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  • 21 control de los presupuestos

    Ex. Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.
    * * *

    Ex: Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.

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  • 22 control de publicaciones periódicas

    Ex. Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, (claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.
    * * *

    Ex: Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, (claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > control de publicaciones periódicas

  • 23 control presupuestario

    m.
    budgetary control, budget control, budgeting control.
    * * *
    Ex. Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.
    * * *

    Ex: Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.

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  • 24 demasiado común

    Ex. Hence the all too common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
    * * *

    Ex: Hence the all too common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.

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  • 25 desde un punto de vista religioso

    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    * * *

    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

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  • 26 desmotivarse

    (v.) = become + demotivated
    Ex. This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + demotivated

    Ex: This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.

    * * *
    vpr
    to get o become discouraged

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmotivarse

  • 27 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
    * * *
    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
    * * *
    adj.
    1) weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

    se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

    2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted
    3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim
    2.
    SMF
    económicamente
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    ----
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

    Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak
    es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution
    aún está débil he's still weak
    es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character
    2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame
    da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light
    3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    los débiles the weak
    es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)
    eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)
    los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes
    * * *

     

    débil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

    b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

    ‹moneda/argumento› weak;
    ‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
    ‹ luz› dim, faint;
    ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    débil
    I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
    es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
    es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
    (intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
    punto débil, weak spot
    II mf
    1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
    2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
    ' débil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - alicaída
    - alicaído
    - flaca
    - flaco
    - flojear
    - goteo
    - talón
    - tenue
    - blando
    - flojo
    - lánguido
    - pelele
    - sexo
    English:
    A
    - an
    - anaemic
    - and
    - as
    - be
    - chink
    - dim
    - do
    - failing
    - faint
    - feather
    - feeble
    - frail
    - from
    - infirm
    - limp
    - link
    - shaky
    - shall
    - should
    - tenuous
    - than
    - that
    - them
    - thin
    - to
    - weak
    - were
    - what
    - whatever
    - wimp
    - wimpish
    - would
    - you
    - your
    - yourself
    - fragile
    - glimmer
    - hole
    - low
    - muted
    - run
    - spindly
    - spineless
    - weakly
    - weakness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
    [condescendiente] lax, lenient;
    de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;
    débil de carácter of weak character
    2. [voz, sonido] faint;
    [luz] dim, faint;
    una débil mejoría a slight improvement;
    una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains
    3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
    [argumento, teoría] weak, lame
    4. [sílaba] unstressed
    5. [vocal] weak [i, u]
    ♦ nmf
    weak person;
    ser un débil to be weak;
    una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

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  • 28 encuadernación

    f.
    binding, bookbinding, sewing.
    * * *
    1 (arte) bookbinding
    2 (cubierta) binding
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    2) (=taller) binder's
    * * *
    a) ( cubierta) binding

    encuadernación en cuero/rústica — leather/paperback binding

    b) ( acción) book binding
    * * *
    Ex. Facilities for check-in of issues, receipt of indexes, claiming of missing and overdue issues, routing, and binding are described.
    ----
    * aviso de encuadernación = binding trigger.
    * calidad de la encuadernación = binding quality.
    * departamento de encuadernación = binding department.
    * encuadernación a canutillo = comb binding.
    * encuadernación a la americana = adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación a la caja = case binding, cased binding.
    * encuadernación arráfica = adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernación de editor = edition binding.
    * encuadernación de librero = retailers' binding.
    * encuadernación de libros = bookbinding [book-binding].
    * encuadernación de lujo = fine binding.
    * encuadernación editorial = publishers' binding.
    * encuadernación editorial en piel = publishers' leather.
    * encuadernación en cartoné = paper boards.
    * encuadernación en cola = perfect binding, adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación en espiral = spiral binding.
    * encuadernación en piel = leather binding.
    * encuadernación en piel de becerro = prize binding.
    * encuadernación en rústica = paper wrappers.
    * encuadernación en tela = cloth casing, cloth binding.
    * encuadernación en tela bordada = embroidered binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.
    * encuadernación sin cosido reforzada con caucho = caoutchouc binding, gurta perchin binding.
    * material de encuadernación = covering material.
    * partida presupuestaria para la encuadernación = bindery fund, binding fund.
    * patrón de encuadernación = binding pattern.
    * pedido de encuadernación = bindery order, binding order.
    * taller de encuadernación = bindery.
    * técnica de encuadernación = binding technique.
    * tela de encuadernación = book-cloth, binding cloth.
    * * *
    a) ( cubierta) binding

    encuadernación en cuero/rústica — leather/paperback binding

    b) ( acción) book binding
    * * *

    Ex: Facilities for check-in of issues, receipt of indexes, claiming of missing and overdue issues, routing, and binding are described.

