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1 decrease crime
зменшувати рівень злочинності ( або злочинність), зменшувати кількість злочинів -
2 decrease crime rate
зменшувати рівень злочинності ( або злочинність) -
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[dɪ'kri:s] (number, enthusiasm, population, speed) décroître, diminuer; (value, price, crime. inflation) diminuer, baisser; (in knitting) diminuer, faire des diminutions[dɪ'kri:s] réduire, diminuer; (prices → of government) baisser; (→ of economic forces) faire baisser;∎ Knitting decrease three stitches diminuer de trois mailles, faire trois diminutions3 noun['di:kri:s] (in size) réduction f, diminution f; (in popularity) baisse f; (in price) réduction f, baisse f;∎ a decrease in numbers une baisse des effectifs;∎ to be on the decrease être en diminution ou en baisse -
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1. di'kri:s verb(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) disminuir, reducir
2. 'di:kri:s noun(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) disminucióndecrease1 n disminución / reduccióndecrease2 vb disminuirtr[dɪ'kriːs]1 disminución nombre femenino, descenso1 disminuir, reducir1 (amount, numbers, power, etc) disminuir, decrecer; (quality) disminuir, bajar; (interest) disminuir, decaer; (prices) bajar; (in knitting) menguar■ the speed at which he was travelling decreased suddenly la velocidad a la que iba disminuyó de repente: decrecer, disminuir, bajardecrease vt: reducir, disminuirdecrease ['di:.kri:s] n: disminución f, descenso m, bajada fn.• disminución s.f.• mengua s.f.• merma s.f.v.• decrecer v.• desmedrar v.• disminuir v.• minorar v.• reducir v.
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1. dɪ'kriːs, 'diːkriːsa) ( in quantity) \<\<amount/numbers\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<prices\>\> bajar; \<\<speed\>\> disminuir*b) ( in intensity) \<\<quality\>\> disminuir*, bajar; \<\<power/effectiveness\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<interest\>\> disminuir*, decaer*
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vt disminuir*, reducir*
II 'diːkriːs, dɪ'kriːscount & mass noun disminución f, descenso m1.N ['diːkriːs](gen) disminución f, reducción f ; (in wages) descenso m, bajada f ; (in prices) bajada f, disminución fa decrease in speed/strength — una reducción de velocidad/fuerza
a decrease of 50% — una reducción del 50%
2.VT [diː'kriːs][+ quantity, pressure, dose, speed] disminuir, reducir; [+ wages] bajar, reducir3. VI[diː'kriːs]1) [power, strength, popularity, temperature, pressure] disminuir; [enthusiasm, interest] disminuir, decaerto decrease by 10% — bajar or disminuir un 10%
2) (Knitting) menguar* * *
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1. [dɪ'kriːs, 'diːkriːs]a) ( in quantity) \<\<amount/numbers\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<prices\>\> bajar; \<\<speed\>\> disminuir*b) ( in intensity) \<\<quality\>\> disminuir*, bajar; \<\<power/effectiveness\>\> disminuir*, decrecer*; \<\<interest\>\> disminuir*, decaer*
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vt disminuir*, reducir*
II ['diːkriːs, dɪ'kriːs]count & mass noun disminución f, descenso m -
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1. intransitive verbabnehmen; [Anzahl, Einfuhr, Produktivität:] abnehmen, zurückgehen; [Stärke, Gesundheit:] nachlassen2. transitive verbdecrease in price — im Preis fallen
reduzieren; [ver]mindern [Wert, Lärm, Körperkraft]; schmälern [Popularität, Macht]3. nounRückgang, der; (in weight, stocks) Abnahme, die; (in strength, power, energy) Nachlassen, das; (in value, noise) Minderung, diebe on the decrease — see 1.
