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  • 1 aeródromo

    m.
    airdrome, aerodrome, airfield.
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    1 aerodrome, US airfield
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    SM aerodrome, airdrome (EEUU)
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    masculino aerodrome, airfield
    * * *
    = airfield, aerodrome.
    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    Ex. The 37 relief projects involved the building of aerodromes, landing fields, barracks, a training camp, and a land-clearing project.
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    masculino aerodrome, airfield
    * * *
    = airfield, aerodrome.

    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.

    Ex: The 37 relief projects involved the building of aerodromes, landing fields, barracks, a training camp, and a land-clearing project.

    * * *
    aerodrome, airfield
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    aeródromo sustantivo masculino
    aerodrome, airfield
    ' aeródromo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    aerodrome
    - air
    * * *
    airfield, Br aerodrome
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    m airfield, aerodrome
    * * *
    : airfield

    Spanish-English dictionary > aeródromo

  • 2 blocao

    m.
    blockhouse.
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    1 blockhouse
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    SM (Mil) blockhouse
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    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    * * *

    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.

    * * *
    m MIL blockhouse

    Spanish-English dictionary > blocao

  • 3 búnker

    m.
    bunker, underground refuge, fortified underground refuge, underground raid-proof refuge.
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    1 bunker
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    noun m.
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    ['buŋker]
    SM (pl búnkers) ['buŋker]
    1) (Mil) bunker
    2) (Golf) bunker, sand trap (EEUU)
    3) (Pol) reactionary clique, reactionary core
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    ['buŋker]
    masculino (pl - kers)
    1) ( fortificación) bunker; ( refugio) shelter, bunker
    2) ( en golf) bunker
    * * *
    = bunker, pillbox.
    Ex. The book focuses on the evolution of bunkers in 20th c. military architecture.
    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    * * *
    ['buŋker]
    masculino (pl - kers)
    1) ( fortificación) bunker; ( refugio) shelter, bunker
    2) ( en golf) bunker
    * * *
    = bunker, pillbox.

    Ex: The book focuses on the evolution of bunkers in 20th c. military architecture.

    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.

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    búnker, bunker
    /ˈbuŋker/
    (pl - kers)
    A (fortificación) bunker; (refugio) shelter, bunker
    B ( Esp) (grupo reaccionario) reactionary faction
    el búnker fascista the last redoubt of fascism
    el búnker médico the conservative o reactionary element of the medical establishment
    C (en golf) bunker
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    búnker /'buŋker/ sustantivo masculino (pl
    ◊ - kers) bunker

    búnker sustantivo masculino bunker

    ' búnker' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fortín
    English:
    bunker
    * * *
    1. [refugio] bunker
    2. Esp Pol reactionary forces
    3. [en golf] bunker
    * * *
    m MIL bunker
    * * *
    búnker nm, pl búnkers : bunker

    Spanish-English dictionary > búnker

  • 4 combatir

    v.
    to combat, to fight.
    un producto para combatir la caries a product which fights tooth decay
    Ellos pelearon la ley injusta They fought the unfair law.
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    1 to fight ( contra, against /-), struggle ( contra, against)
    1 (luchar contra) to fight
    2 figurado to combat, fight
    3 figurado (batir, golpear) to beat, lash
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    verb
    to combat, fight
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    1.
    VI [ejército, soldado] to fight
    2.
    VT [+ fraude, desempleo, injusticia, enfermedad] to combat, fight; [+ frío] to fight (off)
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    1.
    verbo intransitivo soldado/ejército to fight
    2.
    combatir vt <enemigo/enfermedad/fuego> to fight, to combat (frml); <proyecto/propuesta> to fight; < frío> to fight off
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    = combat, fight, fight off, counter.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. The president countered with the view that most people fall somewhere between Type A and Type B anyway, and that effective time management and Type B behavior are not mutually exclusive.
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    * combatir el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * combatir el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * combatir el estrés = cope with + stress.
    * combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * combatir la inflación = combat + inflation.
    * combatir (por) = war (over).
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * excepción de combatir = combat exclusion.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo soldado/ejército to fight
    2.
    combatir vt <enemigo/enfermedad/fuego> to fight, to combat (frml); <proyecto/propuesta> to fight; < frío> to fight off
    * * *
    combatir (por)
    (v.) = war (over)

    Ex: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abduction by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.

    = combat, fight, fight off, counter.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.

