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selectively

  • 1 selectivamente

    adv.
    selectively, discriminatively.
    * * *
    1 selectively
    * * *
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    Ex. From this screen you can selectively search for a particular MARC record by author, title, LCCN, ISBN, ISSN, and GPO classification number.
    * * *

    Ex: From this screen you can selectively search for a particular MARC record by author, title, LCCN, ISBN, ISSN, and GPO classification number.

    Spanish-English dictionary > selectivamente

  • 2 anular

    adj.
    1 ring-shaped.
    dedo anular ring finger
    2 annular, ring-shaped.
    Ricardo compró un artefacto anular Richard bought a ring-shaped artifact.
    m.
    1 ring finger (dedo).
    Elsa se quebró el anular Elsa fractured her ring finger.
    2 annular, annular ligament.
    v.
    1 to annul, to leave without effect, to abolish, to invalidate.
    El juez anuló la decisión The judge annulled the decision.
    2 to belittle, to annul, to underrate.
    Dorotea anula a su hijo Dorothy belittles her son.
    3 to chalk off.
    * * *
    1 ring-shaped
    1 ring finger
    ————————
    1 (matrimonio) to annul; (una ley) to repeal; (una sentencia) to quash
    2 (un pedido, viaje) to cancel; (un contrato) to invalidate, cancel
    3 DEPORTE (un gol) to disallow
    4 figurado (desautorizar) to deprive of authority
    1 to lose one's authority
    * * *
    verb
    1) to cancel, annul, rescind
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ contrato] to cancel, rescind; [+ ley] to repeal; [+ decisión] to override; [+ matrimonio] to annul
    2) [+ elecciones, resultado] to declare null and void; [+ gol, tanto] to disallow
    3) [+ cita, viaje, evento] to cancel
    4) [+ cheque] to cancel
    5) [+ efecto] to cancel out, destroy
    6) (Mat) to cancel out
    7) [+ persona] to overshadow
    8) frm (=incapacitar) to deprive of authority, remove from office
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.
    Ex. Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex. To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex. On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex. The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex. We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex. Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
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    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.

    Ex: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.

    Ex: To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex: On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex: The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex: We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex: Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.

    * * *
    ‹forma› ring-shaped dedo
    anular2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹contrato› to cancel, rescind; ‹matrimonio› to annul; ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn; ‹resultado› to declare … null and void; ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    2 ‹cheque› (destruir) to cancel; (dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    3 ‹viaje/compromiso› to cancel
    B ‹persona› to destroy
    las dos fuerzas se anulan the two forces cancel each other out
    ring finger
    * * *

     

    anular verbo transitivo
    a) ‹contrato/viaje› to cancel;

    ‹ matrimonio› to annul;
    ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn;
    ‹ resultado› to declare … null and void;
    ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    b) ‹ cheque› ( destruir) to cancel;

    ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    finger ring
    anular 1 sustantivo masculino ring finger
    anular 2 verbo transitivo
    1 Com (un pedido) to cancel
    Dep (un gol) to disallow
    (un matrimonio) to annul
    Jur (una ley) to repeal
    2 Inform to delete
    3 (desautorizar, ignorar a una persona) to destroy
    ' anular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dedo
    English:
    annul
    - cancel out
    - disallow
    - invalidate
    - negate
    - nullify
    - off
    - override
    - quash
    - rescind
    - ring finger
    - scrub
    - cancel
    - finger
    - over
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [en forma de anillo] ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    ♦ nm
    [dedo] ring finger
    ♦ vt
    1. [cancelar] to cancel;
    [ley] to repeal; [matrimonio, contrato] to annul
    2. Dep [partido] to call off;
    [gol] to disallow; [resultado] to declare void
    3. [restar iniciativa]
    su marido la anula totalmente she's totally dominated by her husband;
    el defensa anuló a la estrella del equipo contrario the defender marked the opposing team's star out of the game
    * * *
    1 v/t cancel; matrimonio annul; gol disallow; ley repeal
    2 adj ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    * * *
    anular vt
    : to annul, to cancel
    * * *
    anular vb
    1. (cita, viaje, etc) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]
    2. (matrimonio) to annul [pt. & pp. annulled]
    3. (gol, tanto) to disallow

    Spanish-English dictionary > anular

  • 3 anuncio publicitario

    m.
    advertisement, commercial, ad, advert.
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    (gen) advertisement, advert 2 (de televisión, radio) advert, commercial
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    (n.) = ad (advertisement), advertisement (ad), spot advertising
    Ex. Small ads and job vacancies may also be displayed in the library.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. In addition, televised spot advertising, and to a lesser degree, television news, exert the most impact on voters' perceptions.
    * * *
    (n.) = ad (advertisement), advertisement (ad), spot advertising

    Ex: Small ads and job vacancies may also be displayed in the library.

