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41 no conducir a nada
(v.) = be exercises in + futilityEx. The library's goals statements are exercises in futility, a waste of precious time.* * *(v.) = be exercises in + futilityEx: The library's goals statements are exercises in futility, a waste of precious time.
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42 tarea inútil
(n.) = exercise in futilityEx. They're exercises in futility, a waste of precious time.* * *(n.) = exercise in futilityEx: They're exercises in futility, a waste of precious time.
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43 περιεργία
περιεργίᾱ, περιεργίαfutility: fem nom /voc /acc dualπεριεργίᾱ, περιεργίαfutility: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)——————περιεργίαι, περιεργίαfutility: fem nom /voc plπεριεργίᾱͅ, περιεργίαfutility: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic) -
44 futilité
futilité [fytilite]feminine nouna. [d'entreprise, tentative] futility ; [d'occupation, propos] trivialityb. ( = propos, action) futilités trivialities* * *fytilite
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nom féminin ( insignifiance) superficiality
2.
futilités nom féminin pluriel ( paroles) banalities; ( objets) trifles; ( actions) meaningless activities; ( détails) trivial details* * *fytilite nf1) [effort, action] futility, (= chose futile) futile pursuit2) [guerre] futility* * *A nf ( insignifiance) superficiality.B futilités nfpl ( paroles) banalities; ( objets) trifles; ( actions) trivial activities; ( détails) trivial details; s'attacher à des futilités to attach importance to trivial details.[fytilite] nom féminin[caractère futile] triviality -
45 inanité
inanité [inanite]feminine noun[de conversation] inanity ; [de querelle, efforts] pointlessness* * *inanite1) ( vanité) inanity2) ( inutilité) futility, pointlessness* * *inanite nf* * *inanité nf1 ( manque d'intérêt) inanity;2 ( inutilité) futility, pointlessness.[inanite] nom féminin -
46 безсмислие
absurdity, fatuousness, fatuity, futility* * *безсмѝслие,ср., само ед.; безсмѝсленост ж., само ед. absurdity, fatuousness, fatuity; futility, futileness; meaninglessness.* * *futility* * *безсмисленост absurdity, fatuousness, fatuity; futility -
47 Eitelkeit
f2. geh. altm. vanity, futility* * *die Eitelkeitfutility; vanity* * *Ei|tel|keitf -, -en(von Mensch) vanity; (liter von Hoffnung, Wahn, Versuch) vainness* * *(excessive admiration of oneself; conceit: Vanity is her chief fault.) vanity* * *Ei·tel·keit<-, -en>[ˈaitl̩kait]f (pej) vanity* * *die; Eitelkeit, Eitelkeiten vanity* * *1. pej vanity, conceit;verletzte Eitelkeit wounded vanity2. geh obs vanity, futility* * *die; Eitelkeit, Eitelkeiten vanity* * *f.conceit n.conceitedness n.vanity n. -
48 vanidad
f.1 vanity (orgullo).2 futility.3 vain action, fatuous action.* * *1 vanity, conceit* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=presunción) vanity2) (=irrealidad) unreality; (=inutilidad) uselessness, futility; (=superficialidad) shallowness3) (Rel) vanityvanidad de vanidades — (Biblia) vanity of vanities
* * ** * *= vanity, self-importance.Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.----* con vanidad = vainly.* * ** * *= vanity, self-importance.Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.
Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.* con vanidad = vainly.* * *1 (presunción) vanity, conceit, pride; (en cuanto al aspecto físico) vanityla vanidad le impide reconocer sus errores vanity o conceit prevents her from admitting her mistakes, she's too proud to admit her mistakesno usa gafas por pura vanidad she refuses to wear glasses out of sheer vanityhalagar la vanidad de algn to flatter sb's vanity2 ( Relig) vanityvanidad de vanidades, todo es vanidad ( Bib) vanity of vanities, all is vanity* * *
vanidad sustantivo femenino
vanity
vanidad sustantivo femenino vanity
' vanidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gilipollez
- humo
- presunción
- tramontana
- vanamente
English:
conceit
- self-conceit
- vanity
- pride
* * *vanidad nf1. [orgullo] vanity;se niega a admitir sus pequeños defectos por vanidad he refuses out of vanity to admit his little defects2. [inutilidad] futility3. [del mundo] vanity;vanidad de vanidades vanity of vanities* * *f vanity* * *vanidad nf: vanity* * * -
49 vanité
vanité [vanite]feminine noun( = fatuité) vanity• avoir la vanité de croire que... to be conceited enough to think that...• tirer vanité de to pride o.s. on* * *vanite1) ( orgueil) vanity2) ( peu de valeur) ( de richesses) vanity; ( d'efforts) futility; ( de promesse) hollowness; ( d'entreprise) uselessness3) Art vanitas* * *vanite nf* * *vanité nf1 ( orgueil) vanity; sans vanité with all due modesty; tirer vanité de qch to pride oneself on sth; blesser qn dans sa vanité to wound sb's pride; flatter qn dans sa vanité to flatter sb's ego; avoir la vanité de croire que to be presumptuous enough to believe that;2 ( peu de valeur) ( de richesses) emptiness; ( d'efforts) futility; ( de promesse) hollowness; ( d'entreprise) uselessness;3 Art vanitas.vanité des vanités, tout est vanité vanity of vanities, all is vanity.[vanite] nom féminintirer vanité de quelque chose to pride oneself on something, to take pride in somethingsans vanité, je crois pouvoir faire mieux with all due modesty ou without wishing to boast, I think I can do better -
50 безплодие
fruitlessness, barrenness; sterilityпрен. futility* * *безпло̀дие,ср., само ед.; безпло̀дност ж., само ед. fruitlessness, barrenness; sterility; прен. futility, futileness.* * *aridness; barreness; costiveness* * *1. fruitlessness, barrenness;sterility 2. прен. futility -
51 futilità
f futility* * *futilità s.f. frivolity, frivolousness; futility, pointlessness: la futilità di un argomento, the futility of an argument.* * *[futili'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (irrilevanza) triviality, superficiality2) (azioni, dettagli) froth U* * *futilità/futili'ta/f.inv.1 (irrilevanza) triviality, superficiality2 (azioni, dettagli) froth U. -
52 пустота
1) emptiness; void, futility, frivolousness перен.
2) физ. vacuum* * ** * *emptiness; void, futility, frivolousnes* * *absconsiocavityemptinessfutilityhollowlacunavacancyvacuity -
53 П-292
ПОКУШЕНИЕ (ПОПЫТКА) С НЕГОДНЫМИ СРЕДСТВАМИ rather lit NP sing only fixed WOan attempt to do sth. without sufficient resources, means etc (with the implication that it is doomed to fail)exercise in futilityfruitless exercise futile (hopeless) attempt.Когда Костя начал звонить Алле каждый день и посылать ей цветы, все думали, что это покушение с негодными средствами. Но не прошло и трёх месяцев, как она вышла за него замуж. When Kostya started calling Alia every day and sending her flowers, everyone thought it was an exercise in futility. But before three months were up, she had married him. -
54 П-323
В ПОЛЬЗУ БЕДНЫХ coll, iron PrepP Invar adv, nonagreeing modif (of разговор, занятие etc), or subj-compl with copula ( subj: abstr, often всё) fixed WO(to do sth.) uselessly, producing no positive, constructive resultsuseless (talk, work etc) sth. is useless: (do sth.) in vain (do sth. ( sth. is)) to no avail ( sth. is) an exercise in futility futile ( NP) (of talk only) (nothing but) palaver a lot of hot air.Городской совет с утра до вечера обсуждает, как улучшить жизнь горожан, но всё это разговоры в пользу бедных: у городских властей нет денег. The municipal council discusses from morning till night how to improve citizens' lives, but all their talking is an exercise in futility: the city government is penniless. -
55 покушение с негодными средствами
• ПОКУШЕНИЕ < ПОПЫТКА> С НЕГОДНЫМИ СРЕДСТВАМИ rather lit[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ an attempt to do sth. without sufficient resources, means etc (with the implication that it is doomed to fail):- futile (hopeless) attempt.♦ Когда Костя начал звонить Алле каждый день и посылать ей цветы, все думали, что это покушение с негодными средствами. Но не прошло и трёх месяцев, как она вышла за него замуж. When Kostya started calling Alla every day and sending her flowers, everyone thought it was an exercise in futility. But before three months were up, she had married him.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покушение с негодными средствами
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56 попытка с негодными средствами