    Ex: This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: The president countered with the view that most people fall somewhere between Type A and Type B anyway, and that effective time management and Type B behavior are not mutually exclusive.
    * combatir el absentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * combatir el ausentismo = combat + absenteeism.
    * combatir el estrés = cope with + stress.
    * combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * combatir la inflación = combat + inflation.
    * combatir (por) = war (over).
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * excepción de combatir = combat exclusion.

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    combatir [I1 ]
    vi
    1 «soldado/ejército» to fight
    combatió con los Nacionales he fought on the Nationalist side o with the Nationalists
    2 «viento» to blow
    ■ combatir
    vt
    ‹enemigo› to combat ( frml), to fight; ‹enfermedad› to combat, fight; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to fight
    la mejor manera de combatir el fuego the best way of fighting fire
    una crema para combatir la sequedad de la piel a cream to combat o counteract skin dryness
    corrían alrededor del patio para combatir el frío they were running around the patio to keep warm
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    combatir ( conjugate combatir) verbo intransitivo [soldado/ejército] to fight
    verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/enfermedad/fuego› to fight, to combat (frml);
    ‹proyecto/propuesta› to fight;
    ‹ frío› to fight off
    combatir
    I verbo intransitivo to fight [contra, against
    con, with]: combatieron con el enemigo hasta caer rendidos, they fought against the enemy until they became exhausted
    II verbo transitivo to combat: hay que combatir esta enfermedad con todos los medios a nuestro alcance, we need to fight this disease using all of our resources
    ' combatir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esteroide
    - luchar
    English:
    combat
    - fight
    - fire
    - attack
    - oppose
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    ♦ vt
    1. [ejércitos] to combat, to fight;
    combatir al enemigo to fight the enemy
    2. [problemas] to combat, to fight;
    combatir el frío to combat the cold;
    combatieron todos los intentos de aprobar la ley they fought against all attempts to pass the law;
    un producto para combatir la caries a product which fights tooth decay
    ♦ vi
    to fight ( contra against);
    combatió junto a los aliados he fought with the allies;
    combatió por la república he fought for the republic
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    v/t & v/i fight
    * * *
    : to combat, to fight against
    : to fight

    Spanish-English dictionary > combatir

  • 5 foco

    m.
    1 center, focal point (centro).
    un foco de infecciones a source of infection
    un foco de rebelión/intrigas a hotbed of rebellion/intrigue
    un foco de miseria a severely deprived area
    3 focus (physics & geometry).
    4 light bulb. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Mexican Spanish)
    5 street light. ( Latin American Spanish)
    6 (car) headlight. ( Latin American Spanish)
    7 core.
    * * *
    1 (centro) centre (US center), focal point
    2 (en física) focus
    3 (lámpara) spotlight, floodlight
    4 figurado (lugar) centre (US center)
    \
    foco de atención focus of attention
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    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mat, Med, Fís) focus

    estar fuera de foco — LAm to be out of focus

    2) (=centro) focal point, centre, center (EEUU); (=fuente) source; [de incendio] seat
    3) (Elec) [en monumento, estadio] floodlight; [en teatro] spotlight; LAm (=bombilla) light bulb; (Aut) headlamp
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Fot, Mat) focus

    fuera de foco — (AmL) out of focus

    b) (centro, núcleo) focus
    c) ( de incendio) seat
    2)
    a) (Cin, Teatr) ( reflector) spotlight
    b) (AmL) (Auto) light
    c) (Ec, Méx, Per) ( de lámpara) light bulb

    se me/le prendió el foco — (Méx fam) I/she had a bright idea o (AmE) a brainstorm (colloq)

    d) (AmC) ( linterna) flashlight (AmE), torch (BrE)
    * * *
    = focus, focus [foci, -pl.], display spotlight, spotlight, focal point, hotbed, searchlight, floodlight, flood lamp.
    Ex. The lens is of universal focus, down to any distance accommodated by the unaided eye, simply because it is of short focal length.
    Ex. Once organised into facets, the single concepts that have previously been referred to as isolates, become known as foci (singular focus).
    Ex. Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
    Ex. Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
    Ex. The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
    Ex. One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.
    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    Ex. Attendance is significantly higher when the game is played in the evening under floodlights.
    Ex. Intensity levels for flood lamps is relatively low because the energy is spread over a large area.
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    * en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.
    * foco de atracción de turistas = honeypot.
    * foco de interés = focus of interest, focus of concern, focus of attention.
    * foco de población = population centre.
    * foco de resistencia = pocket of resistance.
    * foco reflector = floodlight.
    * iluminar con focos = floodlight.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Fot, Mat) focus