    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: In addition, televised spot advertising, and to a lesser degree, television news, exert the most impact on voters' perceptions.

    Spanish-English dictionary > anuncio publicitario

  • 4 circuito

    m.
    1 circuit (sport & Elec).
    circuito cerrado closed circuit
    circuito impreso/integrado printed/integrated circuit
    2 belt (contorno).
    3 tour (viaje).
    4 racetrack, racecourse, motor-racing track.
    * * *
    1 (eléctrico) circuit
    2 (contorno) circumference
    3 (recorrido) tour, circuit
    4 (de carreras) track, circuit
    \
    circuito cerrado de televisión closed-circuit television
    corto circuito short circuit
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=pista) circuit, track

    circuito de carreras — racetrack, racecourse ( esp EEUU), (motor) racing circuit

    circuito urbano — city circuit, town circuit

    2) (=círculo) circuit
    3) (Elec) circuit
    4) (Telec)
    5) (=gira) tour
    * * *
    1) ( pista) track, circuit; (de circo, exposición) circuit
    2) (Elec, Electrón) circuit
    •
    * * *
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    ----
    * circuito cerrado de television = closed circuit television (CCTV).
    * circuito de carreras = race track.
    * circuito de la información = information chain, the, information provision chain, the.
    * circuito electrónico = electronic circuit.
    * circuito integrado = integrated circuit.
    * circuitos = circuitry.
    * circuito virtual pemanente = permanent virtual circuit (PVC).
    * cortacircuitos = circuit breaker.
    * cortocircuito = short circuit.
    * en circuito cerrado = looped.
    * en circuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.
    * en circuitos de segundo orden = in the provinces.
    * formando un circuito cerrado = looped.
    * * *
    1) ( pista) track, circuit; (de circo, exposición) circuit
    2) (Elec, Electrón) circuit
    •
    * * *

    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.

    * circuito cerrado de television = closed circuit television (CCTV).
    * circuito de carreras = race track.
    * circuito de la información = information chain, the, information provision chain, the.
    * circuito electrónico = electronic circuit.
    * circuito integrado = integrated circuit.
    * circuitos = circuitry.
    * circuito virtual pemanente = permanent virtual circuit (PVC).
    * cortacircuitos = circuit breaker.
    * cortocircuito = short circuit.
    * en circuito cerrado = looped.
    * en circuitos de segunda categoría = in the provinces.
    * en circuitos de segundo orden = in the provinces.
    * formando un circuito cerrado = looped.

    * * *
    A
    1 (pista) track, circuit
    el circuito de Monza the Monza circuit
    2 (de un circo, una exposición) circuit
    Compuesto:
    urban cycle
    B ( Elec, Electrón) circuit
    Compuestos:
    closed circuit
    circuito cerrado de televisión closed-circuit television
    series o serial circuit
    printed circuit
    integrated circuit
    * * *

     

    circuito sustantivo masculino

    (de circo, exposición) circuit
    b) (Elec, Electrón) circuit

    circuito sustantivo masculino
    1 Elec circuit
    2 Auto Dep track, circuit
    ' circuito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calle
    - recta
    - carga
    - resistencia
    - salida
    - sobrecarga
    - sobrecargar
    - televisión
    English:
    circuit
    - lap
    - racetrack
    - closed
    - loop
    * * *
    1. [eléctrico] circuit
    circuito abierto open circuit; Elec circuito de alimentación power circuit;
    circuito cerrado closed circuit;
    circuito cerrado de televisión closed circuit television;
    circuito eléctrico electric circuit;
    circuito impreso printed circuit;
    circuito integrado integrated circuit;
    circuito lógico logic circuit;
    circuito en paralelo parallel circuit
    2. [de carreras] [en automovilismo] circuit;
    [en ciclismo] course;
    el circuito de Jerez the Jerez circuit
    circuito de entrenamiento fitness circuit;
    circuito urbano city circuit
    3. [de exposición, obra teatral] circuit;
    la película pasará por el circuito de los cines de arte y ensayo the movie o Br film will be shown on the art house circuit
    4. [de competiciones deportivas] circuit;
    el circuito europeo/americano [de golf] the European/American Tour;
    la mejor tenista del circuito femenino the best tennis player on the ladies' circuit
    5. [contorno] belt
    6. [viaje] tour;
    un circuito por los países escandinavos a tour of the Scandinavian countries
    * * *
    m circuit;
    corto circuito EL short circuit
    * * *
    : circuit
    * * *
    1. (pista) track
    2. (eléctrico) circuit

