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pusillanimously

  • 1 легкодухо

    Українсько-англійський словник > легкодухо

  • 2 malodušno

    • pusillanimously

    Serbian-English dictionary > malodušno

  • 3 kishitûen

    pusillanimously

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > kishitûen

  • 4 kislelkûen

    pusillanimously

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > kislelkûen

  • 5 малодушно

    1) General subject: faint heartedly, faint-heartedly
    2) Bookish: pusillanimously
    3) Rare: cowardly

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > малодушно

  • 6 трусливо

    2) Bookish: pusillanimously
    4) Taboo: apprehensively

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > трусливо

  • 7 Р-333

    МАХНУТЬ РУКОЙ (на кого-что) coll VP subj: human fixed WO
    to cease attending to s.o. or sth., cease expending time, effort etc on s.o. or sth. upon realizing that one's efforts are futile
    X махнул на Y-a рукой = X gave up on Y
    X gave Y up as a hopeless case (cause) X gave thing Y up as hopeless (as lost, for lost) X gave up the struggle
    X махнул на себя рукой - X stopped caring (about himself)
    X stopped taking care of himself.
    (Аннунциата:)...Государь махнул рукой на дела управления. Первые министры с тех пор стали сами сменять друг друга. А государь занялся театром (Шварц 3). (А.:)...The King gave up on this business of running things. Since then the Prime Ministers themselves have done the replacing of each other. And the King took up the theater (3a).
    ...(Николай Петрович) должен был, подобно брату Павлу, поступить в военную службу но он переломил себе ногу в самый тот день, когда уже прибыло известие об его определении, и, пролежав два месяца в постели, на всю жизнь остался «хроменьким». Отец махнул на него рукой и пустил его по штатской (Тургенев 2)....(Nikolai Petrovich) was destined, like his brother Pavel, to take up a military career, but he broke his leg on the very day that news was received that he had been accepted for the army and, having lain in bed for two months, was left with a slight limp which remained with him for the rest of his life. His father gave him up as a hopeless case and permitted him to take up a civilian career (2e).
    (Мелузов:) А если я перестану учить, перестану верить в возможность улучшать людей или малодушно погружусь в бездействие и махну рукой на всё, тогда покупайте мне пистолет, спасибо скажу (Островский 11). (М.:) And if I do stop teaching, stop believing in the possibility of improving people, or pusillanimously sink into idleness and give up everything for lost, then buy me a revolver and 1*11 thank you! (11a).
    Инженеру (Хлебцевичу) ничего не оставалось после этого, как махнуть рукой и вернуться к своей работе, пока не выгнали и оттуда (Владимиров 1). There was nothing left for Khlebtsevich to do but give up the struggle and return to his own work until such time as he was thrown out of his job (1a).
    ...Заметней всех изменилась Луиза, похудела, ссутулилась, и платье на ней было такой чудовищной пошлости и дешевизны, что Ольга Васильевна ужаснулась: женщина махнула на себя рукой! (Трифонов 3)... The most noticeable change had occurred in Louisa, she had grown much thinner, she had a pronounced stoop and the dress she wore was so appallingly tasteless and cheap that Olga was horrified: the woman had so obviously stopped caring (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Р-333

  • 8 махнуть рукой

    [VP; subj: human; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to cease attending to s.o. or sth., cease expending time, effort etc on s.o. or sth. upon realizing that one's efforts are futile:
    - X махнул на Y-а рукой≈ X gave up on Y;
    - X gave thing Y up as hopeless <as lost, for lost>;
    - X stopped taking care of himself.
         ♦ [Аннунциата:]...Государь махнул рукой на дела управления. Первые министры с тех пор стали сами сменять друг друга. А государь занялся театром (Шварц 3). [ А.:]... The King gave up on this business of running things. Since then the Prime Ministers themselves have done the replacing of each other. And the King took up the theater (3a).
         ♦...[Николай Петрович] должен был, подобно брату Павлу, поступить в военную службу; но он переломил себе ногу в самый тот день, когда уже прибыло известие об его определении, и, пролежав два месяца в постели, на всю жизнь остался "хроменьким". Отец махнул на него рукой и пустил его по штатской (Тургенев 2)....[Nikolai Petrovich] was destined, like his brother Pavel, to take up a military career; but he broke his leg on the very day that news was received that he had been accepted for the army and, having lain in bed for two months, was left with a slight limp which remained with him for the rest of his life. His father gave him up as a hopeless case and permitted him to take up a civilian career (2e).
         ♦ [Мелузов:] А если я перестану учить, перестану верить в возможность улучшать людей или малодушно погружусь в бездействие и махну рукой на всё, тогда покупайте мне пистолет, спасибо скажу (Островский 11). [М.:] And if I do stop teaching, stop believing in the possibility of improving people, or pusillanimously sink into idleness and give up everything for lost, then buy me a revolver and I'll thank you! (11a).
         ♦ Инженеру [Хлебцевичу] ничего не оставалось после этого, как махнуть рукой и вернуться к своей работе, пока не выгнали и оттуда (Владимиров 1). There was nothing left for Khlebtsevich to do but give up the struggle and return to his own work until such time as he was thrown out of his job (1a).
         ♦...Заметней всех изменилась Луиза, похудела, ссутулилась, и платье на ней было такой чудовищной пошлости и дешевизны, что Ольга Васильевна ужаснулась: женщина махнула на себя рукой! (Трифонов 3)... The most noticeable change had occurred in Louisa; she had grown much thinner, she had a pronounced stoop and the dress she wore was so appallingly tasteless and cheap that Olga was horrified: the woman had so obviously stopped caring (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > махнуть рукой