    fuera de foco — (AmL) out of focus

    b) (centro, núcleo) focus
    c) ( de incendio) seat
    2)
    a) (Cin, Teatr) ( reflector) spotlight
    b) (AmL) (Auto) light
    c) (Ec, Méx, Per) ( de lámpara) light bulb

    se me/le prendió el foco — (Méx fam) I/she had a bright idea o (AmE) a brainstorm (colloq)

    d) (AmC) ( linterna) flashlight (AmE), torch (BrE)
    * * *
    = focus, focus [foci, -pl.], display spotlight, spotlight, focal point, hotbed, searchlight, floodlight, flood lamp.

    Ex: The lens is of universal focus, down to any distance accommodated by the unaided eye, simply because it is of short focal length.

    Ex: Once organised into facets, the single concepts that have previously been referred to as isolates, become known as foci (singular focus).
    Ex: Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
    Ex: Plenty of light, with a display spotlight if possible, should illuminate the exhibition (a number of inexpensive, safe little spotlights intended for the job are now on the market).
    Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
    Ex: One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.
    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    Ex: Attendance is significantly higher when the game is played in the evening under floodlights.
    Ex: Intensity levels for flood lamps is relatively low because the energy is spread over a large area.
    * en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.
    * foco de atracción de turistas = honeypot.
    * foco de interés = focus of interest, focus of concern, focus of attention.
    * foco de población = population centre.
    * foco de resistencia = pocket of resistance.
    * foco reflector = floodlight.
    * iluminar con focos = floodlight.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Fís, Fot, Mat) focus
    la foto/la imagen está fuera de foco ( AmL); the photo/picture is out of focus
    sentirse fuera de foco ( Chi fam); to feel out of place
    2 (centro, núcleo) focus
    foco de infección source of infection
    el foco de atención the focus of attention
    fue el foco de las miradas de todo el mundo everybody's eyes were focused on him
    B
    1 ( Cin, Teatr) (reflector) spotlight; (en un estadio, monumento) floodlight
    2 ( AmL) ( Auto) light
    3 (Ec, Méx, Per) (bombilla) light bulb
    se me/le prendió el foco ( Méx fam); I/she had a bright idea o a brain wave o ( AmE) a brainstorm ( colloq)
    4 ( AmC) (linterna) flashlight ( AmE), torch ( BrE)
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    foco sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (Fís, Fot, Mat) focus

    b) (centro, núcleo) focus;



    2
    a) ( reflector) (Cin, Teatr) spotlight;

    (en estadio, monumento) floodlight
    b) (AmL) (Auto) light

    c) (Ec, Méx, Per) ( de lámpara) light bulb

    d) (AmC) ( linterna) flashlight (AmE), torch (BrE)

    foco sustantivo masculino
    1 (lámpara potente) spotlight, floodlight
    2 (núcleo, centro) centre, US center, focal point
    3 LAm (bombilla) (electric light) bulb
    (de automóvil) (car) headlight
    (de la calle) street light
    ' foco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brillo
    - luz
    - núcleo
    - proyector
    - reflector
    - reflectora
    - sombra
    English:
    floodlight
    - focus
    - source
    - spotlight
    - bulb
    - focal
    - shift
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    foco nm
    1. [centro] centre, focal point;
    [de epidemia] source, breeding ground;
    un foco de miseria a severely deprived area;
    un foco de infecciones a source of infection;
    un foco cultural a cultural centre;
    el foco de atención the centre of attention
    2. [lámpara] [para un punto] spotlight;
    [para una zona] floodlight
    3. Geom focus
    4. Fot [enfoque] focus;
    fuera de foco [desenfocado] out of focus;
    tiene el foco estropeado the focus doesn't work
    5. Andes, Méx [bombilla] light bulb
    6. Am [farola] streetlamp, streetlight
    7. Am Aut (car) headlight
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    m
    1 MAT, FÍS focus
    2 de infección center, Br
    centre, focus; de incendio seat
    3 de auto headlight; de calle streetlight; TEA, TV spotlight; L.Am. ( bombilla) lightbulb
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    foco nm
    1) : focus
    2) : center, pocket
    3) : lightbulb
    4) : spotlight
    5) : headlight
    * * *
    foco n
    1. (en general) focus [pl. focuses o foci]
    2. (luz de teatro) spotlight
    3. (luz de estadio) floodlight

    Spanish-English dictionary > foco

  • 6 fortín

    m.
    small fort, garrison house, blockhouse, pillbox.
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    1 small fort, bunker
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    SM (=fuerte) (small) fort; [de hormigón] pillbox
    * * *
    masculino ( fuerte pequeño) (small) fort; ( emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker
    * * *
    = fort (ft), blockhouse.
    Ex. Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.
    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    * * *
    masculino ( fuerte pequeño) (small) fort; ( emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker
    * * *
    = fort (ft), blockhouse.

