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1 ♦ background
♦ background /ˈbækgraʊnd/n.1 sfondo; fondo; fondale (di scena, paesaggio): The trees in the background were bare, gli alberi sullo sfondo erano spogli; against a background of hills, contro uno sfondo di colline; background music, musica di fondo; sfondo musicale2 fondo, sfondo ( di quadro, scritta, ecc.): black letters on a red background, lettere nere su fondo rosso3 secondo piano; sfondo; posizione defilata: to remain in the background, restare sullo sfondo (o in secondo piano); restare nell'ombra4 ( di evento, opera, ecc.) sfondo; quadro; collocazione: a work's historical background, la collocazione storica di un'opera5 ambiente ( di provenienza); origine familiare; provenienza; retroterra; background: people from different backgrounds, persone provenienti da ambienti diversi; persone di provenienza sociale diversa; Her South-American background proved an asset, il suo background sudamericano si è dimostrato un vantaggio6 formazione; preparazione; insieme di esperienze; bagaglio culturale: He has the right background for this job, ha la preparazione che ci vuole per questo lavoro; to have a teaching background, avere esperienza di insegnamento8 insieme di informazioni ( su una data situazione); dati (pl.); inquadramento (di un problema, un argomento); preparazione: background reading, letture di inquadramento; letture preparatorie9 (cinem., radio) sottofondo; fondo; effetti (pl.) (o rumori, pl.) di fondo: background noise, rumore di fondo11 (comput.) – in the background, in background; background printing, stampa in background; background sound, suono di sottofondo ( file audio associato a una pagina Web); background task, processo in backgroundbackgroundern. (polit. USA) -
2 ♦ consistent
♦ consistent /kənˈsɪstənt/a.1 costante; continuo; regolare; coerente ( nel tempo); sistematico; ripetuto: consistent growth, crescita costante; a consistent economic policy, una politica economica coerente; a consistent feature, una caratteristica che si ripresenta regolarmente; his consistent kindness to us, la sua continua gentilezza verso di noi2 coerente; logico: a consistent pattern, un disegno logico; internally consistent, coerente; che non presenta contraddizioni interne3 – consistent with, che concorda con; in accordo con; conforme a; compatibile con: These data are consistent with our observations, questi dati concordano con le nostre osservazioni; Her injuries were consistent with an assault, le sue lesioni facevano pensare a un'aggressione; Haste is not consistent with serious work, la fretta non è compatibile con un lavoro serioconsistently avv. FALSI AMICI: consistent non significa consistente. -
3 presage
I ['presɪdʒ]nome form. presagio m.II ['presɪdʒ]verbo transitivo form. presagire [ disaster]* * *presage /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/n.presagio; segno premonitore; presentimento.(to) presage /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/v. t.1 presagire; predire; presentire; vaticinare2 essere presagio di; far presagire: The latest data presage economic disaster, gli ultimi dati fanno presagire un disastro dell'economia.* * *I ['presɪdʒ]nome form. presagio m.II ['presɪdʒ]verbo transitivo form. presagire [ disaster] -
4 ■ set back
■ set backv. t. + avv.3 impedire, ostacolare; rallentare; ritardare ( un progetto, ecc.); far ritardare (q.): to set back economic growth, impedire lo sviluppo economico; to set back output, rallentare la produzione; The harvest was set back by bad weather, il raccolto è stato ritardato dal cattivo tempo5 mettere indietro ( un orologio): (fig.) to set the clock back to cold war times, riportare indietro l'orologio della storia ai tempi della guerra fredda7 (fam.) costare ( una somma rilevante) a (q.): The new car has set me back a fair bit, la macchina nuova mi è costata un bel po' (di soldi) □ (fam.) to set sb. back on his heels, lasciare q. di stucco.
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