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1 разрушать надежду
1) Mass media: ruin hope, shatter hope2) Makarov: dash hope, derail hope, destroy hope, extinguish the prospect, frustrate hope -
2 надежда надежд·а
hope, prospectвозлагать (большие) надежды — to pin one's hopes (on); to have great expectations (of); to centre one's hopes (on / in)
вселить надежду — to infuse hope (into), to inspire (smb.) with hope
выразить надежду — to express / to voice one's hope
не оправдать надежд — to fall short of / not to come up to expectations
обманывать надежды — to falsify / to frustrate / to disappoint smb.'s hopes
обольщать надеждами — to dangle hopes before / in front of (smb.)
оправдать надежды — to justify one's hopes, to answer / to come up to / to live up to / to meet expectations
оставить (всякую) надежду — to abandon / to relinquish (all) hope
питать надежды — to cherish / to entertain hopes, to harbour illusions
подавать большие надежды — to be very promising, to show great promise
разрушить (все) надежды — to blast / to blight (all) hopes
надежды рухнули — hopes foundered / have been crushed
крушение надежд — frustration of aspirations; collapse / defeat / ruin / wreck of hopes
надежда на успех — hope / prospect of success
с надеждой взирать на будущее — to be / to feel hopeful for the future
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3 vano
1. adj minacce, promesse empty( inutile) vain2. m ( spazio vuoto) hollow( stanza) roommotoring vano portaoggetti glove compartment* * *vano agg.1 ( inutile) vain, useless, fruitless: vane discussioni, fruitless (o useless) discussions; vani sforzi, tentativi, vain (o useless) efforts, attempts2 ( inconsistente) vain, idle, empty: vane speranze, vain hopes; promesse vane, empty (o idle) promises4 (rar.) ( vuoto) empty◆ s.m.1 ( parte vuota) space, opening, room: il vano della finestra, porta, the window, door opening; metterò l'armadio in questo vano, I shall put the wardrobe in this space* * *['vano] vano (-a)1. agg2) (vanitoso) vain, conceited2. sm(spazio vuoto) space* * *['vano] 1.rendere vano — to defeat, to frustrate, to thwart [sforzo, tentativo]
2) (illusorio) [promesse, speranze] vain, empty, idle2.nella -a speranza che — in the fond o forlorn hope that
sostantivo maschilevano motore — aut. engine compartment
vano portaoggetti — aut. glove box o compartment
2) (locale) room* * *vano/'vano/1 (inutile) [sforzo, tentativo] vain, useless, fruitless, pointless; [ rimpianto] futile; rendere vano to defeat, to frustrate, to thwart [sforzo, tentativo]2 (illusorio) [promesse, speranze] vain, empty, idle; nella -a speranza che in the fond o forlorn hope that1 edil. (spazio) space, opening; aut. (alloggiamento) compartment; vano di una porta doorway; vano motore aut. engine compartment; vano portaoggetti aut. glove box o compartment2 (locale) room; un appartamento con tre -i a three-room apartment. -
4 frūstror
frūstror ātus, ārī, dep. [frustra], to deceive, dis appoint, trick, elude, frustrate: differendo spen impetum, L.: me ipsum: custodes, L.: Iugurthan spes frustrata, S.: sat adhuc tua nos frustratast fides, T.: numquam frustrata vocatūs Hasta meos, failed to obey, V.: inceptus clamor frustratur hiantīs, i. e. dies on their lips, V.: Cocceius vide ne frustretur.— Pass: adeo frustrata spes est, ut, etc., L.— To miss the mark, throw in vain: pauci in pluribus minus frustrati, S.— To make vain, make useless: parentum gaudia lacrimulis, Ct.: rami lento vimine frustrabantur ictūs, Cu.* * *frustrari, frustratus sum V DEPdisappoint, frustrate, deceive (w/false hope); escape/elude; baffle/evade; fail; reject; delay; rob/defraud/cheat; pretend; refute (argument); corrupt/falsify -
