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task setting — тарификация; нормирование труда
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Sis.y.phe.an task[sisif'i:ən ta:sk] n trabalho de Sísifo. -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sisyphean task
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Общая лексика: сизифов труд, безрезультатная работа, мышкин труд -
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9 push (one's) boulder uphill / up a hill (cf. Sisyphean task)
Образное выражение: тянуть лямкуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > push (one's) boulder uphill / up a hill (cf. Sisyphean task)
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[sisifí:ən]adjectiveSisifov; figuratively brezkoristenSisyphean task, Sisyphean labour — Sisifovo delo -
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[͵sısıʹfi:ən] a греч. миф.сизифовSisyphean task /labour/ - сизифов труд
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Sisyphean, Sisyphian
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > Sisyphean, Sisyphian
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18 push boulder uphill / up a hill
Образное выражение: (one's)(cf. Sisyphean task) тянуть лямкуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > push boulder uphill / up a hill
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19 a labour of Sisyphus
(a labour of Sisyphus (см. a Sisyphean labour))сизифов труд, тяжёлый и бесплодный труд [этим. миф.]; см. a Sisyphenian taskOur military forces, both nuclear and non-nuclear, must be constantly renewed... Our labors are therefore those of Sisyphus, condemned to push a heavy rock to the top of a hill and forced to repeat this onerous task over and over. (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. IX) — Наши вооруженные силы, как оснащенные атомным оружием, так и не имеющие такового, должны постоянно обновляться... Вот почему наши усилия сравнимы только с изнурительным трудом Сизифа, который был вынужден снова и снова вкатывать огромный камень на вершину горы.
См. также в других словарях:
Sisyphean — [sis΄ə fē′ən] adj. [< L Sisypheius < Gr Sisypheios < Sisyphos + AN] 1. of or like Sisyphus 2. endless and toilsome, useless, etc. [a Sisyphean task] … English World dictionary
Sisyphean — also Sisyphian adjective Date: 1635 of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus < a Sisyphean task > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sisyphean — Sis•y•phe•an [[t]ˌsɪs əˈfi ən[/t]] adj. cvb suggesting or resembling the punishment of Sisyphus in futility or hopelessness: a Sisyphean task[/ex] … From formal English to slang
Sisyphean — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a task) unending. ORIGIN from Sisyphus in Greek mythology who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again … English terms dictionary
Sisyphean — [ˌsɪsɪ fi:ən] adjective denoting a task that can never be completed. Origin C16: from Sisyphus in Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again … English new terms dictionary
Sisyphean — /sis euh fee euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Sisyphus. 2. endless and unavailing, as labor or a task. [1625 35; < Gk Sisýphe(ios) (Sísyph(os) SISYPHUS + eios adj. suffix) + AN] * * * … Universalium
Sisyphean labor — difficult and futile task, endless work (from a Greek myth in which king Sisyphus was doomed to eternally push a boulder up a hill for offending Zeus) … English contemporary dictionary
Sisyphean — /sɪsəˈfiən/ (say sisuh feeuhn) adjective endless and unavailing, as labour or a task. {from Sisyphus, in Greek legend, a king of Corinth whose wickedness in life was punished in the lower world where he had to roll uphill a huge stone which as… …
Sisyphean — adj. (of toil) endless and fruitless like that of Sisyphus in Greek mythology (whose task in Hades was to push uphill a stone that at once rolled down again) … Useful english dictionary
Sisyphus — In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (Greek: Σίσυφος [sí.sy.phos] Audio IPA|Ell Sisyfos.ogg| [ si.si.fos] , Latinized: Sisyphus, (IPAEng|ˈsɪsɨfəs)), was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll… … Wikipedia
Barlowe's Inferno — infobox Book | name = Barlowe s Inferno title orig = translator = image caption = author = Wayne Barlowe illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Fantasy publisher = Morpheus International pub date … Wikipedia