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1. [dri:m] n 2. [dri:m] v (dreamed [-{dri:m}d], dreamt)

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drɪ:m
1. сущ.
1) сон, сновидение (about, of) to interpret dreams ≈ толковать сны a bad dream ≈ дурной сон a recurring dream ≈ повторяющийся сон Syn: vision
2) а) мечта;
греза (of) to achieve one's dreams ≈ осуществить мечты a childhood dream ≈ детская мечта a visionary dream ≈ призрачная мечта a dream comes true ≈ грезы сбываются Syn: reverie, vision, hope, goal б) видение, наваждение ∙ dreams go by opposites ≈ наяву все наоборот beyond one's wildest dreams ≈ за пределами мечтаний
2. гл.;
прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - dreamt
1) видеть сны, сниться, видеть во сне( about, of) I dreamed about my old home last night. ≈ Вчера мне снился мой старый дом.
2) погружаться в мир фантазий, мечтать, грезить( about, of) He was dreaming of a better future. ≈ Он мечтал о лучшем будущем. Syn: hope
3) находиться в спокойном состоянии, быть в сонном состоянии Houses dream in leafy shadows. ≈ Дома как будто дремлют в тени деревьев. ∙ dream away dream up сон, сновидение - good * хороший сон - waking * сон наяву - * fantasies галлюцинации - sweet *s! приятных снов! (пожелание перед сном) - to have /to see smth. in/ a * видеть сон - to go to one's *s (возвышенно) ложиться спать - to awake from a * проснуться мечта - empty *s пустые /праздные/ мечты - the land of *s царство /страна/ грез - the *s youth юношеские грезы - a * of a car (разговорное) мечта, а не машина;
машина, о которой можно только мечтать - to cherish a * лелеять мечту - to realize all one's (fondest) *s осуществить все свои( заветные) мечты - to be /to live, to go about/ in a * жить в мире грез - he has *s of being an actor он мечтает стать актером - he was the husband of her *s в мечтах она видела его своим мужем видение - sweet * дивное видение блаженство;
красота - * of delight райское блаженство > it worked like a * успех был полный;
все удалось как нельзя лучше видеть сон - you must have *t it тебе, должно быть, это приснилось - to * of /about/ home видеть во сне дом - I *ed that I was at home мне приснилось, что я дома мечтать, грезить (о чем-л.) - to * of happiness, to * that one will be happy мечтать о счастье - you must be *ing тебе (все это) кажется (of) преим. в отриц. предложениях: думать, помышлять - I shouldn't * of such a thing мне бы никогда в голову не пришло такое;
у меня в мыслях не было ничего подобного - no one would have *t of suspecting him никому бы и в голову не пришло заподозрить его - he never *ed that such a destiny was to be his он никогда не думал, что его ждет такая судьба - little did I * that I should meet you мог ли я ждать, что встречу вас плыть, висеть (над чем-л.) dream видение;
dreams go by opposites наяву все наоборот ~ (dreamt, dreamed) видеть сны, видеть во сне ~ думать, помышлять (в отрицательных предложениях) ;
I shouldn't dream of doing such a thing я бы и не подумал сделать( что-л.) подобное;
dream away: to dream away one's life проводить жизнь в мечтах ~ мечта;
греза;
the land of dreams царство грез ~ мечтать, грезить, воображать (of) ~ сон, сновидение;
to go to one's dreams ложиться спать, заснуть;
to see a dream видеть сон ~ думать, помышлять (в отрицательных предложениях) ;
I shouldn't dream of doing such a thing я бы и не подумал сделать (что-л.) подобное;
dream away: to dream away one's life проводить жизнь в мечтах ~ up разг. выдумывать, фантазировать;
придумывать dream видение;
dreams go by opposites наяву все наоборот ~ сон, сновидение;
to go to one's dreams ложиться спать, заснуть;
to see a dream видеть сон ~ думать, помышлять (в отрицательных предложениях) ;
I shouldn't dream of doing such a thing я бы и не подумал сделать (что-л.) подобное;
dream away: to dream away one's life проводить жизнь в мечтах ~ мечта;
греза;
the land of dreams царство грез pipe ~ несбыточная мечта;
план, построенный на песке ~ сон, сновидение;
to go to one's dreams ложиться спать, заснуть;
to see a dream видеть сон ~ думать, помышлять (в отрицательных предложениях) ;
I shouldn't dream of doing such a thing я бы и не подумал сделать (что-л.) подобное;
dream away: to dream away one's life проводить жизнь в мечтах

1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.

Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.

Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.

Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.

Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.

Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.

Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.

Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.

Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.

Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.

Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.

Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.

Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.

Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.

* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.

* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.

* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.

* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.

* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.

* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.

* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].

* reducir costes = reduce + costs.

* reducir de plantilla = downsize.

* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.

* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.

* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.

* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.

* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.

* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.

* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.

* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.

* reducir el valor = reduce + value.

* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.

* reducir gradualmente = scale down.

* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.

* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.

* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.

* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.

* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.

* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.

* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.

* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.

* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.

* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.

* reducir progresivamente = phase out.

* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.

* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.

* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

 

reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1

‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;

reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth

2


quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes

3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:

reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift

' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on); [atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower

- пустое место
- разом пусто, разом густо

['kɔrpo] ['kɔrpo]

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