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1 awake to the realities of the situation
Общая лексика: наконец-то понять реальное положениеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > awake to the realities of the situation
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2 situation
nситуация; положение; обстановка; состояниеto adjust to the situation — привыкать / приспосабливаться к обстановке
to aggravate the situation — ухудшать / обострять положение, обстановку, усугублять положение
to appraise / to assess the situation — оценивать обстановку
to bring the situation to the attention of the authorities — обращать внимание властей на сложившуюся обстановку
to bring the situation under control — брать ситуацию под контроль; наводить порядок
to bring the military situation into balance — добиваться равновесия в численности войск и в вооружениях
to calm the situation — нормализовать обстановку; разряжать обстановку
to control the situation — контролировать ситуацию; быть хозяином положения
to destabilize the situation — дестабилизировать положение, дестабилизировать обстановку
to escalate / to exacerbate the situation — обострять обстановку
to get more closely acquainted with the realities of the situation — знакомиться с фактическим положением поближе
to get the maximum benefit out of the situation — извлекать максимальную выгоду из сложившейся обстановки
to inflame the situation — обострять обстановку, перен. подливать масла в огонь
to influence a situation — оказывать влияние / влиять на ситуацию
to meet the situation — действовать в соответствии с обстановкой / обстоятельствами
to normalize the situation (in) — нормализовать положение / обстановку (где-л.)
to rectify / to redress the situation — исправлять создавшееся положение
to relieve smb's situation — облегчать чье-л. положение
to review the situation — обозревать / рассматривать положение; анализировать положение
to shoot one's way out of the situation — прибегать к оружию с целью выхода из создавшейся обстановки
- actual situationto stabilize the situation — стабилизировать обстановку / положение
- acute situation
- adjustment of a situation - assessment of the situation
- awkward situation
- commanding situation
- complicated situation
- complication of the international situation
- conflict situation
- confusing situation
- contradictory situation
- crisis situation
- critical situation
- current situation
- dangerous situation
- dead-end situation
- deadlocked situation
- declining security situation
- demographic situation
- deteriorating situation
- disastrous situation
- domestic situation of a country
- domestic situation
- dramatic situation
- economic situation
- emergency situation
- escalating situation
- explosive situation
- extreme situation
- financial situation
- fluid situation
- food situation
- fragile situation
- geographical situation
- give-and-take situation
- grave situation
- gravity of the situation
- grim situation
- health situation
- human rights situation
- improvement of the international situation
- in connection with the existing situation
- in the context of the existing situation
- inflammable situation
- initial situation
- internal situation
- international situation
- irreversible situation
- labor situation
- law-and-order situation
- marginal situations
- measures to deal with the balance of payments situation
- military and political situation
- military situation
- murky situation
- nonstabilized situation
- normalization of the international situation
- no-win situation
- one-against-the-rest situation
- peaceful situation
- political situation
- pre-accord situation
- precarious situation
- pre-crisis situation
- present situation
- present-day situation
- radiation situation
- regional situation - shambolic situation
- shifting situation
- situation becomes clearer
- situation clarifies
- situation deteriorates
- situation eases
- situation gets out of control
- situation goes out of hand
- situation has worsened
- situation is approaching crisis point
- situation is back to normal
- situation is balanced
- situation is calm
- situation is changing
- situation is confused
- situation is critical
- situation is deadlocked
- situation is fragile
- situation is hazardous
- situation is in turmoil
- situation is pregnant with peril
- situation is quiet
- situation is returning to normal
- situation is ripe for further conflict
- situation is tense
- situation is uncertain
- situation is under control
- situation now is a far cry from what it was
- situation of neither war, nor peace
- situation of despair
- situation settles down
- situation there goes largely unreported
- socio-economic situation
- socio-political situation
- special situation
- specific situation
- stalemate situation
- strategic situation
- subordinate situation
- tense situation
- threat situation
- uncertain situation
- uncontrollable situation
- unequal situation
- ungovernable situation
- unsatisfactory situation
- unstable situation
- violent situation
- volatile situation
- vulnerable situation
- warlike situation
- world situation
- world trade situation
- worrying situation
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3 realidad
f.1 reality (mundo real).realidad virtual virtual reality2 truth.en realidad actually, in facthacerse realidad to come true* * *1 reality\en realidad actually, in factla realidad es que... the fact of the matter is that...* * *noun f.reality, fact* * *SF realityen realidad — in fact, actually
la realidad es que... — the fact (of the matter) is that...
