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1 Foot Dragging And Alibis
Politics: FDAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Foot Dragging And Alibis
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2 растягивание
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3 pereza
f.1 idleness.me da pereza ir a pie I can't be bothered walkingno lo hice por pereza I couldn't be bothered doing itsacudirse la pereza to wake oneself upsentir pereza to feel lazy2 laziness, sluggishness, idleness, sloth.* * *1 laziness■ ¡qué pereza lavar los platos! I don't feel like doing the washing up\tener pereza to feel lazy* * *noun f.* * *SF laziness¡qué pereza! — * what a drag! *
¡qué pereza, tener que limpiar la casa! — what a drag, having to clean the house! *
* * *femenino lazinessqué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
* * *= foot-dragging, laziness, lethargy, sloth, sluggishness.Ex. As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.Ex. Good literature insists on the importance of the inner, the distinctive and individual, life of man, while much else in our activities and in our make-up -- fear, ambition, fatigue, laziness -- tries to make that life generalized and typecast.Ex. Most patrons check in the first file they see and go no further because of ignorance or lethargy.Ex. Students often misconceive what education requires, as prior schooling, plus sloth, predispose them to passivity.Ex. The notion that the post-tenure years are a time of relative languor and sluggishness is not borne out in the data.----* con pereza = lazily.* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.* por pereza = lazily.* * *femenino lazinessqué pereza tener que ir! — what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
* * *= foot-dragging, laziness, lethargy, sloth, sluggishness.Ex: As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.
Ex: Good literature insists on the importance of the inner, the distinctive and individual, life of man, while much else in our activities and in our make-up -- fear, ambition, fatigue, laziness -- tries to make that life generalized and typecast.Ex: Most patrons check in the first file they see and go no further because of ignorance or lethargy.Ex: Students often misconceive what education requires, as prior schooling, plus sloth, predispose them to passivity.Ex: The notion that the post-tenure years are a time of relative languor and sluggishness is not borne out in the data.* con pereza = lazily.* dar pereza = can't/couldn't be bothered.* por pereza = lazily.* * *lazinessme da pereza I can't be botheredtengo una pereza horrible I feel terribly lazy¡qué pereza! ¡tener que ir a trabajar! what a bind o drag having to go to work! ( colloq)* * *
pereza sustantivo femenino
laziness;
tengo una pereza horrible I feel terribly lazy;
¡qué pereza tener que ir! what a bind o drag having to go! (colloq)
pereza sustantivo femenino laziness, idleness: me da pereza hacer el trabajo ahora, I can't be bothered to do the work now
' pereza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flojera
- madre
- fiaca
English:
cost
- laziness
- sloth
- sluggishness
- bothered
* * *pereza nfidleness;me da pereza ir a pie I can't be bothered walking;no lo hice por pereza I couldn't be bothered to do it;sacudirse la pereza to wake oneself up;sentir pereza to feel lazy* * *f laziness;me da pereza I can’t be bothered* * *pereza nfflojera, holgazanería: laziness, idleness* * *pereza n laziness -
4 затягивание
1) General subject: delaying, footdragging (умышленное; чего-л.), lead time, protraction, tabling, lead-time, backdraft, procrastination2) Aviation: bogging3) Military: dragging out, foot-dragging4) Engineering: handover (сигнала), hangover (в факсимильной связи), hysteresis effect, tailing (в факсимильной связи), tightening (закрепление)5) Mathematics: going out of time limit6) Law: ambages7) Diplomatic term: (умышлен ное) foot dragging (чего-л.)8) Electronics: coupling-hysteresis effect, tailing10) Oil: fastening down, setting-up (резьбовых соединений), tightening up12) Seismology: tailing (колебаний)13) Drilling: drag force14) Cables: tightening (закрепление)15) Makarov: covering (покрытие), crystal pulling (частоты), delaying (затяжка во времени), dragging out (затяжка во времени), hang-over (образование хвостов за сигналами в фототелеграфе), skinning over (о ране), tailing (образование хвостов за сигналами в фототелеграфе), tightening (тугое завязывание) -
5 ejercer autoridad de un modo excesivo
(v.) = push + authorityEx. As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.* * *(v.) = push + authorityEx: As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.
Spanish-English dictionary > ejercer autoridad de un modo excesivo
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6 no tolerar
(v.) = have + little patience withEx. As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.* * *(v.) = have + little patience withEx: As an administrator he pushes authority as far down the hierarchy as possible and has little patience for foot-dragging and ignorance.
