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21 coste
m.cost (de producción). (peninsular Spanish)coste de distribución distribution costcostes de explotación operating costscostes fijos fixed costscostes indirectos indirect costscostes de mano de obra labor costscoste de sustitución replacement costcoste de la vida cost of livingcoste unitario unit costcostes variables variable costs* * *1 cost, price, expense\coste de la vida cost of livingprecio de coste cost price* * *SM Esp costa precio de coste — at cost, at cost price
coste de mantenimiento — upkeep, maintenance cost
coste, seguros y flete — cost, insurance and freight, C.I.F.
costes laborales unitarios — unitary labour o (EEUU) labor costs
* * ** * *= cost, cost price.Ex. If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.Ex. However, it was still not possible to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the service or to calculate the cost prices and to compare these with the average national cost price.----* a bajo coste = low-cost.* abaratar costes = lower + costs.* ahorro en los costes = savings in costs.* análisis de costes = cost analysis.* análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.* a precio de coste = at cost.* a precios de coste = at cost price.* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.* a un coste que = at costs which.* a un coste total = at a total cost.* a un gran coste = at (a) great expense.* bajo coste = low cost.* basado en los costes = cost-based [cost based].* calcular los costes = cost out.* con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.* coste alternativo = opportunity cost.* coste de fabricación = manufacturing cost.* coste de la inversión = investment cost.* coste de la unidad = unit cost.* coste de la vida = cost of living.* coste de oportunidad = opportunity cost.* coste de sustitución = opportunity cost.* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.* coste disparado = escalating cost.* coste marginal = marginal cost.* coste máximo = maximum cost.* coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.* costes = cost factors, cost structure, cost price structure.* costes de funcionamiento = running costs.* costes de mano de obra = labour costs.* costes de mantenimiento = maintenance costs, running costs.* costes de mantenimiento energético = energy costs.* costes de personal = staff costs.* costes de producción = production costs.* costes descontrolados = runaway costs.* costes directos = direct costs.* costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costs.* costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.* costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency.* costes en metálico = cash costs.* costes indirectos = indirect costs.* costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.* costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.* costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* estimación de costes = costing, cost estimates.* estimar los costes = cost out.* financiar los costes = underwrite + costs.* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.* modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.* precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.* preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].* preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.* recuperación de costes = cost recovery.* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.* relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.* sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.* sin ningún coste = without charge, without cost, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.* sufragar los costes = underwrite + costs.* * ** * *= cost, cost price.Ex: If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.
Ex: However, it was still not possible to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the service or to calculate the cost prices and to compare these with the average national cost price.* a bajo coste = low-cost.* abaratar costes = lower + costs.* ahorro en los costes = savings in costs.* análisis de costes = cost analysis.* análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.* a precio de coste = at cost.* a precios de coste = at cost price.* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.* a un coste que = at costs which.* a un coste total = at a total cost.* a un gran coste = at (a) great expense.* bajo coste = low cost.* basado en los costes = cost-based [cost based].* calcular los costes = cost out.* con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.* coste alternativo = opportunity cost.* coste de fabricación = manufacturing cost.* coste de la inversión = investment cost.* coste de la unidad = unit cost.* coste de la vida = cost of living.* coste de oportunidad = opportunity cost.* coste de sustitución = opportunity cost.* coste de vidas humanas = human cost.* coste disparado = escalating cost.* coste marginal = marginal cost.* coste máximo = maximum cost.* coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.* costes = cost factors, cost structure, cost price structure.