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1 poor
puə
1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) pobre2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) malo; escaso3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) pobre•- poorness- poorly
2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) pachucho, malo, indispuestopoor adj pobretr[pʊəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (person, family, country) pobre3 (unfortunate) pobre■ you poor thing! ¡pobrecito!1 los pobres nombre masculino pluralpoor ['pʊr, 'por] adj1) : pobrepoor people: los pobres2) scanty: pobre, escasopoor attendance: baja asistencia3) unfortunate: pobrepoor thing!: ¡pobrecito!4) bad: maloto be in poor health: estar mal de saludadj.• aporreado, -a adj.• arrancado, -a adj.• arrastrado, -a adj.• descamisado, -a adj.• malo, -a adj.• mezquino, -a adj.• necesitado, -a adj.• pobre adj.• pobrete adj.
I pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobre2) (unsatisfactory, bad) < harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; < imitation> burdoto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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[pʊǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar poorer) (superl poorest)1) (=not rich) [person, family, country] pobrepoor people — gente f pobre, personas fpl pobres
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pewter was the poor man's silver — el peltre era la plata de los pobres•
they thought that cinema was a or the poor relation of theatre — pensaban que el cine era el pariente pobre del teatro•
to be the poorer (for sth), the nation is the poorer for her death — la nación ha sufrido una gran pérdida con su muerteit left me £5 the poorer — me dejó con 5 libras de menos
- be as poor as a church mouse2) (=inferior, bad) [goods, service] malo, de mala calidadthe wine was poor — el vino era malo or de mala calidad
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to be a poor imitation of sth — ser una burda or pobre imitación de algo•
to have a poor opinion of sb — tener un concepto poco favorable de algn•
to come a poor second (to sth/sb), he came a poor second in the final race — quedó el segundo en la carrera final, a bastante distancia del primerohis family comes a poor second to his career — su familia queda relegada a segundo lugar tras su carrera
3) (=deficient) [memory] malo; [soil] pobre, estéril; [harvest] pobre, escaso•
soils that are poor in zinc — suelos que son pobres en zinc or que tienen bajo contenido en zinc4) (=untalented)•
to be poor at maths — no ser muy bueno en matemáticas5) (=unfortunate) pobrepoor little thing! — ¡pobrecito!, ¡pobre criaturita!
poor (old) you!, you poor (old) thing! — ¡pobrecito!
devil 1., 2)he's very ill, poor chap — está grave el pobre
2.NPL•
the poor — los pobresthe rural/urban poor — los pobres de las zonas rurales/urbanas
3.CPDpoor law N — (Hist) ley f de asistencia pública
relief 1., 4) POORpoor white N — (US) persona pobre de raza blanca
Position of "pobre"
You should generally put p obre {after} the noun when you mean poor in the sense of "not rich" and {before} the noun in the sense of "unfortunate":
It's a poor area Es una región pobre
The poor boy was trembling El pobre chico estaba temblando For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *
I [pɔːr, pɔːr, pʊə(r)]adjective -er, -est1) ( not wealthy) pobre2) (unsatisfactory, bad) < harvest> pobre, escaso; <diet/quality> malo; < imitation> burdoto be in very poor health — estar* muy delicado or muy mal de salud
3) ( unfortunate) (before n) pobre
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2 poor
1. adjective1) arm2) (inadequate) schlecht; schwach [Rede, Spiel, Leistung, Gesundheit]; dürftig [Essen, Kleidung, Unterkunft, Entschuldigung]be poor at maths — etc. schlecht od. schwach in Mathematik usw. sein
that's pretty poor! — das ist reichlich dürftig od. (ugs.) ganz schön schwach
4) (unfortunate) arm (auch iron.)5) (infertile) karg, schlecht [Boden, Land]6) (spiritless, pathetic) arm [Teufel, Dummkopf]; armselig, (abwertend) elend [Kreatur, Stümper]7) (deficient) arm (in an + Dat.)poor in content/ideas/vitamins — inhalts- / ideen- / vitaminarm
