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f.countercurrent.ir a contracorriente to go against the current o tide* * *1 crosscurrent\ir contracorriente to go against the tide* * *ir a contracorriente — (lit) to go against the current, go upstream; (fig) to go against the tide
* * *femenino crosscurrentir a contracorriente — barco to go against the current; nadador to swim against the current; diseñador/escritor to go o swim against the tide
* * *= cross-current, upstream, undertow, countercurrent.Ex. This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.Ex. The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.Ex. The article is entitled 'Surfing corporate intranets: search tools that control the undertow'.Ex. A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.----* a contracorriente = against the grain.* ir contracorriente = go against + the flow.* * *femenino crosscurrentir a contracorriente — barco to go against the current; nadador to swim against the current; diseñador/escritor to go o swim against the tide
* * *= cross-current, upstream, undertow, countercurrent.Ex: This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.
Ex: The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.Ex: The article is entitled 'Surfing corporate intranets: search tools that control the undertow'.Ex: A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.* a contracorriente = against the grain.* ir contracorriente = go against + the flow.* * *crosscurrenta contracorriente: un diseñador de moda que siempre va a contracorriente a fashion designer who is always swimming against the tidenunca una obra ha nacido más a contracorriente de la época never has there been a work which has been so out of step with the times* * *
contracorriente sustantivo femenino
crosscurrent;◊ ir a contracorriente [ barco] to go against the current;
[ nadador] to swim against the current;
[diseñador/escritor] to go o swim against the tide
' contracorriente' also found in these entries:
English:
stream
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* * *countercurrent;ir a contracorriente to go against the current o tide* * *f crosscurrent;ir a contracorriente fig swim against the tide* * *1) : crosscurrent2)ir a contracorriente : to go against the tide -
3 socrático
adj.Socratic.m.Socratic, follower of Socrates.* * *► adjetivo1 Socratic► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 Socratic* * *ADJ Socratic* * *= Socratic.Ex. A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.* * *= Socratic.Ex: A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.
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5 contracorriente del fondo
bottom countercurrent; bottom counterflowDiccionario geografía española-Inglés > contracorriente del fondo
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6 contracorriente ecuatorial
equatorial countercurrent; equatorial undercurrentDiccionario geografía española-Inglés > contracorriente ecuatorial
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