* costes de funcionamiento = running costs.* costes de mano de obra = labour costs.* costes de mantenimiento = maintenance costs, running costs.* costes de mantenimiento energético = energy costs.* costes de personal = staff costs.* costes de producción = production costs.* costes descontrolados = runaway costs.* costes directos = direct costs.* costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costs.* costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.* costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency.* costes en metálico = cash costs.* costes indirectos = indirect costs.* costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.* costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.* costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* estimación de costes = costing, cost estimates.* estimar los costes = cost out.* financiar los costes = underwrite + costs.* índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.* modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.* precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.* preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].* preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.* recuperación de costes = cost recovery.* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.* relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.* sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.* sin ningún coste = without charge, without cost, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.* sufragar los costes = underwrite + costs.* * *( Esp)* * *
Del verbo costar: ( conjugate costar)
costé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
costar
coste
costar ( conjugate costar) verbo transitivo
◊ ¿cuánto me costeá arreglarlo? how much will it cost to fix it?b) ( en perjuicios):
le costó el puesto it cost him his jobc) ( en esfuerzo):
cuesta abrirlo it's hard to open;
me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard o difficult to believe
verbo intransitivo
b) ( resultar perjudicial):
c) ( resultar difícil):
no te cuesta nada intentarlo it won't do you any harm to give it a try;
la física le cuesta he finds physics difficult;
me costó dormirme I had trouble getting to sleep
coste sustantivo masculino (Esp) See Also→◊ costo
costar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (tener un precio) to cost: ¿cuánto dinero te costó?, how much did it cost you?
2 (llevar tiempo) to take
3 (ser trabajoso) me cuesta hablar alemán, I find it difficult to speak German
nos costó mucho conseguir el empleo, it was really hard to get the job
♦ Locuciones: figurado te va a costar caro, you'll pay dearly for this
cueste lo que cueste, cost what it may
coste sustantivo masculino cost
♦ Locuciones: a precio de coste, (at) cost price
' coste' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
precio
English:
cost
- cost of living
- deduction
- estimate
- index-linked
- low-cost
- manufacturing costs
- replacement cost
- run into
- spiral up
- high
* * *coste nmEsp [de producción] cost; [de un objeto] price;cuatro semanas de prueba sin coste alguno four weeks on approval free of charge;la relación coste-beneficio the cost-benefit ratio;el coste humano de la guerra the human cost of the war;Comal coste at costCom coste diferencial marginal cost; Com coste directo direct cost; Com coste de distribución distribution cost; Com coste efectivo actual cost; Com costes de explotación operating costs; Com coste de fabricación manufacturing cost; Com coste fijo fixed cost; Com coste financiero financial cost; Com coste indirecto indirect cost; Com coste de mano de obra labour cost; Com coste de mantenimiento running cost; Com coste marginal marginal cost; Econ coste de oportunidad opportunity cost; Com coste de producción cost of production; Com coste de reposición replacement cost; Com coste, seguro y flete cost, insurance and freight; Com coste unitario unit cost;coste de la vida cost of living* * *m → costo* * ** * *coste n cost -
22 costes-eficacia
(n.) = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiencyEx. Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.Ex. This study intended to determine the cost-efficiency of using the CD-ROM Bibliofile system to convert a shelf list file into a machine-readable data base in MARC format.* * *(n.) = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiencyEx: Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.
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23 diferencia cada vez menor entre ... y
(n.) = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... andEx. Trends noted include the narrowing gap in interactive searching between Europe and the USA, and the inter-regional imbalance within Europe in volume of searches.Ex. The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.Ex. The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.* * *(n.) = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... andEx: Trends noted include the narrowing gap in interactive searching between Europe and the USA, and the inter-regional imbalance within Europe in volume of searches.