    Spanish-English dictionary > circuito

  • 5 cribar

    v.
    1 to sieve.
    2 to screen out, to select.
    * * *
    1 (colar) to sift, sieve
    2 figurado (seleccionar) to screen
    * * *
    VT to sieve, sift
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sieve, sift
    * * *
    = sift, screen out, filter (out), winnow, strain, vet.
    Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.
    Ex. Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.
    Ex. Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sieve, sift
    * * *
    = sift, screen out, filter (out), winnow, strain, vet.

    Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.

    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.
    Ex: Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.
    Ex: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.

    * * *
    cribar [A1 ]
    vt
    to sieve, sift
    * * *

    cribar ( conjugate cribar) verbo transitivo
    to sieve, sift
    cribar sustantivo femenino
    1 Agr to sift
    2 figurado to filter, narrow down: vamos a cribar todas las propuestas, let's narrow down the proposals
    ' cribar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sieve
    * * *
    cribar vt
    1. [con tamiz] to sieve
    2. [seleccionar] to screen out, to select
    * * *
    v/t sift, sieve; fig
    select
    * * *
    cribar vt
    : to sift

    Spanish-English dictionary > cribar

  • 6 crustáceo

    adj.
    crustacean, crustaceous.
    m.
    shellfish, crustacean, aquatic arthropod typically covered with a hard shell or crust.
    * * *
    1 crustacean
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino crustacean
    * * *
    Ex. Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.
    * * *
    masculino crustacean
    * * *

    Ex: Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.

    * * *
    crustacean
    * * *

    crustáceo sustantivo masculino
    crustacean
    crustáceo sustantivo masculino Zool crustacean
    ' crustáceo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camarón
    - langosta
    English:
    crustacean
    * * *
    crustacean
    * * *
    : crustacean

    Spanish-English dictionary > crustáceo

  • 7 diferenciar

    v.
    1 to distinguish, to differentiate.
    2 to tell apart, to differentiate, to discern, to distinguish.
    Ricardo discierne las medidas Richard discerns=weighs the measures.
    * * *
    1 (distinguir) to differentiate, distinguish ( entre, between)
    2 (hacer diferente) to make different
    1 to differ, be different ( por, because of)
    2 (destacarse) to distinguish oneself, stand out ( por, because of)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer diferencias) to distinguish, differentiate

    no sabe diferenciar entre uno y otro — she can't distinguish o differentiate between the two

    2) (=hacer diferente) to make different
    3) (=variar) to vary the use of, alter the function of
    4) (Mat) to differentiate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <colores/sonidos> to tell the difference between, differentiate between

    diferenciar algo de algo: no diferencia lo que está bien de lo que está mal — he can't distinguish between right and wrong

    2.

    ¿en qué se diferencia esta especie? — what makes this species different?

    diferenciarse de algo/alguien — to differ from something/somebody

    sólo se diferencia del otro en or por el precio — the only difference between this one and the other one is the price

    * * *
    = differentiate, discern, discriminate, sift, screen out, tell + the difference, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, decouple.
    Ex. Sometimes it is acceptable to treat such words or concepts as equivalent to one another, and on other occasions it is important to differentiate between such terms.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. It is also possible to assign weights to the concepts in document profiles, that is to indicate the primary concepts in a document and discriminate between these and subsidiary concepts.
    Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. The user will have no means of telling the difference.
    Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex. What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex. The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    ----
    * diferenciar de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * no diferenciarse de = be nothing short of.
    * sabiendo diferenciar entre lo que vale y lo que no = discriminatingly.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <colores/sonidos> to tell the difference between, differentiate between

    diferenciar algo de algo: no diferencia lo que está bien de lo que está mal — he can't distinguish between right and wrong

    2.

    ¿en qué se diferencia esta especie? — what makes this species different?

    diferenciarse de algo/alguien — to differ from something/somebody

    sólo se diferencia del otro en or por el precio — the only difference between this one and the other one is the price

    * * *
    = differentiate, discern, discriminate, sift, screen out, tell + the difference, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, decouple.

