain writing разборчивый почерк ~ прямой, откровенный;
plain dealing прямота, честность;
to be plain (with smb.) говорить (кому-л.) неприятную правду ~ равнина ~ поэт. сетовать, жаловаться, плакаться;
хныкать ~ ясно, разборчиво, отчетливо ~ ясный, явный, очевидный;
to make it plain выявить, разъяснить ~ ясный, явный, очевидный ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
plain water обыкновенная вода;
plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ clothes штатское платье;
plain work простое шитье (в отличие от вышивания) ~ простой, незнатный;
plain folk простонародье ~ sailing легкий, простой путь;
it will be all plain sailing = все пойдет как по маслу ~ sailing мор. плавание по локсодромии the ~ truth (или fact) is that... дело просто в том, что..., совершенно очевидно, что... ~ незамысловатый, обыкновенный;
plain water обыкновенная вода;
plain card нефигурная игральная карта ~ clothes штатское платье;
plain work простое шитье (в отличие от вышивания) ~ простой;
понятный;
plain writing разборчивый почерк

aus|deut|schen ['ausdɔytʃn]

Ⅰ adv. grad. 1. (wzdłuż linii prostej) [jechać, prowadzić, płynąć] straight 2. (w pozycji pionowej) upright, straight 3. (nieskomplikowanie) [tłumaczyć, mówić] simply, plainly Ⅱ adv. 1. (bezpretensjonalnie) simply, plainly 2. (nie zatrzymując się) straight (on a. ahead) 3. (bezpośrednio) straight Ⅲ po prostu 1. (bezpośrednio) just, simply 2. (zwyczajnie) only, just Ⅳ prosto- w wyrazach złożonych prostopadle do czegoś at right angles to sth

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Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.

Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.

Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex: There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.

Ex: The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.

Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.

Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.

Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

* codificación directa de fila sencilla = single row direct coding.

* de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.

* disco sencillo = single.

 

sencillo 1

1



‹vestido/estilo› simple, plain;
‹casa/comida› simple, modest
2 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
sencillo 2 sustantivo masculino
1 ( disco) single
2 (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
3 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
sencillo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (una solución, un problema) simple, easy
2 (un vestido, diseño) simple, plain
3 (persona) natural, unassuming
4 (habitación, billete) single
II sustantivo masculino (billete, disco) single
' sencillo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billete
- elemental
- fácil
- manejo
- sencilla
- simple
- sobria
- sobrio
- tirada
- tirado
English:
basic
- down-home
- easy
- neat
- plain
- simple
- single
- single-space
- straightforward
- change
- fool
- low
- painless
- small
- straight
- unaffected
- unassuming
- unsophisticated

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Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.

* grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly.

* patito feo = ugly duckling.

* Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the.

 

feo 1,


‹ peinado› unflattering;

es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhood

‹olor/sabor› (esp AmL) unpleasant;

la cosa se está poniendo fea things are getting nasty o ugly;
es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así it's not nice to talk like that
feo 2 adverbio (AmL) ‹oler/saber› bad;

feo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (carente de belleza) ugly
2 (turbio) nasty: esto se pone feo, this is looking bad
una herida fea, a bad wound
II m (desaire, descortesía) snub: no le hagas ese feo, don't snub him
♦ Locuciones: ser más feo que Picio, to be as ugly as sin

' feo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantosa
- espantoso
- esperpento
- fea
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- monstruosa
- monstruoso
- encima
- espantar
- feroz
- gana
- horrible
English:
hideous
- nasty
- ugly
- ugly duckling
- unsightly
- dull
- homely
- nice
- plain
Fam [tiempo] foul, horrible; [color] unpleasant; [ofensivo] rude; [persona] ugly person; Fam [desaire] Am [oler, saber] bad;

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: He argues for special attention to faculty offices, landscaping, 'green' architecture, preservation of heritage buildings, removal of eyesore buildings, and safety.

antiestético

unsightly
antiestético,-a adjetivo unsightly

' antiestético' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antiestética
English:
unsightly

Ex: The author catalogue can be regarded as a basic record of stock.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.

Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.

Ex: These are the rudimentary elements of an information retrieval system.

Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.

Ex: This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.

Ex: There should be some arrangement for selling books, preferably through a school's own bookshop, no matter how primitive this is.

Ex: The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.