* * *1. [di'kri:s] verb(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) abnehmen2. ['di:kri:s] noun* * *de·creaseI. vi[dɪˈkri:s, ˈdi:kri:s]crime, unemployment, inflation abnehmen, zurückgehenII. vt[dɪˈkri:s, ˈdi:kri:s]▪ to \decrease sth etw reduzierento \decrease costs Kosten verringern [o reduzieren]to \decrease prices/spending Ausgaben/Preise senkento \decrease production die Produktion drosselnIII. n[ˈdi:kri:s]\decrease in births Geburtenrückgang m\decrease in price Preissenkung f▪ to be on the \decrease rückläufig sein* * *[diː'kriːs]1. viabnehmen; (figures, output, life expectancy, birth rate, production) zurückgehen, abnehmen; (strength, enthusiasm, intensity) nachlassen; (in knitting) abnehmenit decreases in value — es verliert an Wert
2. vtverringern, reduzieren3. n['diːkriːs] Abnahme f; (in figures, output, life expectancy, birth rate, production) Rückgang m; (in strength, enthusiasm, intensity) Nachlassen ntdecrease in speed — Verminderung or Abnahme f der Geschwindigkeit
* * *decrease [diːˈkriːs]A v/i (allmählich) abnehmen, sich vermindern, sich verringern:the days decrease in length die Tage werden kürzer;decreasing series MATH fallende ReiheB v/t vermindern, -ringern, -kleinern, -kürzen, herabsetzen, reduzierenC s [a. ˈdiːkriːs] Abnahme f, Verminderung f, Verringerung f, Verkleinerung f, Verkürzung f, Reduzierung f, Rückgang m ( alle:in gen):be on the decrease → A;decrease in prices Preisrückgang;decrease in value Wertminderung fdec. abk1. deceased verstorben2. declaration3. declension4. decrease* * *1. intransitive verbabnehmen; [Anzahl, Einfuhr, Produktivität:] abnehmen, zurückgehen; [Stärke, Gesundheit:] nachlassen2. transitive verbdecrease in value/size/weight — an Wert/Größe/Gewicht verlieren
reduzieren; [ver]mindern [Wert, Lärm, Körperkraft]; schmälern [Popularität, Macht]3. nounRückgang, der; (in weight, stocks) Abnahme, die; (in strength, power, energy) Nachlassen, das; (in value, noise) Minderung, diebe on the decrease — see 1.
* * *n.Minderung f.Rückgang -¨e m.Verkleinerung f.Verminderung f.Verringerung f. v.abnehmen v.herabsetzen v.kleiner werden ausdr.nachlassen v.reduzieren v.sich vermindern v.vermindern v.verringern v. -
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de·crease vi [dɪʼkri:s, ʼdi:kri:s]crime, unemployment, inflation abnehmen, zurückgehen vt [dɪʼkri:s, ʼdi:kri:s];to \decrease sth etw reduzieren;to \decrease costs Kosten verringern [o reduzieren];to \decrease prices/ spending Ausgaben/Preise senken;\decrease in births Geburtenrückgang m;\decrease in price Preissenkung f;to be on the \decrease rückläufig sein -
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დანაშაული, ბოროტმოქმედებაcrime is on the decrease დამნაშავეობა / დანაშაული იკლებსcrime and poverty often go together დანაშაული და სიღარიბე ხშირად ერთმანეთს უკავშირდებაhe confessed to his crime მან თავისი დანაშაული აღიარა // დანაშაულში გამოტყდაhe promises to combat crime პირობას იძლევა, დანაშაულებრიობას შევებრძოლებიო -
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§ დაკლება; დაპატარავება§1 შემცირება, დაკლება, დაწევაa decrease in prices / in population ფასების დაკლება // მოსახლეობის შემცირებაcrime is on the decrease დამნაშავეობა / დანაშაული იკლებს2 შემცირება (შეამცირებს, შემცირდება), დაკლება (იკლებს) -
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I[΄di:kri:s] n նվազում, պակա սեցում. decrease in temperature ջերմաստիճանի նվազում. Crime is on the decrease Ոճրագործություն ների թիվը պակասում էII[΄di:kri:s] v պակասել, պա կասեցնել. փոքրանալ, փոքրացնել. նվազել. decrease speed արագությունը պակասեցնել. The population has decreased Բնակչությունը նվազել է -
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N1. कमीThere was a decrease in the speed of train near the station.2. घटतीA decrease was noted in the rate of crime in that area.--------V1. घटना या घटानाThe intensity of rain has decreased now. -
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intransitive verb1) hinuntergehen/-fahren; [Taucher:] [hinunter]tauchen; (set) [Sonne:] untergehen; (sink) [Schiff:] sinken, untergehen; (fall to ground) [Flugzeug usw.:] abstürzengo down to the bottom of the garden/to the beach — zum hinteren Ende des Gartens gehen/an den Strand gehen
2) (be swallowed) hinuntergeschluckt werdengo down the wrong way — in die falsche Kehle geraten
3) (become less) sinken; [Umsatz, Schwellung:] zurückgehen; [Vorräte usw.:] abnehmen; [Währung:] fallen; (become lower) fallen; (subside) [Wind usw.:] nachlassengo down in somebody's estimation/in the world — in jemandes Achtung (Dat.) sinken/sich verschlechtern
4)go down well/all right etc. [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] gut usw. klarkommen (ugs.); [Film, Schauspieler, Vorschlag:] [bei jemandem] gut usw. ankommen (ugs.)
