Перевод: с испанского на английский

с английского на испанский

carried+out

  • 81 con perspicacia

    Ex. Above all evaluation must be carried out regularly and perceptively.
    * * *

    Ex: Above all evaluation must be carried out regularly and perceptively.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con perspicacia

  • 82 conflictivo

    adj.
    conflictive, conflicting, adversarial, divisive.
    * * *
    1 (situación) difficult; (tema) controversial
    * * *
    (f. - conflictiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [sociedad] troubled; [asunto] controversial; [sistema] unstable; [situación] tense, troubled

    zona conflictiva — troubled region, trouble spot

    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) ( problemático) < situación> difficult; < época> troubled
    b) ( polémico) <tema/persona> controversial
    c) (AmL) ( atormentado) < persona> troubled
    * * *
    = controversial, disputed, troubled, problematic, problematical, troublesome.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    Ex. These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) ( problemático) < situación> difficult; < época> troubled
    b) ( polémico) <tema/persona> controversial
    c) (AmL) ( atormentado) < persona> troubled
    * * *
    = controversial, disputed, troubled, problematic, problematical, troublesome.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.

    Ex: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    Ex: These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.

    * * *
    1 (problemático) ‹situación› difficult; ‹época› troubled
    la zona más conflictiva del país the area of the country with the most problems
    2
    (bélico): se considera zona conflictiva it is considered an area of conflict o a conflict zone
    3 (polémico) ‹tema/persona› controversial
    4
    ( AmL) (atormentado): es una persona muy conflictiva he's a very troubled person, he's a person with many inner conflicts
    * * *

    conflictivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo


    ‹ época› troubled;

    b) ( polémico) ‹tema/persona› controversial

    conflictivo,-a adjetivo
    1 (problemático) era un niño conflictivo, he was a problem child
    2 (polémico) controversial
    3 (turbulento) unsettled
    ' conflictivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conflictiva
    English:
    discrepant
    - hot
    - trouble
    * * *
    conflictivo, -a adj
    1. [polémico] controversial
    2. [época, país] troubled;
    una zona conflictiva de Europa a trouble spot o an area of conflict in Europe
    3. [persona] difficult
    * * *
    adj
    1 época, zona troubled
    2 persona troublemaking
    * * *
    conflictivo, -va adj
    1) : troubled
    2) : controversial

    Spanish-English dictionary > conflictivo

  • 83 conformidad

    f.
    1 approval.
    dio su conformidad she gave her consent
    de conformidad con in accordance with
    2 conformity, patience, compliance, accordance.
    3 conformability, conformableness.
    * * *
    1 (acuerdo) agreement
    2 (aprobación) approval, consent
    3 (resignación) patience, resignation
    4 (afinidad) conformity
    \
    en conformidad con algo in conformity with something, in agreement with
    no conformidad nonconformity
    * * *
    noun f.
    agreement, consent
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acuerdo) agreement
    2) (=consentimiento) consent
    3) frm (=resignación) resignation, forbearance
    4)

    • de o en conformidad con algo — frm in accordance with sth frm

    * * *
    1) ( aprobación) consent, approval

    de or en conformidad con — (frml) in accordance with (frml), according to

    2) (esp AmL) ( resignación) resignation
    * * *
    = conformity, unity, compliance, assent, conformance, go-ahead, approval, consent.
    Ex. The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.
    Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.
    Ex. A survey was carried out on 150 journals to assess the extent of their compliance with ISO's recommendations.
    Ex. The new Act, which received the royal assent in 1710, was not entirely to their taste however, for it ruled that copyright in a new book belonged not to its publisher but to its author.
    Ex. Conformance with the standard requirements of headings management is necessary = Es necesaria la conformidad con los requisitos normales de la gestión de los encabezamientos.
    Ex. The go-ahead for the new library building came in Mar 79 and the proposals were discussed at a public hearing in June 79.
    Ex. A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.
    Ex. Subject to the consent of the original author every thesis should be available for loan.
    ----
    * dar su conformidad a = assent to.
    * declaración de conformidad = declaration of agreement.
    * de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.
    * de conformidad con eso = accordingly.
    * en conformidad con = in conformity with, in keeping with.
    * en señal de conformidad = approvingly.
    * sello de conformidad = stamp of approval.
    * test de conformidad = conformance testing.
    * * *
    1) ( aprobación) consent, approval

    de or en conformidad con — (frml) in accordance with (frml), according to

    2) (esp AmL) ( resignación) resignation
    * * *
    = conformity, unity, compliance, assent, conformance, go-ahead, approval, consent.

