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1 слабая надежда
1) General subject: faint hope, fat chance (на что-л.), feeble hope, slender hope, slight hope, wan hope, an off chance, slim chance2) Advertising: insecure hope, remote prospect3) Mass media: fragile hope, frail hope, scant hope, slim hope, slim prospect -
2 usikker
dicey, diffident, dodgy, doubtful, faltering, hazy, insecure, precarious, rocky, shaky, tentative, uncertain* * *adj( tvivlsom) doubtful ( fx the result is doubtful), uncertain ( fx our plans are still uncertain);( ikke pålidelig) uncertain, unreliable ( fx memory);(som let kan mistes etc) insecure ( fx hope, position),( stærkere) precarious ( fx hold, income, position);( ikke stabil) unsteady ( fx foothold),F insecure,T (også fig) shaky ( fx chair; his English is rather shaky);( farlig, som let kan bryde sammen etc) not safe ( fx the bridge is not safe), unsafe ( fx position),( risikabel) risky ( fx undertaking);( om person: tvivlrådig) doubtful, uncertain ( fx I was uncertain what to do),( usikker på sig selv) insecure ( fx I felt insecure; he is a very insecure person), ill at ease ( fx he made me feel ill at ease);( tilbageholdende) diffident;( også om stemme) faltering;( som mangler kundskaber, T) shaky ( fx he's a bit shaky at English);[ et usikkert blik] an uncertain (, unsteady, a hesitant) look,(neds: flakkende) a shifty look;[ de usikre forhold i Europa] the unsettled state of Europe;[ røverne gjorde vejene usikre] the roads were infested with highwaymen;[ isen er usikker] the ice is not safe;( på skilt) danger! thin ice;[ usikker på benene] unsteady on one's feet. -
3 Schwanken
v/i1. (hat geschwankt) sway; Boden, Gelände: auch shake, tremble; Boot: rock (from side to side); (taumeln) sway (from side to side), totter; bes. Betrunkener: auch stagger, reel; unter einer Last schwanken stagger under a load2. (ist) stagger, totter; er schwankte über die Straße / aus dem Lokal he tottered ( oder staggered) across the street / out of the pub (Am. bar)3. (hat) fig. (unentschlossen sein) vacillate, waver, dither; (sich ändern) vary; abwechselnd: alternate; WIRTS., Kurse, Preise: fluctuate; Temperatur, TECH., Messwerte etc.: fluctuate, vary; ich schwanke noch fig. I’m still undecided ( oder dithering), I haven’t made up my mind yet; ich schwanke noch zwischen Malta und Zypern I still can’t decide whether to go to Malta or Cyprus; zwischen Hoffen und Bangen schwanken waver between hope and anxiety; die Meinungen schwanken opinions vary; er schwankte einen Augenblick, bevor er... after a moment of indecision he...; siehe auch wanken* * *to stagger; to sway; to hover; to rock; to roll; to fluctuate; to range; to waver; to vacillate; to falter; to oscillate; to wobble; to reel; to seesaw; to swing* * *schwạn|ken ['ʃvaŋkn]vi1) (= wanken, sich wiegen) to sway; (Schiff) (auf und ab) to pitch; (seitwärts) to roll; (= beben) to shake, to rock2) aux sein (= gehen) to stagger, to totter3) (Preise, Temperatur, Stimmung etc) to fluctuate, to vary; (Gebrauch, Schätzungen, Angaben) to vary; (PHYS, MATH) to fluctuate; (Kompassnadel etc) to swing, to oscillate4) (= hin und her gerissen werden) to vacillate; (= wechseln) to alternate5) (= zögern) to hesitate; (= sich nicht schlüssig sein) to waver, to vacillateschwanken, ob — to hesitate as to whether, to be undecided (as to) whether
6)ins Schwanken kommen or geraten (Baum, Gebäude etc) — to start to sway; (Erde) to start to shake or rock; (Preise, Kurs, Temperatur etc) to start to fluctuate or vary; (Autorität, Überzeugung etc) to begin to waver; (Institution) to begin to totter
* * *1) ((with between) to be undecided: She hovered between leaving and staying.) hover2) (to vary between certain limits: Weather conditions here range between bad and dreadful / from bad to dreadful.) range3) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) stagger* * *schwan·ken[ˈʃvaŋkn̩]vi1. Hilfsverb: haben (schwingen) to swayins S\schwanken geraten to begin to sway [or swaying2. Hilfsverb: sein (wanken) to stagger [or reel]▪ irgendwohin \schwanken to stagger [or reel] somewhereder Betrunkene schwankte über die Straße the drunk tottered over the road3. Hilfsverb: haben (nicht stabil sein) to fluctuate [or vary]seine Stimme schwankte his voice wavered4. Hilfsverb: haben (unentschlossen sein)▪ [noch] \schwanken to be [still] undecidedich schwanke noch, ob wir erst morgen oder doch schon heute fahren sollen I'm still unsure [or still hesitating] whether we should leave today or tomorrow▪ zwischen zwei Dingen \schwanken to be torn between two things▪ das S\schwanken indecision, indecisivenessjdn \schwanken[d] machen to weaken sb's resolveein \schwankender Charakter a hesitant character* * *intransitives Verb (mit Richtungsangabe mit sein)1) sway; < boat> rock; (heftiger) roll; <ground, floor> shakeer schwankt noch, ob — he is still undecided [as to] whether
* * *1. swaying etc;ins Schwanken geraten Boot: start to rock; Boden: start to sway ( oder shake, tremble); Person: start to sway ( oder totter), lose one’s balance2. fig variation; fluctuation etc;ins Schwanken geraten Regierung etc: become insecure, begin to totter; Hoffnung etc: be shaken, begin to waver;bei dieser Frage geriet sie ins Schwanken that question made her begin to waver ( wurde sie nervös: got her slightly flustered)* * *intransitives Verb (mit Richtungsangabe mit sein)1) sway; < boat> rock; (heftiger) roll; <ground, floor> shakeer schwankt noch, ob — he is still undecided [as to] whether
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4 wąt|ły
adj. grad. 1. książk. (mizerny, słabowity) [dziecko] puny, frail; [ręce] frail, fragile; [barki] delicate, slim- być wątłej budowy to be slightly built- była wątłego zdrowia she was in fragile a. frail health- mieć wątły organizm to have a frail a. weak constitution- ta praca przekracza jej wątłe siły this job is too much for her frail a. weak strength2. (łatwo ulegający zniszczeniu) [konstrukcja] fragile; [kładka] slim, insecure; [roślinka] weak, puny; [gałązka] delicate 3. (niewielki) [głosik] frail, feeble; [płomyk] small, sickly; [światło] faint, feeble; [ślad] faint 4. przen. (słaby) [intryga, fabuła] tenuous, flimsy- wątła nić nadziei a fragile a. tenuous thread of hopeThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wąt|ły
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