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1 recommandable
recommandable [ʀ(ə)kɔmɑ̃dabl]adjective( = estimable) commendable* * *ʀəkɔmɑ̃dabladjectif commendable* * *ʀ(ə)kɔmɑ̃dabl adj* * *recommandable adj commendable; un individu peu recommandable a disreputable individual; il est peu recommandable he's a disreputable character.[rəkɔmɑ̃dabl] adjectif -
2 triste
triste [tʀist]adjective• d'un air/d'une voix triste sadly• être triste à l'idée or à la pensée de partir to be sad at the idea of leaving• triste à mourir [personne, ambiance, musique] utterly depressing• avoir or faire triste mine or figure to cut a sorry figure• depuis son accident, il est dans un triste état since his accident he has been in a sad state• c'est pas triste ! (inf) ( = c'est amusant) it's a laugh a minute! (inf) ; ( = c'est difficile) it's no joke! (inf) ; ( = c'est la pagaille) it's a real mess!* * *tʀist1) ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence] drearyavoir triste mine or figure — [personne] to look pitiful
2) ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorryc'est la triste vérité — unfortunately, that's the truth of the matter
détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme — to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement
3) ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavoury [BrE], disreputable; [réputation] dreadful••triste comme la pluie or à mourir — desperately sad
c'était pas triste — (colloq) it was quite something
* * *tʀist adj1) (= malheureux) sadc'est pas triste! * — it's something else!, *
2) (= sinistre)* * *triste adj1 ( pas gai) [personne, visage] sad; [maison, ville, région] dreary, depressing; [ciel, temps, journée] gloomy; [histoire, livre, soirée, événement] sad, depressing; [couleur] drab, dreary; [existence, enfance] dreary; être/se sentir triste to be/to feel sad; avoir l'air tout triste to look really sad; c'est une enfant triste she's a sad child; être triste de faire to be sad to do; j'étais triste de le voir partir I was sad to see him go; être triste à l'idée or la pensée de qch/de faire to be sad at the idea ou thought of sth/of doing; elle est triste que je m'en aille she's sad that I'm leaving; il est or c'est triste de faire it is sad to do; il est or c'est triste que it is sad that; avoir triste mine or figure [personne] to look pitiful; mon gâteau a bien triste mine my cake is a sorry sight; ⇒ bonnet;2 ( déplorable) [résultat, fin, affaire] dreadful; [conséquence] sad; [spectacle, état] sorry; c'est la triste vérité it's the sad truth; on l'a retrouvé dans un triste état he was found in a sorry state; détenir le triste record d'alcoolisme to hold the record for heavy drinking, a dubious achievement; faire la triste expérience de qch to have learned about sth to one's sorrow; se lamenter sur son triste sort to lament one's fate;3 ( méprisable) [personnage] unsavouryGB, disreputable; [réputation] dreadful; un triste imbécile a despicable character; un triste sire a disreputable character.triste comme la pluie or à mourir desperately sad; c'était pas triste○ it was quite something.[trist] adjectiffaire triste figure ou mine à quelqu'un to give somebody a cold receptionson triste sort his sad ou unhappy fate3. [attristant] sadil est pas triste, avec sa chemise à fleurs he's a scream in his flowery shirtils font voter les réformes sans avoir le financement, ça va pas être triste! they're pushing the reforms through without funds, what a farce![morne - rue, saison] bleak[méprisable] -
3 dudoso
adj.1 doubtful, insecure, in doubt, hesitant.2 doubtful, uncertain, unlikely, improbable.3 dubious, arguable, doubtable, doubtful.4 of dubious origin, fishy, louche.* * *► adjetivo1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious4 (poco seguro) questionable* * *(f. - dudosa)adj.1) doubtful2) dubious3) questionable* * *dudoso, -a1. ADJ1) (=incierto) [diagnóstico, futuro] doubtful, uncertain; [resultado] indecisivede origen dudoso — of doubtful o uncertain origin
aún es dudosa su colaboración — it's still uncertain whether he will collaborate, his collaboration is still uncertain
2) (=vacilante) [persona] hesitantestar dudoso — to be undecided, be in two minds
3) (=sospechoso) [actuación, dinero, reputación] dubiousel empleo de tácticas dudosas — the use of suspect o dubious tactics
2.SM / Fel voto de los dudosos — the "undecided" vote
* * *- sa adjetivoa) ( incierto) doubtfullo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it
c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided* * *= suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.Ex. This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.Ex. Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.Ex. The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.----* con dudosa reputación = disreputable.* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.* estar dudoso = be doubtful.* proceder dudoso = unfair practice.* que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.* ser dudoso = be doubtful.* * *- sa adjetivoa) ( incierto) doubtfullo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it
c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided* * *= suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.
Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.Ex: This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.Ex: Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.Ex: The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.* con dudosa reputación = disreputable.* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.* estar dudoso = be doubtful.* proceder dudoso = unfair practice.* que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.* ser dudoso = be doubtful.* * *dudoso -sa1 (incierto) doubtfullo veo dudoso it's doubtful, I doubt itsu participación aún está dudosa it is still uncertain whether they will take partes dudoso que cumpla su promesa it's doubtful o I doubt whether he'll keep his promise2 ‹costumbres/moral› dubious, questionable; ‹victoria› dubiousuna campaña publicitaria de dudoso gusto an advertising campaign in dubious o doubtful tasteuna decisión dudosa a doubtful o dubious decision3 (indeciso) hesitant, undecided* * *
dudoso◊ -sa adjetivo
dudoso,-a adjetivo
1 (poco probable) unlikely, doubtful
(incierto) los orígenes de la creación son dudosos, the origins of creation are uncertain
(con pocas garantías) la atribución a Velázquez es dudosa, the attribution to Velazquez is doubtful
2 (indeciso, vacilante) undecided: estaba dudoso, he was hesitant
3 (turbio) dubious
' dudoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dudosa
- incierto
- oscuro
English:
bad debt
- borderline
- doubtful
- dubious
- moot
- questionable
- touch
- uncertain
- border
* * *dudoso, -a adj1. [improbable] doubtful;una palabra de origen dudoso a word of doubtful origin;lo veo dudoso I doubt it;ser dudoso (que) to be doubtful (whether), to be unlikely (that);es dudoso que asista a la reunión it's unlikely (that) he'll attend the meeting, it's doubtful whether he'll attend the meeting2. [vacilante] hesitant, indecisive;estaba dudoso sobre qué hacer she was unsure about what to do3. [sospechoso] questionable, dubious;un individuo de dudosa reputación an individual of dubious reputation;una broma de gusto dudoso a joke in questionable taste;un penalti dudoso a dubious penalty* * *adj1 ( incierto) doubtful, dubious2 ( indeciso) hesitant* * *dudoso, -sa adj1) : doubtful2) : dubious, questionable♦ dudosamente adv* * *dudoso adj (en general) doubtfulestoy dudoso, no sé qué coche elegir I'm doubtful, I don't know which car to choose -
4 seedy
ˈsi:dɪ прил.
1) наполненный семенами, косточками seedy grapes ≈ виноград с косточками
2) изношенный, обветшалый, потертый, потрепанный seedy clothes ≈ потрепанная одежда Syn: worn-out, threadbare, shabby
3) сомнительный;
жалкий;
бедный, убогий a seedy district ≈ район, пользующийся дурной репутацией seedy entertainment ≈ сомнительное развлечение Syn: disreputable, squalid
4) разг. нездоровый, слабый He felt seedy and went home early. ≈ Он себя неважно почувствовал и рано ушел домой. наполненный семенами, зернистый( разговорное) изношенный, старый, потрепанный - * clothes убогая /потрепанная/ одежда (разговорное) жалкий, бедный, убогий - * individual жалкий тип - * old tramp старый оборванец сомнительный, не внушающий доверия - * hotel захудалая гостиница;
подозрительная гостиница (разговорное) нездоровый - to look * плохо выглядеть - to feel * чувствовать недомогание, киснуть - I feel * мне что-то не по себе( редкое) имеющий привкус семян (о вине) ~ разг. нездоровый;
to feel seedy плохо себя чувствовать;
to look seedy плохо выглядеть ~ разг. нездоровый;
to feel seedy плохо себя чувствовать;
to look seedy плохо выглядеть seedy изношенный, потрепанный ~ наполненный семенами ~ разг. нездоровый;
to feel seedy плохо себя чувствовать;
to look seedy плохо выглядеть -
5 act
1. n1) дело, поступок; шаг2) акт, действие; мероприятие; процесс3) акт; закон; постановление, решение (суда)4) акт, документ; соглашение•2. vдействовать; поступать- act in accordance with smth.- act against smb.- act as -
6 акт
1) (поступок, действие) actдезавуировать акт представителя (какой-л. страны) — to disown an act of an envoy
враждебный акт — hostile act, act of hostility
исторический акт — historic / epoch-making act
недружественный акт — unfriendly act (towards)
незаконный акт — illegal / unlawful act
предательский акт — treacherous action, act of hostility
террористический акт, акт терроризма — act of terrorism, terrorist act
лица, совершающие террористические акты — perpetrators of acts of terrorism
умышленный акт — intentional / deliberate act
акт вежливости — devoir(s) фр.