    Ex: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

    Ex: The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.
    Ex: A survey was carried out on 150 journals to assess the extent of their compliance with ISO's recommendations.
    Ex: The new Act, which received the royal assent in 1710, was not entirely to their taste however, for it ruled that copyright in a new book belonged not to its publisher but to its author.
    Ex: Conformance with the standard requirements of headings management is necessary = Es necesaria la conformidad con los requisitos normales de la gestión de los encabezamientos.
    Ex: The go-ahead for the new library building came in Mar 79 and the proposals were discussed at a public hearing in June 79.
    Ex: A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.
    Ex: Subject to the consent of the original author every thesis should be available for loan.
    * dar su conformidad a = assent to.
    * declaración de conformidad = declaration of agreement.
    * de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.
    * de conformidad con eso = accordingly.
    * en conformidad con = in conformity with, in keeping with.
    * en señal de conformidad = approvingly.
    * sello de conformidad = stamp of approval.
    * test de conformidad = conformance testing.

    * * *
    A (aprobación) consent, approval
    el director dio su conformidad the director gave his consent
    de or en conformidad con ( frml); in accordance with ( frml)
    B ( esp AmL) (resignación) resignation
    * * *

     

    conformidad sustantivo femenino

    b) (esp AmL) ( resignación) resignation

    conformidad sustantivo femenino
    1 approval, consent
    ♦ Locuciones: de/en conformidad, in accordance [ con, with]
    ' conformidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acuerdo
    - como
    - bah
    - bueno
    English:
    compliance
    - concert
    - conformity
    - line
    - assent
    - keeping
    * * *
    1. [aprobación] approval;
    dio su conformidad she gave her consent
    2. [acuerdo]
    de o [m5] en conformidad con in accordance with
    * * *
    f
    1 ( acuerdo) agreement;
    de o
    en conformidad con in accordance with
    2 ( consentimiento) consent
    * * *
    1) : agreement, consent
    2) : resignation

    Spanish-English dictionary > conformidad

  • 84 confrontación

    f.
    1 confrontation, confrontment, encounter, face-off.
    2 match, game.
    3 comparison, checking.
    * * *
    1 (enfrentamiento) confrontation
    2 (comparación) comparison, collation
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=enfrentamiento) confrontation
    2) (Literat) comparison
    * * *
    a) ( enfrentamiento) confrontation
    b) ( de textos) comparison
    c) (period) (Dep) game, match
    * * *
    = confrontation, collision, showdown, collision course.
    Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.
    Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    ----
    * composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.
    * confrontación de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.
    * * *
    a) ( enfrentamiento) confrontation
    b) ( de textos) comparison
    c) (period) (Dep) game, match
    * * *
    = confrontation, collision, showdown, collision course.

    Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.

    Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    * composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.
    * confrontación de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

    * * *
    1 (enfrentamiento) confrontation
    2 (de textos) comparison
    3 ( period) ( Dep) game, match
    * * *

    confrontación sustantivo femenino


    confrontación sustantivo femenino
    1 (cotejo) contrast
    2 (careo) confrontation
    ' confrontación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    confrontation
    - face off
    - run-in
    * * *
    1. [enfrentamiento] confrontation;
    [deportivo] clash
    2. [comparación] comparison
    * * *
    f confrontation
    * * *
    confrontación nf, pl - ciones : confrontation

    Spanish-English dictionary > confrontación

  • 85 contribuyente

    adj.
    contributing, contributive, contributory, ratepaying.
    f. & m.
    1 taxpayer.
    2 contributor, tax payer, taxpayer, ratepayer.
    * * *
    1 taxpaying
    1 taxpayer
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxpayer
    * * *
    = contributor, contributory, taxpayer [tax-payer], ratepayer, donor.
    Ex. Contributors may be informed of standards to which they are expected to adhere either by word of mouth or through the agency of formal written instructions.
    Ex. It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.
    Ex. I am also committed, however -- and this is what our taxpayers are paying us for -- to serving our library users, the people who are paying our salaries.
    Ex. This act allowed for the establishment of town libraries, which were free and open to all ratepayers and provided by funds from local rates.
    Ex. Research into prospective donors must be carried out.
    ----
    * contribuyentes = taxpaying public.
    * contribuyentes, los = tax base, the.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxpayer
    * * *
    = contributor, contributory, taxpayer [tax-payer], ratepayer, donor.