8)2. plural nountake a poor view of — nicht [sehr] viel halten von; für gering halten [Aussichten, Chancen]
* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) arm3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) arm•- academic.ru/56778/poorness">poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) kränklich* * *[po:ʳ, AM pʊr]I. adj\poor man's caviar der Kaviar des armen Mannesa \poor area/family/country eine arme Region/Familie/ein armes Landtheir French is still quite \poor ihr Französisch ist noch ziemlich bescheidenmargarine is a \poor substitute for butter Margarine ist ein minderer Ersatz für Butterto give a \poor account of oneself sich akk von seiner schlechtesten Seite zeigen\poor attendance geringer Besucherandranga \poor excuse eine faule Ausredehe must be a \poor excuse for a carpenter if... er muss ein ziemlich mieser Tischler sein, wenn...\poor eyesight/hearing schlechtes Seh-/Hörvermögen\poor harvest schlechte Ernteto be in \poor health in schlechtem gesundheitlichen Zustand seinto be a \poor loser ein schlechter Verlierer/eine schlechte Verliererin sein\poor memory schlechtes Gedächtnisto be a \poor sailor seeuntauglich sein\poor showing armselige Vorstellung\poor soil karger Boden\poor visibility schlechte Sichtyou \poor thing! du armes Ding!Iceland is \poor in natural resources Island hat kaum Bodenschätzein my \poor opinion meiner unmaßgeblichen Meinung nach6.▶ to take a \poor view of sth etw missbilligen [o nicht gerne sehenII. n▪ the \poor pl die Armen pl* * *[pʊə(r)]1. adj (+er)1) armto get or become poorer — ärmer werden, verarmen
he was now one thousand pounds (the) poorer —
poor whites —
it's the poor man's Mercedes/Monte Carlo (inf) — das ist der Mercedes/das Monte Carlo des kleinen Mannes (inf)
poor relation (fig) — Sorgenkind nt
2) (= not good) schlecht; (= meagre) mangelhaft; health, effort, performance, excuse schlecht, schwach; sense of responsibility, leadership schwach; soil mager, schlecht; quality schlecht, minderwertigto show sb/sth in a poor light — jdn/etw in einem schlechten Licht darstellen
she was a very poor swimmer — sie war ein sehr schlechter Schwimmer
he is a poor traveller/flier — er verträgt Reisen/Flugreisen nicht gut
fruit wines are a poor substitute for grape wine —
we had a poor time of it last night — gestern Abend lief auch alles schief (inf)
that's poor consolation —
it's a poor thing for Britain if... — es ist schlecht für Großbritannien, wenn...
it will be a poor day for the world when... — es wird ein schwarzer Tag für die Welt sein, wenn...
this is a pretty poor state of affairs — das sieht aber gar nicht gut aus
it's very poor of them not to have replied — es ist sehr unhöflich, dass sie uns etc (dat) nicht geantwortet haben
he showed a poor grasp of the facts —
she was always poor at languages —
hospitals are poor at collecting information — Krankenhäuser sind schlecht im Sammeln von Informationen
you poor ( old) chap (inf) — du armer Kerl (inf)
she's all alone, poor woman — sie ist ganz allein, die arme Frau
poor things, they look cold —
poor miserable creature that he is... — armseliger Kerl or Tropf (inf), der er ist...
it fell to my poor self to... — es blieb meiner Wenigkeit (dat) überlassen, zu... (iro)
2. pl* * *2. arm, ohne Geldreserven, schlecht fundiert (Staat, Verein etc)3. armselig, ärmlich, kümmerlich (Leben etc), (Frühstück etc auch) dürftig:poor dresses pl ärmliche Kleidung4. mager (Boden, Erz, Vieh etc), schlecht, unergiebig (Boden, Ernte etc)5. fig arm (in an dat), schlecht, mangelhaft, schwach (Gesundheit, Leistung, Spieler, Sicht, Verständigung etc):he’s a poor eater er ist ein schlechter Esser;a poor lookout schlechte Aussichten pl;poor in spirit BIBEL arm im Geiste, geistig arm6. pej jämmerlich (Kreatur etc)poor me! ich Ärmste(r)!;my poor mother meine arme ( oft verstorbene) Mutter;* * *1. adjective1) arm2) (inadequate) schlecht; schwach [Rede, Spiel, Leistung, Gesundheit]; dürftig [Essen, Kleidung, Unterkunft, Entschuldigung]be poor at maths — etc. schlecht od. schwach in Mathematik usw. sein
that's pretty poor! — das ist reichlich dürftig od. (ugs.) ganz schön schwach
4) (unfortunate) arm (auch iron.)poor you! — du Armer/Arme!; du Ärmster/Ärmste!