Ex: The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.

Ex: Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.

Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.

* algo básico = necessity.

* alimento básico = staple food.

* artículos básicos = basic provisions.

* aspectos básicos = nuts and bolts.

* concepto básico = concrete.

* con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* conocimiento básico = working familiarity.

* conocimiento básicos de informática = computer literacy.

* conocimientos básicos = literacy.

* conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* derecho básico = natural right, basic right.

* en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* estructura básica = skeleton.

* formación básica en tecnología = technical literacy.

* guía básica = laymen's guide.

* impulso básico = primitive urge.

* información básica = background note.

* lo básico = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).

* programas básicos = basic software.

básico




básico,-a adjetivo
1 (esencial) basic: saber idiomas es básico para ser diplomático, knowledge of languages is essential if you want to be a diplomat
2 Quím basic
' básico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
básica
- hacer
- elemental
- primario
- primero
English:
basic
- bread-and-butter
- cornerstone
- elementary
- essential
- staple
- base pay
- basics
- sketchy

Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.

Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.

Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.

Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.

Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.

Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.

Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.

Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.

* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.

* de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.

* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.

* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* lo desagradable = unpleasantness.

* situación desagradable = unpleasantness.

 

desagradable adjetivo
unpleasant;
‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
' desagradable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escopetazo
- fresca
- fresco
- graznido
- grosera
- grosero
- gustillo
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- impresión
- marrón
- palma
- sensación
- terrible
- terrorífica
- terrorífico
- chocante
- ingrato
- mal
- shock
English:
bullet
- business
- creep
- dirty
- disagreeable
- distasteful
- emptiness
- filthy
- hard
- ill-natured
- miserable
- nasty
- off
- off-putting
- rude
- thankless
- ugly
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unsavory
- unsavoury
- unwelcome
- why
- home
- objectionable
- offensive
- painful
- peevish
- unpalatable
- unwholesome

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Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Visits to school and public libraries as well as centres of cultural interest interspersed the program.

Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.

Ex: She does this by weaving together, in a highly structured pattern, pieces from a variety of texts.

entremezclar ( conjugate entremezclar) verbo transitivo
to intermingle
entremezclarse verbo pronominal [ recuerdos] to intermingle, become intermingled;
[ culturas] to mix, intermingle
' entremezclar' also found in these entries:
English:
intersperse

Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.

Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.

Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

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: 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: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.

Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.

* horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.

* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.

* tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.

 

horrible adjetivo


‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous


horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
' horrible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amanecer
- horrendo-a
- infame
- pestazo
- antipático
- calor
- cargante
- mal
- malo
- odioso
- pereza
- perro
- pinche
- tocar
- tufo
English:
awful
- cat
- dreadful
- hideous
- hole
- horrible
- horrid
- it
- manage
- mind
- nasty
- shocking
- thought
- wretched
- abominable
- crummy
- foul
- ghastly
- revolting
- rotten
- sickly
- vile

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.

Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.

Ex: This risk I gladly accept in the hope that I have succeeded in bringing to your notice the fact that there is an ailment here, however indifferent my diagnosis may have been, and by provoking thought on the matter.

Ex: To date the library profession has been passive in its approach to new technology and has accepted the second-rate products it has been offered.

Ex: You are about to hear an undistinguished non-expert speak prosaically about the library catalog as it currently is.

Ex: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.

Ex: The author deems voice recognition technology to be unimpressive but finds that text-to-speech conversion has greatly improved.

mediocre adjetivo
mediocre
mediocre adjetivo mediocre
' mediocre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
discreta
- discreto
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- regular
- flojo
- mediano
- pobre
English:
goalkeeper
- indifferent
- mediocre
- rate
- sort
- lack
- mediocrity
- second

I II I II

Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.

Ex: The Dutch, too, started making cigars using tobacco from their Far Eastern colonies.

* Africa Oriental = East Africa.

* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.

* hemisferio oriental, el = Eastern Hemisphere, the.

* jardín oriental = oriental garden.

oriental adjetivo ( del este) eastern;
( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
oriental
I adjetivo eastern, oriental
II mf Oriental
' oriental' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achinada
- achinado
- palillo
- amarillo
- bazar
- jalado
- plátano
- República Oriental del Uruguay
English:
bazaar
- East
- easterly
- eastern
- Eastern Europe
- Oriental
- chopstick
- east
- oriental
- rickshaw
[del Lejano Oriente] oriental Hist

Ex: The form of these terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, is usually one of the following: single words, e.g. Government, Hovercraft, housing.