    Ex: Sometimes it is acceptable to treat such words or concepts as equivalent to one another, and on other occasions it is important to differentiate between such terms.

    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: It is also possible to assign weights to the concepts in document profiles, that is to indicate the primary concepts in a document and discriminate between these and subsidiary concepts.
    Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: The user will have no means of telling the difference.
    Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex: What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex: The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    * diferenciar de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * no diferenciarse de = be nothing short of.
    * sabiendo diferenciar entre lo que vale y lo que no = discriminatingly.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹colores/sonidos› to tell the difference between, differentiate between, tell … apart
    no sabe diferenciar entre estas dos plantas he can't differentiate between o tell the difference between these two plants, he can't tell these two plants apart
    diferenciar algo DE algo:
    no diferencia lo que está bien de lo que está mal he doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, he can't differentiate between right and wrong, he can't distinguish between right and wrong
    ¿en qué se diferencia esta especie? what is different about this species?, what makes this species different?, how does this species differ?
    diferenciarse DE algo/algn:
    sólo se diferencia del otro en or por el precio the only difference between this one and the other one is the price
    se diferencia de ella en muchas cosas he's different from her in many ways
    * * *

     

    diferenciar ( conjugate diferenciar) verbo transitivo ‹colores/sonidos› to tell the difference between, differentiate between
    diferenciarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿en qué se diferencia esta especie? what makes this species different?;

    no se diferencian en nada there's no difference between them;
    diferenciarse de algo/algn to differ from sth/sb;
    solo se diferencia del otro en or por el precio the only difference between this one and the other one is the price
    diferenciar verbo transitivo
    1 (saber discernir) to distinguish, tell the difference: no diferencia la seda del algodón, she can't tell the difference between silk and cotton
    2 (hacer distinto) to differentiate: eso es lo que nos diferencia, that's what makes us different

    ' diferenciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bien
    - caracterizar
    - discriminar
    - distinguir
    English:
    differentiate
    - from
    - set apart
    - distinguish
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [distinguir] to distinguish (de/entre from/between);
    hay que diferenciar el tai-chi de las artes marciales you have to distinguish tai chi from the martial arts;
    no sabe diferenciar entre las setas venenosas y las comestibles he can't tell the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible ones
    2. Mat to differentiate
    ♦ vi
    to distinguish, to differentiate
    * * *
    v/t differentiate
    * * *
    : to differentiate between, to distinguish
    * * *
    diferenciar vb (distinguir) to distinguish

    Spanish-English dictionary > diferenciar

  • 8 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 9 escaparse

    1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away
    2 (librarse) to escape, avoid
    3 (gas etc) to leak
    4 (autobús etc) to miss
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=huir) [preso] to escape; [niño, adolescente] to run away

    ven aquí, no te me escapes — come here, don't run away

    • escaparse de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away from

    pelo 7)
    2) (=filtrarse) [gas, líquido] to leak, leak out ( por from)
    3) (=dejar pasar)

    me voy, que se me escapa el tren — I'm going, or I'll miss my train

    se me había escapado ese detalle — that detail had escaped my notice, I had overlooked o missed that detail

    • no se me escapa que... — I am aware that..., I realize that...

    escaparse de las manos —

    la realidad se me escapa de las manos — I'm losing touch with reality, I'm losing my grip on reality

    4) (=dejar salir)
    a) [grito, eructo]

    se le escapó un suspiro de alivio — she breathed o let out a sigh of relief

    b) [dato, noticia]
    5) (=soltarse)
    a) [globo, cometa] to fly away
    b) [punto de sutura] to come undone
    c) (Cos)
    6) (=hacerse público) [información] to leak, leak out
    7) (=olvidarse) to slip one's mind
    * * *
    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out
    Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
    Ex. The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex. The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    * * *
    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out

    Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

    Ex: The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex: For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex: The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