5) (infertile) karg, schlecht [Boden, Land]6) (spiritless, pathetic) arm [Teufel, Dummkopf]; armselig, (abwertend) elend [Kreatur, Stümper]7) (deficient) arm (in an + Dat.)poor in content/ideas/vitamins — inhalts- / ideen- / vitaminarm
8)2. plural nountake a poor view of — nicht [sehr] viel halten von; für gering halten [Aussichten, Chancen]
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3 Temple, Shirley
(р. 1928) Темпл, ШирлиНастоящее имя Ширли Темпл Блэк [Black, Shirley Temple]. Актриса, позже государственный деятель. В кино начала сниматься в возрасте трех лет. Маленькая прелестная девочка сразу покорила Америку периода Великой депрессии [ Great Depression]. В 1934-39 была одной из самых кассовых голливудских звезд, снимаясь в огромном числе мюзиклов [ musical], мелодрам и комедий: "Маленькая мисс Маркер" ["Little Miss Marker"] (1934), "Маленький полковник" ["The Little Colonel"] (1935), "Самый маленький бунтарь" ["The Littlest Rebel"] (1935), "Бедная маленькая богачка" ["Poor Little Rich Girl"] (1936), "Ямочки" ["Dimples"] (1936), "Крошка Уилли Уинкли" ["Wee Willie Winkie"] (1937), "Хейди" ["Heidi"] (1937), "Маленькая мисс Бродвей" ["Little Miss Broadway"] (1938) "Маленькая принцесса" ["The Little Princess"] (1939) и др. В 1934 получила специальную премию "Оскар" [ Oscar]. Критики отмечали, однако, что роли, в которых она снялась в подростковом и юношеском возрасте, были сыграны слабо и ничем особенным не выделялись. С 1949 прекратила сниматься. В 1970-е стала активисткой Республиканской партии [ Republican Party], занимала ряд важных государственных постов в республиканских администрациях. Уже под своим настоящим именем была членом делегации США на сессии Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН (1969-70), в 1974-76 посол в Гане, в 1976 стала первой женщиной-руководителем протокольного отдела администрации президента Дж. Форда [ Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr.], в 1989-92 посол США в Чехословакии. Автор воспоминаний "Ребенок-звезда" ["Child Star"] (1988)English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Temple, Shirley
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4 Pickford, Mary
(1893-1979) Пикфорд, МэриНастоящее имя Глэдис Мэри Смит [Smith, Gladys Mary]. Выдающаяся американская актриса кино и театра, продюсер. В кино с 1909. Лучшие роли были сыграны ею в фильмах режиссера Д. У. Гриффита [ Griffith, David Lewelyn Wark (D. W.)], в которых сложилось ее амплуа скромной девушки, чья добродетель неизменно вознаграждается: "Уединенная усадьба" ["The Lonely Villa"] (1909), "Бедная богатая малютка" ["A Poor Little Rich Girl"] (1917), "Длинноногий дядюшка" ["Daddy Long Leggs"] (1919), "Ребекка с фермы Саннибрук" ["Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"] (1919) и др. В 1919 вместе с Ч. Чаплином [ Chaplin, Charles Spencer (Charlie)], Д. У. Гриффитом и Д. Фэрбэнксом [ Fairbanks, Douglas] основала киностудию "Юнайтед артистс" [ United Artists]. Снялась в фильмах: "Розита" ["Rosita"] (1923), "Дороти Вернон из Хеддон-холла" ["Dorothy Vernon of Heddon Hall"] (1924), "Укрощение строптивой" ["Taming of the Shrew"] (1929), "Кокетка" ["Coquette"] (1929) - премия "Оскар" [ Oscar], "Секреты" ["Secrets"] (1933). В 1933 ушла из кино, продолжала выступать в театре. В 1975 получила специальную премию "Оскар"English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Pickford, Mary
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5 Vanderbilt, Gloria
(р. 1924) Вандербилт, ГлорияМодельер, представительница династии Вандербилтов. От газетчиков получила прозвище "Маленькая бедная богатенькая девочка" [Poor Little Rich Girl], связанное с тем, что она, будучи наследницей 4 млн. долларов, практически не видела свою мать и в детстве была помещена судом по опеку теткиEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Vanderbilt, Gloria
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