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baiting

  • 1 acosar

    v.
    1 to pursue relentlessly.
    2 to harass.
    3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    * * *
    1 to pursue, chase
    \
    acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions
    * * *
    verb
    to harass, hound
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=atosigar) to hound, harass

    ser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed

    2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
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    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.

    * * *
    acosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to hound
    lo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after him
    un compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing her
    se ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and disease
    me acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts
    2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *

     

    acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to hound;

    ( sexualmente) to harass;
    ◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions


    acosar verbo transitivo
    1 to harass
    2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
    ' acosar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrinconar
    - asediar
    - hostigar
    English:
    assault
    - beset
    - harass
    - hound
    - mob
    - molest
    - persecute
    - plague
    - ply
    - stalk
    - bait
    - goad
    - harry
    - worry
    * * *
    acosar, Méx acosijar vt
    1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly
    2. [hostigar] to harass;
    lo acosaron a o [m5] con preguntas they fired questions at him;
    fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work
    * * *
    v/t hound, pursue;
    me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions
    * * *
    acosar vt
    perseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass

    Spanish-English dictionary > acosar

  • 2 meterse en la boca del lobo

    * * *
    (v.) = come into + the lion's den
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    * * *
    (v.) = come into + the lion's den

    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meterse en la boca del lobo

  • 3 superficial

    adj.
    superficial (also figurative).
    * * *
    1 superficial
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [herida] superficial, skin antes de s
    2) (=poco perceptible) [interés] superficial; [mirada] brief, perfunctory; [carácter] shallow; [medidas] surface antes de s
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.
    Ex. Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.
    Ex. There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex. David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex. The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
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    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.

    Ex: Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.

    Ex: There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex: The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.

    * * *
    A (frívolo) ‹persona› superficial, shallow; ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    B ‹herida› superficial; ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n) estructura
    * * *

    superficial adjetivo
    1 ( frívolo) ‹ persona› superficial, shallow;
    ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    2 ‹ herida› superficial;
    ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n)
    superficial adjetivo
    1 superficial
    una herida superficial, a superficial wound
    2 (una persona) pey superficial, shallow
    ' superficial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escarceo
    - somera
    - somero
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - vaguedad
    - hueco
    English:
    cursory
    - facile
    - flesh wound
    - glitter
    - lightweight
    - perfunctory
    - shallow
    - sketchy
    - skin-deep
    - superficial
    - surface
    - surface tension
    - casual
    - cosmetic
    - skin
    * * *
    1. [poco profundo] [capa, herida] superficial
    2. [frívolo] [persona, conversación] superficial
    * * *
    adj superficial, shallow
    * * *
    : superficial
    * * *
    superficial adj superficial

    Spanish-English dictionary > superficial

  • 4 combate de toros

    • bull baiting

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > combate de toros

  • 5 persecución de los judíos

    • Jew-baiting

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > persecución de los judíos

См. также в других словарях:

  • baiting — baiting; bear·baiting; …   English syllables

  • baiting — aiting (b[=a]t [i^]ng), n. harassment, especially of a tethered animal. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • baiting — index bribery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • -baiting — [[t] beɪtɪŋ[/t]] 1) COMB in N UNCOUNT You use baiting after nouns to refer to the activity of attacking a particular group of people or laughing at their beliefs. 2) COMB in N UNCOUNT Badger baiting, bear baiting, and bull baiting involve making… …   English dictionary

  • Baiting — Bait Bait (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Baiting}.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[=i]ta. [root]87. See {Bite}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To provoke and harass; esp., to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Baiting Hollow — Baiting Hollow, NY U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 1449 Housing Units (2000): 962 Land area (2000): 3.229639 sq. miles (8.364726 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.202853 sq. miles (5.705362 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Baiting Hollow, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 1449 Housing Units (2000): 962 Land area (2000): 3.229639 sq. miles (8.364726 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.202853 sq. miles (5.705362 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.432492 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Baiting Hollow, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Baiting Hollow, New York settlement type = CDP nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image pushpin mapsize = 250x200px map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name …   Wikipedia

  • Baiting (trolling) — This page is about an internet trolling technique, for the fraud method see bait and switch. Baiting is similar to trolling, baiters try to elicit a response from other users. The response is supposed to be embarrassing to the user in question,… …   Wikipedia

  • Baiting Hollow — Original name in latin Baiting Hollow Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/New York longitude 40.95621 latitude 72.74427 altitude 36 Population 1642 Date 2011 05 14 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • baiting — 1) the quantity of capelin and herring (or squid) taken aboard a banker at one time for use as bait in the Newfoundland trawl fishery 2) the fishing voyage to the Newfoundland Banks, its duration fixed by the supply of bait aboard the vessel …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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