Перевод: со всех языков на все языки

со всех языков на все языки

confront the challenges

  • 1 enfrentarse a un reto

    (v.) = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge
    Ex. While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.
    Ex. They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex. When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
    Ex. The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.
    Ex. It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
    * * *
    (v.) = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge

    Ex: While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.

    Ex: They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex: When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
    Ex: The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.
    Ex: It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a un reto

  • 2 hacer frente a un reto

    (v.) = rise (up) to + challenge, confront + challenge, meet + challenge, embrace + challenge
    Ex. Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.
    Ex. It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
    Ex. They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex. A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.
    * * *
    (v.) = rise (up) to + challenge, confront + challenge, meet + challenge, embrace + challenge

    Ex: Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.

    Ex: It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
    Ex: They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex: A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer frente a un reto

  • 3 aprovechar una oportunidad

    (v.) = embrace + opportunity, catch + opportunity
    Ex. Archivists will survive if they are prepared to confront the challenges and embrace these opportunities.
    Ex. More and more manufacturers from all the world catch this opportunity to promote their the latest equipment and technology.
    * * *
    (v.) = embrace + opportunity, catch + opportunity

    Ex: Archivists will survive if they are prepared to confront the challenges and embrace these opportunities.

    Ex: More and more manufacturers from all the world catch this opportunity to promote their the latest equipment and technology.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovechar una oportunidad

  • 4 enfrentarse a

    v.
    to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with
    Ex. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.
    Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.
    Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    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. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
    Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

    Ex: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

    Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.
    Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    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: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
    Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a

  • 5 reto

    m.
    1 challenge.
    2 defiance, challenging.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: retar.
    * * *
    1 challenge
    \
    lanzar un reto a alguien to challenge somebody
    * * *
    noun m.
    challenge, dare
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=desafío) challenge
    2) Cono Sur (=reprimenda) telling off, scolding
    3) Cono Sur (=insulto) insult
    * * *
    1) ( desafío) challenge
    2) (CS) ( regañina) telling-off (colloq), scolding
    * * *
    = challenge, gauntlet, act of defiance, defiance.
    Ex. The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
    Ex. Some time ago in a reference to the challenges of innovation, Steele (1983) described the ' gauntlet of innovation' as a process that has many barriers.
    Ex. Moreover, her fatness is an act of defiance; in a world in which women are taught to take up as little space as possible, Lilian learns to foist her way into the public sphere.
    Ex. Students relate easily to Mark Mathabane's questioning why he must attend school, his open defiance of his father, and his struggle to resist peer pressure.
    ----
    * aceptar un reto = throw down + the gauntlet, call + Posesivo + bluff.
    * afrontar un reto = address + threat, embrace + challenge.
    * encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.
    * enfrentarse a reto = meet + challenge.
    * enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.
    * hacer frente a un reto = rise (up) to + challenge, confront + challenge, meet + challenge, embrace + challenge.
    * lleno de retos = challenging.
    * nuevos retos = new horizons.
    * plantear un reto = pose + challenge.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * que constituye un reto = challenging.
    * que no representa reto = unchallenging.
    * reto + avecinarse = challenge + lie ahead.
    * reto deportivo = sporting challenge.
    * * *
    1) ( desafío) challenge
    2) (CS) ( regañina) telling-off (colloq), scolding
    * * *
    = challenge, gauntlet, act of defiance, defiance.

    Ex: The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.

    Ex: Some time ago in a reference to the challenges of innovation, Steele (1983) described the ' gauntlet of innovation' as a process that has many barriers.
    Ex: Moreover, her fatness is an act of defiance; in a world in which women are taught to take up as little space as possible, Lilian learns to foist her way into the public sphere.
    Ex: Students relate easily to Mark Mathabane's questioning why he must attend school, his open defiance of his father, and his struggle to resist peer pressure.
    * aceptar un reto = throw down + the gauntlet, call + Posesivo + bluff.
    * afrontar un reto = address + threat, embrace + challenge.
    * encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.
    * enfrentarse a reto = meet + challenge.
    * enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.
    * hacer frente a un reto = rise (up) to + challenge, confront + challenge, meet + challenge, embrace + challenge.
    * lleno de retos = challenging.
    * nuevos retos = new horizons.
    * plantear un reto = pose + challenge.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * que constituye un reto = challenging.
    * que no representa reto = unchallenging.
    * reto + avecinarse = challenge + lie ahead.
    * reto deportivo = sporting challenge.

    * * *
    A (desafío) challenge
    hacer frente a este reto importante to face up to this great challenge
    B (CS) (regañina) telling-off ( colloq), scolding
    * * *

     

    Del verbo retar: ( conjugate retar)

    reto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    retó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    retar    
    reto
    retar ( conjugate retar) verbo transitivo

    b) (CS) ( regañar) to tell … off (colloq), to scold

    reto sustantivo masculino

    b) (CS) ( regañina) telling-off (colloq), scolding

    retar verbo transitivo to challenge
    reto sustantivo masculino challenge
    ' reto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - desafío
    - preparar
    English:
    challenge
    - dare
    - face
    - formidable
    - give up
    - take up
    - rise
    * * *
    reto nm
    1. [desafío] challenge
    2. RP [regaño] telling-off, talking-to
    * * *
    m
    1 challenge
    2 Rpl ( regañina) scolding, telling-off fam
    * * *
    reto nm
    desafío: challenge, dare
    * * *
    reto n challenge

    Spanish-English dictionary > reto

  • 6 hacer frente a

    (v.) = confront, deal with, face, face up to, meet, cope with, wrestle with, stand up to, brave, breast, address
    Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex. In their role as mediator between the scholar and the information system, academic librarians should stand up to, and challenge the censorship and suppression that takes place during academic controversy.
    Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    * * *
    (v.) = confront, deal with, face, face up to, meet, cope with, wrestle with, stand up to, brave, breast, address

    Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

    Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex: In their role as mediator between the scholar and the information system, academic librarians should stand up to, and challenge the censorship and suppression that takes place during academic controversy.
    Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer frente a

  • 7 contraponer

    v.
    1 to compare.
    2 to contrast, to confront.
    Ellos contrapusieron las opciones They contrasted the options.
    3 to oppose, to challenge.
    María contrapuso el proyecto Mary opposed the project.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp contrapuesto,-a)
    1 (oponer) to set in opposition (a, to)
    2 figurado (contrastar) to contrast (a, with)
    1 (oponerse) to be opposed
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=cotejar) to compare, set against each other
    2) (=oponer) to oppose

    a esta idea ellos contraponen su teoría de que... — against this idea they set up their theory that...

    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( contrastar) to contrast; ( como contrapartida)
    * * *
    = oppose, counterpoint, set against, counterpose, counterpoise.
    Ex. A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.
    Ex. The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.
    Ex. The same arguments set against state education in the early nineteenth century apply to the idea of state-supported public libraries.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is taken as being synonymous with cultural diversity and denotes the recent critical concepts that are counterposed to ethnocentrism, cultural monolithicism, and the assumption of epistemological universality.
    Ex. Sustainable development is seen as a measure to counterpoise economic growth with environmental concerns.
    ----
    * contraponerse a = stand in + opposition to.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( contrastar) to contrast; ( como contrapartida)
    * * *
    = oppose, counterpoint, set against, counterpose, counterpoise.

    Ex: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

    Ex: The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.
    Ex: The same arguments set against state education in the early nineteenth century apply to the idea of state-supported public libraries.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is taken as being synonymous with cultural diversity and denotes the recent critical concepts that are counterposed to ethnocentrism, cultural monolithicism, and the assumption of epistemological universality.
    Ex: Sustainable development is seen as a measure to counterpoise economic growth with environmental concerns.
    * contraponerse a = stand in + opposition to.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (contrastar) to contrast
    2 (como contrapartida) contraponer algo A algo:
    a nuestra oferta ellos contrapusieron mejores precios y mayor rapidez de entrega they countered our offer with better prices and faster delivery
    a las tesis tradicionales el autor contrapone una teoría innovadora the author challenges traditional theses with an innovative theory
    * * *

    contraponer verbo transitivo
    1 (oponer) to oppose
    2 (comparar) to contrast: si contraponemos sus distintas personalidades, nos damos cuenta de que tienen mucho en común, if we compare their different personalities, we see that they have a lot in common
    ' contraponer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    set against
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [oponer]
    a su postura intransigente contrapusimos una más flexible we responded to his intransigence by suggesting greater flexibility
    2. [cotejar] to compare
    * * *
    <part contrapuesto> v/t compare (a to)
    * * *
    contraponer {60} vt
    1) : to counter, to oppose
    2) : to contrast, to compare

    Spanish-English dictionary > contraponer

См. также в других словарях:

  • The Cleveland Show (season 2) — The Cleveland Show Season 2 DVD box Country of origin United States …   Wikipedia

  • The Morgesons — is a novel written by Elizabeth Stoddard in 1862. A female bildungsroman , it traces the quest of a young woman in search of self definition and autonomy. The novel comments upon the oppression of women in mid nineteenth century New England and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Chronicles of Amber — is group of novels that comprise a fantasy series written by Roger Zelazny. The main series consists of two story arcs, each five novels in length. Additionally, there are a number of Amber short stories and other works. The Amber stories take… …   Wikipedia

  • The Mind of the Married Man — Format Comedy Drama Created by Mike Binder Starring Mike Binder Sonya Walger Jake Weber Ivana Miličević …   Wikipedia

  • The General in His Labyrinth — Infobox Book name = The General in His Labyrinth title orig = es. El general en su laberinto translator = Edith Grossman Front jacket cover of the first (US) hardback edition of the book s translation image caption = author = Gabriel García… …   Wikipedia

  • The Killing Dance (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Killing Dance orig title = translator = image caption = 1997 US cover author = Laurell K. Hamilton cover artist = Lee MacLeod (Ace edition) country = United States language = English series = genre = mystery, Horror… …   Wikipedia

  • The Unwritten Girl — infobox Book | name = The Unwritten Girl title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = James Bow cover artist = Jennifer Scott country = Canada language = English series = The Unwritten Books genre = Fantasy, Metafiction …   Wikipedia

  • The Final Fantasy Legend — This article is about the 1989 Game Boy game. For the similarly named 2010 mobile game, see Final Fantasy Legends: Hikari to Yami no Senshi. The Final Fantasy Legend Developer(s) Square Publisher(s) …   Wikipedia

  • The Fall (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Fall title orig = La Chute translator = Justin O Brien image caption = Vintage International s 1991 reissue of Justin O Brien s translation of The Fall . author = Albert Camus illustrator = cover artist = country =… …   Wikipedia

  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D — Infobox Film name = The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl caption = Theatrical release poster director = Robert Rodriguez producer = Elizabeth Avellan Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein writer = Robert Rodriguez Racer Rodriguez starring = Taylor… …   Wikipedia

  • The Holy Mountain (1973 film) — Infobox Film name = The Holy Mountain caption = Film poster director = Alejandro Jodorowsky producer = Alejandro Jodorowsky Allen Klein Robert Taicher Roberto Viskin writer = Alejandro Jodorowsky starring = Alejandro Jodorowsky Horacio Salinas… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

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