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wild goose chase

  • 1 wild-goose chase

    an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.
    مَسْعى فاشِل، مَشْروع لا طائِل تَحْتَه

    Arabic-English dictionary > wild-goose chase

  • 2 skudd i tåka

    wild-goose chase

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > skudd i tåka

  • 3 olmayacak şeyin peşinden koşma

    wild goose chase

    Turkish-English dictionary > olmayacak şeyin peşinden koşma

  • 4 vonlaus leit

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > vonlaus leit

  • 5 hukkareissu

    • wild-goose chase

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > hukkareissu

  • 6 сумасбродная затея

    Новый русско-английский словарь > сумасбродная затея

  • 7 hledání něčeho neexistujícího

    Czech-English dictionary > hledání něčeho neexistujícího

  • 8 lov divokých hus

    Czech-English dictionary > lov divokých hus

  • 9 lov na divoké husy

    Czech-English dictionary > lov na divoké husy

  • 10 marná snaha

    Czech-English dictionary > marná snaha

  • 11 busca inútil

    wild, wild-goose chase

    Dicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > busca inútil

  • 12 гоня

    1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after
    (гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with
    гоня по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closely
    гоня дивеч chase/hunt game
    гоня неприятеля pursue the enemy
    гоним се chase each other/one another
    2. (преследвам) persecute, hound
    (имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on
    гоня до дупка run to earth
    прен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death
    3. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for
    гоня печалби be out for profit
    гоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune
    гоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal
    гоня лични цели seek private ends
    гоня разни цели have several aims in view
    гоня конете urge on the horses
    гоня път pursue o.'s journey
    гоня слънцето seek the sun
    влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv
    гоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventy
    гоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves
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    го̀ня,
    гл., мин. св. деят. прич. го̀нил 1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pursuit of, run/be after; ( гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with; ( дивеч — за куче) course; гоним се chase each other/one another; \гоня дивеч chase/hunt game; \гоня неприятеля pursue the enemy; \гоня по петите be upon s.o.’s heels, pursue closely;
    2. ( преследвам) persecute, hound; (по полит. причини) victimize; ( имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on; \гоня до дупка run to earth; прен. get o.’s knife into, hound to death;
    3. ( стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for; \гоня лични цели seek private ends; \гоня печалби be out for profit; \гоня разни цели have several aims in view; \гоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune; \гоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal; • влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv; \гоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool’s errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o’-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves; \гоня конете urge on the horses; \гоня път pursue o.’s journey; \гоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventy; \гоня слънцето seek the sun; гонят се (за ветрове) dance; (за животни в период на чифтосване) rut.
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    chase: гоня game - гоня дивеч; feeze; follow; make after; push (длъжник){pXS}; victimize
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    1. (no политически причини) victimize 2. (гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with 3. (дивеч - за куче) course 4. (за животни в раз-гонен период) rut 5. (имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on 6. (преследвам) persecute, hound 7. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for 8. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after 9. ГОНЯ вятъра/ Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves 10. ГОНЯ дивеч chase/hunt game 11. ГОНЯ до дупка run to earth 12. ГОНЯ конете urge on the horses 13. ГОНЯ лични цели seek private ends 14. ГОНЯ неприятеля pursue the enemy 15. ГОНЯ печалби be out for profit 16. ГОНЯ по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closely 17. ГОНЯ път pursue o.'s journey 18. ГОНЯ разни цели have several aims in view 19. ГОНЯ седемдесетте be getting on for/ be nearing/be hard on seventy 20. ГОНЯ слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune 21. ГОНЯ слънцето seek the sun 22. ГОНЯ цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal 23. влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv 24. гоним се chase each other/one another 25. гонят се (за ветрове) dance 26. прен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death

    Български-английски речник > гоня

  • 13 Metzgergang

    m Dial., altm., fig.: wild goose chase; einen Metzgergang machen oder tun go on a wild goose chase
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    Metzgergang m dial, obs, fig: wild goose chase;
    tun go on a wild goose chase

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Metzgergang

  • 14 búsqueda en vano

    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
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    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda en vano

  • 15 pérdida de tiempo

    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand
    Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex. Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex. I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.
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    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand

    Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex: Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex: I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérdida de tiempo

  • 16 tarea imposible

    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
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    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarea imposible

  • 17 búsqueda

    f.
    1 search, quest, pursuit, research.
    2 chase, hunting.
    3 data search, lookup, look-up.
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    1 search
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    noun f.
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    SF search (de for)

    a o en búsqueda de algo — in search of sth

    búsqueda y sustitución — (Inform) find and replace

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    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

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    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.
    Ex. Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex. The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex. If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex. It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
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    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.
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    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

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    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.

    Ex: Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.

    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex: The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex: If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex: It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.