5 entmutigen
v/t discourage, dishearten; lass dich nicht entmutigen! don’t be put off, don’t let them get you down, don’t lose heart* * *to daunt; to unman; to dishearten; to discourage; to chill; to dampen; to dispirit; to deject* * *ent|mu|ti|gen [ɛnt'muːtɪgn] ptp entmutigtvtto discourage, to disheartensich nicht entmútigen lassen — not to be discouraged or disheartened
* * *1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) discourage2) (to take courage or hope away from: The failure of her first attempt disheartened her.) dishearten* * *ent·mu·ti·gen *[ɛntˈmu:tɪgn̩]vt▪ jdn \entmutigen to discourage sb* * *transitives Verb discourage; dishearten* * *entmutigen v/t discourage, dishearten;* * *transitives Verb discourage; dishearten* * *v.to dampen v.to daunt v.to deject v.to discourage v.to dishearten v.to dispirit v.to frustrate v.to unman v. -
6 надежда
сущ.возлагать надежды — (на) to place hopes (on)
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7 kata
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] cut[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Related Words] kataa, kato, mkata, mkataji, mkate, mkato, mkatizo, ukata[Swahili Example] papo kwa papo kamba hukata jiwe (methali)[English Example] constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone (proverb)------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] chop[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Swahili Example] kata kuni[English Example] chop firewood------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] fell[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Swahili Example] kata kuni[English Example] fell a tree------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] ward[English Plural] ward[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Definition] a district containing several villages or a section of a city for the purpose of administration and elections[Swahili Example] Katibu Kata wa Kata ya Ndzangano [Mun][English Example] Ward Secretary of Ndzangano Ward------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] territorial section[English Plural] territorial sections[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] dipper[English Plural] dippers[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] ladle[English Plural] ladles[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] Tegemea alileta maji ndani ya kata [Kez][English Example] Tegemea brought water in a ladle------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] scoop[English Plural] scoops[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kata[Swahili Plural] kata[English Word] grass pad serving as a rest for loads carried on the head[English Plural] pads[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] cut up[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] divide up[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] reduce[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Swahili Example] kata mshahara[English Example] reduce wages------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] abbreviate[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Swahili Example] kata hukumu (maneno)[English Example] abbreviate words------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata njaa[English Word] reduce hunger[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata kiu[English Word] quench thirst[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] kiu------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] subtract[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic[Terminology] mathematics------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] buy[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] purchase[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata[English Word] order[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata shauri[English Word] decide[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] shauri------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata shauri[English Word] conclude[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] shauri------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata hukumu[English Word] make a decision[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] hukumu------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata maneno[English Word] make a decision[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] maneno------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata tamaa[English Word] lose hope[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] tamaa------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata shauri[English Word] frustrate a plan[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] shauri------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata njia[English Word] block a road[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] njia------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata njia[English Word] take a shortcut[Part of Speech] verb[Related Words] njia------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] -kata mkono[English Word] turn[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Example] akarukia baiskeli na kuikata mkono wa kushoto [Ya][English Example] he flew on his bicycle and turned left------------------------------------------------------------ -
8 अन्यथा _anyathā
अन्यथा ind. [अन्य-प्रकारार्थे था]1 Otherwise, in another way or manner, in a different manner; यदभावि न तद्भावि भावि चेन्न तदन्यथा H. प्रस्ताविका 24; with अतः, इतः or ततः otherwise than, in a manner different from; अतो$न्यथा प्रवृत्तिस्तु राक्षसो विधिरुच्यते Ms.5.31; एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतो$न्यथा Bg.13.11. अन्यथा-अन्यथा in one way, in another (different) way; यो$न्यथा सन्तमा- त्मानमन्यथा भाषते Ms.4.255; सत्त्वभङ्गभयाद्राज्ञां कथयन्त्य- न्यथा पुरः । अन्यथा विवृतार्थेषु स्वैरालापेषु मन्त्रिणः Mu.4.8. अन्यथा कृ (a) to do otherwise, change or alter; न हि दैवं शक्यमन्यथा कर्तुमभियुक्तेनापि K.62; न स्वभावो$त्र मर्त्यानां शक्यते कर्तुमन्यथा Pt.1.258; Ś.6.14; (b) to act other- wise, violate, transgress, go against; त्वया कदाचिदपि मम वचनं नान्यथा कृतम् Pt.4; (c) to destroy, undo, frustrate, baffle, defeat (hope, plan &c.), कर्तुमकर्तुमन्यथाकर्तुं समर्थ ईश्वरः; ममेच्छां मान्यथा कृथाः Ks.22.51; लाभं कुर्याच्च यो$न्यथा Y.2.195; (d) to make false, falsify; ख्यातो लोकप्रवादो$यं भरतेनान्यथा कृतः Rām.; अमात्यः प्राड्विवाको वा यत्कुर्युः कार्यमन्यथा Ms.9.234 to do wrongly; ˚ग्रह्, -मन्, -संभावय्, -समर्थय्, -विकल्पय् &c. to take or think to be otherwise, to misunder- stand, understand wrongly; अलमन्यथा गृहीत्वा न खलु मन- स्विनि मया प्रयुक्तमिदम् M.1.2; अलमस्मानन्यथा संभाव्य Ś.1; किं मामन्यथा संभावयसि K.147; Ś.3.19; जनो$न्यथा भर्तृमतीं विशङ्कते Ś.5.17 suspects to be otherwise (than chaste), ˚भू or या to be otherwise, be changed or altered, be falsified; न मे वचनमन्यथा भवितुमर्हति Ś.4; शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा Rām.; तयोर्महात्मनोर्वाक्यं नान्यथा याति सांप्रतम् Rām.