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101 remontarse + Expresión Temporal
(v.) = reach back + Expresión TemporalEx. In this I am merely the latest follower of a distinct tradition in reference work, reaching back over a hundred years.* * *(v.) = reach back + Expresión TemporalEx: In this I am merely the latest follower of a distinct tradition in reference work, reaching back over a hundred years.
Spanish-English dictionary > remontarse + Expresión Temporal
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102 revoltijo
m.scramble, hodgepodge, hodge-podge, mishmash.* * *1 (mezcla) mess, clutter, jumble2 figurado (confusión) mess, chaos* * *revoltillo masculino1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction* * *= mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.Ex. The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.Ex. It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.Ex. ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.----* hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.* revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.* un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.* * *revoltillo masculino1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction* * *= mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.Ex: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.Ex: It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.Ex: ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.* hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.* revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.* un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.* * *revoltijo, revoltilloA ( fam) (desorden) mess, jumbleB ( fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction* * *
revoltijo,◊ revoltillo sustantivo masculino (fam)
revoltijo sustantivo masculino
1 (de cosas) jumble, clutter
2 (situación) chaos, mess
' revoltijo' also found in these entries:
English:
clutter
- jumble
- mishmash
* * *revoltijo, revoltillo nmjumble* * *m mess, jumble* * *revoltijo nm1) fárrago: mess, jumble* * *revoltijo n jumble -
103 rival
adj.rival.f. & m.rival, challenger, contender, competitor.* * *► adjetivo1 rival1 rival* * *noun adj.* * *1.ADJ rival, competing2.SMF rival, competitor* * *Iadjetivo rival (before n)IImasculino y femenino rival* * *= challenger, rival, rivalrous, rival, competing.Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.Ex. The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.Ex. Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.Ex. For any concept of human rights to be universally accepted, equal respect and mutual comprehension between rival cultures is demanded.Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.----* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.* no tener rival = be second to none.* partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.* rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].* * *Iadjetivo rival (before n)IImasculino y femenino rival* * *= challenger, rival, rivalrous, rival, competing.Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
Ex: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.Ex: Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.Ex: For any concept of human rights to be universally accepted, equal respect and mutual comprehension between rival cultures is demanded.Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.* no tener rival = be second to none.* partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.* rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].* * *rival ( before n)rivaltiene un estilo sin rival his style is unrivaled* * *
rival adjetivo
rival ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
rival;
rival adjetivo & mf rival: contando cuentos no tiene rival, she's unrivaled in the art of storytelling
' rival' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
altura
- contraria
- contrario
- contrincante
- rivalizar
- submarina
- submarino
- aplastar
- barrer
- batir
- competidor
- competir
- enfrentar
- vencer
English:
rival
- scoop
- scuffle
- unrivaled
- unrivalled
- challenger
- competitor
- dispose of
- great
- hold
- muscle
- opponent
- oust
- segregate
* * *♦ adjrival♦ nmfrival* * *m/f rival;no tener rival be unrivaled o Br unrivalled* * *rival adj & nmfcompetidor: rival* * *rival adj n rival -
104 seguidor de la última moda
(adj.) = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.]Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.* * *(adj.) = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.]Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
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105 separado de
Ex. For the beginner, the intention has been to offer an immediate plunge into the world of reference work, though necessarily at one remove from the actual user with his real problems.* * *Ex: For the beginner, the intention has been to offer an immediate plunge into the world of reference work, though necessarily at one remove from the actual user with his real problems.
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106 ser nada más y nada menos que
(v.) = be nothing less thanEx. Frederick Holler claims that 'Information retrieval (ie, reference work) is nothing less than a full-fledged discipline and not simply a minor skill acquirable as a byproduct of other studies'.* * *(v.) = be nothing less thanEx: Frederick Holler claims that 'Information retrieval (ie, reference work) is nothing less than a full-fledged discipline and not simply a minor skill acquirable as a byproduct of other studies'.
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107 servicio en línea
Ex. A number of public libraries have recently started projects concerning on-line services in reference work and community information.* * *Ex: A number of public libraries have recently started projects concerning on-line services in reference work and community information.
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108 tener dificultad en + Verbo
(v.) = be at pains to + InfinitivoEx. In my previous books on reference work I have been at pains to explain that they were not written as 'how-to-do-it' manuals.* * *(v.) = be at pains to + InfinitivoEx: In my previous books on reference work I have been at pains to explain that they were not written as 'how-to-do-it' manuals.