    * aviso de encuadernación = binding trigger.
    * calidad de la encuadernación = binding quality.
    * departamento de encuadernación = binding department.
    * encuadernación a canutillo = comb binding.
    * encuadernación a la americana = adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación a la caja = case binding, cased binding.
    * encuadernación arráfica = adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernación de editor = edition binding.
    * encuadernación de librero = retailers' binding.
    * encuadernación de libros = bookbinding [book-binding].
    * encuadernación de lujo = fine binding.
    * encuadernación editorial = publishers' binding.
    * encuadernación editorial en piel = publishers' leather.
    * encuadernación en cartoné = paper boards.
    * encuadernación en cola = perfect binding, adhesive binding.
    * encuadernación en espiral = spiral binding.
    * encuadernación en piel = leather binding.
    * encuadernación en piel de becerro = prize binding.
    * encuadernación en rústica = paper wrappers.
    * encuadernación en tela = cloth casing, cloth binding.
    * encuadernación en tela bordada = embroidered binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.
    * encuadernación sin cosido reforzada con caucho = caoutchouc binding, gurta perchin binding.
    * material de encuadernación = covering material.
    * partida presupuestaria para la encuadernación = bindery fund, binding fund.
    * patrón de encuadernación = binding pattern.
    * pedido de encuadernación = bindery order, binding order.
    * taller de encuadernación = bindery.
    * técnica de encuadernación = binding technique.
    * tela de encuadernación = book-cloth, binding cloth.

    * * *
    1 (cubierta) binding
    encuadernación en cuero/tela leather/cloth binding
    encuadernación en rústica paperback binding
    2 (acción) book binding
    * * *

    encuadernación sustantivo femenino


    encuadernación sustantivo femenino
    1 (de un libro) binding: encuadernación en rústica, paperback binding
    2 (oficio, arte) bookbinding
    ' encuadernación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rústica
    - rústico
    English:
    binding
    * * *
    1. [técnica] binding;
    [tapas] covers encuadernación en canutillo (plastic) comb binding;
    encuadernación en cuero leather binding;
    encuadernación en rústica paperback binding;
    2. [taller] binder's, bookbinder's;
    Encuadernaciones Olarte [empresa] Olarte the Bookbinders
    * * *
    f
    1 binding;
    encuadernación en piel leather binding;
    2 acto bookbinding
    * * *
    encuadernación nf, pl - ciones : bookbinding

    Spanish-English dictionary > encuadernación

  • 29 encuadernar

    v.
    to bind.
    * * *
    1 to bind
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to bind
    * * *
    = bind, bind up.
    Ex. Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, (claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.
    Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.
    ----
    * cartón para encuadernar = millboard.
    * cuchillo para encuadernar = binding-knife.
    * encuadernar en rústica = bind in + paper covers.
    * lista de libros enviados a encuadernar = bindery list.
    * prensa de encuadernar = binding press.
    * sin encuadernar = unbound.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to bind
    * * *
    = bind, bind up.

    Ex: Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, (claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.

    Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.
    * cartón para encuadernar = millboard.
    * cuchillo para encuadernar = binding-knife.
    * encuadernar en rústica = bind in + paper covers.
    * lista de libros enviados a encuadernar = bindery list.
    * prensa de encuadernar = binding press.
    * sin encuadernar = unbound.

