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  • 41 carencia

    f.
    1 lack (ausencia).
    sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affection
    sufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need
    2 scarcity, shortage, lack, insufficiency.
    3 deprivation.
    * * *
    1 lack (de, of)
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) lack
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ausencia) lack; (=escasez) lack, shortage, scarcity frm

    la carencia de agua y alimentos empieza a ser preocupante — the lack o shortage o scarcity of water is starting to become worrying

    2) (Econ) (=periodo) period free of interest payments and debt repayments
    * * *
    a) ( escasez) lack, shortage
    b) (Med) deficiency
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.
    Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex. He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.
    Ex. The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.
    Ex. The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.
    Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    ----
    * carencia de = lack of.
    * carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.
    * carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.
    * tener carencias = find + wanting.
    * * *
    a) ( escasez) lack, shortage
    b) (Med) deficiency
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.
    Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex: He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.
    Ex: The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.
    Ex: The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.
    Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    * carencia de = lack of.
    * carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.
    * carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.
    * tener carencias = find + wanting.

    * * *
    1 (escasez) lack, shortage
    carencia de recursos financieros lack of financial resources
    2 ( Med) deficiency
    tiene una carencia de vitamina A he has a vitamin A deficiency
    3 (de un seguro) exclusion period
    * * *

     

    carencia sustantivo femenino


    b) (Med) deficiency;


    carencia sustantivo femenino (falta, privación) lack [de, of]
    (escasez) shortage [de, of]
    ' carencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grosería
    - incomodidad
    - falta
    - limitación
    - privación
    - subsanar
    English:
    acute
    - deficiency
    - want
    - woeful
    - lack
    * * *
    1. [ausencia] lack;
    [defecto] deficiency;
    sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affection;
    sufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need
    2. [en la dieta] deficiency
    carencia vitamínica vitamin deficiency
    * * *
    f lack (de of)
    * * *
    1) falta: lack
    2) escasez: shortage
    3) deficiencia: deficiency
    * * *
    carencia n lack

    Spanish-English dictionary > carencia

  • 42 comisión de biblioteca

    (n.) = library board, library committee
    Ex. The lawsuit has enabled the library board to replace its 18,000 square foot Carnegie main library with a 110,000 square foot downtown complex with parking facilities.
    Ex. During the last 10 years the service level in the City has fallen and music has stagnated, since the local council library committee froze all expenditure on music in 1984.
    * * *
    (n.) = library board, library committee

    Ex: The lawsuit has enabled the library board to replace its 18,000 square foot Carnegie main library with a 110,000 square foot downtown complex with parking facilities.

    Ex: During the last 10 years the service level in the City has fallen and music has stagnated, since the local council library committee froze all expenditure on music in 1984.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comisión de biblioteca

  • 43 como corresponde a

    Ex. On the third hand, as befits robots, we have on-going work on the appropriate use of 'intelligent' machines in relation to the human work-force they are supposed to replace.
    * * *

    Ex: On the third hand, as befits robots, we have on-going work on the appropriate use of 'intelligent' machines in relation to the human work-force they are supposed to replace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como corresponde a

  • 44 comunicación científica

    (n.) = scholarly communication, scientific communication
    Ex. The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.
    Ex. In this transition from a macroscopic to a microscopic field of scientific communication, the author finds evidence for the invalidity of Bradford's Law.
    * * *
    (n.) = scholarly communication, scientific communication

    Ex: The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.

    Ex: In this transition from a macroscopic to a microscopic field of scientific communication, the author finds evidence for the invalidity of Bradford's Law.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunicación científica

  • 45 comunicación entre especialistas

    (n.) = scholarly communication, scholarly discourse
    Ex. The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.
    Ex. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of online conferencing compared to traditional methods of scholarly discourse.
    * * *
    (n.) = scholarly communication, scholarly discourse

    Ex: The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.