-2 Otherwise, or else, in the contrary case; व्यक्तं नास्ति कथमन्यथा वासन्त्यपि तां न पश्येत् U.3; स्तेनो$न्यथा भवेत् Ms.8.144; Y.1.86,2.288; on the other hand, on the contrary.-3 Falsely, untruly; किमन्यथा भट्टिनी मया विज्ञापितपूर्वा V.2; किमन्यथा भट्टिन्यै विज्ञापितम् M.4; न खल्वन्यथा ब्राह्मणस्य वचनम् V.3; यो न्यायमन्यथा ब्रूते स याति नरकं नरः Pt.3.17; H.3.15; Ms.8.9.-4 Wrongly, erroneously, badly, as in अन्यथासिद्ध q. v. below; see under (1) also.-5 From another motive, cause, or ground; दुर्वाससः शापादियं त्वया प्रत्यादिष्टा नान्यथा Ś.7. [cf. L. aliuta.].-Comp. -अनुपपत्तिः f. see अर्थापत्ति.-कारः changing, altering. (-रम्) adv. in a different manner, differently P.III.4.27.-ख्यातिः f.1 erroneous conception of the Spirit.-2 Name of a philosophical work.-3 wrong conception in general (in phil.). In Sāṅkhya philosophy it means the assertion that something is not really what it appears to be according to sensual perception; title of a philosophical work.-भावः alteration, change, being otherwise, difference; एकस्या व्यक्तेः सर्वावयवावच्छेदेनान्यथाभावः कार्त्स्न्यम् P.V.4.53; Sk. change of view or mind; मयि ˚भावो न कर्तव्यः Ch. Up.-वादिन् a. speaking differently or falsely; speaking falsely or inconsistently; (in law) a prevaricator, prevaricating witness.-वृत्ति a.1 changed, altered.-2 affected, perturbed; disturbed by strong emotions; मेघालोके भवति सुखिनोप्यन्यथावृत्ति चेतः Me.3.-सिद्ध a. proved or demonstrated wrongly; (in Nyāya) said of a cause (कारण) which is not the true one, but only refers to accidental and remote circumstances (as the ass employed to fetch clay &c. in the case of a घट or jar) which do not invariably contribute to the result, see कारण; this अन्यथा˚ is said to be of 3 kinds in Tarka. K., but 5 are mentioned in Bhāṣā P.19-22.-द्धम्, -सिद्धिः f. wrong demonstration; one in which arguments, not being true causes are advanced; an unessential cause, an accidental or concomitant circumstance. Bhāṣā P.16.-स्तोत्रम् satire, irony; सत्यासत्यान्यथास्तोत्रैर्न्यूनाङ्गेन्द्रियरोगिणाम् (क्षेपं करोति) cf. यत्र विकृताकृतिरेव दर्शनीयस्त्वमसीत्युच्यते तदन्यथास्तोत्रम् । Mitākṣarā. Y.2.24. -
9 frustro
frustrare, frustravi, frustratus V TRANSdisappoint, frustrate, deceive (w/false hope); escape/elude; baffle/evade; fail; reject; delay; rob/defraud/cheat; pretend; refute (argument); corrupt/falsify -
10 σφάλλω
Aσφᾰλῶ Th.7.67
: [tense] aor. 1 ἔσφηλα, [dialect] Ep.σφῆλα Od.17.464
, [dialect] Dor.ἔσφᾱλα Pi.P.8.15
: but the intrans. , Si.13.22, Am.5.2, opt. σφάλαι ib.Jb. 18.7, are prob. forms of a Hellenistic [tense] aor. 1 Εσφᾰλα (presupposing Εσφᾰλον as ἦλθα presupposes ἦλθον, etc.): [tense] pf.ἔσφαλκα Plb.8.9.2
:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.σφᾰλήσομαι S.Tr. 719
, 1113, Th.3.14, etc.; freq. in med. form σφᾰλοῦμαι, S.Fr. 588, X.Smp.2.26: [tense] aor. ἐσφάλην [ᾰ] Alc.Supp. 27.13 (prob.), Hdt.4.140, Th.8.24, etc.; ἐσφάλθην only in Gal.5.62: [tense] pf. , Pl.Cra. 436c: [tense] plpf.ἔσφαλτο Th.7.47
:— make to fall, overthrow, properly by tripping up, trip up in wrestling, ;οὐδ' ἄρα μιν σφῆλεν βέλος Od.17.464
;Ἕκτορα Pi.O.2.81
;ἀλλάλους σφάλλοντι παλαίμασι Theoc.24.112
; [ πώλους] E.Hipp. 1232;γόνυ τινός Id.Heracl. 128