    * * *
    vt
    to bind
    * * *

    encuadernar ( conjugate encuadernar) verbo transitivo
    to bind
    encuadernar verbo transitivo to bind
    ' encuadernar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bind
    * * *
    to bind
    * * *
    v/t bind
    * * *
    empastar: to bind (a book)
    * * *
    encuadernar vb to bind [pt. & pp. bound]

    Spanish-English dictionary > encuadernar

  • 30 espectáculo

    m.
    1 spectacle, sight.
    2 show, act, pageant, spectacle.
    Concurso de belleza Beauty pageant.
    * * *
    1 spectacle, sight
    2 (diversión) entertainment
    3 (TV, radio, etc) performance, show
    4 (escándalo) scandal
    \
    dar un espectáculo irónico to make a scene, make a spectacle of oneself
    montar un espectáculo to put on a show 2 irónico to make a scene, make a spectacle of oneself
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) show
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (Teat) (=representación) show; (=función) performance

    sección de espectáculos — entertainment guide, entertainments section

    espectáculo de luz y sonido — sound and light show, son et lumière show

    2) (=visión asombrosa) spectacle

    el espectáculo de las cataratas — the amazing spectacle o sight of the waterfalls, the spectacular waterfalls

    2.
    ADJ INV
    * * *
    1) ( representación) show

    espectáculos — ( en periódicos) entertainment guide

    dar un or el espectáculo — (fam) to make a spectacle of oneself

    2) (visión, panorama) sight

    el espectáculo los llenó de horror — the spectacle o sight filled them with horror

    * * *
    = sight, spectacle, show.
    Ex. There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.
    Ex. Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
    Ex. All interested parties were summoned to further cooperate for the success of the show.
    ----
    * cartelera de espectáculos = playbill.
    * dar el = make + a spectacle of + Reflexivo.
    * espectáculo de striptease = strip show.
    * espectáculo extraordinario = spectacular.
    * espectáculo privado = peep show.
    * espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.
    * gran espectáculo = extravaganza.
    * hombre espectáculo = showman [showmen, -pl.].
    * industria del espectáculo, la = show business.
    * lista de éxitos de cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.
    * montar un espectáculo = put on + show.
    * mundo del espectáculo, el = show business.
    * presenciar el espectáculo de = be presented with + the spectacle of.
    * un espectáculo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * * *
    1) ( representación) show

    espectáculos — ( en periódicos) entertainment guide

    dar un or el espectáculo — (fam) to make a spectacle of oneself

    2) (visión, panorama) sight

    el espectáculo los llenó de horror — the spectacle o sight filled them with horror

    * * *
    = sight, spectacle, show.

    Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.

    Ex: Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
    Ex: All interested parties were summoned to further cooperate for the success of the show.
    * cartelera de espectáculos = playbill.
    * dar el = make + a spectacle of + Reflexivo.
    * espectáculo de striptease = strip show.
    * espectáculo extraordinario = spectacular.
    * espectáculo privado = peep show.
    * espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.
    * gran espectáculo = extravaganza.
    * hombre espectáculo = showman [showmen, -pl.].
    * industria del espectáculo, la = show business.
    * lista de éxitos de cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.
    * montar un espectáculo = put on + show.
    * mundo del espectáculo, el = show business.
    * presenciar el espectáculo de = be presented with + the spectacle of.
    * un espectáculo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.

    * * *
    un espectáculo para niños a children's show
    [ S ] espectáculos (en periódicos) entertainment guide, listings
    dar un or el espectáculo ( fam); to make a spectacle of oneself
    B (visión, panorama) sight
    los barrios de las afueras ofrecían un espectáculo lamentable the outlying districts were a pitiful sight
    la puesta del sol fue todo un espectáculo the sunset was quite spectacular o quite a sight to see
    el espectáculo los llenó de horror the spectacle o sight filled them with horror
    * * *

     

    espectáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 ( representación) show;


    ( on signs) espectáculos ( en periódicos) entertainment guide;

