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  • 21 duplicar de tamaño

    (v.) = double + in size
    Ex. By 1825 the library had 5,400 titles and by 1890 it had doubled in size, although donations then declined.
    * * *
    (v.) = double + in size

    Ex: By 1825 the library had 5,400 titles and by 1890 it had doubled in size, although donations then declined.

    Spanish-English dictionary > duplicar de tamaño

  • 22 emisión de gases

    Ex. The number of car exhaust suicides has declined since the introduction of legislation on car exhaust emissions in 1993.
    * * *

    Ex: The number of car exhaust suicides has declined since the introduction of legislation on car exhaust emissions in 1993.

    Spanish-English dictionary > emisión de gases

  • 23 encaminarse hacia

    v.
    to be directed towards, to be bound for, to be headed for, to head toward.
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    (v.) = be on + Posesivo + way to, be heading towards, head for
    Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.
    Ex. The relative growth rate has declined and figures indicate that it is heading towards saturation.
    Ex. Cataloguing, while changing direction, is heading for a secure future.
    * * *
    (v.) = be on + Posesivo + way to, be heading towards, head for

    Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

    Ex: The relative growth rate has declined and figures indicate that it is heading towards saturation.
    Ex: Cataloguing, while changing direction, is heading for a secure future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encaminarse hacia

  • 24 envenenamiento por pesticida

    Ex. Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.
    * * *

    Ex: Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.

    Spanish-English dictionary > envenenamiento por pesticida

  • 25 enérgicamente

    adv.
    energetically, assertively, actively, briskly.
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    1 (decir, hablar) forcefully, emphatically, firmly; (negar) vigorously; (rechazar) strongly
    2 (agitar) vigorously
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    ADV [condenar, defender] forcefully, vigorously; [desmentir] emphatically, vigorously; [resistir] strenuously; [actuar] boldly
    * * *
    = aggressively, emphatically, heartily, violently, forcefully, sturdily, vociferously, vigourously [vigorously, -USA], robustly, lustily.
    Ex. An alphabetical arrangement was out of the question in so aggressively international an enterprise, and they turned their minds to systematic arrangement.
    Ex. Cutter, as if anticipating the ISBD a hundred years later, took pains to explain at length and emphatically the importance of brevity and clarity in catalog entries.
    Ex. From that perspective I should like to heartily endorse Mr. Lubetzky's comments particularly with respect to main entry -- author-main entries, in particular -- and ISBD.
    Ex. I have violently disagreed with this to the Canadian Committee on Cataloging.
    Ex. Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.
    Ex. Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.
    Ex. This article argues that the OTA report, despite its affirmation of public access to information, is unlikely to cause a redeployment of resources unless librarians argue vociferously that there is a real need for this information.
    Ex. Far from being an innocuous social institution the public library is an arena where culture has been vigorously contested.
    Ex. Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    Ex. France's national anthem was lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris last night.
    ----
    * defender enérgicamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.
    * protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.
    * reprimir enérgicamente = crack down on.
    * * *
    = aggressively, emphatically, heartily, violently, forcefully, sturdily, vociferously, vigourously [vigorously, -USA], robustly, lustily.

    Ex: An alphabetical arrangement was out of the question in so aggressively international an enterprise, and they turned their minds to systematic arrangement.

    Ex: Cutter, as if anticipating the ISBD a hundred years later, took pains to explain at length and emphatically the importance of brevity and clarity in catalog entries.
    Ex: From that perspective I should like to heartily endorse Mr. Lubetzky's comments particularly with respect to main entry -- author-main entries, in particular -- and ISBD.
    Ex: I have violently disagreed with this to the Canadian Committee on Cataloging.
    Ex: Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.
    Ex: Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.
    Ex: This article argues that the OTA report, despite its affirmation of public access to information, is unlikely to cause a redeployment of resources unless librarians argue vociferously that there is a real need for this information.
    Ex: Far from being an innocuous social institution the public library is an arena where culture has been vigorously contested.
    Ex: Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    Ex: France's national anthem was lustily jeered by the crowd at the opening of a France-Tunisia friendly match in Paris last night.
    * defender enérgicamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.
    * protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.
    * reprimir enérgicamente = crack down on.

    * * *
    ‹responder› firmly, vigorously
    desmintieron enérgicamente la acusación they vigorously o strongly o strenuously o firmly denied the accusation
    rechazaron enérgicamente la propuesta they firmly o flatly rejected the proposal
    * * *
    [vigorosamente] vigorously

    Spanish-English dictionary > enérgicamente

  • 26 escarpadura

    f.
    escarpment, precipice, steep slope, escarp.
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    1→ link=escarpa escarpa
    * * *
    SF = escarpa 1)
    * * *
    = escarpment, ridge.
    Ex. Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
    Ex. It is worth camping out there for the weekend but probably with mates as it is hard to convince the chicks they want to hike over a ridge to get to a place with no bogs.
    ----
    * escarpadura costera = coastal ridge.
    * * *
    = escarpment, ridge.