    Ex: This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of online conferencing compared to traditional methods of scholarly discourse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunicación entre especialistas

  • 46 confesar

    v.
    1 to confess (to) (gen) & (religion).
    le confesó antes de morir he heard his confession before he died
    confieso que te mentí I admit I lied to you
    El ladrón confesó su delito The thief confessed his crime.
    El juez confesó al chico The judge confessed the boy.
    2 to confess to, to admit to.
    El ladrón confesó su delito The thief confessed his crime.
    El juez confesó al chico The judge confessed the boy.
    El chico confesó haber robado uvas The boy confessed to having stolen grapes
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 (reconocer) to confess, admit
    2 (un crimen) to own up to
    3 (pecados) to confess
    4 RELIGIÓN to confess, hear in confession
    1 DERECHO to own up
    1 to go to confession, confess
    \
    confesarse culpable to admit one's guilt, plead guilty
    confesar de plano familiar to admit everything
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=admitir) [+ error] to admit, acknowledge; [+ crimen] to confess to, own up to
    2) (Rel) [+ pecados] to confess; [sacerdote] to confess, hear the confession of
    2.
    VI (=admitir) to confess, own up
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) < pecado> to confess
    b) <sentimiento/ignorancia/delito> to confess; < error> to admit
    2.
    a) (Relig) to hear confession
    b) ( admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession
    3.
    confesarse v pron
    a) (Relig) to go to confession

    confesarse con alguien — (Relig) to go to somebody for confession; ( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to somebody

    b) ( declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being
    * * *
    = confess, own, own up.
    Ex. Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.
    Ex. 'I don't know what to say,' she owned and lapsed into silence.
    Ex. But let's not forget that he owned up for what he did and even gave all his betting money to charity.
    ----
    * confesarlo = come out with + it.
    * confesar sobre Algo = come + clean.
    * hay que confesar = confessedly.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) < pecado> to confess
    b) <sentimiento/ignorancia/delito> to confess; < error> to admit
    2.
    a) (Relig) to hear confession
    b) ( admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession
    3.
    confesarse v pron
    a) (Relig) to go to confession

    confesarse con alguien — (Relig) to go to somebody for confession; ( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to somebody

    b) ( declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being
    * * *
    = confess, own, own up.

    Ex: Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.

    Ex: 'I don't know what to say,' she owned and lapsed into silence.
    Ex: But let's not forget that he owned up for what he did and even gave all his betting money to charity.
    * confesarlo = come out with + it.
    * confesar sobre Algo = come + clean.
    * hay que confesar = confessedly.

    * * *
    confesar [A5 ]
    vt
    1 ( Relig):
    confesé mis pecados I confessed my sins
    el cura que siempre la confiesa the priest who always hears her confession
    2 ‹sentimiento/ignorancia› to confess; ‹error› to admit, confess; ‹culpa/delito› to confess, admit, own up to
    le confesó abiertamente su amor he openly confessed his love to her
    ■ confesar
    vi
    1 ( Relig) to hear confession
    2 (admitir culpabilidad) to confess, make a confession
    1 ( Relig) to go to confession confesarse DE algo to confess sth confesarse CON algn to go TO sb FOR confession, confess one's sins TO sb
    2 (declararse) (+ compl) to confess to being, admit to being
    se confiesa amante de la música moderna she confesses o admits to being a lover of modern music
    * * *

    confesar ( conjugate confesar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) ‹ pecado› to confess;


    b) ‹sentimiento/ignorancia/delito› to confess;

    ‹ error› to admit
    verbo intransitivo


    confesarse verbo pronominal

    confesarse de algo to confess sth;
    confesarse con algn (Relig) to go to sb for confession;
    ( hacer confidencias) to open up one's heart to sb

    confesar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (reconocer) to confess, admit
    2 (un crimen) to confess: confiésalo: has sido tú quien se ha comido el pastel, own up: you were the one who ate the cake
    3 Rel (los pecados) to confess
    (escuchar los pecados) to hear the confession of
    II verbo intransitivo (declararse culpable) to confess: no ha confesado aún, pero ha sido ella, she hasn't owned up yet, but it was her ➣ Ver nota en admit
    ' confesar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cantar
    - declarar
    English:
    admit
    - clean
    - confess
    - willing
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pecado] to confess (to);
    confieso que he pecado I confess that I have sinned
    2. [falta] to confess (to);
    [culpabilidad] to confess, to admit; [sentimientos] to confess (to);
    le confesó su amor he confessed o declared his love to her;
    confieso que te mentí I admit I lied to you;
    confesar de plano to make a full confession, to confess to everything;
    si quieres que te confiese la verdad, desconozco la respuesta to tell you the truth, I don't know the answer
    3. [persona]
    el cura confesó al moribundo the priest heard the dying man's confession
    * * *
    I v/t REL confess; delito confess to, admit
    II v/i JUR confess
    * * *
    confesar {55} v
    : to confess
    * * *
    confesar vb to confess

    Spanish-English dictionary > confesar

  • 47 conservador

    adj.
    1 conservative, discreet, moderate, restrained.
    2 conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing.
    3 Conservative.
    m.
    1 conservative, praetorian, rightist, right-winger.
    2 preservative, preserver.
    3 Conservative.
    4 curator.
    * * *
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    2 (de museos) curator
    * * *
    1. (f. - conservadora)
    noun
    2. (f. - conservadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    conservador, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) (Culin) preservative
    2. SM / F
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) [de museo] curator, keeper
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
    Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
    Ex. The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex. In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex. Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex. Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex. The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex. He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    ----
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

    Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.