that didn't go down [at all] well with his wife — das hat ihm seine Frau nicht abgenommen
5) (be defeated) unterliegen* * *1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) ausgehen4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) in Erinnerung bleiben5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) herunterkommen* * *◆ go downvi1. (move downward) hinuntergehen; sun, moon untergehen; ship also sinken; plane abstürzen; boxer zu Boden gehen; curtain fallenhe went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness er bat auf Knien um Verzeihungthe striker went down in the penalty area der Stürmer kam im Strafraum zu Fallto \go down down the pit MIN Bergmann werdento \go down down with a/the ship mit einem/dem Schiff untergehen2. (decrease) swelling zurückgehen; attendance, wind nachlassen; crime rate, fever, water level zurückgehen; prices, taxes, temperature sinken; currency fallenone of the tyres on my car has gone down einer meiner Autoreifen hat Luft verloren3. (decrease in quality) nachlassenthis restaurant has really gone down in the last few years dieses Restaurant hat in den letzten Jahren echt nachgelassen famto \go down down in sb's opinion in jds Ansehen sinken4. (break down) computer ausfallento \go down down fighting/without a fight kämpfend/kampflos untergehen▪ to \go down down to sb gegen jdn verlieren6. (get ill)to \go down down with a cold/the flu eine Erkältung/die Grippe bekommenshe was \go downing down the road on her bike sie fuhr auf ihrem Fahrrad die Straße entlangto \go down down to the beach runter zum Strand gehento \go down down a list eine Liste [von oben nach unten] durchgehen8. (visit quickly) vorbeigehenthey went down to the pub for a quick drink sie gingen noch schnell einen trinken fam9. (travel southward)10. (extend) hinunterreichenthe tree's roots \go down down three metres die Wurzeln des Baumes reichen drei Meter in die Tiefe11. (be received)to \go down down badly/well [with sb] [bei jdm] schlecht/gut ankommen12. (be recorded) schriftlich vermerkt werdento \go down down in history/the record books [as sth] [als etw] in die Geschichte/Geschichtsbücher eingehento \go down down in writing schriftlich festgehalten werdenthe wine went down easily der Wein war wirklich lecker! fama cup of coffee would \go down down nicely now eine Tasse Kaffee wäre jetzt genau das Richtigea bit of sugar will help the medicine \go down down mit etwas Zucker kriegst du die Medizin besser runter famthe police had been informed about what was \go downing down, so were ready and waiting die Polizei war darüber informiert worden, was vorging, daher war sie bereits in Wartestellung▪ to \go down down on sb jdn oral befriedigen* * *go down v/i1. die Straße etc hinuntergehen2. a) untergehen, sinken (Schiff, Sonne etc):b) FLUG abstürzen3. a) zu Boden gehen (Boxer etc)4. figa) (hinab)reichen (to bis)5. (hinunter)rutschen (Essen)a) Anklang finden, ankommen (bei) umg:it went down well with him es kam gut bei ihm an;he (the play) went down well (with the critics) er (das Stück) bekam gute Kritikenb) geschluckt werden (von) umg:that won’t go down with me das nehme ich dir nicht ab, das kannst du einem anderen weismachen7. a) abschwellenb) zurückgehen, sinken, fallen (Fieber, Preise etc), billiger werden:go down in sb’s opinion in jemandes Achtung sinken8. in der Erinnerung bleiben:9. a) sich im Niedergang befinden10. UNIV Bra) die Universität verlassenb) in die Ferien gehen11. SPORT absteigen12. Br London verlassen13. US geschehen, passieren* * *intransitive verb1) hinuntergehen/-fahren; [Taucher:] [hinunter]tauchen; (set) [Sonne:] untergehen; (sink) [Schiff:] sinken, untergehen; (fall to ground) [Flugzeug usw.:] abstürzengo down to the bottom of the garden/to the beach — zum hinteren Ende des Gartens gehen/an den Strand gehen
2) (be swallowed) hinuntergeschluckt werden3) (become less) sinken; [Umsatz, Schwellung:] zurückgehen; [Vorräte usw.:] abnehmen; [Währung:] fallen; (become lower) fallen; (subside) [Wind usw.:] nachlassengo down in somebody's estimation/in the world — in jemandes Achtung (Dat.) sinken/sich verschlechtern
4)go down well/all right etc. [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] gut usw. klarkommen (ugs.); [Film, Schauspieler, Vorschlag:] [bei jemandem] gut usw. ankommen (ugs.)