;τινὰ γνύξ A.R.3.1310
;τινὰ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν D.S.14.23
; τὸ μὴ ὑπερπίνειν ἧττον ἂν καὶ σώματα καὶ γνώμας ς. X.Cyr.8.8.10, cf. 1.3.10 ([voice] Pass.); σ. ναῦς throw them on their beam-ends, Plu.Them.14, cf. Polyaen.3.11.13; [ ἵπποι] ἔσφηλαν (gnomic [tense] aor.) τὸν ἀναβάτην throw him, X.Eq.3.9:—[voice] Pass., to be tripped up,Φρυνίχου παλαίσμασιν Ar. Ra. 689
(troch.); of a drunken man, σφαλλόμενος προσέρχεται reeling, staggering, Id.V. 1324, cf. Heraclit. 117;σ. ὑπὸ οἴνου X.Lac.5.7
, cf. AP11.26 (Marc. Arg.);σ. ἵππος Plu.Phil.18
; σ. [ ἱππεύς] is thrown, X. Eq.7.7.II generally, cause to fall, overthrow,βία καὶ μεγάλαυχον ἔσφαλεν Pi.P.8.15
;ἀνθρώπων κακῶν ὁμιλίαι σ. τινά Hdt.7.16
.ά; σμικροὶ λόγοι ἔσφηλαν ἤδη καὶ κατώρθωσαν βροτούς S.El. 416
;σφάλλω.. ὅσοι φρονοῦσιν εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα E.Hipp.6
; [ὀργὴ] πλεῖστα.. σ. βροτούς Id.Fr.31
; ἡ καταφρόνησις, ἡ ἀπειρία σ. τινά, Th.1.122, 2.87: abs.,ἀτρεκεῖς ἐπιτηδεύσεις φασὶ σφάλλειν πλέον ἢ τέρπειν E.Hipp. 262
(anap.): also of things,ἁμαρτίαι σ. τὴν σωτηρίαν S.Fr. 192
;δειναὶ τύχαι σ. δόμους E.Med. 198
(anap.);σ. τὰς πόλεις Th.3.37
, etc.;σ. δίκαν E.Andr. 780
(lyr.); σφάλλων, name of a throw of the dice, Eub.57.5 (s. v.l.):—[voice] Pass., to be overthrown, fall, esp. of persons falling from high fortunes,σφαλεὶς γὰρ οὐδεὶς εὖ βεβουλεῦσθαι δοκεῖ Chaerem. 26
, cf. S.Tr. 297, 719, E.Fr.262.2, etc.; ἢν σφαλῇ [ ἡ Ἑλλάς] Hdt.7.168; ἢν ἄρα τι σφαλλώμεθα, opp. κατορθοῦν, Th.1.140, cf. Ar. Ra. 736 (troch.), Pl. 351;σφαλλομένους ἐπανορθῶν X.Mem.2.4.6
;ταῖς τύχαις σφάλλεσθαι Th.2.87
, cf. 43; ὑπὸ νόσων, ἐρώτων, μέθης ἐσφαλμένος, Pl.R. 396d; ὑπὸ χρόνων τι ς. suffer from length of time, Id.Lg. 769c: c. dat. modi,σφάλλεσθαι ἀξιόχρεῳ δυνάμει Th.6.10
;τοῖς ἀγῶσι Id.7.61
;τοῖς ὅλοις Plb.1.43.8
: with a Prep.,ἐν τῇ μάχῃ X. HG7.2.2
, cf. Hdt.7.50;τι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Pl.Grg. 461d
; ;περί τινος Plu.2.164c
: with neut. Adj.,σφάλλεσθαι ἓν μέγα Pl.Lg. 648e
; ἐν τοῖς δικασταῖς, κοὐκ ἐμοί, τόδ' ἐσφάλη this mishap took place by means of.., S.Aj. 1136; οὔ τι μὴ σφαλῶ γ' ἐν σοί I shall not fail in thy business, Id.Tr. 621.III baffle, balk, frustrate, of an oracle, Hdt.7.142;θεὰ ἤδη μ'.. ἔσφηλεν S.Aj. 452
, cf. E.Alc.34 (anap.), Andr. 223; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ τὴν πόλιν ς. Aeschin.3.125:— [voice] Pass., err, go wrong, be mistaken,κατὰ γνώμην Hdt.7.52
: abs., S.El. 1481, E.IA 1541, etc.; μῶν ἐσφάλμεθ'; am I mistaken? Id.Andr. 896;ἡ ψυχὴ πολλὰ σφάλλεται Isoc.1.32
;γνώμῃ σφαλέντες Th.4.18
; διανοίᾳ ς. Pl.Sph. 229c; so σ. τὴν γνώμην, τὸν λογισμόν, Clearch.23, Plu. Sull.15: c. inf., οὐκ ἂν σφαλείη.. ἑλέσθαι be led astray into choosing, Id.2.711b.2 [voice] Pass. also, c. gen. rei, to be balked of or foiled in a thing, ἦ καὶ πατήρ τι σφάλλεται βουλευμάτων; A.Eu. 717; γάμων, δόξης, τύχης, E.Or. 1078, Med. 1010, Ph. 758;τῆς δόξης Th.4.85
;τοῦ αὐχήματος Id.7.66
, cf. 5.110;οὐκ ἔσφαλται τῆς ἀληθείας Pl.Cra. 436c
;τῶν πραγμάτων ᾗ ἔχει Id.Hp.Mi. 372b
; ἀνδρός lose him, S.Tr. 1113;τοῦ παντός Plu.Brut.20
:— σφάλλειν τινὰ ἀπ' ἐλπίδος cast him down from his hope, Luc.Dem.Enc.29.
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Diana Ross — For other people named Diana Ross, see Diana Ross (disambiguation). Diana Ross Diana Ross performing at the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo Back … Wikipedia
World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… … Universalium
