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1 a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
посл.≈ малые знания вредны [выражение a little learning is a dangerous thing создано А. Попом в ‘Essay on Criticizm’:A little learning is a dang'rous thing;Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring;And drinking largely sobers us again]‘I'm afraid I've much less knowledge than you have,’ he answered, affecting humility. ‘Well, don't forget that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.’ (Kenk) — - Боюсь, что вы куда более образованны, чем я, - ответил он из ложной скромности. - В таком случае не забывайте, что недостаток образованности - вещь опасная.
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2 menor
adj.1 smaller.2 younger, junior.3 minor, lesser.f. & m.minor (law) (child).m.1 minor, young man, youngster.2 minor, young girl.* * *► adjetivo3 (inferior) minor4 MÚSICA minor1 DERECHO minor\al por menor retailser menor de edad to be under agemenor de edad minortribunal de menores juvenile court* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) minor2) smaller, smallest3) lesser, least4) younger, youngest•* * *1. ADJ1) [comparativo]a) [de tamaño] smallerlos libros están ordenados de menor a mayor — the books are arranged by size, from small to large
b) [de cantidad] fewer, less•
menor que algo — less than sthc) [de importancia, tiempo]existe un menor control en las aduanas — customs controls are not as strict o tight as they were
d) [de edad] younger•
menor que algn — younger than sb•
ser menor de edad — to be under age; (Jur) to be a minordos jóvenes menores de edad se han escapado de su casa — two under-age youngsters have run away from home
e) (Mús) minorf) (Rel) [orden] minor2) [superlativo]a) [de tamaño] smallestb) [de cantidad] lowest, smallestel partido de menor asistencia de la liga — the match with the lowest o smallest attendance in the league
realizó la vuelta en el menor número de golpes — he finished the round in the lowest number of shots
c) [de importancia, tiempo] leastidea 4)no le doy la menor importancia — I don't attach the slightest o least importance to it
d) [de edad] youngesteste es Miguel, mi hijo menor — this is Miguel, my youngest son
2.SMF (=niño) child, minor frmlos menores deben ir acompañados — children who are under age o minors frm must be accompanied
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apto/ no apto para menores — suitable/not suitable for (young) childrenapto para menores acompañados — (Cine) ≈ certificate PG
menor de edad — (Jur) minor
tribunal 1)los menores de edad — those who are under age, minors
3. SM1) (Com)2) Esp•
contar algo al por menor — to recount sth in detail* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *el menor= least, theEx: Of these three connectors, 'and' focusses your search with the least precision since it retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.
menor11 = infant, juvenile, juvenile, minor.Ex: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.
Ex: The construction of the hypothesis, however, should be limited to such considerations as whether the subject heading list is designed to serve the adult or the juvenile user.Ex: The library provides services to 2,903 adults and juveniles who have been sentenced or remanded to the care of the Department.Ex: This new Act requires US libraries to block obscenity, child pornography and all material deemed harmful to minors on all computers used by minors.* abandono de menores = child neglect.* abuso de menores = child abuse.* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.* centro de menores = young offender institution.* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.* departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.* escuela de niños menores = infant school.* explotación de menores = child labour.* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.* manutención del menor = child maintenance.* manutención de menores = child support.* menor de edad = underage.* menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the.* no apto para menores = X-rated.* pensión de menores = child support.* protección de menores = child protection, child welfare.* sexo de menores = underage sex.* trabajo de menores = child labour.* tribunal de menores = juvenile court, minors' court.menor22 = minor, reduced, slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], low-key [low key], lesser, lower-key, diminished, low-keyed.Ex: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.Ex: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.Ex: After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.Ex: This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.* con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].* delito menor = petty offense, petty crime, minor offence.* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* de venta al por menor = retail.* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.* en menor cantidad = less copiously.* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.* en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes.* la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.* menor de + Número = fewer than + Número.* menor, el = least, the.* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.* paños menores = undies.* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.* ser menor = be less.* símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<), less-than sign (<).* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.* sin la menor idea = clueless.* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* vender al por menor = retail.* venta al por menor = retailing, retail trade.* ventas al por menor = retail sales.