    Ex: Contributors may be informed of standards to which they are expected to adhere either by word of mouth or through the agency of formal written instructions.

    Ex: It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.
    Ex: I am also committed, however -- and this is what our taxpayers are paying us for -- to serving our library users, the people who are paying our salaries.
    Ex: This act allowed for the establishment of town libraries, which were free and open to all ratepayers and provided by funds from local rates.
    Ex: Research into prospective donors must be carried out.
    * contribuyentes = taxpaying public.
    * contribuyentes, los = tax base, the.

    * * *
    taxpayer
    * * *

    contribuyente sustantivo masculino y femenino
    taxpayer
    contribuyente mf taxpayer
    ' contribuyente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ratepayer
    - taxpayer
    - tax
    * * *
    taxpayer
    * * *
    m/f taxpayer
    * * *
    : contributing
    : taxpayer

    Spanish-English dictionary > contribuyente

  • 86 control de plagas

    (n.) = pest control
    Ex. The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.

    Spanish-English dictionary > control de plagas

  • 87 controvertido

    adj.
    controversial, questionable, argumentary, debatable.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: controvertir.
    * * *
    1→ link=controvertir controvertir
    1 controversial
    * * *
    (f. - controvertida)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo [ser] <persona/tema> controversial; < negociaciones> full of controversy
    * * *
    = controversial, divisive, contested, vexed, challenging.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. Although it remains a contested subject, there have been changes in general opinion about faculty status over the past few decades.
    Ex. A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex. Thus in an attentive reader literature is expansive, visionary, challenging, subversive, in the true and best sense.
    ----
    * cuestión controvertida = vexing question.
    * tema controvertido = vexing issue.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo [ser] <persona/tema> controversial; < negociaciones> full of controversy
    * * *
    = controversial, divisive, contested, vexed, challenging.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.

    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: Although it remains a contested subject, there have been changes in general opinion about faculty status over the past few decades.
    Ex: A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex: Thus in an attentive reader literature is expansive, visionary, challenging, subversive, in the true and best sense.
    * cuestión controvertida = vexing question.
    * tema controvertido = vexing issue.

    * * *
    [ SER] controversial
    un escritor muy controvertido a highly controversial writer
    el tema más controvertido en este momento the most widely debated subject of the moment
    las negociaciones han sido largas y controvertidas the negotiations have been long and full of controversy
    * * *

    controvertido
    ◊ -da adjetivo [ser] ‹persona/tema› controversial

    controvertido,-a adjetivo controversial

    ' controvertido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    controvertida
    - controversial
    English:
    controversial
    - vexed
    * * *
    controvertido, -a adj
    controversial;
    es un pintor muy controvertido he's a very controversial painter
    * * *
    adj controversial
    * * *
    controvertido, -da adj
    : controversial

    Spanish-English dictionary > controvertido

  • 88 cosido

    adj.
    sewn.
    m.
    stitching.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: coser.
    * * *
    1 sewing
    2 MEDICINA stitching
    * * *
    SM sewing, needlework
    * * *
    masculino sewing
    * * *
    = sewing.
    Ex. In 1843 this famous bindery had a rolling press, two cloth-embossing machines, and three arming presses, but folding, gathering, sewing, rounding and backing, ploughing, casemaking, and casing-in were all carried out by hand.
    * * *
    masculino sewing
    * * *

    Ex: In 1843 this famous bindery had a rolling press, two cloth-embossing machines, and three arming presses, but folding, gathering, sewing, rounding and backing, ploughing, casemaking, and casing-in were all carried out by hand.

    * * *
    sewing
    el cosido se hizo a mano the sewing o stitching was done by hand
    pegarle al cosido ( Chi fam): se ve que le pegas al cosido you're obviously good at it, it's obviously your forte
    * * *
    cosido nm
    stitching
    * * *
    m sewing;
    cosido a mano hand sewing

    Spanish-English dictionary > cosido

  • 89 cuerpo de bomberos

    fire department (AmE), fire brigade (BrE)
    * * *
    Ex. This article describes the use of PLUS in work carried out by the London, Ontario, fire department = Este artículo describe el uso de PLUS en el trabajo que realiza la brigada de bomberos de London, Ontario.
    * * *
    fire department (AmE), fire brigade (BrE)
    * * *

    Ex: This article describes the use of PLUS in work carried out by the London, Ontario, fire department = Este artículo describe el uso de PLUS en el trabajo que realiza la brigada de bomberos de London, Ontario.

