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1 mermar
v.1 to reduce, to diminish, to lessen.2 to decrease, to diminish.El medicamento merma la fiebre The drug decreases the fever.Mermó el negocio Business decreased.El negocio nos mermó Our business decreased.3 to dwindle, to decrease, to recede.La energía mermó The energy dwindled.* * *1 to reduce1 to decrease, diminish* * *1.VT (=disminuir) [+ crecimiento, capacidad] to reduce; [+ autoridad, prestigio] to undermine; [+ reservas] to deplete; [+ pago, raciones] to cut2.VISee:* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.----* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *mermar [A1 ]viel frío ha mermado it's less cold now, the cold has abated ( frml)el nivel del agua ha mermado con el calor the water level has fallen because of the heat■ mermarvt( frml); ‹suministro/provisión› to reduce, cut down on; ‹capital› to reducemermó las arcas de la organización it diminished o depleted the resources of the organization* * *
mermar ( conjugate mermar) verbo intransitivo (frml) [viento/frío] to abate (frml);
[ luz] to fade
verbo transitivo (frml) to reduce
mermar
I verbo transitivo to cause to decrease o diminish: ha mermado sus posibilidades de tener éxito, she has reduced her chances for success
II verbo intransitivo to decrease, diminish: sus facultades han mermado, his (mental) faculties have diminished
' mermar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicarse
- palidecer
- reducirse
English:
deplete
- erode
- tail
* * *♦ vi[caudal] to go down, to fall; [energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad] to fall; [calidad] to deteriorate♦ vt[energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad, calidad] to reduce* * *I v/t reduceII v/i diminish* * *mermar vi: to decrease, to diminishmermar vt: to reduce, to cut down -
2 socavar
v.1 to dig under (excavar por debajo).2 to undermine, to erode, to cut the ground from under, to dig away.Las lluvias socavan la tierra The rain undermines the soil.Las penas socavan el alma Woe undermines the soul.3 to weaken, to debilitate, to mine, to sap.El sufrimiento socava a Ricardo Suffering weakens Richard.4 to cavitate, to produce cavitation.El río socava The river produces cavitation.* * *1 (excavar) to dig under2 figurado to undermine* * *VT1) (=minar) to undermine2) (=excavar) [persona] to dig under; [agua] to hollow out3) (=debilitar) to sap, undermine* * *verbo transitivo to undermine* * *= undermine, sap, chip away, gnaw (at), undercut, hollow out.Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.Ex. First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Ex. The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.Ex. The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.* * *verbo transitivo to undermine* * *= undermine, sap, chip away, gnaw (at), undercut, hollow out.Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
Ex: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Ex: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.Ex: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.* * *socavar [A1 ]vtto undermine* * *
socavar verbo transitivo
1 to undermine
2 fig (minar, destruir) to undermine
' socavar' also found in these entries:
English:
undermine
* * *socavar vt1. [debilitar] to undermine2. [excavar por debajo] to dig under* * *v/t tb figundermine* * *socavar vt: to undermine -
3 Declaración de Derechos
* * *(n.) = Bill of RightsEx. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.* * ** * *(n.) = Bill of RightsEx: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.
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4 declaración de principios
(n.) = statement of principles, value statement, Bill of Rights, declaration of principles, statement of principlesEx. In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.Ex. At the time of writing, a ' value statement' is being prepared by the group together with guidelines for determining such local objectives and related performance measures.Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex. The following document is the complete text of the Declaration of Principles signed by the Heads of State participating in the First Summit of the Americas.Ex. With these considerations in mind, we have adopted the following statement of principles.* * *(n.) = statement of principles, value statement, Bill of Rights, declaration of principles, statement of principlesEx: In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.
