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jeered at

  • 1 jeered

    высмеял; осмеянный

    jeered at — глумился над; осмеянный

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > jeered

  • 2 jeered

    mencemooh

    English-Indonesian dictionary > jeered

  • 3 jeered at

    mencemoohkan

    English-Indonesian dictionary > jeered at

  • 4 jeered

    v
    დასცინა

    English-Georgian dictionary > jeered

  • 5 jeered at

    глумился над; осмеянный

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > jeered at

  • 6 crowd jeered at the prisoners

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > crowd jeered at the prisoners

  • 7 crowd jeered the prisoners

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > crowd jeered the prisoners

  • 8 the crowd jeered (at) the prisoners

    Общая лексика: толпа издевалась над пленными

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the crowd jeered (at) the prisoners

  • 9 the crowd jeered at the prisoners

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the crowd jeered at the prisoners

  • 10 the crowd jeered the prisoners

    1) Общая лексика: (at) толпа издевалась над пленными

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the crowd jeered the prisoners

  • 11 толпа издевалась над пленными

    1) General subject: the crowd jeered ( at) the prisoners

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > толпа издевалась над пленными

  • 12 abuchear

    v.
    to boo.
    * * *
    1 to boo, jeer at
    * * *
    VT to boo, jeer at

    ser abucheado — (Teat) to be booed, be hissed (at)

    * * *
    verbo transitivo to boo
    * * *
    = jeer, hiss, boo.
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to boo
    * * *
    = jeer, hiss, boo.

    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

    * * *
    abuchear [A1 ]
    vt
    to boo
    * * *

    abuchear ( conjugate abuchear) verbo transitivo
    to boo
    abuchear vt to boo, jeer at
    ' abuchear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pitar
    English:
    barrack
    - boo
    - hoot
    - jeer
    * * *
    to boo
    * * *
    v/t boo
    * * *
    : to boo, to jeer
    * * *
    abuchear vb to boo

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuchear

  • 13 jeer

    ‹iə
    1. verb
    1) (to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly: He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.) abuchear
    2) ((with at) to make fun of (someone) rudely: He's always jeering at her stupidity.) burlarse, mofarse

    2. noun
    (a rude or mocking shout: the jeers and boos of the audience.) abucheo
    - jeeringly
    jeer vb abuchear
    tr[ʤɪəSMALLr/SMALL]
    1 (mock) burlarse (at, de), mofarse (at, de)
    1 (boo) abuchear
    1 (boo) abuchear
    jeer ['ʤɪr] vi
    1) boo: abuchear
    2) scoff: mofarse, burlarse
    jeer vt
    ridicule: mofarse de, burlarse de
    jeer n
    1) : abucheo m
    2) taunt: mofa f, burla f
    n.
    • befa s.f.
    • burla s.f.
    • grito de sarcasmo s.m.
    • mofa s.f.
    v.
    • burlarse v.
    • cachondearse v.
    • chotearse v.
    • matraquear v.
    • mofar v.
    • pitorrearse v.
    dʒɪr, dʒɪə(r)
    intransitive verb ( boo) abuchear; ( mock) burlarse, mofarse

    to jeer AT something/somebody — burlarse or mofarse de algo/alguien; \<\<crowd\>\> abuchear algo/a alguien

    [dʒɪǝ(r)]
    1. N
    1) (from crowd) abucheo m ; (from individual) grito m de protesta
    2) (=insult) insulto m
    2. VI
    1) (=mock) burlarse (at de)
    2) (=boo) abuchear (at a)
    3. VT
    1) (=mock) burlarse de
    2) (=boo) abuchear
    * * *
    [dʒɪr, dʒɪə(r)]
    intransitive verb ( boo) abuchear; ( mock) burlarse, mofarse

    to jeer AT something/somebody — burlarse or mofarse de algo/alguien; \<\<crowd\>\> abuchear algo/a alguien

    English-spanish dictionary > jeer

  • 14 jeer

    [‹iə] 1. verb
    1) (to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly: He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.) håne
    2) ((with at) to make fun of (someone) rudely: He's always jeering at her stupidity.) gøre grin med
    2. noun
    (a rude or mocking shout: the jeers and boos of the audience.) hånlatter
    - jeeringly
    * * *
    [‹iə] 1. verb
    1) (to shout at or laugh at rudely or mockingly: He was jeered as he tried to speak to the crowds.) håne
    2) ((with at) to make fun of (someone) rudely: He's always jeering at her stupidity.) gøre grin med
    2. noun
    (a rude or mocking shout: the jeers and boos of the audience.) hånlatter
    - jeeringly

    English-Danish dictionary > jeer

  • 15 burla

    f.
    1 taunt.
    2 joke.
    3 trick.
    4 mockery, banter, chaffing, jeer.
    5 ridicule, taunt.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: burlar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: burlar.
    * * *
    1 (mofa) mockery, gibe
    2 (broma) joke
    3 (engaño) deception, trick
    \
    en son de burla in fun, tongue in cheek
    entre burlas y veras half-jokingly
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=mofa) gibe, taunt

    hacer burla de algn — to make fun of sb, mock sb

    hace burla de todo — he makes fun of o mocks everything

    2) (=broma) joke
    3) pl burlas joking sing, fun sing

    de burlas — in fun, tongue in cheek

    * * *
    a) ( mofa)
    b) ( atropello)

    esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations

    * * *
    = ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.
    Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
    Ex. The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.
    Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex. The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.
    Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.
    Ex. This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.
    Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.
    Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.
    Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.
    Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.
    Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.
    ----
    * objeto de burla = object of ridicule.
    * * *
    a) ( mofa)
    b) ( atropello)

    esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations

    * * *
    = ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.

    Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.

    Ex: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.
    Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex: The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.
    Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.
    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.
    Ex: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.
    Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.
    Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.
    Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.
    Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.
    Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.
    * burla de = thumbing of the nose at.
    * objeto de burla = object of ridicule.

    * * *
    1
    (mofa): era objeto de las burlas de todos he was the butt of everyone's jokes
    todos le hacen la burla everyone makes fun of her o mocks her
    2
    (chanza, broma): lo dije en son de burla I said it tongue in cheek
    lo dijo entre burlas y veras he said it only half in jest o he said it half joking, half serious
    3
    (atropello): el precio de las entradas es una burla al público they're robbing people o ( colloq) ripping people off charging that much for the tickets
    no le perdonaría esa burla a su confianza she would not forgive him that betrayal of her trust
    esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations
    * * *

     

    Del verbo burlar: ( conjugate burlar)

    burla es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    burla    
    burlar
    burla sustantivo femenino
    a) ( mofa):


    b) ( atropello):

    ◊ esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations

    burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo


    b) ‹ enemigo› to outwit

    burlarse verbo pronominal burlase de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
    burla sustantivo femenino
    1 (mofa) mockery
    2 (broma) joke
    ♦ Locuciones: hacer burla de, to make fun of
    burlar verbo transitivo
    1 (engañar) to outwit
    2 (esquivar) to evade
    ' burla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mueca
    - refinada
    - refinado
    - remedar
    - sorna
    - vacilar
    - guasa
    - son
    - tomadura de pelo
    English:
    mockery
    - spoof
    * * *
    burla nf
    1. [mofa] taunt;
    hacer burla de to mock;
    fue el blanco de las burlas de sus compañeros he was the butt of his colleagues' jokes;
    fue la burla de todo el mundo everyone made fun of her;
    esa sentencia es una burla a la justicia that sentence is a travesty of justice
    2. [broma] joke;
    entre burlas y veras half-jokingly
    3. [engaño] trick
    * * *
    f
    1 ( mofa) joke;
    hacer burla de alguien fam make fun of s.o.
    2 ( engaño) trick
    * * *
    burla nf
    1) : mockery, ridicule
    2) : joke, trick
    3)
    hacer burla de : to make fun of, to mock
    * * *
    hacer burla de... to make fun of...

    Spanish-English dictionary > burla

  • 16 burlarse

    1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=bromear) to joke, banter

    yo no me burlo — I'm serious, I'm not joking

    2)

    burlarse de algn — to mock sb, make fun of sb

    * * *
    = sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.
    Ex. 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.
    Ex. In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.
    Ex. Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex. Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.
    ----
    * burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.
    * * *
    = sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.

    Ex: 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

    Ex: In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.
    Ex: Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex: Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.
    * burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.

    * * *

    ■burlarse verbo reflexivo to mock, make fun [de, of]
    ' burlarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consistente
    - burlar
    English:
    constantly
    - deride
    - fun
    - gibe
    - jeer
    - laugh at
    - mock
    - rib
    - ridicule
    - scoff
    - send up
    - sneer
    - tease
    * * *
    vpr
    burlarse de to mock;
    burlarse de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;
    burlarse de las leyes to flout the law
    * * *
    v/r make fun (de of)
    * * *
    vr
    burlarse de : to make fun of, to ridicule
    * * *
    burlarse vb to make fun / to tease

    Spanish-English dictionary > burlarse

  • 17 caótico

    adj.
    chaotic, disorganized, disastrous.
    * * *
    1 chaotic
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo chaotic
    * * *
    = chaotic, helter-skelter, disorderly, shambolic.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    ----
    * computación caótica = chaotic computing.
    * informática caótica = chaotic computing.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo chaotic
    * * *
    = chaotic, helter-skelter, disorderly, shambolic.

    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

    Ex: The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    * computación caótica = chaotic computing.
    * informática caótica = chaotic computing.

    * * *
    chaotic
    encontré la casa en un estado caótico the house was in chaos o was chaotic when I got there
    * * *

    caótico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    chaotic
    caótico,-a adjetivo chaotic

    ' caótico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caótica
    English:
    chaotic
    - haphazard
    - shambolic
    * * *
    caótico, -a adj
    chaotic
    * * *
    adj chaotic
    * * *
    caótico, -ca adj
    : chaotic

    Spanish-English dictionary > caótico

  • 18 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 19 desastroso

    adj.
    disastrous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, calamitous.
    * * *
    1 disastrous
    * * *
    (f. - desastrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ disastrous, calamitous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.
    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. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex. Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    ----
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.

    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: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex: It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex: Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

    * * *
    1 (catastrófico) disastrous, catastrophic
    2 (uso hiperbólico) disastrous
    * * *

    desastroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    disastrous
    desastroso,-a adjetivo disastrous

    ' desastroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desastrosa
    - fatal
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    English:
    disastrous
    - hopeless
    * * *
    desastroso, -a adj
    1. [castastrófico] disastrous;
    la helada fue desastrosa para la cosecha the frost had a disastrous effect on the harvest
    2. [muy malo] disastrous;
    esta comida es desastrosa this food is appalling o awful
    * * *
    adj disastrous
    * * *
    desastroso, -sa adj
    : disastrous, catastrophic

    Spanish-English dictionary > desastroso

  • 20 encuentro amistoso

    m.
    friendly match, friendly game.
    * * *
    Ex. France's national anthem was lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris last night.
    * * *

    Ex: France's national anthem was lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris last night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encuentro amistoso

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