* * *Aun período de menor interés histórico que el anterior a period of less historical interest than the previous onenuestro poder adquisitivo es cada vez menor our purchasing power decreases every dayen menor medida to a lesser extent o degreeen mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent o degreealimentos de menor contenido calórico food which is lower in caloriesmenor QUE algo:un ingreso tres veces menor que el mío an income three times lower than mineun porcentaje de indecisos menor que el del último sondeo a lower o smaller percentage of don't knows than in the last pollesto sucede con menor frecuencia que antes this happens less often o less frequently than beforehaciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possibleeligió el de menor tamaño she chose the smallest one¿cuál es la menor de las islas Baleares? which is the smallest of the Balearic islands?1(comparativo): ¿tienes hermanas menores? do you have any younger sisters?menor QUE algn younger THAN sbes un año menor que yo she's a year younger than me2(superlativo): ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?mi hijo menor my youngest sonel menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boysC (secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minorsufrió lesiones de menor importancia she received minor injuriesD ( Mús) minorE ( Com):(al) por menor retail[ S ] venta (al) por menor retail saleslos distribuidores (al) por menor retail shops o outlets( Der) minor[ S ] película no apta para menores movie not suitable for under-18s, certificate 18Compuesto:masculine and feminine minorser menor de edad to be a minor, be underage* * *
menor adjetivo
1a) ( comparativo de
en menor medida/grado to a lesser extent o degree;
menor que algo lower than sth;
un ingreso menor que el mío an income lower than mineb) ( superlativo de◊ pequeño): el país con el menor número de parados the country with the lowest unemployment figures;
haciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possible;
el de menor tamaño the smallest one
2 ( en edad)
menor que algn younger than sbb) ( superlativo):◊ ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?;
el menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boys
3 ( secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minor;
4 (Mús) minor
5 (Com):
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
película no apta para menores film not suitable for under-18s
menor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) smaller: una habitación menor que la mía, a room smaller than mine
(superlativo) smallest
el tamaño menor, the smallest size
2 (comparativo de grado) less: su alegría es menor que la mía, his happiness is less than mine
(superlativo) least, slightest: no tiene la menor idea, he hasn't the slightest idea
3 (comparativo de edad) younger: es menor de sesenta años, she is under sixty
es menor que mi prima, he's younger than my cousin
(superlativo) youngest
la menor de nosotras, the youngest of us
4 Mús minor
5 Com al por menor, retail
II mf Jur minor
' menor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusar
- Asia
- caza
- edad
- efecto
- menos
- mínima
- mínimo
- osa
- re
- relevancia
- sol
- sombra
- trascendencia
- vender
- venta
- cazar
- compás
- de
- duda
- enfadado
- enfadar
- enojado
- enojar
- intención
- movimiento
- noción
English:
age
- Asia Minor
- barge in
- clue
- deaf
- doubt
- extent
- fact
- foggy
- guardian
- junior
- juvenile
- least
- lesser
- may
- minor
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanour
- retail
- retail sale
- retailing
- show
- under
- young
- magistrate
- marginal
- offender
- out
- rough
- slight
* * *♦ adj1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] smaller ( que than); [en edad] younger ( que than); [en importancia] less, lesser ( que than); [en número] lower ( que than);mi hermana menor my younger sister;es ocho años menor que yo he's eight years younger than me;reciben menor formación que nosotros they receive less training than us;en menor grado to a lesser extent;un menor número de víctimas a lower o smaller number of victims;una menor tasa de inflación a lower rate of inflation;apartamentos menores de 100 metros cuadrados Br flats o US apartments of less than o under 100 square metres;ayudas para empresarios menores de veinticinco años grants for businessmen (of) under twenty-five;sólo la menor parte de los encuestados estaba en contra only a minority of those interviewed were opposed;Matmenor que less than2. [superlativo][en edad] the youngest…; [en importancia] the slightest…; [en número] the lowest…;el/la menor… [en tamaño] the smallest…;la menor de las islas the smallest island, the smallest of the islands;la menor de todos nosotros/de la clase the youngest of all of us/in the class;la menor de las dos hermanas the younger of the two sisters;el menor ruido le molesta the slightest noise disturbs him;no creo que tenga el menor interés I don't think it's at all o the slightest bit interesting;no te preocupes, no tiene la menor importancia don't worry, it doesn't matter at all o in the least;no tengo la menor idea I haven't the slightest idea3. [intrascendente, secundario] minor;un problema menor a minor problemser menor de edad [para votar, conducir] to be under age;Der to be a minor5. Mús minor;en do menor in C minorvender algo al por menor to retail sth;puntos de venta al por menor retail outlets♦ nmf1. [superlativo]el/la menor [hijo, hermano] the youngestes una película no apta para menores this film has been classified as unsuitable for children;no apta para menores [en letrero] = unsuitable for childrenmenor de edad minor* * *I adjser menor de edad be a minor2 sup:el número menor the lowest number;no tengo la menor idea I don’t have the slightest ideami menor E minor4 COM:al por menor retailII m/f minor* * *menor adj3) : minor4)al por menor : retail5)ser menor de edad : to be a minor, to be underagemenor nmf: minor, juvenile* * *menor1 adj1. (comparativo menos grande) smaller2. (ningún) slightest3. (comparativo más joven) younger4. (superlativo más joven) youngestmenor2 n1. (más joven) youngest2. (menor de edad) minor -