* * *femenino realityla realidad paraguaya — the reality of life o of the situation in Paraguay
en realidad — in reality, actually
* * *= reality, actuality.Ex. However, the reality is that these processes are often associated with the creation of input to a computer system.Ex. By comparing this informal communication network with the formal organization chart one can see how close the fit between actuality and theory is.----* afrontar la realidad = face + reality, confront + reality.* alejarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.* apartarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.* basado en la realidad = reality-based.* convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.* cruda realidad = stark reality.* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.* deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.* despertar a la realidad = wake up to + reality, wake up to + the realities.* dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.* en contacto con la realidad = in touch with + reality.* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).* en la realidad = in reality, in actual practice, in reality.* en realidad = actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, in truth, to all intents and purposes, in point of fact, in actuality, in a very real sense, in actual practice, in actual fact, for all intents and purposes, for that matter, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in all reality.* escapar de la realidad = escape + reality.* escape de la realidad = escape from reality.* evadir la realidad = escape + reality.* evadirse de la realidad = escape + reality.* evasión de la realidad = escape from reality.* hacer Algo realidad = make + Nombre + come true.* hacer frente a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + (up to) the fact that, face + reality.* hacer frente a la realidad (de que) = face + the truth (that).* hacer que algo sea una realidad = realise + opportunity.* hacer realidad = fulfil [fulfill, -USA], realise [realize, -USA], make + good.* hacer realidad Algo = make + Nombre + a reality.* hacer realidad las posibilidades de Algo = unleash + Posesivo + potential.* hacer realidad una aspiración = make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision.* hacer realidad una idea = follow through on/with + Posesivo + idea.* hacer realidad un deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hacerse realidad = materialise [materialize, -USA], come to + full flower, become + a reality, happen, come + true.* huida de la realidad = escape from reality.* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.* la realidad es que = the fact remains that..., fact is, the fact is (that).* la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* parecido a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.* pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.* plasmar una idea en la realidad = translate + idea into + reality.* profecía que se hace realidad = self-fulfilling prophecy.* propuesta + hacerse realidad = proposal + materialise.* pura realidad = stark reality.* realidad virtual = virtual reality.* realidad virtual en pantalla grande = big-screen reality.* separar la realidad de la ficción = distinguish + fact from fiction.* ser una realidad = be a fact of life, be a reality.* similar a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* triste realidad = fact of life.* triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *femenino realityla realidad paraguaya — the reality of life o of the situation in Paraguay
en realidad — in reality, actually
* * *= reality, actuality.Ex: However, the reality is that these processes are often associated with the creation of input to a computer system.
Ex: By comparing this informal communication network with the formal organization chart one can see how close the fit between actuality and theory is.* afrontar la realidad = face + reality, confront + reality.* alejarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.* apartarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.* basado en la realidad = reality-based.* convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.* cruda realidad = stark reality.* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.* deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.* despertar a la realidad = wake up to + reality, wake up to + the realities.* dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.* en contacto con la realidad = in touch with + reality.* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).* en la realidad = in reality, in actual practice, in reality.* en realidad = actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, in truth, to all intents and purposes, in point of fact, in actuality, in a very real sense, in actual practice, in actual fact, for all intents and purposes, for that matter, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in all reality.* escapar de la realidad = escape + reality.* escape de la realidad = escape from reality.* evadir la realidad = escape + reality.* evadirse de la realidad = escape + reality.* evasión de la realidad = escape from reality.* hacer Algo realidad = make + Nombre + come true.* hacer frente a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + (up to) the fact that, face + reality.* hacer frente a la realidad (de que) = face + the truth (that).* hacer que algo sea una realidad = realise + opportunity.* hacer realidad = fulfil [fulfill, -USA], realise [realize, -USA], make + good.* hacer realidad Algo = make + Nombre + a reality.* hacer realidad las posibilidades de Algo = unleash + Posesivo + potential.* hacer realidad una aspiración = make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision.* hacer realidad una idea = follow through on/with + Posesivo + idea.* hacer realidad un deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.* hacer realidad un sueño = realise + dream, fulfil + dream, make + vision + a reality, realise + vision, fulfil + vision, make + Posesivo + dream come true.* hacerse realidad = materialise [materialize, -USA], come to + full flower, become + a reality, happen, come + true.* huida de la realidad = escape from reality.* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.* la realidad es que = the fact remains that..., fact is, the fact is (that).* la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* parecido a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* perder contacto con la realidad = lose + touch with reality.* pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.* plasmar una idea en la realidad = translate + idea into + reality.* profecía que se hace realidad = self-fulfilling prophecy.* propuesta + hacerse realidad = proposal + materialise.* pura realidad = stark reality.* realidad virtual = virtual reality.* realidad virtual en pantalla grande = big-screen reality.* separar la realidad de la ficción = distinguish + fact from fiction.* ser una realidad = be a fact of life, be a reality.* similar a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.* sueño + hacerse realidad = dream + come true.* triste realidad = fact of life.* triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.* un sueño hecho realidad = a dream come true.* * *realityésa es la dura realidad that is the harsh reality of the matterla realidad paraguaya the reality of life o of the situation in Paraguaytendrán que hacer frente a la realidad they will have to face up to realityen realidad in reality, actually* * *
realidad sustantivo femenino
reality;◊ la realidad paraguaya the reality of life o of the situation in Paraguay;
esa es la dura realidad those are the harsh facts;
en realidad in reality, actually
realidad sustantivo femenino
1 reality
realidad virtual, virtual reality
2 (hecho cierto, circunstancia clave) fact, truth: la realidad es que tú no estabas allí, the fact is that you weren't there
♦ Locuciones: en realidad, in fact, actually
' realidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coraza
- cruda
- crudo
- deformar
- desengañar
- desengañarse
- desvirtuar
- distorsionar
- realmente
- relumbrón
- aproximar
- asidero
- ciego
- desfigurar
- enfrentar
- evadir
- falsear
- frente
- hecho
- responder
- retratar
- triste
- vano
English:
actually
- come
- delicate
- dream
- effect
- fact
- materialize
- matter
- practice
- practise
- propose
- reality
- really
- stark
- take off
- true
- virtual
- wake up
- wish
- achieve
- actual
- for
- fulfill
- realize
- when
* * *realidad nf1. [mundo real] realityInformát realidad virtual virtual reality2. [situación] reality;la realidad social de hoy en día today's social reality3. [verdad] truth;la realidad es que me odia the fact is, she hates me;en realidad actually, in fact;parece tímido, cuando en realidad no lo es he seems shy, but actually he isn't;hacerse realidad to come true;aspira a convertir en realidad sus sueños she is hoping to make her dreams come true* * *f reality;en realidad in fact, in reality* * *realidad nf1) : reality2)en realidad : in truth, actually* * *realidad n reality -
4 existente
adj.existing, existent.m.existent item.* * *► adjetivo1 existing, existent2 COMERCIO in stock* * *ADJ1) (=que existe) existing, in existencela situación existente en este momento — the existing o present situation, the situation at the moment
el único documento existente de la época — the only existing document of o from that period
2) (Com) in stock* * *adjetivo <materiales/técnicas> existingla situación existente en la zona — ( en el presente) the present o current situation in the area; ( en el pasado) the situation in the area at the time
* * *= available, existing, extant, in existence, existential.Ex. Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.Ex. UNIBID is an attempt to offer a standard record format for use by abstracting and indexing services, independent of any existing description or cataloguing rules.Ex. However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also BUS BOYS, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.Ex. There are very few examples of large scale, generally accessible, hypertexts in existence.Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.----* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* inexistente = non-existent [nonexistent].* * *adjetivo <materiales/técnicas> existingla situación existente en la zona — ( en el presente) the present o current situation in the area; ( en el pasado) the situation in the area at the time
* * *= available, existing, extant, in existence, existential.Ex: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.
Ex: UNIBID is an attempt to offer a standard record format for use by abstracting and indexing services, independent of any existing description or cataloguing rules.Ex: However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also BUS BOYS, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.Ex: There are very few examples of large scale, generally accessible, hypertexts in existence.Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.* inexistente = non-existent [nonexistent].* * *‹materiales/técnicas› existingla situación existente en la zona (en el presente) the present o current situation in the area, the situation obtaining in the area ( frml) (en el pasado) the situation in the area at that time o at the timela situación existente en esos momentos lo hizo imposible the situation at that time made it impossiblela legislación existente the current legislation* * *
existente adjetivo existing: tenemos que elegir una de las teorías existentes, we have to choose one of the existing theories
Com in stock: la cantidad existente de ese título es pequeña, we have a small quantity of that book in stock
' existente' also found in these entries:
English:
existent
- existing
- manage
- out
- existence
* * *existente adjexisting, existent;los programas informáticos existentes en el mercado the software currently available on the market;la falta de entendimiento existente entre ambos líderes the lack of understanding between the two leaders;los problemas existentes entonces aún no se han solucionado the problems that existed then have still not been resolved* * *adj1 existing* * *existente adj1) : existing, in existence2) : in stock* * *existente adj existing -
5 reality
noun1) no pl. Realität, diein reality — in Wirklichkeit
* * *[ri'æləti]1) (that which is real and not imaginary: It was a relief to get back to reality after hearing the ghost story.) die Realität2) (the state of being real.) die Wirklichkeit3) ((often in plural - realities) a fact: Death and sorrow are two of the grim realities of human existence.) die Realität* * *re·al·ity[riˈæləti, AM -ət̬i]nto be in/out of touch with \reality den Sinn für die Realität haben/verloren habento bear little resemblance to \reality wenig mit der Realität zu tun habento come back to \reality auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückkehrento escape from \reality vor der Realität flüchtento lose touch with \reality den Sinn für die Realität verlierenharsh \reality harte Tatsacheto become a \reality wahr werden, sich akk verwirklichento make one's ambition/goal/plan a \reality seine Ambitionen/sein Ziel/seinen Plan in die Tat umsetzento make sb's dream a \reality jds Traum wahr werden lassen4.▶ in \reality in Wirklichkeit, tatsächlich* * *[riː'lItɪ]n1) Wirklichkeit f, Realität f(the) reality is somewhat different — die Wirklichkeit or Realität sieht etwas anders aus