    Ex: The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex: In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex: Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex: Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex: The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex: He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) ‹partido/gobierno› conservative
    2 (tradicional) ‹persona/ideas› conservative
    es muy conservador en sus gustos he's very conservative in his tastes
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Pol) conservative
    2 (de un museo) curator
    3
    conservador masculine ( Coc) preservative
    * * *

    conservador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    conservative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative


    conservador,-ora
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino conservative
    Pol Conservative
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Pol Conservative
    2 (de un museo, una biblioteca) curator
    ' conservador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - bloque
    - conservadora
    - europeísta
    English:
    conservative
    - keeper
    - seat
    - Tory
    - wet
    - Conservative
    - curator
    - custodian
    - round
    * * *
    conservador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative;
    es un entrenador muy conservador he's a very conservative manager
    2. [del partido conservador] Conservative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative
    2. [miembro del partido conservador] Conservative
    3. [de museo] curator;
    [de biblioteca] librarian; [de parque natural] keeper
    * * *
    I adj conservative
    II m, conservadora f
    1 de museo curator
    2 POL conservative
    * * *
    conservador, - dora adj & n
    : conservative
    : preservative
    * * *
    conservador adj n conservative

    Spanish-English dictionary > conservador

  • 48 consola

    f.
    1 console (computing & Tec).
    consola de videojuegos video console
    2 console table (mesa).
    3 dashboard, console, fascia.
    * * *
    1 (mueble) console table
    \
    consola de videojuegos games console
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=mesa) console table
    2) (Inform, Mús) console
    * * *
    1) ( mueble) console table
    2)
    a) ( panel de controles) console
    b) ( de órgano) console
    * * *
    Ex. Consoles would replace the conventional catalogue and would provide the facility for browsing now afforded by the open stacks.
    * * *
    1) ( mueble) console table
    2)
    a) ( panel de controles) console
    b) ( de órgano) console
    * * *

    Ex: Consoles would replace the conventional catalogue and would provide the facility for browsing now afforded by the open stacks.

    * * *
    A (mueble) console table
    B
    2 ( Mús) (de un órgano) console
    * * *

    consola sustantivo femenino


    consola sustantivo femenino
    1 console table
    2 Inform console
    ' consola' also found in these entries:
    English:
    console
    * * *
    1. [tablero de mandos] console
    2. Informát console
    consola de videojuegos video games console
    3. [mesa] console table
    4. [de órgano] console
    * * *
    f INFOR console
    * * *
    : console

    Spanish-English dictionary > consola

  • 49 convertir al sistema decimal

    (v.) = decimalise [decimalize, -USA]
    Ex. It was introduced in 1967 to replace the New Zealand pound, when the country decimalised its currency.
    * * *
    (v.) = decimalise [decimalize, -USA]

    Ex: It was introduced in 1967 to replace the New Zealand pound, when the country decimalised its currency.

    Spanish-English dictionary > convertir al sistema decimal

  • 50 cuarto oscuro

    m.
    darkroom.
    * * *
    (fotografía) darkroom
    * * *
    (Fot) darkroom; (Pol) (RPl) ≈polling booth
    * * *
    (n.) = darkroom
    Ex. The decision was taken to replace the conventional darkroom equipment with modern, digital equivalents.
    * * *
    (Fot) darkroom; (Pol) (RPl) ≈polling booth
    * * *
    (n.) = darkroom

    Ex: The decision was taken to replace the conventional darkroom equipment with modern, digital equivalents.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuarto oscuro

  • 51 de igual forma

    = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein
    Ex. In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex. The author suggests that certain types of people are attracted to certain occupations, and that people who choose the same occupation tend to behave in a like manner within their occupational group.
    Ex. Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    * * *
    = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein

    Ex: In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.

