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1 delaying
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2 delaying de·lay·ing adj
[dɪ'leɪɪŋ]delaying tactics — tattiche fpl per prendere tempo
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3 deferment
[dɪ'fɜːmənt]deferral [dɪ'fɜːrəl] nome differimento m., rinvio m.* * *1) (delaying; postponement.) rinvio2) (officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service: draft deferment for college students.)* * *deferment /dɪˈfɜ:mənt/n. [u]1 differimento; rinvio2 (mil.) rinvio del servizio militare.* * *[dɪ'fɜːmənt]deferral [dɪ'fɜːrəl] nome differimento m., rinvio m. -
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5 ♦ delay
♦ delay /dɪˈleɪ/n.1 [uc] ritardo; indugio: DIALOGO → - On the Tube- There are delays on the Circle and District lines, ci sono ritardi sulla Circle line e sulla District line; DIALOGO → - Checking in- There's a twenty minute delay, c'è un ritardo di venti minuti; We apologize for the delay to your flight, ci scusiamo per il ritardo del Suo volo; a delay of three hours, un ritardo di tre ore; The delay in calling the ambulance probably cost her her life, l'indugio nel chiamare l'ambulanza le è probabilmente costato la vita; without delay, senza indugio; Any further delay would be unforgiveable, ulteriori ritardi sarebbero imperdonabili3 (comput.) ritardo4 (elettron., mus.) delay; riverbero5 [u] (leg.) mora.♦ (to) delay /dɪˈleɪ/A v. t.1 ritardare; rimandare: We had to delay our departure, abbiamo dovuto ritardare la partenza; to delay a payment, rinviare un pagamento; They decided to delay the opening until next year, hanno deciso di rimandare l'apertura all'anno prossimo; Many women are delaying having children until their thirties, molte donne rimandano il momento di avere figli a dopo i trent'anni2 ritardare; causare un ritardo a: The train was delayed by the snow, il treno è stato ritardato dalla neve; The flight was delayed for half an hour, il volo aveva un ritardo di mezzora; I was delayed at the office, sono stato trattenuto in ufficioB v. i.1 indugiare; tardare: Don't delay, the offer closes soon, non tardate: l'offerta finirà prestoNOTA D'USO: - to delay to do o to delay doing?- -
6 reprieve
I [rɪ'priːv]1) dir. sospensione f. della pena2) (delay) rinvio m.3) (respite) tregua f.II [rɪ'priːv]1) dir. sospendere la pena a [ prisoner]2)the school was reprieved — (for limited period) alla scuola è stata concessa una proroga
* * *[rə'pri:v] 1. verb(to pardon (a criminal) or delay his punishment: The murderer was sentenced to death, but later was reprieved.) (rinviare o sospendere l'esecuzione di una sentenza)2. noun(the act of pardoning a criminal or delaying his punishment; the order to do this.) (rinvio o sospensione dell'esecuzione di una sentenza)* * *reprieve /rɪˈpri:v/n. [uc]2 (fig.) dilazione; tregua.(to) reprieve /rɪˈpri:v/v. t.2 (fig.) dare tregua, dare sollievo a (q.).* * *I [rɪ'priːv]1) dir. sospensione f. della pena2) (delay) rinvio m.3) (respite) tregua f.II [rɪ'priːv]1) dir. sospendere la pena a [ prisoner]2)the school was reprieved — (for limited period) alla scuola è stata concessa una proroga
См. также в других словарях:
delaying — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Delaying — Delay De*lay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d[ e]lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See {Delay}, n., and cf. {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
delaying — adj. Delaying is used with these nouns: ↑tactic … Collocations dictionary
delaying tactic — delaying tactics N COUNT: usu pl Delaying tactics are things that someone does in order to deliberately delay the start or progress of something. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again … English dictionary
delaying action — n. maneuvers to cover a retreat, gain time, etc … English World dictionary
delaying tactics — UK [dɪˈleɪɪŋ ˌtæktɪks] US [dɪˌleɪɪŋ ˈtæktɪks] noun [plural] things that are deliberately said or done to make a process slower Thesaurus: tricks, pretences and dishonest planssynonym … Useful english dictionary
delaying action — n. to fight a delaying action * * * [dɪ leɪɪŋ ækʃən] to fight a delaying action … Combinatory dictionary
delaying action — See delaying operation … Military dictionary
delaying action — /dəˈleɪɪŋ ækʃən/ (say duh laying akshuhn) noun any action taken whose purpose is to gain time, especially a military action delaying the advance of a superior enemy force by withdrawing while inflicting the maximum damage possible without… …
delaying operation — sulaikymo operacija statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Operacija, kurioje besiginančios pajėgos atiduoda teritoriją, kad sulėtintų priešo puolimą ir padarytų priešui daug nuostolių neįsitraukdamos į kautynes. atitikmenys: angl. delaying… … NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
delaying — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, backward, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, easygoing, foot dragging, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy, lingering, loitering, lollygagging, procrastinating, procrastinative,… … Moby Thesaurus