2) (= trueness to life) Naturtreue f* * *reality [rıˈælətı] s1. Realität f, Wirklichkeit f:a) in Wirklichkeit, tatsächlich,b) in der Praxis;become (a) reality wahr werden (Traum etc);bring sb back to reality jemanden auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückholen;make sth a reality etwas verwirklichen;believe in the reality of God an die tatsächliche Existenz Gottes glauben2. Wirklichkeitstreue f3. Tatsache f, Gegebenheit f* * *noun1) no pl. Realität, die* * *n.Realität -en f.Wirklichkeit f. -
6 reality
{ri'æliti}
1. действителност, реалност, нещо действително/съществуващо
in REALITY в действителност, действително, всъщност, наистина
2. реализъм, истинност, вярност
3. (истинска) същност
the realities of the situation истинското/фактическото положение
the grim realities of war жестоката същност/жестокостта на войната* * *{ri'aliti} n 1. действителност, реалност; нещо действително/с* * *реализъм; реалност; действителност;* * *1. (истинска) същност 2. in reality в действителност, действително, всъщност, наистина 3. the grim realities of war жестоката същност/жестокостта на войната 4. the realities of the situation истинското/фактическото положение 5. действителност, реалност, нещо действително/съществуващо 6. реализъм, истинност, вярност* * *reality[ri´æliti] n 1. действителност, реалност; нещо действително; in \reality действително, в действителност, всъщност, наистина; 2. истинност; реализъм; 3. същност, същина. -
7 rechazar
v.1 to reject.el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruptionEllos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.2 to push away (repeler) (a una persona).3 to reject (medicine) (órgano).4 to clear (sport).el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.6 to refuse to.Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.7 to turn one's back on.8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.* * *1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back3 MEDICINA to reject* * *verb1) to reject, decline2) refuse* * *VT1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject* * *verbo transitivoa) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn downb) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulsec) (Med) < órgano> to reject* * *= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.----* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.* rechazarse = go by + the board.* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.* * *verbo transitivoa) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn downb) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulsec) (Med) < órgano> to reject* * *= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.* rechazarse = go by + the board.* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.* * *rechazar [A4 ]vt1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn downla moción fue rechazada the motion was defeatedrechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriagese sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse3 ‹luz› to reflect4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject* * *
rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
rechazar verbo transitivo
1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
(oferta, contrato) to turn down
2 Med (un órgano) to reject
3 Mil to repel
' rechazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- declinar
- negar
- definitivamente
- desechar
- despreciar
- plano
English:
beat off
- brush off
- decline
- defeat
- deny
- disallow
- dismiss
- fend off
- fight off
- head-hunt
- offer
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- repulse
- shun
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- sweep aside
- turn away
- turn down
- ward off
- wave aside
- fend
- fight
- hand
- over
- parry
- rebuff
- repel
- throw
- turn
- ward
- wave
* * *rechazar vt1. [no aceptar] to reject;[oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject2. [negar] to deny;el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency3. [órgano] to reject;el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;[a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack5. Dep to clear;el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play* * *v/t reject; MIL repel* * *rechazar {21} vt1) : to reject2) : to turn down, to refuse* * *rechazar vb to reject / to turn down -
8 deformar
v.1 to deform (huesos, objetos).El calor deformó el plástico The heat deformed the plastic.2 to distort, to deface, to twist.Sus mentiras deforman los resultados Her lies distort the results.* * *1 to become distorted, go out of shape* * *verb1) to deform2) distort* * *1. VT1) [+ cuerpo] to deform2) [+ objeto] to distort, deformel impacto deformó el chasis — the impact distorted o deformed the chassis
si sigues tirando del jersey, lo deformarás — if you keep pulling at your sweater you'll pull it out of shape
no te pongas mis zapatos que me los deformas — don't wear my shoes, you'll put them out of shape
3) [+ imagen, realidad] to distort2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < imagen> to distort; <chapa/riel> to distortb) <verdad/realidad> to distortc) (Anat, Med) to deform2.deformarse v prona) imagen to become distortedb) puerta/riel to distort, become distortedc) (Anat, Med) to become deformed* * *= distort, mar, misrepresent, strain, disfigure, falsify, warp, deform.Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.Ex. When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.Ex. These multipliers are low in comparison with those applied by commercial publishers, though the comparison is substantially falsified by the high costs for the institutions of originating publications in a number of parallel language versions.Ex. Metallic shelves cannot be damaged by woodworms or rodents and they are not likely to warp under the weight of bound volumes and are fire-proof.Ex. As you probably have noticed, squash balls aren't very bouncy at all, they deform when they hit a wall or the floor.----* deformarse = deflect.