Ex: The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.Ex: The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.Spanish-English dictionary > diferencia cada vez menor entre ... y
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24 efectividad
f.effectiveness.* * *1 effectiveness\con efectividad desde (ley etc) with effect from* * *exigieron que la policía actuara con una mayor efectividad — they demanded that the police act much more effectively
* * *una disposición con efectividad desde el 5 de julio — a regulation which becomes effective o takes effect from July 5th
* * *= efficiency.Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.Ex. Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.* * *una disposición con efectividad desde el 5 de julio — a regulation which becomes effective o takes effect from July 5th
* * *= efficiency.Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.Ex: Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
* * *1 (eficacia) effectiveness2(de una ley, disposición): un nombramiento con efectividad desde el 5 de julio an appointment which becomes effective o takes effect from July 5th* * *
efectividad sustantivo femenino ( eficacia) effectiveness
efectividad sustantivo femenino effectiveness: el equipo perdió efectividad en los últimos minutos, the team lacked strength in the last minutes
efectividad sustantivo femenino
1 (de una medida, un medicamento) effectiveness
2 (validez) validity
' efectividad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mutar
- mutarse
English:
effectiveness
* * *efectividad nf1. [eficacia] effectiveness2. [validez]la ordenanza municipal tendrá efectividad desde el próximo lunes the by-law will take effect as from next Monday* * *f effectiveness;tener efectividad be effective* * *efectividad nf: effectiveness -
25 eficacia de consumo de combustible
(n.) = fuel efficiencyEx. The competition served as a focal point for so many bright young minds from across the world to focus on pushing the boundaries of fuel efficiency.* * *(n.) = fuel efficiencyEx: The competition served as a focal point for so many bright young minds from across the world to focus on pushing the boundaries of fuel efficiency.
Spanish-English dictionary > eficacia de consumo de combustible
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26 eficacia económica
(n.) = economic efficiencyEx. The injection of foreign ownership into the debate over the privatisation of federal agencies has deflected attention from critical domestic concerns of economic efficiency and operational optimisation.* * *(n.) = economic efficiencyEx: The injection of foreign ownership into the debate over the privatisation of federal agencies has deflected attention from critical domestic concerns of economic efficiency and operational optimisation.
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27 energético
adj.1 energetic, energetical, high-energy, energy-producing.2 energetic, energetical, full of stamina, zestful.3 energetic, energetical, drastic.* * *► adjetivo1 energy, power* * *ADJ1) [política] energy antes de s3) (=vigoroso) energetic* * *- ca adjetivo <crisis/política/recursos> energy (before n); < alimento> energy-giving, fuel (before n) (AmE)* * *= energy, vigourous [vigorous, -USA].Ex. Not all topics are covered, but a broad group of industrial topics are represented, including, measurement, environmental and safety engineering, energy technology and communication.Ex. Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.----* ahorro energético = energy saving.* aprovechamiento energético = energy efficiency.* consumo energético = energy use, energy consumption.* conversión energética = energy conversion.* crisis energética = energy crisis.* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.* eficiencia energética = energy efficiency.* industria energética = energy industry.* industria energética, la = energy utility business, the.* muro energético = energy wall.* pared energética = energy wall.* recurso energético = energy resource.* sistema energético = energy system.* transformación energética = energy conversion.* * *- ca adjetivo <crisis/política/recursos> energy (before n); < alimento> energy-giving, fuel (before n) (AmE)* * *= energy, vigourous [vigorous, -USA].Ex: Not all topics are covered, but a broad group of industrial topics are represented, including, measurement, environmental and safety engineering, energy technology and communication.
Ex: Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.* ahorro energético = energy saving.* aprovechamiento energético = energy efficiency.* consumo energético = energy use, energy consumption.* conversión energética = energy conversion.* crisis energética = energy crisis.* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.* eficiencia energética = energy efficiency.* industria energética = energy industry.* industria energética, la = energy utility business, the.* muro energético = energy wall.* pared energética = energy wall.* recurso energético = energy resource.* sistema energético = energy system.* transformación energética = energy conversion.* * *energético -ca1 ‹crisis/política/recursos› energy ( before n)* * *
energético
‹ alimento› energy-giving, fuel ( before n) (AmE)
energético,-a adjetivo energy
bebida energética, energy-giving drink
' energético' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorro
- energética
* * *energético, -a adj1. [de energía] energy;el consumo energético energy consumption;las legumbres proporcionan un alto aporte energético pulses provide lots of energy2. [producto, alimento] energy-giving* * *adj1 crisis energy atr -
28 indicador de la eficiencia
(n.) = efficiency indicatorEx. Efficiency indicators compare resource inputs against resulting outputs.* * *(n.) = efficiency indicatorEx: Efficiency indicators compare resource inputs against resulting outputs.