* alquiler de vivienda = housing rental.

* complejo de viviendas subvencionadas = housing project.

* precio de la vivienda = house price.

* propietario de vivienda = homeowner.

* segunda vivienda en la ciudad = pied-à-terre.

* urbanización de viviendas sociales = council estate.

* venta de viviendas = home sale.

* vivienda con estructura de madera = frame dwelling.

* vivienda okupa = squat, squatting.

* vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

* viviendas asistidas = sheltered housing, sheltered accommodation.

* vivienda social = council tenancy, council flat, council house.

* viviendas sociales = council housing, public housing, community housing.

 

vivienda sustantivo femenino:

un bloque de viviendas an apartment building, a block of flats (BrE);
la construcción de 50 viviendas the construction of 50 homes o (frml) dwellings
vivienda sustantivo femenino housing
han perdido su vivienda, they've lost their home
(domicilio) dwelling
(piso) flat, apartment

' vivienda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chalet
- conejera
- demencial
- digna
- digno
- dúplex
- hipotecar
- portera
- portero
- protección
- traslado
- unifamiliar
- acondicionar
- adjudicar
- bulín
- caído
- callampa
- calle
- casa
- catear
- decente
- habitar
- humilde
- miserable
- ocupar
- portería
- precario
- protegido
- rehabilitación
- rehabilitar
- robo
- tugurio
English:
apartment
- boarding
- dwelling
- housing
- second home
- squat
- condition
- first
- home
- living
- maisonette
- outside
- prefab
vivienda habitual normal place of residence; Col, CRica, Méx, Perú vivienda de interés social = low-cost home subsidized by the government, Br ≈ council house/flat;

- punto final
- punto y coma

Ex: Seven pointers follow which are useful for discriminating between documents to be abstracted and those not worth abstracting.

* aclarar un punto = clarify + point.

* adoptar un punto de vista = embrace + view.

* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.

* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.

* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.

* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.

* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).

* desde el punto de vista de la nutrición = in terms of, from the vantage of, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, mitotically, nutritionally speaking, nutritionally.

* desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.

* desde el punto de vista de la archivística = archivally.

* desde el punto de vista de la calidad = on quality grounds.

* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.

* desde el punto de vista de la conservación = preservationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la funcionalidad = functionally.

* desde el punto de vista de la informática = computationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la logística = logistically.

* desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically.

* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.

* desde el punto de vista de la notación = notationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la química = chemically.

* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.

* desde el punto de vista de las matemáticas = mathematically.

* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.

* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.

* desde el punto de vista del estilo = stylistically.

* desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento = operationally.

* desde el punto de vista del + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.

* desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desde el punto de vista de + Nombre = in + Nombre + eyes.

* desde el punto de vista judicial = judicially.

* desde el punto de vista lingüístico = linguistically.

* desde el punto de vista político = politically.

* desde el punto de vista profesional = career-wise [careerwise].

* desde este punto de vista = viewed in this light.

* desde mi punto de vista = in my opinion, in my view, in my books.

* desde + punto de vista = against + backdrop.

* desde todos los puntos de vista = in every sense.

* desde un punto de vista académico = academically.

* desde un punto de vista antropológico = anthropologically.

* desde un punto de vista clínico = medically, clinically.

* desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], with a critical eye, critically.

* desde un punto de vista cultural = culturally.

* desde un punto de vista económico = economically, monetarily.

* desde un punto de vista estético = aesthetically [esthetically, -USA].

* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.

* desde un punto de vista étnico = ethnically.

* desde un punto de vista filosófico = philosophically.

* desde un punto de vista general = in a broad sense.

* desde un punto de vista histórico = historically.

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista médico = medically.

* desde un punto de vista medioambiental = environmentally.

* desde un punto de vista morfológico = morphologically.

* desde un punto de vista operativo = operationally.

* desde un punto de vista racista = racially + Adjetivo.

* desde un punto de vista religioso = religiously.

* desde un punto de vista socioeconómico = socioeconomically.

* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.

* fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.

* manifestar un punto de vista = air + view.

* mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.

* mi punto de vista = in my view.

* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.

* no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.