that didn't go down [at all] well with his wife — das hat ihm seine Frau nicht abgenommen
5) (be defeated) unterliegen* * *v.abklingen (Fieber) v.hinabgehen v.untergehen v. -
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vi1) ( move downward) hinuntergehen; sun, moon untergehen; ship also sinken; plane abstürzen; boxer zu Boden gehen; curtain fallen;he went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness er bat auf Knien um Verzeihung;the striker went down in the penalty area der Stürmer kam im Strafraum zu Fall;to \go down down on all fours sich akk auf alle viere begeben;to \go down down sth etw hinuntergehen;( climb down) etw hinuntersteigen;to \go down down the pit min Bergmann werden;to \go down down with a/ the ship mit einem/dem Schiff untergehen2) ( decrease) swelling zurückgehen; attendance, wind nachlassen; crime rate, fever, water level zurückgehen; prices, taxes, temperature sinken; currency fallen;one of the tyres on my car has gone down einer meiner Autoreifen hat Luft verloren3) ( decrease in quality) nachlassen;this restaurant has really gone down in the last few years dieses Restaurant hat in den letzten Jahren echt nachgelassen ( fam)to \go down down in sb's opinion in jds Ansehen sinkento \go down down fighting/ without a fight kämpfend/kampflos untergehen;to \go down down to sb gegen jdn verlieren6) ( get ill)to \go down down with a cold/ the flu eine Erkältung/die Grippe bekommenshe was \go downing down the road on her bike sie fuhr auf ihrem Fahrrad die Straße entlang;to \go down down to the beach runter zum Strand gehen;to \go down down a list eine Liste [von oben nach unten] durchgehen8) ( visit quickly) vorbeigehen;they went down to the pub for a quick drink sie gingen noch schnell einen trinken ( fam)9) ( travel southward)are you \go downing down to Florida this year? fahrt ihr dieses Jahr runter nach Florida? ( fam)the tree's roots \go down down three metres die Wurzeln des Baumes reichen drei Meter in die Tiefe11) ( be received)to \go down down badly/well [with sb] [bei jdm] schlecht/gut ankommen12) ( be recorded) schriftlich vermerkt werden;to \go down down in history/the record books [as sth] [als etw] in die Geschichte/Geschichtsbücher eingehen;to \go down down in writing schriftlich festgehalten werdenthe wine went down easily der Wein war wirklich lecker! ( fam)a cup of coffee would \go down down nicely now eine Tasse Kaffee wäre jetzt genau das Richtige;a bit of sugar will help the medicine \go down down mit etwas Zucker kriegst du die Medizin besser runter ( fam)the police had been informed about what was \go downing down, so were ready and waiting die Polizei war darüber informiert worden, was vorging, daher war sie bereits in Wartestellung( for vacation) in die Semesterferien gehento \go down down on sb es jdm mit dem Mund machen (sl) -
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decline [dɪ'klaɪn]1 noun(decrease → in prices, standards, crime, profits) baisse f; figurative (of civilization, empire) déclin m;∎ there has been a decline in child mortality il y a eu une baisse de la mortalité infantile;∎ sales have shown a rapid decline over the last six months on a observé une forte chute des ventes au cours des six derniers mois;∎ to be in decline être en déclin;∎ to be on the decline (prices, sales) être en baisse; (civilization, influence) être sur le déclin;∎ figurative to fall into decline dépérir;∎ old-fashioned to fall into a decline (person) dépérir(a) (refuse → invitation, honour, offer of help) décliner, refuser; (→ food, drink) refuser; (→ responsibility) décliner;∎ to decline to do sth refuser de faire qch(a) (decrease, diminish → empire, health) décliner; (→ prices, sales, population) baisser, être en baisse, diminuer; (→ influence, enthusiasm, fame) baisser, diminuer;∎ to decline in importance/value/significance perdre de son importance/de sa valeur/de sa signification∎ she declined with thanks elle a refusé avec ses remerciements(c) (slope downwards) être en pente, descendre►► Marketing decline stage (of product) phase f de déclin✾ Book '(History of the) Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' Gibbon 'Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain' -