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7 проволочка
1) General subject: delay, footdragging, heel dragging, heel-dragging, protraction2) Military: foot-dragging3) Engineering: protraction (задержка), wire4) Diplomatic term: procrastination5) Advertising: stall -
8 zavlačenje
n delay(ing), dragging one's feet, foot dragging, stalling itd.; dilatory tactics I fig - u - uvlačenje u -
9 (умышлен ное) затягивание
Diplomatic term: foot dragging (чего-л.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > (умышлен ное) затягивание
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10 медлительный
1) General subject: Fabian, bovine, costive, dilatory, indolent, laggard, lagging, languid market, languishing, leaden, lingering, logy, long (how long he is! - как он копается!), poky, procrastinative, procrastinatory, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, snail like, snail paced, snail-like, snail-paced, tardy, testudineous, unready, foot-dragging, languid, lymphatic2) Colloquial: thick in the head (American idiom), (человек) slow burner4) Accounting: reticent (напр. о фирмах, не реагирующих своевременно на технологические новшества)5) Psychology: inert6) Jargon: sloppy7) Business: dull -
11 неповоротливость
1) General subject: clumsiness, footdragging, gaucherie2) Automobile industry: unhandiness3) Diplomatic term: foot dragging -
12 умышленное затягивание
General subject: foot draggingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > умышленное затягивание
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13 умышленное затягивание (ч-л) бюрократами
Mass media: dragnet techniques, foot dragging by bureaucratsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > умышленное затягивание (ч-л) бюрократами
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14 умышленное затягивание бюрократами
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > умышленное затягивание бюрократами
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15 Verzögerung
Verzögerung f 1. COMP delay; 2. GEN delay, lag; 3. WIWI time lag, lag* * ** * *Verzögerung
delay [action], lag[ging], retard[ation], procrastination;
• ohne weitere Verzögerung without further delay;
• bürokratische Verzögerung bureaucratic delay;
• schuldhafte Verzögerung undue delay;
• streikbedingte Verzögerung delay by strike;
• unvermeidbare Verzögerung unavoidable delay;
• Verzögerung abgewickelter Fertigungsaufträge delay in settlement of long-term orders;
• Verzögerung bei der Lieferung delayed delivery;
• Verzögerung der Reformen foot-dragging on reform;
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16 Verzögerungstaktik
Verzögerungstaktik f GEN delaying tactics* * *f < Geschäft> delaying tactics* * *Verzögerungstaktik
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17 Verzögerung der Reformen
Verzögerung der Reformen
foot-dragging on reformBusiness german-english dictionary > Verzögerung der Reformen
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18 Verzögerungsantrag
Verzögerungsantrag
dilatory motion;
• Verzögerungseinwand dilatory (sham) plea;
• Verzögerungsgrund delayer, stick;
• Verzögerungspolitik Fabian policy, ca’canny method, obstructionism, delaying tactics;
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19 протакане
прота̀кане,ср., само ед. protraction; prolongation; dilatoriness; журн. неодобр. foot-dragging.* * *deferment; protraction -
20 odugovlačenje
n foot-dragging, stalling itd.* * *• retardation• delay• procrastination
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См. также в других словарях:
foot-dragging — [foot′drag΄iŋ] n. deliberate slowness or delay; stalling … English World dictionary
foot-dragging — foot .dragging n [U] when someone is deliberately being slow to do something →drag your feet … Dictionary of contemporary English
foot-dragging — N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Foot dragging is the action of deliberately slowing down a plan or process. Their bargaining position with America was weakened by their foot dragging over the Gulf... He accused the company of shameful foot dragging … English dictionary
foot-dragging — foot′ drag ging or foot′drag ging n. cvb reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
foot-dragging — /foot drag ing/, n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. Also, footdragging. [1945 50; from the v. phrase drag one s feet] * * * … Universalium
foot-dragging — /foot drag ing/, n. reluctance or failure to proceed or act promptly. Also, footdragging. [1945 50; from the v. phrase drag one s feet] … Useful english dictionary
foot dragging — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, ambling, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, averseness, aversion, backward, backwardness, blockage, blocking, cautious, cautiousness, check, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, clogging,… … Moby Thesaurus
foot-dragging — noun Date: 1952 failure to act with the necessary promptness or vigor … New Collegiate Dictionary
foot-dragging — noun The deliberate delaying of obligatory action … Wiktionary
foot dragging — intentional stalling or delaying, act of intentionally moving or working slowly … English contemporary dictionary
foot-dragger — See foot dragging. * * * … Universalium