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81 суровый
1) General subject: Catonian, Draconian, Draconic, Spartan, astrictive, austere, bleak, bleak (о погоде), castigatory, dour, exacting, flinty, frowning, gaunt, gruelling, hard, hard baked, hard handed, hard-baked (на вид), hard-handed, harsh, inclement (о климате, погоде), inflexible, inhospitable, intemperate, iron bound, iron handed, iron-bound, iron-handed, oppressive, overstrict, punishing, rigid, rigorous, rough (о жизни), rugged (о человеке), severe, slashing, smart (о наказании), sound, steely, stern, unapproachable, unbleached (о ткани), unfatherly, unkindly, crusty (взгляд), strictured, precarious2) Literal: as hard as iron4) Religion: lenten5) Forestry: bleak (о климате), coarse6) Psychology: rude8) Jargon: hard-boiled, raw, hard-shell9) Polymers: nonbleached, severe (о климате), undyed10) Makarov: arctic, astringent, grim, harsh (о климате и т.п.), heavy, iron, surly, unbending11) Drugs: law-and-order -
82 тяжёлый
1) General subject: adust, arduous, burdensome, cowish, cruel, cumbersome, difficult, fusty (о воздухе), grave, grievous (о боли и т. п.), grinding, hard, heartrending, heavyweight (по весу), hefty, laborious, languorous, leaden, logged, lumbersome, lumpish, massive, massy, nasty (о болезни и т.п.), oppressive, painful, plodding, ponderous, punishing, rough, rugged (о жизни), sad (о хлебе), serious, severe, slab, sore, stale (о воздухе), stertorous (о дыхании), sthenic (о болезни), sticky, stodgy (о пище), tanklike, taxing, thorny, throng (о времени), tight, trying, wall eyed, wall-eyed, weighty, heavy weight (The equipment has heavy weight plates and power rods.), burly, toilful, toilsome, stressful, disturbing, precarious, stubborn2) Medicine: bad (о состоянии больного), barys3) Colloquial: tryin'4) French: difficile5) Obsolete: travailous6) Literal: confounded, uphill7) Engineering: heavy-duty8) Agriculture: fell (о болезни)9) Construction: heavy-weight10) Railway term: bull11) Diplomatic term: dark (о времени)12) Jargon: (сложный) hairy, lunker13) Oil: high-gravity, large14) Banking: onerous15) Silicates: dense (о бетоне и об оптическом стекле)16) Ecology: heavy-textured (о почве, её механическом составе)17) Polymers: low-volatility, severe (о режиме) -
83 тяжелый
1) General subject: adust, arduous, burdensome, cowish, cruel, cumbersome, difficult, fusty (о воздухе), grave, grievous (о боли и т. п.), grinding, hard, heartrending, heavyweight (по весу), hefty, laborious, languorous, leaden, logged, lumbersome, lumpish, massive, massy, nasty (о болезни и т.п.), oppressive, painful, plodding, ponderous, punishing, rough, rugged (о жизни), sad (о хлебе), serious, severe, slab, sore, stale (о воздухе), stertorous (о дыхании), sthenic (о болезни), sticky, stodgy (о пище), tanklike, taxing, thorny, throng (о времени), tight, trying, wall eyed, wall-eyed, weighty, heavy weight (The equipment has heavy weight plates and power rods.), burly, toilful, toilsome, stressful, disturbing, precarious, stubborn2) Medicine: bad (о состоянии больного), barys3) Colloquial: tryin'4) French: difficile5) Obsolete: travailous6) Literal: confounded, uphill7) Engineering: heavy-duty8) Agriculture: fell (о болезни)9) Construction: heavy-weight10) Railway term: bull11) Diplomatic term: dark (о времени)12) Jargon: (сложный) hairy, lunker13) Oil: high-gravity, large14) Banking: onerous15) Silicates: dense (о бетоне и об оптическом стекле)16) Ecology: heavy-textured (о почве, её механическом составе)17) Polymers: low-volatility, severe (о режиме) -
84 хрупкий
1) General subject: brash, breakable, brittle, crimp, crumbly, crunchy, delicate, eggshell, evanescent, fay, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, glassy (как стекло), hurtable, infirm, insubstantial, mignon, porcelain, rickety (о здоровье), shattery, shivery, short, slight, slim (о телосложении), slimpsy, tender (о здоровье), twiggy, waferish, wafery, weak, weakly (о сложении), egg-shell, airy-fairy, fracture-prone, (мир) precarious2) American: slimsy3) Obsolete: brickle4) Engineering: crisp5) Construction: frowy7) Forestry: brashy10) Polymers: crack-sensitive11) Makarov: brash (о древесине), brashy (о древесине), brickle (о штучных строительных материалах), brickly (о штучных строительных материалах), delicate (о телосложении), fragile (о стебле)12) Gold mining: friable (о порошке)13) Cement: feeble -
85 хрупкий (мир)
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86 шаткая опора
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87 шаткий