    Ex: The author suggests that certain types of people are attracted to certain occupations, and that people who choose the same occupation tend to behave in a like manner within their occupational group.
    Ex: Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de igual forma

  • 52 de igual manera

    = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s)
    Ex. By the same token, knowing the basics of microcomputer technology will help the librarian to appreciate why the computer does what it does with bibliographic records.
    Ex. Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex. In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    Ex. Despite the fact I heard twitters of laughter from the audience, there is nothing funny in this movie, which mocks Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in equal measures.
    * * *
    = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s)

    Ex: By the same token, knowing the basics of microcomputer technology will help the librarian to appreciate why the computer does what it does with bibliographic records.

    Ex: Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex: In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    Ex: Despite the fact I heard twitters of laughter from the audience, there is nothing funny in this movie, which mocks Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in equal measures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de igual manera

  • 53 de igual modo

    = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein
    Ex. We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.
    Ex. Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex. Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex. In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    * * *
    = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein

    Ex: We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.

    Ex: Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex: Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex: In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de igual modo

  • 54 decrépito

    adj.
    decrepit, crippled, wasted-away.
    * * *
    1 decrepit
    * * *
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo decrepit
    * * *
    = decrepit, creaky [creakier -comp., creakiest -sup.].
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. With every air-conditioner running at full blast, the city's creaky infrastructure is often stretched beyond the breaking point.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo decrepit
    * * *
    = decrepit, creaky [creakier -comp., creakiest -sup.].

    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.

    Ex: With every air-conditioner running at full blast, the city's creaky infrastructure is often stretched beyond the breaking point.

    * * *
    ‹viejo› decrepit ‹autobús/coche› ( hum) decrepit, dilapidated, beat-up ( AmE colloq), clapped-out ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    decrépito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    decrepit
    decrépito,-a adjetivo decrepit

    ' decrépito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caduca
    - caduco
    - decrépita
    English:
    decrepit
    * * *
    decrépito, -a adj
    Pey
    1. [anciano] decrepit
    2. [civilización, industria] decadent, declining
    3. [automóvil, tren, edificio] dilapidated;
    [coche] Br clapped-out, US beat-up
    * * *
    adj decrepit
    * * *
    decrépito, -ta adj
    : decrepit

    Spanish-English dictionary > decrépito

  • 55 dejar de funcionar

    (v.) = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up
    Ex. But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.
    Ex. The Library ceased to function soon after the closure of the mines in 1934.
    Ex. Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
    Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex. Variable road signs with solar panels can go dead when, for. instance, snow covers the power source.
    Ex. That's telling you the drive is on the way out and you should replace it and get what you can off that drive before it packs up altogether.
    * * *
    (v.) = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up

    Ex: But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.

    Ex: The Library ceased to function soon after the closure of the mines in 1934.
    Ex: Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
    Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex: Variable road signs with solar panels can go dead when, for. instance, snow covers the power source.
    Ex: That's telling you the drive is on the way out and you should replace it and get what you can off that drive before it packs up altogether.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar de funcionar

  • 56 delante de

    prep.
    in front of, before, ahead of.
    * * *
    * * *
    = before, in front of
    Ex. The hearings before the Royal Commission, including among the witnesses some of the most prominent librarians and scholars of that day, extended from 1847 to 1849.
    Ex. Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
    * * *
    = before, in front of

    Ex: The hearings before the Royal Commission, including among the witnesses some of the most prominent librarians and scholars of that day, extended from 1847 to 1849.

    Ex: Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.

    * * *
    1. (en general) in front of
    2. (frente a) outside

    Spanish-English dictionary > delante de

  • 57 demasiado costoso

    (adj.) = non-affordable [nonaffordable]
    Ex. The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.
    * * *
    (adj.) = non-affordable [nonaffordable]

    Ex: The technology exists to establish a new system of scholarly communication to replace a heavily burdened and increasingly nonaffordable print-on-paper process which can no longer manage the explosion of knowledge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demasiado costoso

  • 58 desfasado

    adj.
    out of phase, out of place, off-time.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desfasar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desfasar desfasar
    1 outdated, out of date (persona) old-fashioned, behind the times
    ■ ¡eres un desfasado! you're just not with it!
    * * *
    (f. - desfasada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=anticuado) behind the times
    2) (Téc) out of phase
    3)

    estar desfasado — (Aer) to be suffering from jetlag

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Fís) out of phase; <mecanismo/ritmo> out of sync; <planes/etapas> out of step
    b) <ideas/persona> old-fashioned
    * * *
    = out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], outmoded, superseded, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], out of sync, overaged, out of touch with + reality, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], stale, long in the tooth.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.
    Ex. Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. The article 'Reading: an activity out of sync' emphasizes the need for the librarian and the teacher to work together to ensure that pupils are taught about a wide range of quality literature titles and authors.
    Ex. Bielefeld University is replacing its overaged mainframe data processing systems in the library.
    Ex. Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Fís) out of phase; <mecanismo/ritmo> out of sync; <planes/etapas> out of step
    b) <ideas/persona> old-fashioned
    * * *
    = out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], outmoded, superseded, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], out of sync, overaged, out of touch with + reality, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], stale, long in the tooth.