  • 9 בפחדנות

    adv. faintheartedly, pusillanimously, recreantly, cravenly

    Hebrew-English dictionary > בפחדנות

  • 10 verzagt

    I P.P. verzagen
    II Adj. despondent; (verzweifelt) desperate; (kleinmütig) fainthearted
    * * *
    pusillanimous; faint-hearted; despondent; desponding
    * * *
    ver|zagt [fɛɐ'tsaːkt]
    1. adj
    disheartened, despondent
    2. adv
    disheartened, despondently
    * * *
    1) (depressed and in low spirits, especially lacking the inclination to carry on with something: Don't be downhearted! - we may yet win.) downhearted
    3) (feeling miserable, unhappy, gloomy etc: She was utterly despondent at her failure.) despondent
    * * *
    ver·zagt
    I. adj despondent, disheartened
    II. adv despondently
    * * *
    A. pperf → verzagen
    B. adj despondent; (verzweifelt) desperate; (kleinmütig) fainthearted
    * * *
    adj.
    despondent adj.
    pusillanimous adj. adv.
    despondently adv.
    despondingly adv.
    pusillanimously adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verzagt

  • 11 małodusznie

    adv. grad. [postąpić, zachować się] pettily, ungenerously
    - małodusznie nie przyjął przeprosin it was ungenerous of him not to accept the apology
    * * *
    adv.
    pusillanimously.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > małodusznie

  • 12 amento

    • catkin
    • pusillanimously
    • pussy willow

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > amento

  • 13 pusilánime

    • fainthearted
    • fainthearted person
    • poor-spirited
    • pushy
    • pusillanimity
    • pusillanimous person
    • pusillanimously
    • timid
    • white-livered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pusilánime

  • 14 малодушно

    faint-heartedly, apprehensively, in a cowardly fashion, in a cowardly manner
    * * *
    * * *
    faint-heartedly, apprehensively
    * * *

    Новый русско-английский словарь > малодушно

  • 15 obeshrabreno

    • dejectedly; despondently; heartlessly; out of heart; pusillanimously

    Serbian-English dictionary > obeshrabreno

  • 16 plašljivo

    • apprehensively; fearfully; pusillanimously; sheepishly; skittishly; timidly; timorously

    Serbian-English dictionary > plašljivo

  • 17 ustrašeně

    Czech-English dictionary > ustrašeně

  • 18 pusilánimemente

    adv.
    1 pusillanimously, cowardly, cravenly, faint-heartedly.
    2 heartlessly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pusilánimemente

  • 19 verzagt

    1. desponded
    2. despondent
    3. despondently
    4. despondingly
    5. desponds
    6. disheartened
    7. pusillanimous
    8. pusillanimously adv

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > verzagt

  • 20 bátortalanul

    diffidently, pusillanimously

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > bátortalanul

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  • Pusillanimously — Pu sil*lan i*mous*ly (p[=u] s[i^]l*l[a^]n [i^]*m[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. With pusillanimity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pusillanimously — adverb see pusillanimous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pusillanimously — See pusillanimous. * * * …   Universalium

  • pusillanimously — adverb In a pusillanimous manner …   Wiktionary

  • pusillanimously — pjuːsɪ lænɪmÉ™slɪ adv. in a cowardly manner, fearfully, timidly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pusillanimously — pu·sil·lan·i·mous·ly …   English syllables

  • pusillanimously — adverb with a lack of courage and determination simperingly, the accused begged for mercy • Syn: ↑simperingly • Derived from adjective: ↑pusillanimous * * * adverb : in a pusillanimous manner * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • pusillanimous — pusillanimously, adv. /pyooh seuh lan euh meuhs/, adj. 1. lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint hearted; timid. 2. proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit. [1580 90; < LL pusillanimis petty spirited, equiv. to L pusill(us) very… …   Universalium

  • simperingly — adverb with a lack of courage and determination simperingly, the accused begged for mercy • Syn: ↑pusillanimously • Derived from adjective: ↑pusillanimous (for: ↑pusillanimously) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pusillanimous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child more at puerile, animate Date: 1586 lacking courage and resolution ; marked by contemptible… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pusillanimous — adjective /pjuːsɪlˈænɪmʊs,pjuːsəlˈænəmʊs/ Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity The soldier deserted his troop in a pusillanimous manner. See Also: pusillanimously, pusillanimousness …   Wiktionary

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