3 defuse
[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) desarmere2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) afdramatisere; afvæbne* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) desarmere2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) afdramatisere; afvæbne -
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di:'fju:z1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) desactivar2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) distender, calmartr[dɪ'fjʊːz]1 (bomb) desactivar2 (situation) distender, reducir la tensión de; (anger, crisis) calmar'diː'fjuːztransitive verb \<\<bomb\>\> desactivar; \<\<situation\>\> distender*; \<\<crisis\>\> calmar[diː'fjuːz]VT [+ bomb] desactivar; (fig) [+ tension] calmar, apaciguar; [+ situation] reducir la tensión de* * *['diː'fjuːz]transitive verb \<\<bomb\>\> desactivar; \<\<situation\>\> distender*; \<\<crisis\>\> calmar -
5 entschärfen
I v/t2. fig. (Lage etc.) defuse, ease, take (some of) the tension out of; (Kritik etc.) tone down, soften, make more conciliatory; (Buch etc.) tone ( oder water) down; (Obszönes etc. herausnehmen) remove offensive material from, bowdlerizeII v/refl Lage etc.: ease, lose its tension* * *to defuse* * *ent|schạ̈r|fen [Ent'ʃɛrfn] ptp entschä\#rftvt2) (fig) Kurve to straighten out; Krise, Lage to defuse; Argument to neutralize; Buch, Film to tone down* * *1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) defuse2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) defuse* * *ent·schär·fen *vt▪ etw \entschärfen1. (den Zünder entfernen) to defuse sth* * *transitives Verb1) defuse, deactivate <bomb etc.>* * *A. v/t2. fig (Lage etc) defuse, ease, take (some of) the tension out of; (Kritik etc) tone down, soften, make more conciliatory; (Buch etc) tone ( oder water) down; (Obszönes etc herausnehmen) remove offensive material from, bowdlerize* * *transitives Verb1) defuse, deactivate <bomb etc.>* * *(Bombe) v.to deactivate v. v.to disarm v. -
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transitive verb(lit. or fig.) entschärfen* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) entschärfen2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) entschärfen* * *de·fuse[di:ˈfju:z]vt▪ to \defuse sth etw entschärfen a. figto \defuse criticism Kritik entkräften* * *["diː'fjuːz] entschärfen* * ** * *transitive verb(lit. or fig.) entschärfen -
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di:'fju:z1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) uskadeliggjøre, desarmere2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) uskadeliggjøre, avdramatisereuskadeliggjøreverb \/ˌdiːˈfjuːz\/1) desarmere, uskadeliggjøre2) ( overført) ta brodden av3) avdramatisere4) løse opp -
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[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) gera sprengju óvirka2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) koma í veg fyrir, hindra -
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hatástalanít* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) hatástalanít2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) felold -
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[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) desactivar2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) aliviar* * *de.fuse[di:fj'u:z] vt neutralizar, acalmar (diz-se de situações tensas ou perigosas). to defuse a bomb desativar uma bomba. -
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v. etkisiz hale getirmek, yatıştırmak; tansiyonu düşürmek* * *1. etkisiz hale getir 2. tapasını çıkar* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) etkisiz hale getirmek2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) yatıştırmak -
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[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) odstraniti vžigalnik2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) odstraniti nevarnost -
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• purkaa• pommi• tehdä vaarattomaksi* * *di:'fju:z1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) purkaa2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) laukaista -
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15 defuse
[diː'fjuːz]vt* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) rozbrajać2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) rozładowywać -
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[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) noņemt [] detonatoru2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) mazināt spriedzi/saspīlējumu* * *noņemt detonatoru; noņemt bumbas detonatoru; radīt atvieglojumu -
17 defuse
[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) išimti detonatorių2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) sušvelninti -
18 defuse
v. desarmera (bomb), oskadliggöra (bomb)* * *[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) desarmera2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) oskadliggöra -
19 defuse
[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) zneškodnit2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) uklidnit, zmírnit* * *• tlumit• zmírnit• zneškodnit• ztlumit• oslabit -
20 defuse
[di:'fju:z]1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) a dezamorsa2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) a dezamorsa
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