    Ex: Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.

    Ex: It is worth camping out there for the weekend but probably with mates as it is hard to convince the chicks they want to hike over a ridge to get to a place with no bogs.
    * escarpadura costera = coastal ridge.

    * * *
    escarpment
    * * *
    * * *
    f escarpment

    Spanish-English dictionary > escarpadura

  • 27 firmemente

    adv.
    1 firmly, strongly, unmovably.
    2 firmly, faithfully, steadily, constantly.
    3 staunchly, steadfastly (lealmente).
    4 securely, immovably, rigidly.
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    1 firmly
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    adv.
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    ADV (=con firmeza) firmly; (=bien sujeto) securely
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    = firmly, steadily, strongly, uncompromisingly, unshakably, staunchly, solidly, robustly, steadfastly, securely.
    Ex. It is, however, essential to keep the historical context of UDC firmly in mind when studying and using the scheme.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. The student is strongly recommended to examine the guiding provided in any libraries to which he has access.
    Ex. For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.
    Ex. He inspired intense lasting loyalties, but also made many enemies, being unshakably confident in his own judgement, stubborn, and racially prejudiced against Jews.
    Ex. However, even though public libraries lack adequate funding and are typically small, Costa Ricans staunchly support their continuation.
    Ex. New information studies curricula should be solidly based on principles of information management.
    Ex. Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    Ex. The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.
    Ex. Each binder has a locking/releasing mechanism to allow the insertion of new entries when required yet ensure that slips remain securely in place when the catalogue is consulted.
    ----
    * estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.
    * tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.
    * * *
    = firmly, steadily, strongly, uncompromisingly, unshakably, staunchly, solidly, robustly, steadfastly, securely.

    Ex: It is, however, essential to keep the historical context of UDC firmly in mind when studying and using the scheme.

    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: The student is strongly recommended to examine the guiding provided in any libraries to which he has access.
    Ex: For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.
    Ex: He inspired intense lasting loyalties, but also made many enemies, being unshakably confident in his own judgement, stubborn, and racially prejudiced against Jews.
    Ex: However, even though public libraries lack adequate funding and are typically small, Costa Ricans staunchly support their continuation.
    Ex: New information studies curricula should be solidly based on principles of information management.
    Ex: Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    Ex: The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.
    Ex: Each binder has a locking/releasing mechanism to allow the insertion of new entries when required yet ensure that slips remain securely in place when the catalogue is consulted.
    * estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.
    * tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.

    * * *
    firmly
    * * *

    firmemente adverbio firmly
    ' firmemente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coja
    - cojo
    English:
    fast
    - firmly
    - lash down
    - securely
    - steadfastly
    - clasp
    - clutch
    - solidly
    * * *
    firmly;
    me aseguró firmemente que vendría he assured me he would definitely be coming
    * * *
    : firmly
    * * *
    firmemente adv firmly / securely

    Spanish-English dictionary > firmemente

  • 28 gavilán pescador

    (n.) = osprey, fish hawk
    Ex. Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.
    Ex. Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.
    * * *
    (n.) = osprey, fish hawk

    Ex: Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.

    Ex: Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gavilán pescador

  • 29 halcón pescador

    (n.) = osprey, fish hawk
    Ex. Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.
    Ex. Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.
    * * *
    (n.) = osprey, fish hawk

    Ex: Osprey numbers declined drastically in 1950-1970s, from pesticide poisoning and eggshell thinning.

    Ex: Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > halcón pescador

  • 30 investigación en ciencias de la documentación

    Ex. Funding for information science research has declined, especially at the federal levels.
    * * *

    Ex: Funding for information science research has declined, especially at the federal levels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigación en ciencias de la documentación

  • 31 investigación en documentación

    Ex. Funding for information science research has declined, especially at the federal levels.
    * * *

    Ex: Funding for information science research has declined, especially at the federal levels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigación en documentación