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < imagen> to distort; <chapa/riel> to distortb) <verdad/realidad> to distortc) (Anat, Med) to deform2.deformarse v prona) imagen to become distortedb) puerta/riel to distort, become distortedc) (Anat, Med) to become deformed* * *= distort, mar, misrepresent, strain, disfigure, falsify, warp, deform.Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.Ex: When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.Ex: These multipliers are low in comparison with those applied by commercial publishers, though the comparison is substantially falsified by the high costs for the institutions of originating publications in a number of parallel language versions.Ex: Metallic shelves cannot be damaged by woodworms or rodents and they are not likely to warp under the weight of bound volumes and are fire-proof.Ex: As you probably have noticed, squash balls aren't very bouncy at all, they deform when they hit a wall or the floor.* deformarse = deflect.* * *deformar [A1 ]vt1 ‹imagen› to distort2 ‹chapa/riel› to distort, to twist ( o push etc) … out of shapela percha ha deformado la chaqueta the hanger has pulled the jacket out of shape3 ‹verdad/realidad› to distortla artritis le ha deformado los dedos her fingers have been deformed by o become misshapen with arthritis1 «imagen» to become distorted2 «puerta/riel» to distort, become distorted, bend ( o twist etc) out of shapelos zapatos se me deformaron con la lluvia my shoes got wet in the rain and lost their shape* * *
deformar ( conjugate deformar) verbo transitivo
b) (Anat, Med) to deform
deformarse verbo pronominal
b) (Anat, Med) to become deformed
deformar verbo transitivo
1 (una parte del cuerpo) to deform
(una prenda) to put out of shape
2 (la verdad, realidad, una imagen) to distort
' deformar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desfigurar
English:
deform
- distort
- misrepresent
* * *♦ vt1. [cuerpo, figura, miembro] to deform;[prenda] to pull out of shape; [metal] to twist; [madera] to warp2. [imagen] to distort3. [la verdad, la realidad] to distort* * *v/t2 MED deform* * *deformar vt1) : to deform, to disfigure2) : to distort -
9 desanimar
v.to discourage.El fracaso desalienta a los chicos Failure discourages the kids.* * *1 to discourage, dishearten1 to be discouraged, be disheartened, lose heart* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=desalentar) to discourage2) (=deprimir) to depress, sadden2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to discourage2.desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged* * *= discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.Ex. Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.Ex. Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.Ex. Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex. Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.Ex. Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.----* desanimarse = lose + heart.* no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.* * *1.verbo transitivo to discourage2.desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged* * *= discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.
Ex: Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.Ex: Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.Ex: Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex: Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.Ex: Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.* desanimarse = lose + heart.* no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.* * *desanimar [A1 ]vtto discouragelo que me han contado me ha desanimado totalmente what they've told me has totally discouraged meto become disheartened o discouraged* * *
desanimar ( conjugate desanimar) verbo transitivo
to discourage
desanimarse verbo pronominal
to become disheartened o discouraged
desanimar verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten
' desanimar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desinflar
English:
discourage
- dishearten
- undeterred
* * *♦ vtto discourage;los comentarios de sus amigos lo han desanimado he has been put off o discouraged by his friends' comments* * *v/t discourage, dishearten* * *desanimar vtdesalentar: to discourage, to dishearten* * *desanimar vb to discourage -
10 tergiversar
v.to distort, to twist.* * *1 to twist, distort* * *VT to distort, twist (the sense of)* * *verbo transitivo to distort, twist* * *= distort, misrepresent, falsify, twist, sex up.Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.Ex. When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.Ex. These multipliers are low in comparison with those applied by commercial publishers, though the comparison is substantially falsified by the high costs for the institutions of originating publications in a number of parallel language versions.Ex. We do not have to twist reality to meet our needs.Ex. Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.* * *verbo transitivo to distort, twist* * *= distort, misrepresent, falsify, twist, sex up.Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
Ex: When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.Ex: These multipliers are low in comparison with those applied by commercial publishers, though the comparison is substantially falsified by the high costs for the institutions of originating publications in a number of parallel language versions.Ex: We do not have to twist reality to meet our needs.Ex: Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.* * *tergiversar [A1 ]vtto distort, twist* * *
tergiversar ( conjugate tergiversar) verbo transitivo
to distort, twist
tergiversar vtr (forzar, alterar) to distort: tergiversó los hechos, he distorted the facts
estás tergiversando mis palabras, you are twisting my words
' tergiversar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
torcer
English:
distort
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- pervert
- twist
* * *tergiversar vtto distort, to twist* * *v/t distort, twist* * *tergiversar vt: to distort, to twist -
11 anterior a la guerra
(adj.) = pre-war [prewar], antebellumEx. The situation is rather different from pre-war days when living costs were lower and writers would try to get by on very small incomes from writing.Ex. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.* * *(adj.) = pre-war [prewar], antebellumEx: The situation is rather different from pre-war days when living costs were lower and writers would try to get by on very small incomes from writing.