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29 costo-eficacia
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30 operancia
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31 Macdonalización
= McDonaldisation [McDonaldization, -USA].Nota: Término despectivo utilizada para describir cualquier proceso de homogeinización y racionalización de cualquier institución o servicio con una marcada naturaleza humana.Ex. According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.* * *= McDonaldisation [McDonaldization, -USA].Nota: Término despectivo utilizada para describir cualquier proceso de homogeinización y racionalización de cualquier institución o servicio con una marcada naturaleza humana.Ex: According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.
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32 acuciar
v.to goad.el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire* * *1 (dar prisa) to hurry up2 (agobiar) to urge on3 (desear) to long for, yearn for* * *VT1) (=estimular) to urge on; (=dar prisa a) to hasten; (=acosar) to harass; [problema] to press, worry2) (=anhelar) to yearn for, long for* * *verbo transitivoa) problema to plague, besetb) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)* * *= beset (with/by).Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.----* acuciado por = dogged by.* acuciado por problemas = embattled.* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.* * *verbo transitivoa) problema to plague, besetb) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)* * *= beset (with/by).Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
* acuciado por = dogged by.* acuciado por problemas = embattled.* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.* * *acuciar [A1 ]vt1(apremiar, agobiar): los problemas que acuciaban a la pobre mujer the problems that plagued o beset the poor womanacuciada por el hambre, la fiera atacó driven by hunger, the beast attackedla curiosidad que lo acuciaba the curiosity that was gnawing away at him2 «persona» to pester, hassle ( colloq)* * *
acuciar vtr (apremiar, urgir) to urge on
' acuciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apremiar
English:
spur
- beset
* * *acuciar vt1. [instar] to goad;el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire;está acuciada por problemas económicos she is plagued by financial difficulties* * *v/t pester, hassle -
33 afectar
v.1 to affect.las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensionersLa conversación afecta sus ideas The conversation affects his ideas.La tensión nerviosa afecta a María Stress affects Mary.2 to upset, to affect badly.le afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard3 to damage.a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp4 to affect, to feign.afectó enfado he feigned o affected angerMaría afecta interés pero no es así Mary feigns interest but it is not so.5 to pretend to.El chico afecta saber mucho The boy pretends to know a lot.* * *1 (aparentar) to affect2 (impresionar) to move3 (dañar) to damage4 (concernir) to concern1 (impresionarse) to be affected, be moved* * *verb1) to affect2) feign* * *1. VT1) (=repercutir sobre) to affect2) (=entristecer) to sadden; (=conmover) to moveme afectaron mucho las imágenes del documental — I was very moved by the pictures in the documentary
3) frm (=fingir) to affect, feignafectar ignorancia — to affect o feign ignorance
4) (Jur) to tie up, encumber5) LAm [+ forma] to take, assume6) LAm (=destinar) to allocate2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( tener efecto en) to affectb) ( afligir) to affect (frml)2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign* * *= affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.Ex. Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.Ex. Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.Ex. The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex. Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.Ex. There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.Ex. The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.Ex. Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.Ex. Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.Ex. The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.Ex. Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.Ex. With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.Ex. An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.----* afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.* afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.* afectar al mundo = span + the globe.* afectar a todo = run through.* afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.* afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.* afectar completamente = engulf.* afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.* afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.* afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.* afectar mucho = hit + hard.* dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.* no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.* no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.* problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.* que afecta a = surrounding.* que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.* ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.* sin ser afectado = untouched.* verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( tener efecto en) to affectb) ( afligir) to affect (frml)2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign* * *= affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.Ex: Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.