  • 32 maquinaria pesada

    Ex. Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    * * *

    Ex: Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > maquinaria pesada

  • 33 marginal

    adj.
    1 marginal (note).
    2 fringe (Arte & politics).
    grupo marginal fringe group
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    1 (ilustración, nota) marginal, in the margin
    2 (tema, asunto) marginal, minor
    3 (persona) marginalized; (grupo) on the margins of society
    4 (teatro, música) fringe
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    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=al margen) [corrección, nota] marginal, in the margin

    una nota marginal — a marginal note, a note in the margin

    2) (=pobre) deprived
    3) (=alternativo) [teatro] fringe antes de s ; [publicación] underground antes de s ; [artista] alternative
    4) (=poco importante) [asunto] marginal; [papel, personaje] minor
    5) (Econ) [coste, tipo] marginal
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Sociol)
    b) ( secundario) < posición> peripheral; < asunto> marginal, peripheral
    2) (Fin) marginal
    3) (Impr)

    una nota marginal — a note in the margin, a marginal note

    * * *
    = marginal, fringe subject, at the margins, marginalised [marginalized, -USA], outlier.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex. In a general classification there are, of course, no fringe subjects: all are of equal weight, and must be given their due place in the overall order.
    Ex. The changes wrought by information technology have been at the margins.
    Ex. The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.
    Ex. A number of non-public libraries participated in the co-operative scheme and they were known as outlier libraries.
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    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * coste marginal = marginal cost.
    * costo marginal = marginal cost.
    * de manera marginal = tangentially.
    * grupo marginal = marginalised group.
    * tipo de gravamen marginal = marginal tax rate.
    * tipo fiscal marginal = marginal tax rate.
    * tipo impositivo marginal = marginal tax rate.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Sociol)
    b) ( secundario) < posición> peripheral; < asunto> marginal, peripheral
    2) (Fin) marginal
    3) (Impr)

    una nota marginal — a note in the margin, a marginal note

    * * *
    = marginal, fringe subject, at the margins, marginalised [marginalized, -USA], outlier.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.

    Ex: In a general classification there are, of course, no fringe subjects: all are of equal weight, and must be given their due place in the overall order.
    Ex: The changes wrought by information technology have been at the margins.
    Ex: The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.
    Ex: A number of non-public libraries participated in the co-operative scheme and they were known as outlier libraries.
    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * coste marginal = marginal cost.
    * costo marginal = marginal cost.
    * de manera marginal = tangentially.
    * grupo marginal = marginalised group.
    * tipo de gravamen marginal = marginal tax rate.
    * tipo fiscal marginal = marginal tax rate.
    * tipo impositivo marginal = marginal tax rate.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹barrio›
    en las barriadas marginales in the poor, outlying areas of the city
    2 (no central, de poca importancia) ‹posición› peripheral; ‹asunto› marginal, peripheral
    B ( Fin) ‹costo› marginal; ‹tipo› marginal
    C ( Impr):
    una nota marginal a note in the margin, a marginal note
    correcciones marginales corrections in the margin
    * * *

    marginal adjetivo
    1 (Sociol):
    ◊ en los barrios marginales in the poor, outlying areas of the city

    2 ( secundario) ‹ posición› peripheral;
    ‹ asunto› marginal, peripheral
    3 (Impr):

    marginal adjetivo marginal
    ' marginal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    suburbio
    - acotación
    - barriada
    English:
    marginal
    - marginal seat
    - fringe
    * * *
    1. [de fuera de la sociedad] [persona, grupo social] socially excluded;
    una zona marginal de la ciudad a deprived area of the city
    2. [sin importancia] minor;
    un asunto marginal a matter of minor importance
    3. [en página] marginal;
    una nota marginal a marginal note
    4. Econ marginal;
    costo marginal marginal cost;
    tipo marginal marginal rate
    * * *
    adj marginal;
    nota marginal note in the margin
    * * *
    : marginal, fringe

    Spanish-English dictionary > marginal

  • 34 mundo occidental, el

    = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the
    Ex. Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex. As the Roman Empire declined in the West the libraries also declined, as did book publishing and acquisitions.
    Ex. The article 'Libraries in late Ottoman Palestine between the Orient and the Occident' reveals historically Palestine's transformation from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire to a focus for international.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo occidental, el

  • 35 no solicitado

    adj.
    unrequested, unwanted, unsolicited, unasked.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unsolicited
    Ex. The title ' Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unsolicited

    Ex: The title ' Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no solicitado

  • 36 occidente

    m.
    west.
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    1 the West
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    noun m.
    1) west
    * * *
    SM (Pol) the West, the Western world
    * * *
    masculino west

    el Occidente — (Hist, Pol) the West

    * * *
    ----
    * de occidente = Western-born.
    * occidente, el = West, the, Occident, the.
    * * *
    masculino west

    el Occidente — (Hist, Pol) the West

    * * *
    el occidente
    = West, the, Occident, the

    Ex: As the Roman Empire declined in the West the libraries also declined, as did book publishing and acquisitions.