Ex: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics. -
12 réalité
réalité [ʀealite]feminine noun* * *ʀealite1) ( réel)dans la réalité, c'est impossible — in practice, it's impossible
2) ( caractère réel)la réalité du problème/du marché — the real nature of the problem/of the market
3) ( fait réel) realityc'est déjà une réalité — (nouvelle autoroute, chômage) it is already a reality
* * *ʀealite nfen réalité — in reality, in actual fact
* * *réalité nf1 ( réel) la réalité reality; en réalité in reality; dans la réalité, c'est impossible in practice, it's impossible; cela fait partie de notre réalité quotidienne it's part of our everyday life;2 ( caractère réel) la réalité du problème/du marché the real nature of the problem/of the market; la réalité américaine the realities of American life;3 ( fait réel) reality; devenir (une) réalité [rêve, projet] to become (a) reality; c'est déjà une réalité [nouvelle autoroute, chômage] it is already a reality; les réalités économiques economic realities; tenir compte des réalités to take the facts into consideration; être confronté aux réalités to come face to face with reality.réalité virtuelle virtual reality.[realite] nom féminin1. [existence] reality2. [univers réel]3. [fait] fact4. INFORMATIQUE————————en réalité locution adverbiale1. [en fait] in (actual) fact2. [vraiment] in real lifeà la scène, elle paraît plus jeune qu'elle n'est en réalité on stage, she looks younger than she does in real life -
13 acomodar
v.1 to seat, to instal (instalar) (person).El teatro acomoda a mil personas The theater seats a thousand people.2 to fit.3 to accommodate, to fix up, to adapt, to fit.María acomoda el cuarto a diario Mary accommodates the bedroom daily.4 to give accommodation for, to make room for, to provide accommodation for.El hotel acomoda a excursiones The hotel gives accommodation for tours.* * *1 (colocar) to arrange, fit in, find room for2 (adaptar) to apply, adapt3 (alojar) to lodge, accommodate4 (conseguir empleo) to provide with a job, find a job for5 (en un local) to find a place for1 (instalarse) to make oneself comfortable2 (adaptarse) to adapt oneself (a/con, to); (aceptar) to accept* * *verbto accommodate, make room for, to adapt to* * *1. VT1) [+ visitante, huésped] to put upacomodaron a los evacuados en la escuela — they put up o accommodated the evacuees in the school
2) (=sentar)3) (=poner cómodo) to make comfortable4) (=albergar) [local] to seat; [vehículo] to takeuna sala con capacidad para acomodar a mil personas — a hall with a capacity of one thousand, a hall which can seat one thousand people
5) frm (=adaptar)acomodaron la historia a sus necesidades políticas — they adapted history to suit their political requirements
tendrán que acomodar la ley a la directiva europea — they will have to bring the law into line with the European directive
7) frm (=suministrar)acomodar a algn con algo — to supply o provide sb with sth
8) LAm (=colocar) to putacomodó a su primo en la oficina — he got his cousin a job in the office, he fixed his cousin up (with a job) in the office *
10) Caribe (=estafar) to con *, trick2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (adaptar, amoldar) to adapt2) < huésped> to put... up3)2.acomodarse v prona) ( ponerse cómodo) to make oneself comfortableb) (adaptarse, amoldarse)c) (AmL) ( arreglarse) <ropa/anteojos> to adjust* * *----* acomodarse = fit, suit, ease + Reflexivo + in.* acomodarse a = accommodate.* acomodarse a la voluntad de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.* acomodarse en un Asiento = adjust + Reflexivo + Asiento.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (adaptar, amoldar) to adapt2) < huésped> to put... up3)2.acomodarse v prona) ( ponerse cómodo) to make oneself comfortableb) (adaptarse, amoldarse)c) (AmL) ( arreglarse) <ropa/anteojos> to adjust* * ** acomodarse = fit, suit, ease + Reflexivo + in.* acomodarse a = accommodate.* acomodarse a la voluntad de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.* acomodarse en un Asiento = adjust + Reflexivo + Asiento.* * *acomodar [A1 ]vtA (adaptar, amoldar) to adaptacomodar la ley a las realidades sociales to bring the law into line with the realities of society, to adapt the law to the realities of societyno puedes acomodar las reglas a tu antojo you can't bend the rules just to suit youdeberías tratar de acomodar tus pretensiones a la realidad you should try to be more realistic in your aimsB ‹huésped› to put … upC1voy a acomodar el equipaje en el auto I'm going to put the bags in the car2 ( fam) ‹persona›(en un puesto): su tío lo acomodó en su departamento his uncle got him a job in o ( colloq) got him into his department1 (ponerse cómodo) to make oneself comfortablese acomodó en el sillón he settled himself (comfortably) in the armchair2 (adaptarse, amoldarse) acomodarse A algo to adapt TO sthse tendrá que acomodar a nuestra manera de hacer las cosas he will have to adapt to o adjust to o fit in with our way of doing thingsno se acomoda a la realidad de la situación it doesn't fit in with the reality of the situation3 ( AmL) (arreglarse) ‹ropa/anteojos› to straightense acomodó los anteojos he straightened his glasses* * *