Ex: Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.Ex: The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex: The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.Ex: There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.Ex: The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.Ex: Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.Ex: Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.Ex: The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.Ex: Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.Ex: With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.Ex: An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.* afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.* afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.* afectar al mundo = span + the globe.* afectar a todo = run through.* afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.* afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.* afectar completamente = engulf.* afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.* afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.* afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.* afectar mucho = hit + hard.* dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.* no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.* no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.* problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.* que afecta a = surrounding.* que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].* que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.* ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.* sin ser afectado = untouched.* verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.* * *afectar [A1 ]vtA1 (tener efecto en) to affectla nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario the new law doesn't affect the small businessmanestá afectado de una grave enfermedad pulmonar ( frml); he is suffering from a serious lung diseasela enfermedad le afectó el cerebro the illness affected her brainlas zonas afectadas por las inundaciones the areas hit o affected by the floodslo que dijiste lo afectó mucho what you said upset him terribly3 ( Der) ‹bienes› to encumberB (fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign afectar + INF to pretend to + INF* * *
afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
1
2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
afectar verbo transitivo
1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
' afectar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inmune
- tocar
- afligir
- impresionar
- repercutir
- sacudir
English:
affect
- damage
- get
- hit
- tell
- upset
- dent
- difference
- disrupt
- impair
- interfere
- touch
- whole
* * *afectar vt1. [incumbir] to affect;las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners2. [afligir] to upset, to affect badly;todo lo afecta he's very sensitive;lo afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard3. [producir perjuicios en] to damage;la sequía que afectó a la región the drought which hit the region;a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp4. [simular] to affect, to feign;afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger5. RP [destinar, asignar] to assign* * *v/t2 ( conmover) upset, affect3 ( fingir) feign* * *afectar vt1) : to affect2) : to upset3) : to feign, to pretend* * *afectar vb1. to affect -
34 afrontar un reto
(v.) = rise (up) to + challenge, address + threat, embrace + challengeEx. Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.Ex. This paper has described several endeavours which illustrate how we can address the threats from technological discontinuities.Ex. A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.* * *(v.) = rise (up) to + challenge, address + threat, embrace + challengeEx: Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.
Ex: This paper has described several endeavours which illustrate how we can address the threats from technological discontinuities.Ex: A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly. -
35 agencia federal
f.federal agency.* * *(n.) = federal agencyEx. The injection of foreign ownership into the debate over the privatisation of federal agencies has deflected attention from critical domestic concerns of economic efficiency and operational optimisation.* * *(n.) = federal agencyEx: The injection of foreign ownership into the debate over the privatisation of federal agencies has deflected attention from critical domestic concerns of economic efficiency and operational optimisation.
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36 agilidad
f.1 agility.agilidad mental mental agility2 nimbleness, agility, coordination, deftness.* * *1 agility* * *SF1) (=ligereza) agility, nimbleness; (=flexibilidad) flexibility, adaptabilitycon agilidad — nimbly, quickly
2) (Aut) manoeuvrability, maneuverability (EEUU), handling* * ** * *= agility, athleticism.Ex. The efficiency of a library is measured, not by the number of books on its shelves, nor by the excellence of its cataloguing system, nor by its agility in keeping abreast of current publications, but entirely by the number of persons who make beneficial use of it.Ex. A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.----* con agilidad = nimbly.* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.* * ** * *= agility, athleticism.Ex: The efficiency of a library is measured, not by the number of books on its shelves, nor by the excellence of its cataloguing system, nor by its agility in keeping abreast of current publications, but entirely by the number of persons who make beneficial use of it.