1) General subject: cardboard, cranky, crazy, dicky, drunken, fickle, flimsy, off balance, quaky, rickety, rocky, shakey, shaky, slim, teetery, thin, tickle, ticklish, tickly, tittuppy, tittupy, tottering, tottery, unsteady, vacillating, versatile, waggly, wambly, wobbly, yo-yo, foundationless, precarious3) Literal: pasteboard4) Rare: vacillant5) Diplomatic term: windy6) Scottish language: coggly8) Simple: yoyo9) Makarov: crazy (о строениях, кораблях и т.п.), tenuous, weak -
88 шаткое положение
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89 шаткое положение с наличностью
Economy: precarious cash positionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > шаткое положение с наличностью
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90 шаткое равновесие
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91 ссуда до востребования
Русско-английский юридический словарь > ссуда до востребования
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92 В-239
ВИСЕТЬ (ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ)/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ (НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ) VP subj: human or abstr, often жизнь if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved) to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or deathX висит на волоске = X is hanging by a threadperson X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death person X is on the brink of death (in limited contexts) X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin) X is on the brink of disaster (ruin) thing X is touch and go.Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His (the prince's) life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).«Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему -кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем...» (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem-incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence, he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).(Елена Федотовна:) Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). (Е.Е:) You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded-though it was very much always touch and go (2a).From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were. -
93 М-138
ДАМОКЛОВ МЕЧ висит над кем or над чьей головой ПОД ДАМОКЛОВЫМ МЕЧОМ был*, жить, ходить и т. п. all lit NP, sing only, usu. subj (1st van) PrepP, Invar, subj-compl with copula (subj: human or adv (2nd var.) fixed WOdanger, trouble that is constantly threatening s.o.: sword of Damocles....Всегда над головой его висел дамоклов меч - в любую минуту ему могли припомнить те анонимки (Эткинд 1)....Always he lived under this sword of Damoclesat any time those anonymous letters could be held against him (1a).From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were. -
94 П-451
ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ (ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ) ПОЧВУ ИЗ-ПОД НОГ чьих, (у) кого VP subj: human or, less often, abstr) to undermine s.o. 's sense of security, undercut s.o. 's plans, arguments etc, make precarious s.o. 's position in life or in some situation etc: X выбил у Y-a почву из-под ног - X cut the ground (out) from under Y ( Y's feet) (often in refer, to withholding or withdrawing support from s.o.) X pulled the rug out from under Y ( usu. in refer, to undercutting s.o. 's arguments in a debate, negotiations etc) X left Y without a leg to stand on.Разрешив банкам обмен денег, правительство выбило почву из-под ног спекулянтов валютой. By permitting banks to change money, the government cut the ground out from under speculators in hard currency. -
95 С-303
НА ЧЕСТНОМ СЛОВЕ держаться coll, humor PrepP Invar subj-compl with держаться ( subj: concr, usu. пуговица, крючок, брюки etc, or abstr) fixed WO(of a button, a hook, s.o. 's pants etc) (to hang, be held) precariously, not securely(of a venture, an undertaking etc) (to be) in a precarious state, liable to end badly: (be) hanging by a thread (of a button etc only) (be) about (ready) to fall off (down) (be) practically ( almost) falling off ( down) (of a venture etc only) (be) likely to fall through (to fail etc) (in limited contexts) (things are) touch-and-go.Смотри, не потеряй пуговицу, она держится на честном слове. Be careful not to lose that button-its about ready to fall off.Подполковник Горчаков был в ночной рубашке, в рейтузах, державшихся на честном слове, и в галошах на босу ногу (Лившиц 1). Lieutenant-Colonel Gorchakov was dressed in a nightshirt, in riding breeches which were almost falling down and in galoshes on his bare feet (1a). -
96 У-42