acomodar ( conjugate acomodar) verbo transitivo
1 (adaptar, amoldar) to adapt
2 ‹ huésped› to put … up
3
( poner) to put
acomodarse verbo pronominal
b) (adaptarse, amoldarse) acomodarse a algo to adapt to sth
acomodar verbo transitivo
1 (dar alojamiento) to lodge, accommodate
2 (dar asiento en cine, teatro, etc) to find a place for
3 (adaptar) to adapt: acomoda tu horario al suyo, adapt your timetable to his
puedes acomodar la habitación a otros usos, you can put this room to other uses
' acomodar' also found in these entries:
English:
fit
* * *♦ vt1. [instalar] [persona] to seat, to instal;[cosa] to place;acomodó a los niños en la habitación de invitados she put the children in the guest room;nos acomodaron en su casa lo mejor que pudieron they put us up in their house as best they could;el vehículo tiene capacidad para acomodar a siete adultos the vehicle seats seven adults2. [adaptar] to fit;acomodamos nuestro paso al del resto del grupo we adjusted our pace to that of the rest of the group3. CSur, Méx [colocar en un trabajo]acomodar a alguien to get sb a job through connections o influence* * *v/t1 ( adaptar) adapt2 a alguien accommodate* * *acomodar vt1) : to accommodate, to make room for2) : to adjust, to adapt -
14 Language
Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)[A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling itSolving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into anotherLANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own LanguageThe forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)[It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human InteractionLanguage cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Language
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15 desalentar
v.to dishearten, to discourage.Su apariencia desalentó a su admirador Her looks discouraged her fan.El fracaso desalienta a los chicos Failure discourages the kids.* * *1 (dificultar el aliento) to leave breathless, make get out of breath2 figurado (quitar el ánimo) to discourage, dishearten1 to lose heart, get discouraged* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=desanimar) to discourage2) (=agotar) to make breathless2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten2.desalentarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged* * *= discourage, dampen, dispirit, dishearten, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex. Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.Ex. It is easy to be disheartened by the negative flow of news, but the strength of our labor market should bolster the confidence of our outlook.Ex. Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.----* desalentar (de) = deter (from).* desalentarse = dismay.* * *1.verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten2.desalentarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged* * *desalentar(de)(v.) = deter (from)Ex: One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
= discourage, dampen, dispirit, dishearten, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.
Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex: Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.Ex: It is easy to be disheartened by the negative flow of news, but the strength of our labor market should bolster the confidence of our outlook.Ex: Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.* desalentar (de) = deter (from).* desalentarse = dismay.* * *desalentar [A5 ]vtto discourageese primer fracaso lo desalentó that first failure discouraged himla situación desalentó a potenciales inversores the situation discouraged potential investorsestábamos muy entusiasmados pero su actitud nos desalentó we were very excited but his attitude took the wind out of our sails o left us feeling deflated o dispiritedto become disheartened o discouraged* * *
desalentar ( conjugate desalentar) verbo transitivo
to discourage, dishearten
desalentar verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten
' desalentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatir
English:
deflate
- deter
- discourage
* * *♦ vtto dishearten, to discourage;un resultado así desalienta a cualquiera a result like this would dishearten anyone;no dejes que eso te desaliente don't let it discourage you* * *v/t discourage* * *desalentar {55} vtdesanimar: to discourage, to dishearten -
16 awake
əˈweɪk
1. гл.;
прош. вр. - awoke, прич. прош. вр. - awoken
1) будить awake smb. ≈ будить кого-л.