Ex: At the time of writing, a ' value statement' is being prepared by the group together with guidelines for determining such local objectives and related performance measures.Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex: The following document is the complete text of the Declaration of Principles signed by the Heads of State participating in the First Summit of the Americas.Ex: With these considerations in mind, we have adopted the following statement of principles. -
5 отделение
1) General subject: amputation, arm, blow off, branch, compartition, compartment, compartmentalization, compartmentation, decession, department, detachment, dissociation, division, divorce, isolation, jettison (напр., ступени ракеты), partition (в шкафу, сумке и т. п.), pigeon-hole, pigeonhole (письменного стола), remove (в некоторых английских школах), secession, secretion, section (Для обозначения первичных (низших) тактических подразделений в американской армии могут использоваться термины squad, section, crew и team. В российской армии для обозначения аналогичных формирований применяются: отделение, экипаж), segregating, segregation, separating, separation, severance, split up, split-off, stage discard (ракеты), station, subbranch3) Biology: abjointing4) Aviation: breaking away, disuniting, separation (ступени ракеты)5) Medicine: abruption, amotio, discharge, discrimination, disinsertion, disjunction, part, scission, squad, sublation, unit (лечебного учреждения), teasing out (напр, жиров)6) American: affiliate (организации, фирмы), end7) Military: blow-off (ракеты), compartment (часть пространства), controllerate, decouplement (одного объекта от другого), element, office, (процесс)(помещение) room, (процесс) separation, shop, squad, squad section, subdivision, wing (учебного заведения)8) Engineering: bay, cabinet, chamber, detack, disengagement, div, drawing (чёрных металлов из цветного скрапа), falloff, floor, hatch, plant, room, subsidiary, trapping10) Agriculture: abscission, excision11) Construction: partitioning off13) Railway term: coupe, district, sealing off14) Law: arm of court, branch business (фирмы), chapter, separation (of part of territory) (of states) (государств; части территории)15) Trade: bin (a 5-bin display - стенд с 5 отделениями)16) Economy: affiliated organization, branch house, branch office (компании), branch the, estrangement, spin-off, stripping17) Accounting: segment19) Mining: compartment (ствола шахты, восстающего и пр.), road, roadway (ствола), severance (от массива), way (шахтного ствола)20) Diplomatic term: desk, disruption, division (несколько факультетов), divorce (теории и практики и т.п.), split-up23) Polygraphy: delamination, flaking (напр. покрытия), lifting (листа), workshop24) Psychology: excretion25) Telecommunications: elimination27) Oil: chipping away, fallaway28) Immunology: department (в больнице)29) Special term: segregate30) Astronautics: abstraction, breakup, carving out, departure, discard, drop-off, fall-away (ступени ракеты), kickoff, peeling-off31) Banking: branch establishment, outlet (говоря об отделении банка; англ. оборот взят на сайте Fitch Ratings)32) Food industry: toing drive off33) Silicates: section34) Business: divestiture, divestment35) Education: faculty36) Missiles: blow-off (ступеней ракеты), fallaway (ступени)37) Network technologies: disconnecting38) EBRD: branch office39) Polymers: house40) Cables: branch (филиал), extraction, section (часть учреждения)41) leg.N.P. branch store, ward (as in a hospital)42) Makarov: abjunction, breaking, chapter (клуба, братства, землячества), cleaving, cutting, disseverance, dividing, division (предприятия), enclosure, evolution, falloff (ступени ракеты), insulation, peeling-off (напр. пограничного слоя), peeling-off (напр., пограничного слоя), precipitation, recovery (from waste), school, separating out, stripping (напр. подложки от пигментной копии)43) Navy: workcenter44) Security: decoupling, ward (больницы)45) Logistics: directorate -
6 постепенно разрушать
General subject: chip away at (The constant bombardment of television and the internet is chipping away at the unique identity of this indigenous tribe.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > постепенно разрушать
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7 sape
sape [sap]feminine noun* * *saptravail de sape — Technologie sap digging; fig sabotage
* * *sap1. nf1)travail de sape — sapping, undermining
2) *la sape (= les vêtements) — clothes, gear *
2. sapes nfpl* (= vêtements) clothes, gear ** * *A nf[sap] nom féminin[tranchée] sap2. (figuré)par un patient travail de sape, ils ont fini par avoir raison de lui they chipped away at him until he gave in -
8 откалывающий
1) Physics: slivering2) Oil: chipping away -
9 подработка
1) General subject: side job, third career, day-to-day job2) Geology: undermining3) Mining: chipping-away, holing, tapping, underworking4) Jargon: cherry pie5) Journalism: freelancing -
10 откол
2) Military: chip, flake, scab (брони при ударе снаряда), scabbing (брони при ударе снаряда)3) Construction: spalling4) Makarov: break-away, chipping off, splitting off -
11 разгон
1) General subject: acceleration, crackdown (демонстраций), dispersal, in run, in-run, momentum (перен.), (процессора) overclocking (метод изменения режима работы процессора и/или других блоков компьютера путём повышения их тактовых частот за пределы предусмотренные в их спецификациях. Обычно при этом достигается более высокая производительность)2) Computers: overclocking4) Medicine: run5) American: crackdown (демонстраций и т.п.)8) Meteorology: fetch (1. система волн, к-рая создаётся в открытом океане ветром, дующим с постоянными скоростью и направлением; 2. длина нагона, измеряемая по ветру в горизонтальном направлении)9) Railway term: starting up to speed10) Automobile industry: running-away, supplemental motion11) Astronautics: accelerate, boost, positive acceleration12) Business: speeding up14) Programming: (процессора) clock chipping (см. overclocking)15) Automation: increase (рабочего органа)16) General subject: acceleration (с места)17) Makarov: divergence (реактора), divergency (реактора), generating area (система волн, которая создаётся в открытом океане ветром, дующим с постоянной скоростью и постоянным направлением), in-run (лыжный спорт)18) Combustion gas turbines: overspeed -
12 ufalan
1. crumble away 2. chipping (v.) 3. chipped (v.) 4. chip (v.) -
13 yontuk
1. place from which material has been cut, chiseled, hewed, or chipped away. 2. chipping, chip. 3. cut, chiseled, hewn, whittled, dressed, or sculpted.
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