    * * *
    search búsqueda DE algo/algn search FOR sth/sb
    Compuestos:
    treasure hunt
    ( Inf) wordsearch
    web search
    ( Inf) search and replace
    * * *

     

    búsqueda sustantivo femenino búsqueda (de algo/algn) search (for sth/sb)
    búsqueda sustantivo femenino search
    ' búsqueda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    batida
    - consulta
    - busca
    - cuidadoso
    - minucioso
    English:
    for
    - fruitless
    - hunt
    - job hunting
    - look
    - pursuit
    - scouting
    - search
    - warrant
    - wild-goose chase
    - quest
    - treasure
    * * *
    search;
    a la búsqueda de algo in search of sth;
    Esp
    (ir) en búsqueda de (to go) in search of
    * * *
    f search;
    búsqueda en el texto INFOR search o find in the text
    * * *
    : search
    * * *
    búsqueda n search

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda

  • 18 михал

    гоня михаля chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase
    имам да давам на михаля have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw
    * * *
    Миха̀л,
    м. собств.: • гоня \Михаля chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase; go on a fool’s errand; имам да давам на \Михаля have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw loose.
    * * *
    1. гоня МИХАЛя chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase 2. имам да давам на МИХАЛя have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw

    Български-английски речник > михал

  • 19 безнадежден

    hopeless, past/beyond all hope
    безнадеждна работа a hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; a wild goose chase
    * * *
    безнадѐжден,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни hopeless, past/beyond all hope; forlorn of hope (предик.); \безнадежденна работа hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; wild goose chase; \безнадежденно болен desperately/mortally ill; в \безнадежденно положение past praying for; лекарят го смята за \безнадежденно болен the doctor has given him up.
    * * *
    ; irredeemable
    * * *
    1. hopeless, past/beyond all hope 2. безнадеждна работа a hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; a wild goose chase 3. в безнадеждно положение past praying for

    Български-английски речник > безнадежден

  • 20 зелен

    1. green
    поет. verdant
    бот. virescent, viridescent
    зелена трева green/verdant grass
    зелена поляна a green/verdant lawn
    зелени чушки green peppers
    зелени насаждения trees and shrubs
    2. (неузрял) freen, unripe; sour
    зелен лук spring onions
    зелен боб/фасул French/string beans, butter-beans
    зелен грах green peas
    зелен плод unripe/green fruit
    3. прен. (неопитен) green, raw; callow; unbaked
    зелени години (първа младост) salad days
    млад и зелен in the prime of o.'s youth
    зелен човек a callow youth, ( неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand
    още е зелен за тази работа he is still green for this kind of work
    продавам на зелено sell a crop standing
    купувам на зелено прен. buy a pig in a poke
    гроздето е зелено прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! изпращам за зелен хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool's errand
    (давам) зелена улица (give) the green light
    на зелената маса at the conference table
    зелен камък хим. copperas, green vitriol
    зелен меден окис verdigris
    * * *
    зелѐн,
    прил.
    1. green; поет. verdant, verdurous; бот. virescent, viridescent; ( покрит със зелени листа) green, verdant; \зелени насаждения trees and shrubs;
    2. ( неузрял) green, unripe; sour; ( пресен) fresh; \зелен боб/фасул French/string beans, butterbeans; \зелен грах green peas; \зелен лук spring onions;
    3. прен. ( неопитен) green, raw; callow; unbaked; \зелен човек a callow youth, ( неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand; \зелени години ( първа младост) salad days; млад и \зелен in the prime of o.’s youth;
    4. като същ. ср. прен. ( долари) greenback; • гроздето е \зелено прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! (давам) \зелена улица (give) the green light/the go-ahead; \зелен камък хим. copperas, green vitriol; \зелен меден окис хим. verdigris; изпращам за \зелен хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool’s errand; купувам на \зелено прен. buy a pig in a poke; на \зелената маса at the conference table; продавам на \зелено sell a crop standing.
    * * *
    green: зелен grass - зелена трева; unripe; virescent (бот.)
    * * *
    1. (давам) ЗЕЛЕНa улица (give) the green light 2. (неузрял) freen, unripe;sour 3. (покрит със зелени листа) green, verdant 4. (пресен) fresh 5. green 6. ЗЕЛЕН боб/фасул French/string beans, butter-beans 7. ЗЕЛЕН грах green peas 8. ЗЕЛЕН камък хим. copperas, green vitriol 9. ЗЕЛЕН лук spring onions 10. ЗЕЛЕН меден окис verdigris 11. ЗЕЛЕН плод unripe/green fruit 12. ЗЕЛЕН човек a callow youth, (неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand 13. ЗЕЛЕНa поляна a green/verdant lawn 14. ЗЕЛЕНa трева green/verdant grass 15. ЗЕЛЕНи години (първа младост) salad days 16. ЗЕЛЕНи насаждения trees and shrubs 17. ЗЕЛЕНи чушки green peppers 18. бот. virescent, viridescent 19. гроздето е ЗЕЛЕНо прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! изпращам за ЗЕЛЕН хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool's errand 20. купувам на ЗЕЛЕНо прен. buy a pig in a poke 21. млад и ЗЕЛЕН in the prime of o.'s youth 22. на ЗЕЛЕНата маса at the conference table 23. още е ЗЕЛЕН за тази работа he is still green for this kind of work 24. поет. verdant 25. прен. (неопитен) green, raw;callow;unbaked 26. продавам на ЗЕЛЕНо sell a crop standing

    Български-английски речник > зелен

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