• ПОКУШЕНИЕ < ПОПЫТКА> С НЕГОДНЫМИ СРЕДСТВАМИ rather lit[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ an attempt to do sth. without sufficient resources, means etc (with the implication that it is doomed to fail):- futile (hopeless) attempt.♦ Когда Костя начал звонить Алле каждый день и посылать ей цветы, все думали, что это покушение с негодными средствами. Но не прошло и трёх месяцев, как она вышла за него замуж. When Kostya started calling Alla every day and sending her flowers, everyone thought it was an exercise in futility. But before three months were up, she had married him.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > попытка с негодными средствами
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57 в пользу бедных
• В ПОЛЬЗУ БЕДНЫХ coll, iron[PrepP; Invar; adv, nonagreeing modif (of разговор, занятие etc), or subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё); fixed WO]=====⇒ (to do sth.) uselessly, producing no positive, constructive results; useless (talk, work etc; sth. is useless:- (do sth.) in vain;- (do sth. < sth. is>) to no avail;- (sth. is) an exercise in futility;- futile ([NP]);- [of talk only] (nothing but) palaver;- a lot of hot air.♦ Городской совет с утра до вечера обсуждает, как улучшить жизнь горожан, но всё это разговоры в пользу бедных: у городских властей нет денег. The municipal council discusses from morning till night how to improve citizens' lives, but all their talking is an exercise in futility: the city government is penniless.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в пользу бедных
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58 Aussichtslosigkeit
f; nur Sg. hopelessness, futility* * *Aus|sichts|lo|sig|keitf -, no plhopelessness; (= Zwecklosigkeit) pointlessness* * *Aus·sichts·lo·sig·keit<->f kein pl hopelessness, desperation* * *die; Aussichts: hopelessness* * ** * *die; Aussichts: hopelessness -
59 Erfolglosigkeit
f; nur Sg. jemandes: lack of success, run of failures; einer Sache: failure; eines Plans: auch miscarriage; (Wirkungslosigkeit) ineffectiveness, lack of effect* * *die Erfolglosigkeitunsuccessfulness; negativeness* * *Er|fọlg|lo|sig|keitf -, no pllack of success* * *Er·folg·lo·sig·keit<->1. (mangelnder Erfolg) lack of success2. (Vergeblichkeit) futilitysie sah die \Erfolglosigkeit ihrer Bestrebungen she saw the futility of her efforts[etw ist] zur \Erfolglosigkeit verdammt [sth is] condemned to failure* * *die; Erfolg: lack of success* * *Erfolglosigkeit f; nur sg jemandes: lack of success, run of failures; einer Sache: failure; eines Plans: auch miscarriage; (Wirkungslosigkeit) ineffectiveness, lack of effect* * *die; Erfolg: lack of success* * *f.failure n.lack of success n. -
60 Fruchtlosigkeit
f; nur Sg. fruitlessness, futility* * *die Fruchtlosigkeitfruitlessness; abortiveness; sterileness* * *Frụcht|lo|sig|keitf -, no pl (fig)fruitlessness* * *Frucht·lo·sig·keitf kein pl fruitlessness* * ** * *f.fruitlessness n.sterility n.
См. также в других словарях:
Futility — may refer to:*Resistance is futile, a term in science fiction *Futile medical care, a medical belief *Futile, an EP album by Porcupine Tree * Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan , an 1898 novel *The Advance Directives Act, a Texan health care law … Wikipedia
Futility — Fu til i*ty, n. [L. futilitas: cf. F. futilit[ e].] 1. The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futility — index impossibility Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
futility — 1620s, from Fr. futilité or directly from L. futilitatem (nom. futilitas) worthlessness, from futilis (see FUTILE (Cf. futile)). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827) … Etymology dictionary
futility — [n] uselessness emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprofitableness, worthlessness; concept 560 … New thesaurus
futility — [fyo͞o til′ə tē] n. pl. futilities 1. the quality of being futile 2. a futile act, thing, etc … English World dictionary
futility — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ utter ▪ ultimate VERB + FUTILITY ▪ know, realize, recognize, see ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Futility — Se ha sugerido que este artículo o sección sea fusionado con Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan (discusión). Una vez que hayas realizado la fusión de artículos, pide la fusión de historiales aquí. Todo comienza con la novela llamada Futility… … Wikipedia Español
futility — n. an exercise in futility * * * [fjuː tɪlɪtɪ] an exercise in futility … Combinatory dictionary
futility — fu|til|i|ty [ fju tıləti ] noun uncount a lack of purpose, importance, or effectiveness: His efforts were accompanied by a sense of futility and doubt. an exercise in futility a useless action that cannot succeed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
futility — [[t]fjuːtɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n/ ing Futility is a total lack of purpose or usefulness. ...the injustice and futility of terrorism … English dictionary