    2 (visión, panorama) sight;
    ◊ un triste espectáculo a sad sight o spectacle

    espectáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (suceso impresionante o emocionante) spectacle, sight: no te pierdas el espectáculo de su nacimiento, don't miss the sight of his birth
    2 (representación, entretenimiento) show
    3 pey sight: esta mujer es un espectáculo, this woman is a real sight
    4 fam (escándalo, número) scene: estás dando el espectáculo, you are making a spectacle of yourself ➣ Ver nota en spectacle
    ' espectáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corista
    - dar
    - deliciosa
    - delicioso
    - desafiar
    - desarrollarse
    - deslucir
    - echar
    - exhibición
    - fastuosa
    - fastuoso
    - gala
    - horrorizar
    - horterada
    - mala
    - malo
    - montar
    - número
    - picante
    - plato
    - presenciar
    - recaudación
    - revender
    - sala
    - tablao
    - tiempo
    - títere
    - toro
    - variedad
    - viva
    - vivo
    - abonado
    - abonar
    - asistente
    - baboso
    - benéfico
    - bochornoso
    - burlesco
    - categoría
    - chabacano
    - continuar
    - desolador
    - digno
    - disfrutar
    - diversión
    - divertido
    - doloroso
    - excitante
    - grandioso
    - grotesco
    English:
    act
    - cancel
    - delight
    - draw
    - entertainment
    - flop
    - grandiose
    - gruesome
    - morbid
    - mount
    - parody
    - show
    - sickening
    - sought-after
    - spectacle
    - spectacular
    - steal
    - tattoo
    - variety show
    - entertainer
    - extravaganza
    - floor
    - greet
    - pageant
    - variety
    * * *
    1. [diversión] entertainment;
    el público pide espectáculo the public wants entertainment;
    tocan bien y además les gusta dar espectáculo they play well and they like to give a good show too
    2. [función] show, performance;
    el espectáculo comenzará a las ocho the show o performance starts at eight;
    un espectáculo infantil/circense a children's/circus show;
    espectáculos [sección periodística] entertainment section;
    el mundo del espectáculo (the world of) show business
    espectáculo pirotécnico firework display;
    3. [suceso, escena] sight;
    desde el mirador, el paisaje es un verdadero espectáculo the view of the landscape from the lookout point is quite spectacular;
    ver cómo le pegaban fue un penoso espectáculo seeing them hit him was a terrible sight;
    Fam
    dar el espectáculo to cause a scene
    * * *
    m
    1 TEA show;
    dar el espectáculo fig make a spectacle of o.s.
    2 ( escena) sight;
    dar un triste espectáculo be a sorry sight
    * * *
    1) : spectacle, sight
    2) : show, performance
    * * *
    1. (función) show
    2. (escándalo) spectacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > espectáculo

  • 31 evaluación de la colección

    (n.) = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis
    Ex. This paper examines collection assessment in terms of the general direction that ideas and trends have taken in 3 areas.
    Ex. Collection evaluation has proved valuable at the State Library of New South Wales.
    Ex. Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.
    * * *
    (n.) = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis

    Ex: This paper examines collection assessment in terms of the general direction that ideas and trends have taken in 3 areas.

    Ex: Collection evaluation has proved valuable at the State Library of New South Wales.
    Ex: Sample applications are described in the areas of periodical claiming, budgetary control, and collection analysis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > evaluación de la colección

  • 32 excesivamente beato

    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    * * *

    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

    Spanish-English dictionary > excesivamente beato

  • 33 expurgo

    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.
    Ex. The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.
    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. Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex. We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex. Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex. The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex. These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex. Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex. Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex. No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    ----
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.
    * * *
    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.

    Ex: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.

    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: Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex: Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex: The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex: These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex: Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex: No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.

    * * *
    expurgation

    Spanish-English dictionary > expurgo

  • 34 fanfarronear

    v.
    1 to boast, to brag.
    2 to boast on.
    Me fanfarronea el vecino My neighbor boasts on me.
    * * *
    1 familiar (chulear) to show off, swank
    2 (bravear) to brag, boast
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI to boast, talk big *
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) to boast, brag
    b) ( al actuar) to show off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet, brag, boast, grandstand, bluster, blow + smoke.
    Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
    Ex. While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.
    Ex. In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex. Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam)
    a) ( al hablar) to boast, brag
    b) ( al actuar) to show off (colloq)
    * * *
    = blow + Posesivo + own trumpet, brag, boast, grandstand, bluster, blow + smoke.

    Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

    Ex: While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.
    Ex: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex: Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.