Ex: A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.* con agilidad = nimbly.* hacer perder la agilidad física = stale.* hacer perder la agilidad mental = stale.* * *(de una persona) agility; (de estilo) livelinessnecesita más agilidad en la presentación the presentation needs to be livelier o more dynamic* * *
agilidad sustantivo femenino ( de persona) agility;
( de estilo) liveliness
agilidad sustantivo femenino agility
' agilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
soltura
- ligereza
- viveza
English:
diligence
- agility
* * *agilidad nfagility;moverse con agilidad to move with agility, to be agileagilidad mental mental agility* * *f agility* * *agilidad nf: agility, nimbleness* * *agilidad n agility -
37 al mismo tiempo
at the same time* * *= at once, at the same time, concurrently, in the process, simultaneously, contemporaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, concomitantly, at the one time, all the whileEx. Because not all files need to be reorganized at once, but only those which are very full, the time required for this procedure is reduced to a minimum.Ex. Author entry gives direct access to particular documents whilst at the same time collocating documents with the same author.Ex. An indexer who is familiar with a given indexing language may be capable of accomplishing the three stages concurrently.Ex. This may help in subject organisation, but one of the main advantages of an alphabetical sequence, its self-evident order, is sacrificed in the process.Ex. No one catalogue can satisfy all the requirements of all users simultaneously.Ex. Vernon Tate did a publicity job similar to Peter Record's for the improvement of American thesis bibliography more or less contemporaneously with him.Ex. He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).Ex. The afternoon sessions will run in parallel.Ex. Concomitantly, the cost effectiveness and efficiency of computer processing has led to a proliferation of on-line data bases.Ex. For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.Ex. The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.* * *= at once, at the same time, concurrently, in the process, simultaneously, contemporaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, concomitantly, at the one time, all the whileEx: Because not all files need to be reorganized at once, but only those which are very full, the time required for this procedure is reduced to a minimum.
Ex: Author entry gives direct access to particular documents whilst at the same time collocating documents with the same author.Ex: An indexer who is familiar with a given indexing language may be capable of accomplishing the three stages concurrently.Ex: This may help in subject organisation, but one of the main advantages of an alphabetical sequence, its self-evident order, is sacrificed in the process.Ex: No one catalogue can satisfy all the requirements of all users simultaneously.Ex: Vernon Tate did a publicity job similar to Peter Record's for the improvement of American thesis bibliography more or less contemporaneously with him.Ex: He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).Ex: The afternoon sessions will run in parallel.Ex: Concomitantly, the cost effectiveness and efficiency of computer processing has led to a proliferation of on-line data bases.Ex: For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.Ex: The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while. -
38 ampliar las fronteras de
(v.) = push + the frontiers of, push + the boundaries ofEx. A dynamic tension exists between the need for coordinated research and the continuation of individual efforts to push the frontiers of polar science.Ex. The competition served as a focal point for so many bright young minds from across the world to focus on pushing the boundaries of fuel efficiency.* * *(v.) = push + the frontiers of, push + the boundaries ofEx: A dynamic tension exists between the need for coordinated research and the continuation of individual efforts to push the frontiers of polar science.
Ex: The competition served as a focal point for so many bright young minds from across the world to focus on pushing the boundaries of fuel efficiency. -
39 analizador sintáctico
m.syntax analyzer, parser.* * *(n.) = parser, syntactical analyserEx. The efficiency of this parser was increased when control structures were systematically incorporated into the analytical process and semantic information was added as soon as possible.Ex. This article describes a lexical, morphological and syntactical analyser for nouns and adjectives.* * *(n.) = parser, syntactical analyserEx: The efficiency of this parser was increased when control structures were systematically incorporated into the analytical process and semantic information was added as soon as possible.
Ex: This article describes a lexical, morphological and syntactical analyser for nouns and adjectives. -
40 análisis de sistemas
(n.) = system(s) analysisEx. The term ' systems analysis' is commonly used to cover all aspects which are involved in ensuring that a computerized system works effectively and with the maximum possible efficiency.* * *(n.) = system(s) analysisEx: The term ' systems analysis' is commonly used to cover all aspects which are involved in ensuring that a computerized system works effectively and with the maximum possible efficiency.
* * *INFOR systems analysis
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