    Ex: Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.

    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.

    * * *
    1 (fuerte pequeño) (small) fort
    2 (emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker
    * * *

    fortín sustantivo masculino ( fuerte pequeño) (small) fort;
    ( emplazamiento) pillbox, bunker
    fortín m Mil small stronghold, entrenchment
    ' fortín' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fort
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    small fort
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    m MIL small fort
    * * *
    fortín nm, pl fortines : small fort

    Spanish-English dictionary > fortín

  • 7 rechazar

    v.
    1 to reject.
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption
    Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.
    4 to clear (sport).
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.
    Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.
    6 to refuse to.
    Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.
    7 to turn one's back on.
    8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.
    Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse
    2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back
    3 MEDICINA to reject
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    verb
    1) to reject, decline
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    VT
    1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back
    2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist
    3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off
    4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject
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    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
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    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

    * * *
    rechazar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    la moción fue rechazada the motion was defeated
    rechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriage
    se sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society
    2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse
    3 ‹luz› to reflect
    4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject
    * * *

     

    rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹invitación/propuesta/individuo› to reject;

    ‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
    ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    b) ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

    c) (Med) ‹ órgano› to reject

    rechazar verbo transitivo
    1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
    (oferta, contrato) to turn down
    2 Med (un órgano) to reject
    3 Mil to repel
    ' rechazar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - declinar
    - negar
    - definitivamente
    - desechar
    - despreciar
    - plano
    English:
    beat off
    - brush off
    - decline
    - defeat
    - deny
    - disallow
    - dismiss
    - fend off
    - fight off
    - head-hunt
    - offer
    - refuse
    - reject
    - repudiate
    - repulse
    - shun
    - snub
    - spurn
    - stave off
    - sweep aside
    - turn away
    - turn down
    - ward off
    - wave aside
    - fend
    - fight
    - hand
    - over
    - parry
    - rebuff
    - repel
    - throw
    - turn
    - ward
    - wave
    * * *
    1. [no aceptar] to reject;
    [oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject
    2. [negar] to deny;
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;
    rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency
    3. [órgano] to reject;
    el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ
    4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;
    [a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;
    rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack
    5. Dep to clear;
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    * * *
    v/t reject; MIL repel
    * * *
    rechazar {21} vt
    1) : to reject
    2) : to turn down, to refuse
    * * *
    rechazar vb to reject / to turn down

    Spanish-English dictionary > rechazar

  • 8 repeler

    v.
    1 to repel.
    2 to repulse, to disgust.
    3 to charge down.
    * * *
    1 (rechazar) to repel, repulse
    2 (idea) to reject; (ataque) to repel
    3 (repugnar) to disgust, repel
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ enemigo] to repel, repulse, drive back
    2) (=rechazar)

    la pared repele la pelota — the wall sends the ball back, the ball bounces off the wall

    3) [+ idea, oferta] to reject
    4) (=repugnar) to repel, disgust
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ataque/agresión> to repel, repulse (frml)
    2) ( rechazar) to resist
    2.
    repeler vi (+ me/te/le etc)
    * * *
    = repel, repulse, fight off, roll back, send + Nombre + packing, force back, turn off, fend off.
    Ex. Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
    Ex. Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.
    Ex. In the last presidential election voters said they were turned off by leaders who waffled.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ataque/agresión> to repel, repulse (frml)
    2) ( rechazar) to resist
    2.
    repeler vi (+ me/te/le etc)
    * * *
    = repel, repulse, fight off, roll back, send + Nombre + packing, force back, turn off, fend off.

    Ex: Some grease had been transferred to the surface of the stone and the grease was repelling the rain water.

    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.
    Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.
    Ex: In the last presidential election voters said they were turned off by leaders who waffled.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.

