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Micawber /mɪˈkɔ:bə(r)/n.(fig.) inguaribile e improvvido ottimista (dal personaggio del romanzo «David Copperfield» di C. Dickens).(Surnames) Micawber /mɪˈkɔ:bə(r)/ -
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Micawber [mɪ'kɔ:bə(r)]∎ Mr Micawber = personnage du roman de Charles Dickens 'David Copperfield', qui fait preuve d'un optimisme à toute épreuve malgré des difficultés financières -
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Неисправимый оптимист. По имени персонажа романа Ч. Диккенса «Дэвид Копперфилд» (1849) Wilkins Micawber (Вилкинс Микобер), который живёт очень бедно вместе со своей семьёй, но всегда надеется на лучшее.She is completely disorganised, her financial affairs are always in a mess and she relies on 'something turning up' to help her pay the bills. She's a regular Micawber. — Она абсолютно неорганизованна, с её финансами полная неразбериха, и она надеется на случай, который поможет ей оплатить счета. Она типичный Микобер.
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > Micawber
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[mıʹkɔ:bə] n1) лит. Микобер (персонаж романа «Дэвид Копперфилд»)2) неунывающий оптимист -
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1) Общая лексика: неунывающий оптимист2) Литература: Микобер (персонаж романа "Дэвид Копперфилд") -
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subst. \/mɪˈkɔːbə\/1) forklaring: person i Dickens' bok «David Copperfield» som er ivrig og samtidig uforutseende og kronisk uheldig2) ( overført) evig optimist -
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[mikɔ:bə]proper nameoseba iz Dickensa -
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(n) микобер; неунывающий оптимист -
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1. n лит. Микобер2. n неунывающий оптимист -
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a syntactical stylistic device in which the direct word order is changed either completely so that the predicate precedes the subject (complete inversion), or partially so that the object precedes the subject-predicate pair (partial inversion) (V.A.K.)Of all my old association, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul alone comes natural to me. (Ch.Dickens)
Women are not made for attack. Wait they must. (J.Conrad)
To a medical student the final examinations are something like death... (R.Gordon) - Для студента-медика выпускные экзамены - смерти подобны...
••aims at attaching logical stress or additional emotional colouring to the surface meaning of the utterance (I.R.G.)Talent Mr. Micawber has; capital Mr.Micawber has not. (Ch.Dickens)
Down dropped the breeze... (Coleridge)
••нарушение обычного порядка следования членов предложения, в результате которого какой-нибудь элемент отказывается выделенным и получает специальные коннотации эмоциональности и экспрессивности (I.V.A.)English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > inversion
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a syntactical stylistic device in which the direct word order is changed either completely so that the predicate precedes the subject (complete inversion), or partially so that the object precedes the subject-predicate pair (partial inversion) (V.A.K.)Of all my old association, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul alone comes natural to me. (Ch.Dickens)
Women are not made for attack. Wait they must. (J.Conrad)
To a medical student the final examinations are something like death... (R.Gordon) - Для студента-медика выпускные экзамены - смерти подобны...
••aims at attaching logical stress or additional emotional colouring to the surface meaning of the utterance (I.R.G.)Talent Mr. Micawber has; capital Mr.Micawber has not. (Ch.Dickens)
Down dropped the breeze... (Coleridge)
••нарушение обычного порядка следования членов предложения, в результате которого какой-нибудь элемент отказывается выделенным и получает специальные коннотации эмоциональности и экспрессивности (I.V.A.)English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > stylistic\ inversion
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эвф.в интересном положении, беременнаяIt would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up to this announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state of health, was overcome by it... (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XXVII) — Судя по тому, как все обернулось, было бы куда лучше, если бы мистер Микобер сделал свое сообщение более осторожно, так как миссис Микобер, находившаяся в интересном положении, была потрясена им...
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См. также в других словарях:
Micawber — can refer to: Wilkins Micawber, a character in David Copperfield, a novel by Charles Dickens A noun, meaning One who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune, from the Dickens character Micawber (television), a 2001 ITV drama … Wikipedia
Micawber — as a type of a childishly impractical man living in optimistic fantasy, from the character of Wilkins Micawber in Dickens David Copperfield (1850). I am at present, my dear Copperfield, engaged in the sale of corn upon commission. It is not an… … Etymology dictionary
Micawber — noun Etymology: Wilkins Micawber, character in the novel David Copperfield (1849 50) by Charles Dickens Date: 1852 one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune • Micawberish adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Micawber — noun fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist • Syn: ↑Wilkins Micawber • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character … Useful english dictionary
Micawber (TV series) — Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, although the storylines were original. Sullivan had… … Wikipedia
Micawber — a character in the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. He is always in financial difficulties, but remains hopeful that ‘something will turn up’ to solve his problems without his having to make any effort himself. He is usually associated … Universalium
MICAWBER — a character in David Copperfield, a schemer whose schemes regularly came to grief, yet who always wakes up after his depression, and hopes something will turn up to his advantage … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Micawber — Mi|caw|ber, Mr a character in the book David Copperfield (1849 50) by Charles ↑Dickens. Many people think that he is based on Dickens s own father. He is put in prison because he owes money and cannot pay it, but he is always happy and spends any … Dictionary of contemporary English
micawber — mi·caw·ber … English syllables
micawber — A kind but ineffective optimist, who means well but is useless … Grandiloquent dictionary
Mr Micawber — ➡ Micawber * * * … Universalium