    * * *
    fire department, Br
    fire brigade

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuerpo de bomberos

  • 90 de obstetricia

    (adj.) = obstetrical
    Ex. The guidelines outlined in the 7th edition of Colon Classification scheme were adoped for the construction of a classification schedule for anaesthesiology as applied to various surgical and obstetrical procedures carried out on the human body.
    * * *
    (adj.) = obstetrical

    Ex: The guidelines outlined in the 7th edition of Colon Classification scheme were adoped for the construction of a classification schedule for anaesthesiology as applied to various surgical and obstetrical procedures carried out on the human body.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de obstetricia

  • 91 de un modo pasivo

    Ex. The Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS) technique allows remote patrons to observe passively the search process on their own computers as it is being carried out by an experienced searcher at another location.
    * * *

    Ex: The Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS) technique allows remote patrons to observe passively the search process on their own computers as it is being carried out by an experienced searcher at another location.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo pasivo

  • 92 de un modo regular

    = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis
    Ex. The user then receives, on a regular basis, notifications of new documents or information which fall within the topic specified in his profile.
    Ex. Library schools should revise their curricula on an ongoing basis, taking into account changing professional needs and new technologies.
    Ex. The best solution is a systematic combination of methods carried out on a continuing basis.
    * * *
    = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis

    Ex: The user then receives, on a regular basis, notifications of new documents or information which fall within the topic specified in his profile.

    Ex: Library schools should revise their curricula on an ongoing basis, taking into account changing professional needs and new technologies.
    Ex: The best solution is a systematic combination of methods carried out on a continuing basis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo regular

  • 93 dedicarse a

    v.
    1 to dedicate oneself to, to devote oneself to, to apply oneself to, to give oneself to.
    Ella se dedica a aprender She dedicates herself to learn.
    Ella se dedica a pasear perros She dedicates herself to walk dogs.
    2 to concentrate on, to go in for, to work on, to pursue.
    Ella se dedica a los estudios She concentrates on her studies.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = aim at, be concerned with, embark on/upon, engage in, indulge in, turn to, get + involved with/in, devote + Reflexivo + to, home in on, enter + a business, make + a life's work of, spend + Posesivo + days, go into
    Ex. This paper describes research carried out into the use of an on-line bulletin board service aimed at those in the academic community who are interested in applying computing to teaching in the Arts and Humanities.
    Ex. Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.
    Ex. Before we embark upon more extensive consideration of the software packages and their use in information retrieval, it is worth reviewing the options for computer hardware.
    Ex. In the libraries which were engaged in large-scale cataloguing co-operation was central to developments, as outlined in chapter 18.
    Ex. Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex. We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex. Having devoted herself to medical librarianship in her elective course work, she hoped when she received her degree to put her knowledge to work at a university medical school.
    Ex. This article discusses the organisations that develop standards in information management and homes in on the US national bodies central to many of the international standards.
    Ex. Some of those pupils will undoubtedly enter one kind of business or another which has links with Europe.
    Ex. For librarianship students not intending to make a life's work of official publications the problem is to teach an awareness that they are not necessarily highly specialist materials of restricted interest.
    Ex. He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.
    Ex. She views librarianship through traditional eyes and plans to go into public service.
    * * *
    (v.) = aim at, be concerned with, embark on/upon, engage in, indulge in, turn to, get + involved with/in, devote + Reflexivo + to, home in on, enter + a business, make + a life's work of, spend + Posesivo + days, go into

    Ex: This paper describes research carried out into the use of an on-line bulletin board service aimed at those in the academic community who are interested in applying computing to teaching in the Arts and Humanities.

    Ex: Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.
    Ex: Before we embark upon more extensive consideration of the software packages and their use in information retrieval, it is worth reviewing the options for computer hardware.
    Ex: In the libraries which were engaged in large-scale cataloguing co-operation was central to developments, as outlined in chapter 18.
    Ex: Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex: We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex: Having devoted herself to medical librarianship in her elective course work, she hoped when she received her degree to put her knowledge to work at a university medical school.
    Ex: This article discusses the organisations that develop standards in information management and homes in on the US national bodies central to many of the international standards.
    Ex: Some of those pupils will undoubtedly enter one kind of business or another which has links with Europe.
    Ex: For librarianship students not intending to make a life's work of official publications the problem is to teach an awareness that they are not necessarily highly specialist materials of restricted interest.
    Ex: He now spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.
    Ex: She views librarianship through traditional eyes and plans to go into public service.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicarse a

  • 94 dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica

    (v.) = dangle + anaphoric reference
    Ex. Subsequently, work has been carried out on the twin problems of recognising anaphoric references, and constructing passages in which no anaphoric references are left dangling.
    * * *
    (v.) = dangle + anaphoric reference

    Ex: Subsequently, work has been carried out on the twin problems of recognising anaphoric references, and constructing passages in which no anaphoric references are left dangling.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica

  • 95 desfiguración

    f.
    disfiguration, defacement, distortion, disfigurement.
    * * *
    1 disfigurement
    * * *
    = misrepresentation, defacement, whitewashing.
    Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
    Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
    Ex. Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    * * *
    = misrepresentation, defacement, whitewashing.

    Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

    Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
    Ex: Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.

    * * *
    disfigurement
    * * *
    1. [de rostro, cuerpo] disfigurement
    2. [de la verdad] distortion
    * * *
    f disfigurement

    Spanish-English dictionary > desfiguración

  • 96 designación

    f.
    designation, selection, appointment, commission.
    * * *
    1 (nombre) name, designation
    2 (nombramiento) designation, appointment
    * * *
    SF
    1) [para un cargo] appointment
    2) (=nombre) designation
    * * *
    femenino (frml)
    a) ( de persona) appointment, designation (frml)
    b) (de fecha, lugar)

    la designación de la fecha/lugar para la reunión — the fixing of a date/place for the meeting

    * * *
    = appointment, designation, co-option.
    Nota: Selección de alguien como miembro de un comité por elección entre los miembros integrantes de un grupo.
    Ex. The deputy librarian or deputy director's duties are to take the place of the director in his absence, to organize the general routine of the library, to supervise the staff and to deal with matters such as interviews, appointments and resignations.
    Ex. The designation should be clearly separated from the variant heading itself by means of punctuation or typography.
    Ex. The policy of FIAC is determined by an annual conference and carried out during the year by its National Co-ordinating Group, which consists of regional representatives, network delegates, and individual co-options from member centres.
    ----
    * designación específica de la clase de documento = specific material designation.
    * designación general de la clase de documento = general material designation.
    * puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.
    * * *
    femenino (frml)
    a) ( de persona) appointment, designation (frml)
    b) (de fecha, lugar)

    la designación de la fecha/lugar para la reunión — the fixing of a date/place for the meeting

    * * *
    = appointment, designation, co-option.
    Nota: Selección de alguien como miembro de un comité por elección entre los miembros integrantes de un grupo.

    Ex: The deputy librarian or deputy director's duties are to take the place of the director in his absence, to organize the general routine of the library, to supervise the staff and to deal with matters such as interviews, appointments and resignations.

    Ex: The designation should be clearly separated from the variant heading itself by means of punctuation or typography.
    Ex: The policy of FIAC is determined by an annual conference and carried out during the year by its National Co-ordinating Group, which consists of regional representatives, network delegates, and individual co-options from member centres.
    * designación específica de la clase de documento = specific material designation.
    * designación general de la clase de documento = general material designation.
    * puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

    * * *
    A ( frml) (elección, nombramiento) appointment, designation ( frml)
    su designación como embajador his appointment o designation as ambassador
    fueron nombrados mediante libre designación they were appointed without having to sit competitive exams
    accedió a la cancillería por designación real he became chancellor by royal appointment
    la designación de la fecha para la retirada the fixing of a date for the withdrawal
    1 (acción) naming, designating
    2 (nombre) name
    * * *

    designación sustantivo femenino designation, appointment
    ' designación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nombramiento
    * * *
    1. [nombre] designation
    2. [nombramiento] appointment;
    parlamentarios de o [m5] por designación real members of parliament appointed by the monarch
    * * *
    f appointment, naming; de lugar selection; de candidato designation
    * * *
    designación nf, pl - ciones nombramiento: appointment, naming (to an office, etc.)

    Spanish-English dictionary > designación

  • 97 detenerse

    1 (pararse) to stop, halt
    2 (entretenerse) to hang about, linger
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=pararse) to stop

    ¡no te detengas! — don't hang about!

    2) (=demorarse) to waste time (en on)
    * * *
    (v.) = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over
    Ex. Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.
    Ex. During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
    Ex. When carried out correctly, performance review provides an opportunity to sit back and assess the job.
    Ex. In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.
    Ex. Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.
    Ex. The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.
    Ex. With luck the lapwings will now be able to stop over in Syria without coming to further harm.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over

    Ex: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

    Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
    Ex: When carried out correctly, performance review provides an opportunity to sit back and assess the job.
    Ex: In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.
    Ex: Trucks started pulling up every hour, day and night, to the library's loading dock and depositing heaps of unordered and unwanted books.
    Ex: The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.
    Ex: With luck the lapwings will now be able to stop over in Syria without coming to further harm.