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1. n1) темп; уровень; показатель2) норма; размер•to accelerate / to speed up rates of growth — ускорять темпы роста
to harmonize VAT rates — согласовывать величину налога на добавленную стоимость / НДС
to improve the literacy rate — повышать процент грамотного населения / степень грамотности
- accounting exchange rateto raise at a rapid rate — расти / повышаться быстрым темпом
- activity rate
- activity rates
- annual growth rate
- annual rate of increase
- at a much slower rate
- at an easy rate
- at an even greater rate
- at prevailing rates of exchange
- at the black market rate
- at the official exchange rate
- at too low rate
- average annual rate
- average rate of profit
- bank lending rate
- bank lending rates
- bank rate
- bank rates
- basic rate
- birth rate
- black-market rate
- building societies' mortgage rates
- child mortality rate
- closing currency rates
- commercial interest rate
- commission rate
- common table of rates
- comparable rate of increase
- contribution rates
- crime rate
- currency exchange rate
- current rate
- cut in interests rates
- death rate
- decrease in the inflation rate
- discount rate
- divorce rate
- dollar rate
- economic growth rate
- effective exchange rate
- effective interest rate
- exchange rate between the dollar and the yen
- exchange rate
- fall in the exchange rate
- fixed exchange rate
- flexible exchange rate
- flexible rate
- floating rates of exchange
- floating rates
- fluctuations of currency exchange rate
- foreign exchange rates
- freight rates
- general rate
- growth rate
- high rate
- high tax rates
- household rate
- huge discrepancy in exchange rates
- illiteracy rate
- industrial growth rates
- infant mortality rate
- inflation rate
- interest rate
- interest rates are at an all-time high
- key discount rate
- lending rate
- lending rates
- literacy rate
- long-term rate of interest
- low rate
- mean annual rate
- mortality rate
- official rate of pay
- official rate
- operational exchange rate
- overall growth rate
- pay rate
- piecework rate
- population growth rate
- priority growth rates
- production rate
- profit rate
- rate of consumption
- rate of domestic capital formation
- rate of economic development
- rate of economic growth
- rate of exchange
- rate of growth
- rate of industrialization
- rate of inflation
- rate of interest
- rate of killing
- rate of population growth
- rate of profit
- rate of return
- rate of surplus value
- rate of unemployment
- rate of work
- rates of assessment
- rates of increase in the national income
- rates of increase of the national income
- record abstention rate
- recruitment rate
- reduction in interest rates
- reliability rate
- rise in interest rates
- rise in lending rates
- rise in the inflation rate to 3.5 per cent
- rising unemployment rate
- short-term rate of interest
- soaring inflation rate
- stable rate of exchange
- stable rates of growth
- steady exchange rate of the pound
- sterling rate
- survival rate
- target rate
- tariff rate
- time rate
- top marginal tax rate
- total rate
- two-tie rate of exchange
- unemployment rate
- value-added tax rates
- VAT rates
- wage rate s
- world market rates
- yen-dollar rate 2. vоценивать; исчислять; определять; измерять; устанавливать -
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n1) сила; ярость2) насилие; принуждение; произвол; вооруженное столкновение; ожесточенность•to appeal for an end to the violence — призывать / обращаться с призывом положить конец насилию
to attack an enemy with violence — ожесточенно нападать на противника / врага
to condone violence — попустительствовать насилию; закрывать глаза на насилие
to curb violence — ограничивать насилие; сдерживать волну насилия
to curtail increased violence by extremists — обуздывать распространившиеся акты насилия со стороны экстремистов
to defuse political violence — разряжать обстановку и уменьшать число вооруженных политических стычек
to do violence to smth — грубо нарушать что-л.