    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.

    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.
    Ex: Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: The article 'Reading: an activity out of sync' emphasizes the need for the librarian and the teacher to work together to ensure that pupils are taught about a wide range of quality literature titles and authors.
    Ex: Bielefeld University is replacing its overaged mainframe data processing systems in the library.
    Ex: Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís) out of phase
    2 ‹mecanismo/ritmo› out of sync; ‹planes/etapas› out of step
    3 ‹ideas/persona› old-fashioned
    está algo desfasado it's a little behind the times o old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo desfasarse: ( conjugate desfasarse)

    desfasado es:

    el participio

    desfasado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ideas/persona› old-fashioned

    desfasado,-a adjetivo
    1 (objeto, moda, etc) outdated
    2 (persona) old-fashioned, behind the times
    3 Téc out of phase

    ' desfasado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desfasada
    - atrasado
    English:
    time
    - out
    * * *
    desfasado, -a adj
    1. [desincronizado] out of synch o sync
    2. [persona] out of touch;
    [libro, moda] old-fashioned; [ideas] old-fashioned, out of date
    * * *
    adj fig
    old-fashioned
    * * *
    desfasado, -da adj
    1) : out of sync
    2) : out of step, behind the times
    * * *
    desfasado adj out of date

    Spanish-English dictionary > desfasado

  • 59 desperdiciar una oportunidad

    (n.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chance
    Ex. In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.
    Ex. He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.
    Ex. Real Madrid spurned the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division as they fired blanks in a frustrating 0-0 draw at Osasuna.
    * * *
    (n.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chance

    Ex: In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.

    Ex: He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.
    Ex: Real Madrid spurned the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division as they fired blanks in a frustrating 0-0 draw at Osasuna.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desperdiciar una oportunidad

  • 60 destartalado

    adj.
    broken-down, broken, ruined, in shambles.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destartalar.
    * * *
    1 (casa etc) tumbledown, ramshackle; (coche etc) clapped-out, rickety; (mueble) dilapidated, shabby
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [casa] (=grande, mal dispuesta) large and rambling; (=ruinoso) tumbledown
    2) [coche] rickety
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < coche> beat-up (AmE colloq), clapped-out (BrE colloq); < mueble> shabby; < casa> ramshackle, rundown
    * * *
    = decrepit, rickety, dilapidated, ramshackle.
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.
    Ex. China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.
    Ex. The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < coche> beat-up (AmE colloq), clapped-out (BrE colloq); < mueble> shabby; < casa> ramshackle, rundown
    * * *
    = decrepit, rickety, dilapidated, ramshackle.

    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.

    Ex: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.
    Ex: China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.
    Ex: The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.

    * * *
    1 ( fam); ‹coche› dilapidated, beat-up ( AmE colloq), clapped-out ( BrE colloq); ‹mueble› dilapidated, shabby; ‹casa› ramshackle, rundown, dilapidated
    2 ( fam) (desordenado) untidy
    la casa está toda destartalada the house is very untidy o in a terrible mess
    * * *

    Del verbo destartalar: ( conjugate destartalar)

    destartalado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    destartalado    
    destartalar
    destartalado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) ‹ coche› beat-up (AmE colloq), clapped-out (BrE colloq);


    ‹ mueble› shabby;
    ‹ casa› ramshackle, rundown
    destartalado,-a adjetivo ramshackle
    destartalar vtr LAm (dejar una casa o sitio sin los objetos de uso habitual) to clean out
    ' destartalado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destartalada
    English:
    dilapidated
    - ramshackle
    - run-down
    - broken-down
    - decrepit
    - scruffy
    * * *
    destartalado, -a adj
    1. [viejo, deteriorado] dilapidated
    2. [desordenado] untidy
    * * *
    adj vehículo, casa dilapidated
    * * *
    destartalado, -da adj
    : dilapidated, tumbledown

    Spanish-English dictionary > destartalado

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