* probar un punto = prove + point.

* promover un punto de vista = promote + view.

* punto a favor = asset.

* punto conflictivo = hot spot.

* punto de la agenda = agenda item.

* punto del orden del día = agenda item.

* punto de una agenda = item of business.

* punto de vista = angle, point of view, side, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint, outlook, eye, world view [worldview/world-view], bent of mind.

* punto principal = main point.

* puntos a favor y puntos en contra = pros and cons.

* puntos comunes = common ground.

* puntos principales = key issues.

* puntos secundarios = secondary points.

* que consta de tres puntos = three-point.

* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = contemplate + view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint.

* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.

* alcanzar el punto crítico = come to + a head.

* alcanzar el punto culminante = climax.

* alcanzar el punto más álgido = peak, come into + full bloom.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + punto álgido = reach + Posesivo + peak.

* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.

* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.

* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.

* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.

* en qué punto = at what point.

* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en un punto bajo = at a low ebb.

* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.

* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.

* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.

* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.

* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.

* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.

* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.

* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.

* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.

* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* llegado este punto = at this juncture.

* llegado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* llegar al punto álgido = reach + a head.

* llegar al punto crítico = come to + a head.

* llegar al punto de = be at the point of.

* llegar al punto de + Infinitivo = go + (as/so) far as + Infinitivo.

* llegar a un punto crítico = reach + turning point.

* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.

* pasado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* poner a punto = overhaul, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.

* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.

* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.

* puesta a punto = fine tuning [fine-tuning], tuning, tune-up.

* punto álgido = peak.

* punto a punto = point-to-point.

* punto central = focal point.

* punto ciego = blind spot.

* punto clave = key point, watershed, tipping point.

* punto crítico = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.

* punto culminante = zenith, climax, peak, capstone.

* punto de acceso = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point.

* punto de apoyo = foothold.

* punto débil = downside, weak point, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto débl = blind spot.

* punto de contacto = point of contact, interface, contact point.

* punto de convergencia = junction point, similarity.

* punto de discusión = bone of contention.

* punto de distribución = outlet.

* punto de divergencia = stepping-off point.

* punto de división = break.

* punto de encuentro = meeting point.

* punto de entrada = entry point, entrance point, point of entry.

* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.

* punto de información = information kiosk.

* punto de interés = point of interest.

* punto de llegada = point of arrival.

* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.

* punto de partida = point of departure, starting point, take-off point, baseline [base line], beginning point.

* punto de penalti, el = penalty mark, the.

* punto de recepción y envío = shipping point.

* punto de recogida = pick-up point, drop-off point.

* punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.

* punto de referencia común = common framework.

* punto de ruptura = breaking point.

* punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].

* punto de servicio = service point.

* punto de una lista = bullet point.

* punto de venta = outlet, point of sale.

* punto esencial = essential point.

* punto final = end point [endpoint].

* punto flaco = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link.

* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto fuerte = strength, upside, forte, strong point.

* punto g, el = G-spot, the.

* punto intermedio = middle ground.

* punto medio = happy medium, mid-point.

* punto muerto = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* punto negro = blackhead.

* punto positivo = asset.

* puntos de acceso = entry vocabulary.

* punto silla = saddle point.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* tomar como punto de partida = build on/upon.

Ex: You have observed the correct use of the facet indicators. (full stop) for S and ' (single inverted comma) for T.

Ex: For instance, to delete the period where the cursor is located, press the < Del> key.

Ex: Such as categorisation may depend rather arbitrarily upon whether stops have been used between letters or not.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* arco de punto rebajado = segmental arch.

* dos puntos (:) = colon (:).

* dpi (puntos por pulgada) = dpi (dots per inch).

* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en + Posesivo + punto de mira = in + Posesivo + sights.

* línea de puntos = dotted line.

* matriz de puntos de impacto = impact dot matrix.

* nube de puntos = scatterplot, cloud of points.

* poner punto final a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book on.

* poner punto y final a = put + a stop to, sound + the death knell for.

* punto (.) = point (.).

* puntos por pulgada = dots per inch.

* punto y coma (;) = semi-colon (;).

* alcanzar el punto de ebullición = reach + boiling point.

* punto de ebullición = boiling point.

* punto de fundición = melting point.

* punto de fusión = melting point, fusion point.