to end violence — положить конец насилию; прекращать насилие
to halt violence — положить конец насилию; прекращать насилие
to quell violence — положить конец насилию; прекращать насилие
to smother the propaganda of those advocating violence — препятствовать пропаганде тех, кто выступает за насилие
to stamp out / to stem violence — положить конец насилию; прекращать насилие
to touch off a new wave of ethnic violence — служить толчком к новой волне насилия на этнической / национальной основе
to use violence — применять силу / меры принуждения
to use violence as political tactics — применять силу в качестве политического средства / как политическое орудие
- actual violenceto use violence to extract confessions from prisoners — прибегать к насилию для того, чтобы вырвать признание у арестованных
- alcohol-related violence
- antigovernment violence
- armed violence
- background for the violence
- cessation of violence
- challenged violence
- communal violence
- continuing wave of violence
- crime-related violence
- curb to violence
- deadlocked violence
- domestic violence
- drugs-related violence
- election-related violence
- electoral violence
- end to violence
- escalation of the violence
- ethnic violence
- explosion of violence
- extremist violence
- factional violence
- gang violence
- gruesome violence
- gun violence
- high level of violence
- incitement to violence
- intercommunal violence
- interethnic violence
- massive violence
- mounting campaign of violence
- mounting political violence
- mounting toll of violence
- naked violence
- nationalist violence
- official violence
- on the brink of violence
- organized violence
- outbreak of violence
- outburst of violence
- paramilitary violence
- personal violence
- police violence
- politically motivated violence
- pre-election violence
- pretext for violence
- public violence
- racial violence
- recourse to violence
- renewal of violence
- renewed violence
- renunciation of violence
- right wing violence
- rising tide of violence
- sectarian violence
- selective violence
- senseless violence
- separatist violence
- several months free of violence - sporadic violence
- stifle of violence
- street violence
- student violence
- surge in violence
- suspension of violence
- terrorist violence
- the day was marred by violence
- tribal violence
- upsurge of violence
- use of violence for political reasons
- violence against human rights
- violence blighted the nation for so many years
- violence broke out
- violence claimed 30 lives
- violence continues unabated
- violence erupted
- violence escalates
- violence flared in various parts of the country
- violence from the right
- violence goes on unabated
- violence has died down
- violence is growing by the day
- violence is widespread
- violence of invective
- violence rises
- violence subsided
- wave of violence
- week of violence
- widespread violence -
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sink [sɪŋk]évier ⇒ 1 (a) lavabo ⇒ 1 (a) couler ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (a) faire échouer ⇒ 2 (b) oublier ⇒ 2 (c) enfoncer ⇒ 2 (d) creuser ⇒ 2 (e) investir ⇒ 2 (f) sombrer ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (f) s'enfoncer ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (f), 3 (g) baisser ⇒ 3 (c), 3 (e) s'affaiser ⇒ 3 (c) s'écrouler ⇒ 3 (d) plonger ⇒ 2 (a), 3 (e)1 noun∎ double sink évier m à deux bacs(b) (cesspool) puisard m;∎ figurative a sink of sin and corruption un cloaque du vice(a) (boat, submarine) couler, envoyer par le fond;∎ figurative to be sunk in thought être plongé dans ses pensées(b) (ruin → plans) faire échouer;∎ their bid has sunk any chance of us getting the contract leur offre a réduit à néant nos chances de décrocher le contrat;∎ this latest scandal looks certain to sink him ce dernier scandale va sûrement le couler;∎ familiar if they don't come we're sunk! s'ils ne viennent pas, nous sommes fichus!