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109 tratar por todos los medios de + Verbo
(v.) = be at pains to + InfinitivoEx. In my previous books on reference work I have been at pains to explain that they were not written as 'how-to-do-it' manuals.* * *(v.) = be at pains to + InfinitivoEx: In my previous books on reference work I have been at pains to explain that they were not written as 'how-to-do-it' manuals.
Spanish-English dictionary > tratar por todos los medios de + Verbo
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110 trivialidades
f.pl.unimportant things, trivial things, trivia.* * *= trivia, trivial, theEx. Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.* * *= trivia, trivial, theEx: Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
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111 visión del mundo
(n.) = world view [worldview/world-view]Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.* * *(n.) = world view [worldview/world-view]Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
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112 zambullida
f.1 dive.2 diving, ducking, plunge, dipping.past part.past participle of spanish verb: zambullir.* * *1 plunge, dive\darse una zambullida to take a dip* * *noun f.dive, plunge* * *SF dive, plunge* * ** * *= dive, dip, plunge into.Ex. Each dive is characterised by 52 parameters selected for future computer correlation studies.Ex. The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.Ex. For the beginner, the intention has been to offer an immediate plunge into the world of reference work, though necessarily at one remove from the actual user with his real problems.* * ** * *= dive, dip, plunge into.Ex: Each dive is characterised by 52 parameters selected for future computer correlation studies.
Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.Ex: For the beginner, the intention has been to offer an immediate plunge into the world of reference work, though necessarily at one remove from the actual user with his real problems.* * *date una última zambullida y vámonos have a last dip and then we'll go* * *
zambullida sustantivo femenino ( salto) dive, plunge;
( baño) dip
zambullida sustantivo femenino dive, plunge
' zambullida' also found in these entries:
English:
dive
- plunge
* * *zambullida nf[salto] dive;darse una zambullida [baño] to go for a dip;darle a alguien una zambullida to duck sb* * *f dive* * *zambullida nf: dive, plunge -
113 permanente2
2 = lingering, perennial, permanent, lasting, enduring, non-volatile [nonvolatile], abiding, standing, enduringly + Adjetivo, continuing, ongoing [on-going].Ex. Another lingering misconception is that reference work is restricted to reference libraries.Ex. Housing has become a perennial problem in Britain.Ex. Abstracts planned primarily as alerting devices may be shorter than those abstracts which are to be stored for permanent reference.Ex. Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.Ex. A data warehouse is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, nonvolatile collection of data in support of management's decision making process.Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.----* conferencia permanente = standing conference.* decisión permanente = permanent arrangement.* hacer permanente = render + permanent.* más permanente = longer-lasting.* orden permanente de pago = standing account.* papel permanente = durable paper.* primer molar permanente = first molar.* PURL (Localizador Uniforme Permanente de Recursos) = PURL (Persistent Uniform Resource Locator).* ser algo permanente = be here to stay.* servicio de actualización permanente = current awareness, current-awareness service. -
114 permanente
adj.permanent.f.1 perm.hacerse la permanente to have a perm2 permanent, perm, permanent wave.* * *► adjetivo1 permanent, lasting1 (del pelo) permanent wave\servicio permanente 24-hour service* * *adj.* * *1.ADJ [gen] permanent; (=constante) constant; [color] fast; [comisión] standing2.SF [en pelo] permanent wave, perm ** * *Iadjetivo permanentII1) ( en el pelo) permhacerse la permanente — to have one's hair permed, to have a perm
2) (Col) ( juzgado) emergency court ( for cases of violent crime)* * *Iadjetivo permanentII1) ( en el pelo) permhacerse la permanente — to have one's hair permed, to have a perm
2) (Col) ( juzgado) emergency court ( for cases of violent crime)* * *permanente11 = permanent wave.Ex: The domains covered in the performance tests for the area of cosmetology were: hair cut, permanent wave, shampooing, wigs and hairpieces, skin care, hair conditioners (scalp and treatment), and manicuring.
permanente22 = lingering, perennial, permanent, lasting, enduring, non-volatile [nonvolatile], abiding, standing, enduringly + Adjetivo, continuing, ongoing [on-going].Ex: Another lingering misconception is that reference work is restricted to reference libraries.