2) пробуждать (интерес, радость, чувство и т.п.) to awake fear ≈ вызывать страх to awake smb. to the sense of duty ≈ пробудить в ком-л. сознание долга Syn: wake
3) просыпаться, очнуться от сна;
перен. осознать, насторожиться, to awake from (out of) sleep ≈ пробудиться ото сна awake by oneself
4) осознавать, понимать
2. прил.;
предик.
1) не спящий, проснувшийся, бодрствующий to be awake ≈ бодрствовать;
проснуться
2) четко сознающий;
понимающий Syn: conscious
3) осторожный, бдительный, настороженный Syn: vigilant, watchful, alert ∙ wide awake ≈ начеку, насторожебодрствующий, проснувшийся - to be * проснуться;
бодрствовать, не спать - to lie * all night пролежать всю ночь, не смыкая глаз - to be * for forty-eight hours or more не спать более двух суток - broad * бодрствующий;
совершенно очнувшись от сна (to) ясно сознающий;
понимающий;
осмотрительный;
бдительный, настороже - to be * to the needs ясно понимать нужды - to be * to one's faults осознать свои ошибки будить - to * smb. будить кого-л. будить, пробуждать - to * interest in smb. пробудить в ком-л. интерес - to * smb. to a sense of duty пробудить в ком-л. чувство долга просыпаться - to * from a sound sleep проснуться /пробудиться/ от крепкого сна - to * to one's surroundings прийти в сознание и понять, где находишься осознать (что-л.) ;
начинать ясно понимать (что-л.) - to * to the fact that осознать тот факт, что - to * to the realities of the situation наконец-то понять реальное положениеawake a predic. бдительный, настороженный;
to be awake (to smth.) ясно понимать (что-л.) ~ a predic. бодрствующий;
to be awake бодрствовать, не спать ~ (awoke;
awoke, awoken, awaked) будить;
перен. тж. пробуждать (интерес, сознание) ;
to awake (smb.) to the sense of duty пробудить (в ком-л.) сознание долга ~ просыпаться;
перен. насторожиться;
to awake to one's danger осознать опасность awaken: awaken =awake особ. пробуждать (талант, чувство и т. п.)~ просыпаться;
перен. насторожиться;
to awake to one's danger осознать опасность~ (awoke;
awoke, awoken, awaked) будить;
перен. тж. пробуждать (интерес, сознание) ;
to awake (smb.) to the sense of duty пробудить (в ком-л.) сознание долгаawake a predic. бдительный, настороженный;
to be awake (to smth.) ясно понимать (что-л.) ~ a predic. бодрствующий;
to be awake бодрствовать, не спатьwide ~ бодрствующий, недремлющий wide ~ вполне очнувшись от сна wide ~ начеку, бдительный;
осмотрительный wide ~ начеку, настороже wide ~ осмотрительный;
в курсе всего происходящего;
знающий, как следует поступать -
17 awake
1. [əʹweık] a predic1. бодрствующий, проснувшийсяto be awake - а) проснуться; б) бодрствовать, не спать
broad awake - бодрствующий; совершенно очнувшись от сна
2. (to) ясно сознающий; понимающий; осмотрительный; бдительный, настороже2. [əʹweık] v (awoke; awoke, awaked)to be awake to the needs [to the danger] - ясно понимать нужды [опасность]
1. 1) будитьto awake smb. - будить кого-л.
2) будить, пробуждатьto awake interest in smb. - пробудить в ком-л. интерес
to awake smb. to a sense of duty - пробудить в ком-л. чувство долга
2. 1) просыпатьсяto awake from a sound sleep - проснуться /пробудиться/ от крепкого сна
to awake to one's surroundings - прийти в сознание и понять, где находишься
2) (to) осознать (что-л.); начинать ясно понимать (что-л.)to awake to the fact that... - осознать тот факт, что...
to awake to the realities of the situation - наконец-то понять реальное положение
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18 наконец-то понять реальное положение
General subject: awake to the realities of the situationУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > наконец-то понять реальное положение
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19 realitätsfeindlich
re|a|li|täts|feind|lichadj (pej)realitä́tsfeindlich sein — to refuse to accept the realities of the situation
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20 realitetssans
:### [ have realitetssans] have a sense of reality (el. of the realities of the situation).
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