    * * *
    vi
    ( fam) (al hablar) to boast, brag; (al actuar) to show off ( colloq)
    * * *

    fanfarronear ( conjugate fanfarronear) verbo intransitivo (fam)

    b) ( al actuar) to show off (colloq)

    fanfarronear vi fam (hablar con arrogancia) to brag
    (presumir) to show off
    ' fanfarronear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vacilar
    - fantochear
    - fardar
    English:
    big
    - boast
    - brag
    * * *
    Fam to brag (de about);
    fanfarronea de tener un BMW she's always bragging about owning a BMW
    * * *
    v/i boast, brag
    * * *
    : to brag, to boast
    * * *
    fanfarronear vb to boast / to show off [pt. showed; pp. shown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > fanfarronear

  • 35 gallina

    adj.
    chicken-hearted.
    f.
    1 hen.
    cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)
    2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward (informal) (person).
    * * *
    1 hen
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    \
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very early
    como gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of water
    jugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buff
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    gallina clueca broody hen
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl
    gallina de mar stargazer
    piel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=ave) hen

    gallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm

    gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen

    2) (Culin) chicken

    gallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts

    2.
    SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    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. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    ----
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    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: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.

    * * *
    ( fam); chicken ( colloq)
    ¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!
    A ( Zool) hen; ( Coc) chicken
    caldo de gallina chicken broth
    acostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed early
    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggs
    levantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the lark
    Compuestos:
    (empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother hen
    me tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)
    estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother hen
    guinea fowl
    ● gallina or gallinita ciega
    blind man's buff
    laying hen
    B
    * * *

     

    gallina sustantivo femenino
    1 (Zool) hen;
    (Coc) chicken;


    ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;

    2
    ◊ gallina sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

    gallina
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool hen
    2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
    II mf fam coward, chicken
    III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
    estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    ' gallina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cacarear
    - cacareo
    - carne
    - carné
    - empollar
    - piel
    - aletear
    English:
    chicken
    - egg
    - goosebumps
    - gooseflesh
    - goosepimples
    - hen
    - goose
    - speckle
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam [persona] chicken, wimp;
    es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp
    ♦ nf
    hen;
    cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;
    Fam
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;
    Fam
    levantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;
    Fam
    como gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of water
    gallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;
    gallina clueca broody hen;
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    Fam
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    gallina pintada guinea fowl
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona] chicken, coward
    * * *
    I f hen;
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    II m/f fam
    chicken
    * * *
    1) : hen
    2)
    gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl
    * * *
    1. (ave) hen
    2. (cobarde) chicken / coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > gallina

  • 36 ganarse el apoyo

    (v.) = earn + support
    Ex. Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
    * * *
    (v.) = earn + support

    Ex: Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse el apoyo

  • 37 ganarse el respeto

    (v.) = earn + respect
    Ex. Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.
    * * *
    (v.) = earn + respect

    Ex: Hence the all-too-common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse el respeto

  • 38 hacer caso omiso

    (v.) = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex. This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.
    Ex. Despite all the evidence of bibliographic progress in the country during the 19th century, the expressed call for a form of national bibliographical control went unheeded.
    Ex. I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson.
    Ex. The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.
    Ex. America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    * * *
    (v.) = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside

    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.

    Ex: This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.
    Ex: Despite all the evidence of bibliographic progress in the country during the 19th century, the expressed call for a form of national bibliographical control went unheeded.
    Ex: I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson.
    Ex: The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.
    Ex: America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer caso omiso

  • 39 hacer cumplir la ley

    (n.) = law enforcement, enforce + law, legal enforcement
    Ex. The bibliography presents studies on the use of various communications media to inform the public on issues, such as mass transportation, driving safety, water resources, health, pollution, and law enforcement.
    Ex. But instead of trying to enforce the copyright law, they are claiming royalties which the private video libraries are willingly paying.
    Ex. Where harm over the Internet is caused by viruses, hidden in 'crannies' in the network, traditional legal enforcement is more difficult.
    * * *
    (n.) = law enforcement, enforce + law, legal enforcement

    Ex: The bibliography presents studies on the use of various communications media to inform the public on issues, such as mass transportation, driving safety, water resources, health, pollution, and law enforcement.

    Ex: But instead of trying to enforce the copyright law, they are claiming royalties which the private video libraries are willingly paying.
    Ex: Where harm over the Internet is caused by viruses, hidden in 'crannies' in the network, traditional legal enforcement is more difficult.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer cumplir la ley

  • 40 ir en contra de

    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of
    Ex. Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex. But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex. Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. What factors told against them?.
    Ex. These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex. These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex. This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex. Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex. Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex. Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex. This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex. Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.
    * * *
    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of

    Ex: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex: But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex: Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: What factors told against them?.
    Ex: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex: These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex: This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex: Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex: Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex: Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex: This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex: Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex: As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.

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