Ex: Housing has become a perennial problem in Britain.Ex: Abstracts planned primarily as alerting devices may be shorter than those abstracts which are to be stored for permanent reference.Ex: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.Ex: A data warehouse is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, nonvolatile collection of data in support of management's decision making process.Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.* conferencia permanente = standing conference.* decisión permanente = permanent arrangement.* hacer permanente = render + permanent.* más permanente = longer-lasting.* orden permanente de pago = standing account.* papel permanente = durable paper.* primer molar permanente = first molar.* PURL (Localizador Uniforme Permanente de Recursos) = PURL (Persistent Uniform Resource Locator).* ser algo permanente = be here to stay.* servicio de actualización permanente = current awareness, current-awareness service.* * *permanentservicio permanente de información 24-hour information serviceuna amenaza permanente a permanent o constant threat( Méx)A (en el pelo) permhacerse la permanente to have one's hair permed, to have a perm* * *
permanente adjetivo
permanent
■ sustantivo femenino
1 ( en el pelo) perm;
2 (Col) ( juzgado) emergency court ( for cases of violent crime)
permanente
I adjetivo permanent, constant
II f (en peluquería) perm
hacerse la permanente, to have a perm
' permanente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
expulsión
- vado
- cajero
- coger
- sustitución
- sustituto
English:
abiding
- have
- perm
- permanent
- regular
- reprieve
- standing
- standing order
- ATM
- cash
- rinse
* * *♦ adjpermanent;comisión permanente standing committee♦ nfperm;hacerse la permanente to have a perm♦ nmMéx perm;hacerse el permanente to have a perm* * *I adj permanentII f o Méxm ( moldeado) perm* * *permanente adj1) : permanent2) : constant♦ permanentemente advpermanente nf: permanent (wave)* * *permanente1 adj permanentpermanente2 n perm -
115 proceso de referencia
(n.) = referral processEx. Escort can be seen as part of the referral process or as a separate activity of accompanying a client to ensure that the person reaches the source of help.* * *el proceso de referencia= reference process, theEx: Not the least of the valuable side effects that the computer has had on reference work is an increased awareness of the critical importance of this pre-search stage of the reference process.
(n.) = referral processEx: Escort can be seen as part of the referral process or as a separate activity of accompanying a client to ensure that the person reaches the source of help.
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116 libro de consulta
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117 cosas transitorias, las
= transient, theEx. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial. -
118 dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien)
(v.) = damage + credibilityEx. Sloppy reference work and lack of verification effort inevitably result in damaging a librarian's credibility with other librarians from whom assistance may be sought.Spanish-English dictionary > dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien)
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119 innovador2
2 = creative, enhanced, innovative, forward-looking, adventurous, ground-breaking [ground breaking], forward-thinking, innovatory.Ex. His definitive article, 'Backlog to Frontlog,' Library Journal (September 15, 1969), was indicative of his creative and simple, yet effective and economical solutions to traditional library problems.Ex. Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.Ex. It is in this area that the computer can provide the greatest potential for a truly innovative advance in the maintenance of a catalog.Ex. The 26-volume Compton's Encyclopedia intends to be 'an innovative, forward-looking reference work for young people'.Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.Ex. Trustees will have to consider the conditions of membership in online networks and, in some instances, may need to hammer out ground breaking agreements to govern operations.Ex. Forward-thinking organizations are increasingly recognizing the crucial role played by electronic information.Ex. Clwyd, noted for innovatory policies, has a Centre for Educational Technology with a theatre, cinema, arts centre, television studies, and a full range of audio-visual materials.----* de un modo innovador = innovatively.* persona innovadora = innovator.* ser innovador = break + new ground, break + ground. -
120 pasajero2
2 = short-lived [shortlived], transient, transitory, faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].Ex. Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.Ex. The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.Ex. Transitory circumstances of daily life are what cause these shifts.Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.----* aprovecharse de una oportunidad pasajera = ride + the hype, catch + the fever.* ave pasajera = bird of passage.* capricho pasajero = passing fancy, passing whim.* hacer pasajero = render + transitory.* interés pasajero = passing interest.* moda pasajera = flash in the pan, passing fad.* oportunidad pasajera de la que hay que aprovecharse = bandwagon.
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