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put greedy publishers out of business

  • 1 insorrible

    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.].
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
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    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.].

    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

    Spanish-English dictionary > insorrible

  • 2 avaricioso

    adj.
    avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.
    * * *
    1→ link=avariento avariento,-a
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    (f. - avariciosa)
    adj.
    greedy, avaricious
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    I
    - sa, avariento -ta adjetivo greedy, avaricious
    II
    - sa, avariento -ta masculino, femenino greedy o avaricious person
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    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], predatory, rapacious.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
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    I
    - sa, avariento -ta adjetivo greedy, avaricious
    II
    - sa, avariento -ta masculino, femenino greedy o avaricious person
    * * *
    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], predatory, rapacious.

    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

    Ex: Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.

    * * *
    greedy, avaricious
    masculine, feminine
    greedy o avaricious person
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    avaricioso
    ◊ -sa, avariento -ta adjetivo

    greedy, avaricious
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    greedy o avaricious person
    avaricioso adjetivo greedy

    ' avaricioso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grasping
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    avaricioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    [codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] avaricious, miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    [codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser
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    adj greedy, avaricious
    * * *
    avaricioso, -sa adj
    : avaricious, greedy
    * * *
    avaricioso adj greedy [comp. greedier; superl. greediest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > avaricioso

  • 3 arruinar

    v.
    La lluvia arruinó los cultivos The rain ruined the crops.
    Sus vicios arruinaron a Ricardo His vices brought ruin upon Richard.
    Sus celos arruinaron su fiesta His jealousy ruined her party.
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    1 to bankrupt, ruin
    2 (estropear) to damage
    1 to be bankrupt, be ruined
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    verb
    2) wreck, destroy
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=empobrecer) to ruin
    2) (=destruir) to wreck, destroy
    3) LAm (=desvirgar) to deflower
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( empobrecer) to ruin
    2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
    2.
    arruinarse v pron

    se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

    2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined
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    = ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex. He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.
    Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.
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    * arruinarlo = crap it up.
    * arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( empobrecer) to ruin
    2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
    2.
    arruinarse v pron

    se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

    2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined
    * * *
    = ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.

    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.
    Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.
    * arruinarlo = crap it up.
    * arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.

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    arruinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (empobrecer) to ruin, bankrupt
    B (estropear) ‹vida/salud› to ruin, wreck; ‹proyecto/cosecha› to ruin; ‹velada/sorpresa› to spoil, ruin; ‹reputación› to ruin, wreck, destroy
    me arruinaron el vestido en la tintorería they ruined my dress at the dry cleaner's
    A
    (empobrecerse): se arruinó con el crac he lost everything o he was ruined when the market crashed
    por invitarme a una copa no te vas a arruinar ( hum); buying me one drink isn't going to break you ( hum)
    B «proyecto/cosecha» to be ruined
    se me arruinaron los zapatos con la lluvia the rain ruined my shoes, my shoes got ruined in the rain
    * * *

    arruinar ( conjugate arruinar) verbo transitivo
    to ruin
    arruinarse verbo pronominal
    to be ruined
    arruinar verbo transitivo to ruin
    ' arruinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    definitivamente
    - jorobar
    English:
    bankrupt
    - break
    - do for
    - ruin
    - blight
    - destroy
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    ♦ vt
    1. [financieramente] to ruin
    2. [estropear] to ruin;
    el pedrisco arruinó la cosecha the hail ruined the crop;
    el alcohol le arruinó la salud alcohol ruined his health;
    el mal tiempo arruinó la ceremonia the bad weather ruined o spoiled the ceremony
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    v/t ruin
    * * *
    : to ruin, to wreck
    * * *
    arruinar vb (estropear) to ruin

    Spanish-English dictionary > arruinar

  • 4 insaciable

    adj.
    insatiable.
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    1 insatiable
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    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
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    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.
    Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
    Ex. Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex. She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
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    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
    * * *
    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.

    Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.

    Ex: Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex: She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.

    * * *
    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹sed› unquenchable; ‹afán/deseo› insatiable
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    insaciable adjetivo
    insatiable;
    ‹ sed› unquenchable
    insaciable adjetivo insatiable
    ' insaciable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insatiable
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    [apetito, curiosidad] insatiable; [sed] unquenchable
    * * *
    adj insatiable
    * * *
    : insatiable

    Spanish-English dictionary > insaciable

  • 5 comunidad científica

    Ex. The article 'Patterns of knowledge communities in the social sciences' evaluates both the sociological and the epistemological reasons for the pattern of scientific organization, generally with reference to the social sciences.
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    la comunidad científica
    (n.) = scientific community, the, scholarly community, the, research community, the, scientific research community, the

    Ex: The most important result will be the improvement of access to library related information sources for the scientific community.

    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: Pressure for more open access to resources and better library services is building in the research community and academics are writing to Gorbachev urging open access to all kinds of information = La comunidad científica está demandando cada vez más enérgicamente mayor libre acceso a los recursos y mejores servicios bibliotecarios y los académicos le están pidiendo a Gorbachov por escrito el libre acceso a todo tipo de información.
    Ex: The concern about alcohol marketing and underage drinking has been heightened by recent findings in the scientific research community.

    Ex: The article 'Patterns of knowledge communities in the social sciences' evaluates both the sociological and the epistemological reasons for the pattern of scientific organization, generally with reference to the social sciences.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunidad científica

  • 6 comunidad científica, la

    (n.) = scientific community, the, scholarly community, the, research community, the, scientific research community, the
    Ex. The most important result will be the improvement of access to library related information sources for the scientific community.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. Pressure for more open access to resources and better library services is building in the research community and academics are writing to Gorbachev urging open access to all kinds of information = La comunidad científica está demandando cada vez más enérgicamente mayor libre acceso a los recursos y mejores servicios bibliotecarios y los académicos le están pidiendo a Gorbachov por escrito el libre acceso a todo tipo de información.
    Ex. The concern about alcohol marketing and underage drinking has been heightened by recent findings in the scientific research community.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunidad científica, la

  • 7 mundo científico, el

    (n.) = scholarly community, the, scientific world, the
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. The second rule is an 'external' one: it deals with the relation between ' the scientific world' and 'the real world'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo científico, el

  • 8 mundo científico

    el mundo científico
    (n.) = scholarly community, the, scientific world, the

    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

    Ex: The second rule is an 'external' one: it deals with the relation between ' the scientific world' and 'the real world'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo científico

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