ПОД УДАРОМ PrepP Invar subj-compl with copula)1. mil ( subj: collect or a geographical name) some military unit (town etc) is in a vulnerable, undefended positionX оказался под ударом — X was (left) open to attackX was exposed to attack (to the enemy).2. (subj: human or collect) one is in a precarious, insecure positionX под ударом - X is in danger (in jeopardy).Когда началась реорганизация института, стало ясно, что наш отдел под ударом. When they started reorganizing the institute it became clear that our division was in jeopardy. -
97 ненадёжная занятость
Labor law: (термин МОТ) precarious employmentУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ненадёжная занятость
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98 висеть на волоске
• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>=====⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);- thing X is touch and go.♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).—————← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на волоске
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99 висеть на нитке
• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>=====⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);- thing X is touch and go.♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).—————← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на нитке
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100 висеть на ниточке
• ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>=====⇒ to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:- person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;- [in limited contexts] X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin);- thing X is touch and go.♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).—————← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на ниточке
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Precarious — Pre*ca ri*ous, a. [L. precarius obtained by begging or prayer, depending on request or on the will of another, fr. precari to pray, beg. See {Pray}.] 1. Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
precarious — pre·car·i·ous /pri kar ē əs/ adj: depending on the will or pleasure of another a temporary and precarious office see also precarious possession at possession Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
precarious — [pri ker′ē əs] adj. [L precarius: see PRAYER1] 1. dependent upon the will or favor of another person 2. dependent upon circumstances; uncertain; insecure [a precarious living] 3. dependent upon chance; risky [a precarious foothold] 4 … English World dictionary
precarious — (adj.) 1640s, a legal word, held through the favor of another, from L. precarius obtained by asking or praying, from prex (gen. precis) entreaty, prayer (see PRAY (Cf. pray)). Notion of dependent on the will of another led to sense risky,… … Etymology dictionary
precarious — *dangerous, hazardous, perilous, risky Analogous words: *doubtful, dubious, questionable: distrustful, mistrustful (see corresponding verbs at DISTRUST): chance, chancy, haphazard, *random Contrasted words: *safe, secure: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
precarious — [adj] tricky, doubtful ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey*, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, impugnable, indecisive, insecure, loaded, on thin ice*, open, out on a… … New thesaurus
precarious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not securely held or in position; likely to fall. 2) dependent on chance; uncertain. DERIVATIVES precariously adverb precariousness noun. ORIGIN Latin precarius obtained by entreaty , from prex prayer … English terms dictionary
precarious — [[t]prɪke͟əriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If your situation is precarious, you are not in complete control of events and might fail in what you are doing at any moment. Our financial situation had become precarious. ...the Government s precarious… … English dictionary
precarious — /prəˈkɛəriəs / (say pruh kairreeuhs) adjective 1. dependent on circumstances beyond one s control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood. 2. dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will …
precarious — /prakeriyas/ Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; hence, held or retained only on sufferance or by permission; and, by an extension of meaning, doubtful, uncertain, dangerous, very liable to break, fail,… … Black's law dictionary
precarious — precariously, adv. precariousness, n. /pri kair ee euhs/, adj. 1. dependent on circumstances beyond one s control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood. 2. dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or… … Universalium