∎ he sank his troubles in drink il noya ses soucis dans l'alcool;∎ they'll have to learn to sink their differences il faudra qu'ils apprennent à oublier leurs différends(d) (plunge, drive → knife, spear, stake) enfoncer;∎ they're sinking the piles for the jetty ils sont en train de mettre en place les pilotis de la jetée;∎ the fishpond was a metal basin sunk in the ground l'étang à poissons était un bassin en métal enfoncé dans le sol;∎ I sank my teeth into the peach j'ai mordu dans la pêche;∎ the dog sank its teeth into my leg le chien m'enfonça ou me planta ses crocs dans la jambe(e) (dig, bore → well, mine shaft) creuser, forer∎ we sank a fortune into this company nous avons englouti une fortune dans cette société∎ to sink the ball (in snooker) couler la bille; (in basketball) réussir le tir ou le panier; (in golf) envoyer la balle dans le trou∎ to sink a pint s'envoyer une pinte de bière∎ to sink like a stone couler à pic;∎ the bottle sank slowly to the bottom of the pool la bouteille a coulé lentement jusqu'au fond de la piscine;∎ the prow had not yet sunk beneath the surface la proue n'était pas encore submergée;∎ Atlantis sank beneath the seas l'Atlantide a été engloutie par les mers;∎ to sink without (a) trace disparaître sans laisser de trace; figurative tomber dans l'oubli;∎ figurative it was a case of sink or swim il a bien fallu se débrouiller;∎ now it's up to them to sink or swim by themselves à eux maintenant de se débrouiller comme ils peuvent(b) (in mud, snow etc) s'enfoncer;∎ at each step, I sank up to my knees in water à chaque pas, je m'enfonçais dans l'eau jusqu'aux genoux;∎ the wheels sank into the mud les roues s'enfonçaient dans la boue;∎ to sink into quicksand s'enliser dans des sables mouvants∎ Venice is sinking Venise est en train de s'affaisser;∎ the sun/moon is sinking le soleil/la lune disparaît à l'horizon;∎ the moon sank behind the mountains la lune a disparu derrière les montagnes;∎ as I climbed, the valley sank out of sight au fur et à mesure que je grimpais, la vallée disparaissait∎ I sank back in my seat je me suis enfoncé dans mon fauteuil;∎ her head sank back on the pillow sa tête retomba sur l'oreiller;∎ he sank onto the bed il s'est affalé ou il s'est laissé tomber sur le lit;∎ to sink to the ground s'effondrer;∎ to sink to one's knees tomber à genoux;∎ she sank down on her knees elle tomba à genoux;∎ my heart or spirits sank when I saw I was too late j'ai perdu courage en voyant que j'arrivais trop tard;∎ his heart sinks every time he gets a letter from her il a un serrement de cœur chaque fois qu'il reçoit une lettre d'elle(e) (decrease, diminish → wages, rates, temperature) baisser; (more dramatically) plonger, chuter; (→ voice) se faire plus bas;∎ you have sunk in my estimation tu as baissé dans mon estime;∎ the dollar has sunk to half its former value le dollar a perdu la moitié de sa valeur;∎ profits have sunk to an all-time low les bénéfices sont au plus bas;∎ her voice had sunk to a whisper (purposefully) elle s'était mise à chuchoter; (weakly) sa voix n'était plus qu'un murmure(f) (slip, decline) sombrer, s'enfoncer;∎ to sink into apathy/depression sombrer dans l'apathie/dans la dépression;∎ he sank deeper into crime il s'enfonça dans la délinquance;∎ the house sank into decay and ruin la maison est tombée en ruines;∎ how could you sink so low? comment as-tu pu tomber si bas?;∎ to sink to new depths tomber plus bas;∎ the patient is sinking fast le malade décline rapidement;∎ he has sunk into a coma il est tombé dans le coma;∎ I sank into a deep sleep j'ai sombré dans un sommeil profond(g) (penetrate → blade, arrow) s'enfoncer;∎ I felt the dog's teeth sink into my arm j'ai senti les crocs du chien s'enfoncer dans mon bras►► American sink board égouttoir m;British sink estate cité f dépotoir;sink tidy = rangement pour ustensiles sur un évier;sink unit bloc-évier m(a) (nail, blade) s'enfoncer(b) (soak → varnish, cream) pénétrer∎ I heard what you said, but it didn't sink in at the time je vous ai entendu, mais je n'ai pas vraiment saisi sur le moment;∎ the implications of the epidemic have not yet sunk in on ne se rend pas encore vraiment compte ou on ne réalise pas encore quelles seront les conséquences de cette épidémie;∎ I paused to let my words sink in j'ai marqué une pause pour que mes paroles fassent leur effet;∎ it was beginning to sink in that things had changed je commençais/il commençait/ etc à comprendre que les choses avaient changé
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