* punto de saturación = saturation point.

* punto porcentual = percentage point.

* aguja de hacer punto = knitting needle.

* géneros de punto = knitwear.

* hacer punto = knitting.

* patrón de hacer punto = knitting pattern.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

 

punto sustantivo masculino
1


( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE);

punto final period (AmE), full stop (BrE);
puntos suspensivos ellipsis (tech), suspension points (pl) (AmE), dot, dot, dot;
punto y aparte period (AmE) o (BrE) full stop, new paragraph;
punto y coma semicolon;
punto com (Com, Inf) dot.com;
a punto fijo exactly, for certain;
… y punto … and that's that, … period (AmE);
See Also→ dos
2


el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened;
punto cardinal cardinal point ;
punto ciego blind spot;
punto de apoyo ( de palanca) fulcrum;
no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder;
punto de vista ( perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view;

( opinión) views;

punto muerto (Auto) neutral;

( en negociaciones) deadlock

3 ( grado) point, extent;

hasta tal punto que … so much so that …
4 (asunto, aspecto) point;

los puntos a tratar en la reunión the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting
5 ( en locs)

estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner;
estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over;
batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks;
en su punto just right;
en punto: a las 12 en punto at 12 o'clock sharp;
son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock;
llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time
6


hacer punto (Esp) to knit;
punto (de) cruz cross-stitch


7 ( unidad)



(Fin) point
punto sustantivo masculino
1 point
punto de vista, point of view
punto flaco, weak point
punto muerto, (situación sin salida) deadlock, Auto neutral
2 (lugar) place, point: está perdido en algún punto de Marruecos, it's way out somewhere in Morocco
3 (pintado, dibujado) dot
línea de puntos, dotted line
4 (en una competición) point: le dieron tres puntos a Irlanda, Ireland scored three points
5 (en un examen) mark: la pregunta vale dos puntos, the question is worth two marks
6 Cost Med stitch: se le infectó un punto, one of the stitches became infected
7 (grado, medida) point: hasta cierto punto, to a certain extent
8 Ling full stop
dos puntos, colon
punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph
punto y coma, semicolon
puntos suspensivos, dots
♦ Locuciones: hacer punto, to knit
a punto, ready
a punto de, on the point of
en punto, sharp, on the dot: a las seis en punto, at six o'clock sharp
Culin en su punto, just right
' punto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
álgida
- álgido
- aparte
- borde
- cadeneta
- caer
- caramelo
- cardinal
- cerca
- cierta
- cierto
- coincidir
- coma
- concretar
- culminante
- cúspide
- débil
- desde
- distanciarse
- ebullición
- Ecuador
- este
- extrema
- extremo
- flaca
- flaco
- fuerte
- luminosa
- luminoso
- mareada
- mareado
- media
- medio
- muerta
- muerto
- nivel
- novedosa
- novedoso
- para
- puesta
- referencia
- regresar
- relativamente
- respetable
- sazón
- sesgar
- talón
- tanta
- tanto
- tomate
English:
about
- angle
- aspect
- bankrupt
- benchmark
- blackhead
- boiling point
- cardigan
- certain
- chink
- circle
- climax
- close
- cluster
- coast
- conclude
- contention
- cottage industry
- crop up
- cross-stitch
- crossroads
- crunch
- culmination
- cut-off
- deadlock
- degree
- dot
- essential
- extent
- eye
- failing
- feature
- focal point
- follow through
- foothold
- forthcoming
- freezing point
- full stop
- head
- height
- high
- impasse
- interface
- item
- just
- knit
- knitting
- knitting needle
- knitwear
- labour
[en geometría] point; punto de fuga vanishing point [sobre i, j, en dirección de correo electrónico] dot; Fam Bol, Perú punto acápite semicolon; punto de break break point; punto débil weak point; punto de apoyo [en palanca] fulcrum; Ling punto de articulación point of articulation; Dep punto fatídico penalty spot; [en carretera] accident Br blackspot o US hot spot; Com punto de venta: punto crítico critical moment o point; [de reactor] critical point; Fig [sistema, método] to fine-tune punto de congelación freezing point; Fig [en negociaciones] deadlock; [en unas medias] hole; punto atrás backstitch; Med punto de sutura suture punto de ganchillo crochet RP Fam [empresa] dotcom