    * * *

    ■detenerse verbo reflexivo to stop: ¡deténganse!, stop!
    ' detenerse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    demorarse
    - estancarse
    - detener
    - parar
    English:
    draw up
    - pull over
    - pull up
    - stick
    - stop
    - cease
    - draw
    - grind
    - halt
    - pause
    - rest
    - slow
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [pararse] to stop;
    no te detengas, sigue don't stop, carry on;
    no se levanten hasta que el avión se haya detenido do not get up until the plane has come to a stop;
    detenerse en seco to stop dead;
    detenerse a hacer algo to stop to do sth;
    se detuvo un momento a pensar she stopped to think for a moment;
    se detuvo a hablar con una amiga y llegó tarde she stopped to talk to a friend and was late
    2. [demorarse] to hang about, to linger;
    no te detengas tanto con la presentación y ve al grano don't spend so much time on the presentation and get to the point
    * * *
    v/r stop
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to stop
    2) : to delay, to linger
    * * *
    detenerse vb to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]

    Spanish-English dictionary > detenerse

  • 98 dialectología

    f.
    dialectology, study of dialects.
    * * *
    1 dialectology
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. This article describes a research project carried out by the Meertens Institute for dialectology, Folklore and Onomastics of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
    * * *

    Ex: This article describes a research project carried out by the Meertens Institute for dialectology, Folklore and Onomastics of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

    * * *
    dialectology
    * * *
    dialectology

    Spanish-English dictionary > dialectología

  • 99 disco óptico WORM

    Ex. The study was carried out to establish the prediction of archival life of Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical discs.
    * * *

    Ex: The study was carried out to establish the prediction of archival life of Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical discs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disco óptico WORM

  • 100 discutible

    adj.
    1 debatable.
    2 arguable, controvertible, argumentary, controversial.
    * * *
    1 debatable, questionable
    * * *
    ADJ debatable, arguable

    650 euros discutibles — 650 euros o.n.o.

    es discutible si... — it is debatable o arguable whether...

    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.
    Ex. The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    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.
    ----
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.

    Ex: The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    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.
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

    * * *
    su ecuanimidad es bastante discutible her impartiality is somewhat debatable o dubious
    una persona de gustos muy discutibles a person of very dubious tastes
    fue una excelente actuación — bueno, eso es discutible it was an excellent performance — well, that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion
    * * *

    discutible adjetivo
    debatable
    discutible adjetivo debatable, arguable: eso es discutible, that's a matter of opinion
    ' discutible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arguable
    - contentious
    - debatable
    - debate
    - disputable
    - moot
    - opinion
    - question
    - questionable
    - dubious
    - matter
    * * *
    debatable;
    lo que dices es muy discutible what you say is highly debatable;
    una decisión más que discutible a highly questionable decision;
    su discutible reputación como abogado his questionable reputation as a lawyer
    * * *
    adj debatable
    * * *
    : arguable, debatable

    Spanish-English dictionary > discutible

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

  • carried out — fulfilled, did, executed; performed, done …   English contemporary dictionary

  • be carried out feet first — if someone will not leave a place until they are carried out feet first, they will not leave until they are dead. James would never leave his home to go to a retirement village he d be carried out feet first! …   New idioms dictionary

  • carried out a project — execute a plan, complete a task …   English contemporary dictionary

  • carried out his duty — executed his responsibility, performed his obligations …   English contemporary dictionary

  • carried out his plan — performed his scheme, executed his plan, did what he planned …   English contemporary dictionary

  • carried out the assignment — completed the task, executed the mission …   English contemporary dictionary

  • carried out the task — performed the assignment, fulfilled the duty, did the deed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Out of Control (TV film) — Out of Control Directed by Dominic Savage Produced by Ruth Caleb Written by Dominic Savage …   Wikipedia

  • Carried Away (band) — Carried Away Origin Ontario, Canada Genres Contemporary Christian music Years active 2000–present Labels Glide Records …   Wikipedia

  • Out of the Blue (Electric Light Orchestra album) — Out of the Blue Studio album by Electric Light Orchestra Released October 1977 …   Wikipedia

  • Out of an Old Man's Head — Theatrical release poster Directed by Per Åhlin (animation) Tage Danielsson (live action) …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»