    Ex: The article 'Libraries in late Ottoman Palestine between the Orient and the Occident' reveals historically Palestine's transformation from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire to a focus for international.

    * de occidente = Western-born.
    * occidente, el = West, the, Occident, the.
    * * *
    west
    el Occidente ( Pol) the West
    * * *

    occidente sustantivo masculino
    west
    occidente sustantivo masculino west
    el Occidente, the West
    ' occidente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    poniente
    English:
    west
    * * *
    west;
    (el) Occidente [bloque de países] the West
    * * *
    m west
    * * *
    1) oeste, poniente: west
    2)
    el Occidente : the West
    * * *
    occidente n the West

    Spanish-English dictionary > occidente

  • 37 occidente, el

    = West, the, Occident, the
    Ex. As the Roman Empire declined in the West the libraries also declined, as did book publishing and acquisitions.
    Ex. The article 'Libraries in late Ottoman Palestine between the Orient and the Occident' reveals historically Palestine's transformation from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire to a focus for international.

    Spanish-English dictionary > occidente, el

  • 38 productos manufacturados

    m.pl.
    manufactures, manufactured goods, manufactured products.
    * * *
    (n.) = manufacturing goods, manufactured goods
    Ex. Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.
    Ex. But books not only differ significantly from other manufactured goods; they differ between themselves.
    * * *
    (n.) = manufacturing goods, manufactured goods

    Ex: Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.

    Ex: But books not only differ significantly from other manufactured goods; they differ between themselves.

    * * *
    manufactured goods, manufactures

    Spanish-English dictionary > productos manufacturados

  • 39 rechazar

    v.
    1 to reject.
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption
    Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.
    4 to clear (sport).
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.
    Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.
    6 to refuse to.
    Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.
    7 to turn one's back on.
    8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.
    Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse
    2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back
    3 MEDICINA to reject
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    verb
    1) to reject, decline
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back
    2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist
    3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off
    4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    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. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    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.
    Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
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    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    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: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    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.
    Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

    * * *
    rechazar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    la moción fue rechazada the motion was defeated
    rechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriage
    se sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society
    2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse
    3 ‹luz› to reflect
    4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject
    * * *

     

    rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹invitación/propuesta/individuo› to reject;

    ‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
    ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    b) ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

    c) (Med) ‹ órgano› to reject

    rechazar verbo transitivo
    1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
    (oferta, contrato) to turn down
    2 Med (un órgano) to reject
    3 Mil to repel
    ' rechazar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - declinar
    - negar
    - definitivamente
    - desechar
    - despreciar
    - plano
    English:
    beat off
    - brush off
    - decline
    - defeat
    - deny
    - disallow
    - dismiss
    - fend off
    - fight off
    - head-hunt
    - offer
    - refuse
    - reject
    - repudiate
    - repulse
    - shun
    - snub
    - spurn
    - stave off
    - sweep aside
    - turn away
    - turn down
    - ward off
    - wave aside
    - fend
    - fight
    - hand
    - over
    - parry
    - rebuff
    - repel
    - throw
    - turn
    - ward
    - wave
    * * *
    1. [no aceptar] to reject;
    [oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject
    2. [negar] to deny;
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;
    rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency
    3. [órgano] to reject;
    el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ
    4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;
    [a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;
    rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack
    5. Dep to clear;
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    * * *
    v/t reject; MIL repel
    * * *
    rechazar {21} vt
    1) : to reject
    2) : to turn down, to refuse
    * * *
    rechazar vb to reject / to turn down

    Spanish-English dictionary > rechazar

  • 40 saturación

    f.
    saturation.
    * * *
    1 saturation
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino saturation
    * * *
    = glut, congestion, saturation.
    Ex. Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.
    Ex. The transmission of data on the conventional telephone network is inconvenient because it takes up the available channels for longer times than the average conversation thus causing congestion.
    Ex. The relative growth rate has declined and figures indicate that it is heading towards saturation.
    ----
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * punto de saturación = saturation point.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.
    * * *
    femenino saturation
    * * *
    = glut, congestion, saturation.

    Ex: Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.

    Ex: The transmission of data on the conventional telephone network is inconvenient because it takes up the available channels for longer times than the average conversation thus causing congestion.
    Ex: The relative growth rate has declined and figures indicate that it is heading towards saturation.
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * punto de saturación = saturation point.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís, Quím) saturation
    2 (del mercado) saturation
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    * * *
    1. Quím saturation;
    Fig
    2. [de mercado, espacio aéreo] saturation
    * * *
    f QUÍM tb fig
    saturation;
    saturación del mercado COM market saturation
    * * *
    saturación nf, pl - ciones : saturation

    Spanish-English dictionary > saturación

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