    * * *
    repeler [E1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ataque/agresión› to repel, repulse ( frml)
    B (rechazar) to resist
    una tela que repele el agua a water-resistant o water-repellent fabric
    repele el fuego it is fire-resistant
    C ( Fís) to repel
    ■ repeler
    vi
    (+ me/te/le etc):
    las serpientes me repelen I find snakes repellent o repulsive
    me repele su actitud paternalista I find his paternalistic attitude repellent, I can't stand his paternalistic attitude
    * * *

    repeler ( conjugate repeler) verbo transitivo ‹ataque/agresión› to repel, repulse (frml)
    verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc):
    ◊ las serpientes me repelen I find snakes repellent o repulsive

    repeler verbo transitivo
    1 (causar desagrado, asco) to disgust: me repelen sus métodos, his methods make me sick
    2 (un ataque) to repel, repulse
    3 Fís to repel

    ' repeler' also found in these entries:
    English:
    drive off
    - repel
    - repulse
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ataque] to repel
    2. [sustancia]
    una tela que repele las manchas a stain-resistant fabric;
    el poste repelió el balón the ball was kept out by the post
    3. [repugnar] to repulse, to disgust;
    ese olor me repele I find that smell disgusting o repulsive
    * * *
    v/t repel
    * * *
    1) : to repel, to resist, to repulse
    2) : to reject
    3) : to disgust
    el sabor me repele: I find the taste repulsive

    Spanish-English dictionary > repeler

  • 9 reflector1

    1 = searchlight, floodlight, flood lamp, reflector.
    Ex. The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.
    Ex. Attendance is significantly higher when the game is played in the evening under floodlights.
    Ex. Intensity levels for flood lamps is relatively low because the energy is spread over a large area.
    Ex. The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reflector1

  • 10 reflector

    adj.
    reflective, reflecting.
    m.
    2 reflector (telescopio).
    3 searchlight.
    4 floodlight.
    5 headlight.
    * * *
    1 reflecting
    1 (cuerpo) reflector
    2 ELECTRICIDAD searchlight, spotlight
    3 (telescopio) reflector, reflecting telescope
    ————————
    1 (cuerpo) reflector
    2 ELECTRICIDAD searchlight, spotlight
    3 (telescopio) reflector, reflecting telescope
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=cuerpo que refleja) reflector

    reflector posterior — (Aut) rear reflector

    2) (Elec) spotlight; (Aer, Mil) searchlight
    * * *
    1) ( pantalla reflectante) reflector
    2) ( foco) (Teatr) spotlight; (Dep) floodlight; (Mil) searchlight; ( en monumento) floodlight
    * * *
    1) ( pantalla reflectante) reflector
    2) ( foco) (Teatr) spotlight; (Dep) floodlight; (Mil) searchlight; ( en monumento) floodlight
    * * *
    reflector1
    1 = searchlight, floodlight, flood lamp, reflector.

    Ex: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.

    Ex: Attendance is significantly higher when the game is played in the evening under floodlights.
    Ex: Intensity levels for flood lamps is relatively low because the energy is spread over a large area.
    Ex: The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.

    reflector2
    2 = reflecting, reflective.

    Ex: Display devices are based mainly on the cathode-ray, or television, tube but other light-emitting or reflecting devices (e.g. plasma, liquid-crystals) are also in use on 'flatscreen' displays.

    Ex: Digital paper is based on MelinexR, a flexible polyester film, which is coated with a reflective layer, and acts as a substrate.
    * foco reflector = floodlight.

    * * *
    reflecting ( before n), reflective
    1 ( Teatr) spotlight
    2 ( Dep) floodlight
    3 ( Mil) searchlight
    4 (en un monumento) floodlight
    C (telescopio) reflector, reflecting telescope
    * * *

    reflector sustantivo masculino

    b) ( foco) (Teatr) spotlight;

    (Dep) floodlight;
    (Mil) searchlight;
    ( en monumento) floodlight
    reflector,-ora
    I adjetivo reflecting, reflective
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (dispositivo para reflejar la luz, el calor) reflector
    2 (foco de luz potente) searchlight, spotlight
    ' reflector' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reflectora
    - foco
    - luz
    - orientar
    English:
    reflector
    - searchlight
    - signal lamp
    - sweep
    - floodlight
    - search
    - spotlight
    * * *
    reflector, -ora
    ♦ adj
    reflective
    ♦ nm
    1. [foco] spotlight;
    Mil searchlight
    2. [telescopio] reflector
    3. [aparato que refleja] reflector
    * * *
    m
    1 en prenda, bicicleta reflector
    2 EL spotlight
    * * *
    reflector, - tora adj
    : reflecting
    1) : spotlight, searchlight
    2) : reflector

    Spanish-English dictionary > reflector

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