акт незаконного захвата воздушного судна, находящегося в полёте — unlawful act of seizure of aircraft in flight
акт, противоречащий самым элементарным требованиям гуманности — act contrary to the most elementary dictates of humanity
акт, совершённый без полномочий — act performed without authority
2) (документ) act, deed, instrumentсоставлять акт — to draw up / to make an act
Заключительный Акт Совещания по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе ист. — Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
законодательный акт — enactment, statute
законодательный акт о представлении чрезвычайных полномочий — enabling act / statute
обвинительный акт, предъявляемый по решению "большому жюри" — bill of indictment
парламентский акт (законопроект, принятый палатой общин и палатой лордов Великобритании и получивший королевскую санкцию) — Act of Parliament
учредительный акт — constituent act / instrument
акт конгресса США, разрешающий территории начать подготовку к переходу на статус штата — enabling act / statute
акт о присоединении (к договору) — act / instrument of accession
акт признания (факта, претензии) — act of recognition
акт, санкционирующий военные действия — act authorising warfare
признание правовой / юридической силы иностранных государственных актов — legalization of foreign public acts
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7 seedy
1. a наполненный семенами, зернистый2. a разг. изношенный, старый, потрёпанный3. a разг. жалкий, бедный, убогий4. a разг. сомнительный, не внушающий доверия5. a разг. разг. нездоровый6. a разг. редк. имеющий привкус семянСинонимический ряд:1. disheveled (adj.) disheveled; scruffy; unkempt2. shabby (adj.) bedraggled; broken-down; decayed; decaying; decrepit; deteriorated; dilapidated; dingy; disreputable; down-at-heel; faded; mangy; moth-eaten; neglected; old; poor; ragged; ratty; run-down; scrubby; shabby; shady; shoddy; sleazy; slipshod; squalid; tacky; tagrag; tattered; threadbare; tired; torn; wornАнтонимический ряд:dapper; respectable; well-kept -
8 low
low [ləʊ]bas ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (f), 1 (i), 1 (j), 2 (a)-(d), 3 (a) faible ⇒ 1 (b)-(e), 1 (i) mauvais ⇒ 1 (e) grossier ⇒ 1 (g) niveau bas ⇒ 3 (b) dépression ⇒ 3 (c)(a) (in height) bas;∎ this room has a low ceiling cette pièce est basse de plafond;∎ low hills collines peu élevées;∎ a low neckline un décolleté;∎ the sun was already low in the sky le soleil était déjà bas dans le ciel;∎ the houses are built on low ground les maisons sont bâties dans une cuvette;∎ the river is low today la rivière est basse aujourd'hui;∎ low bridge (sign) hauteur limitée∎ the temperature is in the low twenties il fait un peu plus de vingt degrés;∎ old people are given very low priority les personnes âgées ne sont absolument pas considérées comme prioritaires;∎ I've reached a low point in my career j'ai atteint un creux dans ma carrière;∎ their relationship is at a low ebb leurs relations sont au plus bas;∎ a low blood count une numération globulaire basse(c) (in degree, intensity → probability, visibility) faible; (→ fire) bas; (→ lighting) faible, tamisé;∎ cook on a low heat faire cuire à feu doux;∎ to keep a low profile garder un profil bas(d) (below average → number, cost, price, rate) bas, faible; (→ profit) faible, maigre; (→ salary) peu élevé;∎ low economic growth faible croissance économique;∎ attendance was low il y avait peu de monde;∎ we're only playing for low stakes nous ne jouons que de petites mises, nous ne jouons pas de grosses sommes;∎ we're rather low on whisky on n'a plus beaucoup de whisky;∎ we're getting low on kerosene nous allons bientôt être à court de kérosène;∎ our water supply is getting low notre réserve d'eau baisse;∎ the ammunition is getting low nous aurons bientôt épuisé les munitions;∎ low in calories pauvre en calories;∎ the soil is very low in nitrogen la terre est très pauvre en azote(e) (poor → intelligence, standard) faible; (→ opinion) faible, piètre; (→ in health) mauvais, médiocre; (→ in quality) mauvais;∎ he's very low at the moment il est bien bas ou bien affaibli en ce moment;∎ I'm in rather low spirits, I feel rather low je n'ai pas le moral, je suis assez déprimé;∎ the pupils in this school have a low standard of reading les élèves de cette école ont un niveau faible en lecture;∎ a low quality carpet une moquette de mauvaise qualité∎ to be of low birth être de basse extraction ou d'origine modeste;∎ low ranking officials petits fonctionnaires mpl, fonctionnaires mpl subalternes∎ to keep low company fréquenter des gens peu recommandables;∎ that was a low trick c'était un sale tour;∎ that was rather a low thing to do ce n'était pas très joli de faire une chose pareille;∎ a man of low cunning un homme d'une ruse ignoble∎ low forms of life des formes de vie inférieures ou peu évoluées∎ keep your voice low ne parlez pas trop fort;∎ in a low voice à voix basse, à mi-voix;∎ turn the radio down low mettez la radio moins fort;∎ turn the lights down low baissez les lumières;∎ she gave a low groan elle poussa un faible gémissement;∎ we heard a low moan nous avons entendu une plainte étouffée(j) (deep → note, voice) bas∎ to play a low trump jouer un petit atout2 adverb(a) (in height) bas;∎ lower down plus bas;∎ aim low visez bas;∎ I can't bend down that low je ne peux pas me pencher si bas;∎ a helicopter flew low over the town un hélicoptère a survolé la ville à basse altitude;∎ the sun sank low on the horizon le soleil est descendu très bas sur l'horizon;∎ she was sitting very low in her chair elle était avachie sur sa chaise;∎ he bowed low il s'inclina profondément;∎ to be laid low (ill) être immobilisé(b) (in intensity) bas;∎ the fire had burnt low le feu avait baissé;∎ stocks are running low les réserves baissent;∎ the batteries are running low les piles sont usées;∎ turn the music down low baisse la musique∎ I can't sing that low je ne peux pas chanter aussi bas∎ to buy low acheter à bas prix; Stock Exchange acheter quand les cours sont bas∎ I wouldn't stoop or sink so low as to tell lies je ne m'abaisserais pas à mentir3 noun(a) (in height) bas m(b) (degree, level) niveau m bas, point m bas;∎ the dollar has reached a record low le dollar a atteint son niveau le plus bas;∎ the share price has reached a new low l'indice des actions est descendu à son plus bas niveau;∎ inflation is at an all-time low l'inflation est à son niveau le plus bas;∎ relations between them are at an all-time low leurs relations n'ont jamais été si mauvaises;∎ Stock Exchange the highs and lows les hauts mpl et les bas mpl∎ the heating is on low le chauffage est au minimum(d) Meteorology dépression f∎ in low en première/secondemeugler, beugler►► Cards the low cards les basses cartes fpl;1 noun= section de l'Église anglicane qui se distingue par la simplicité du rituel= de tendance conservatrice, dans l'Église anglicane;Theatre low comedy farce f;the Low Countries les Pays-Bas mpl;∎ in the Low Countries aux Pays-Bas;familiar low five = tape amicale donnée dans la paume de quelqu'un pour le saluer, le féliciter ou en signe de victoire;American low gear première (vitesse) f;Low German bas allemand m;Low Latin bas latin m;low life pègre f; (individual → disreputable) voyou m, crapule f; (→ criminal) membre m du milieu ou de la pègre;Religion Low Mass messe f basse;low pressure basse pression f;∎ Meteorology a low pressure area, an area of low pressure une zone de basse pression;the low season la basse saison;low season holidays vacances fpl hors saison;low technology technologie f de base;low tide marée f basse;∎ at low tide à marée basse;low water (UNCOUNT) basses eaux fpl
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