    * * *

    ■escaparse verbo reflexivo
    1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
    2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
    3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
    4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off
    ' escaparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irse
    - salirse
    - deslizar
    - escabullirse
    - escapar
    - escurrir
    - ir
    English:
    break away
    - escape
    - get away
    - leak
    - run off
    - shave
    - slip
    - squeak
    - break
    - elude
    - get
    - run
    - skive off
    - turn
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [huir] to get away, to escape (de from);
    se escaparon de la cárcel they escaped from prison;
    escaparse de casa to run away from home;
    se me escaparon las cabras the goats got away from me;
    no te escapes, que quiero hablar contigo don't run off, I want to talk to you
    2. [librarse]
    me escapé de milagro [de accidente] I escaped by a miracle;
    siempre se escapa de hacer las camas he always gets out of making the beds;
    Fam
    ¡de esta no te escaparás! you're not going to get out of this one!
    3. [en carrera] to break away;
    Herrera se escapó en solitario Herrera broke away on his own
    4. [sujeto: gas, agua] to leak;
    el aire se escapa por un agujero the air is leaking out through a hole
    5. [sin querer]
    se me escapó la risa/una palabrota I let out a laugh/an expletive;
    Fam
    se me ha escapado un pedo I've just farted;
    ¡era un secreto! – lo siento, se me escapó it was a secret! - I'm sorry, it just slipped out
    6. [irse]
    se me escapó el tren I missed the train;
    se me escapó la ocasión the opportunity slipped by
    7. [quedar fuera del alcance] to escape, to elude;
    los motivos de su comportamiento se me escapan the reasons for her behaviour are beyond me
    8. [pasar inadvertido]
    a tu madre no se le escapa nada your mother doesn't miss a thing;
    se me escapó lo que dijo I missed what he said
    9. [sujeto: punto de tejido] to drop;
    se te han escapado unos puntos you've dropped a couple of stitches
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( huir) escape (de from); de casa run away (de from);
    :
    se me ha escapado el tren I missed the train
    3
    :
    no se te escapa nada nothing gets past you o escapes you
    * * *
    vr
    : to escape notice, to leak out
    * * *
    1. (lograr salir, huir) to escape
    2. (líquido, gas, aire) to leak
    3. (transporte) to miss
    4. (secreto) to slip out [pt. & pp. slipped]
    no quería decírselo, pero se me escapó I didn't mean to tell him, but it slipped out
    escaparse de las manos to slip out of your hands [pt. & pp. slipped]
    escapársele la risa to burst out laughing [pt. & pp. burst]

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaparse

  • 10 eufasiáceo

    = euphausiids, krill.
    Ex. Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.
    Ex. Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.
    * * *
    = euphausiids, krill.

    Ex: Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.

    Ex: Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.

    Spanish-English dictionary > eufasiáceo

  • 11 euphausiacea

    = euphausiids, krill.
    Ex. Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.
    Ex. Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.
    * * *
    = euphausiids, krill.

    Ex: Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.

    Ex: Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.

    Spanish-English dictionary > euphausiacea

  • 12 filtrar + Información

    (v.) = leak + Información
    Ex. Authorised at national level and not intended for general publication, the report has been selectively circulated, widely leaked and generally discussed.
    * * *
    (v.) = leak + Información

    Ex: Authorised at national level and not intended for general publication, the report has been selectively circulated, widely leaked and generally discussed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > filtrar + Información

  • 13 forma de pensar

    (n.) = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking
    Ex. Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.
    Ex. Librarians need to examine their methods of clinical practice to determine whether there is a true congruence between their belief system and their style of service.
    Ex. Sometimes we perceive selectively hearing only those messages that fit our own worldview and set of opinions.
    Ex. The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.
    Ex. For most of its modern history library and information science (LIS) has been governed by the mode of thinking best characterized as positivism.
    * * *
    (n.) = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking

    Ex: Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.

    Ex: Librarians need to examine their methods of clinical practice to determine whether there is a true congruence between their belief system and their style of service.
    Ex: Sometimes we perceive selectively hearing only those messages that fit our own worldview and set of opinions.
    Ex: The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.
    Ex: For most of its modern history library and information science (LIS) has been governed by the mode of thinking best characterized as positivism.

    Spanish-English dictionary > forma de pensar

  • 14 inhibir

    v.
    to inhibit.
    María inhibió su ira Mary inhibited her anger.
    El aplauso inhibió a Ricardo The applause inhibited Richard.
    * * *
    1 (reprimir) to inhibit
    2 MEDICINA to inhibit
    1 (reprimirse) to be inhibited
    2 (abstenerse) to refrain (de, from); (negarse) to refuse (de, to)
    3 DERECHO to disqualify oneself
    \
    inhibirse de una decisión to avoid making a decision
    inhibirse de un problema to refuse to acknowledge a problem
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reprimir) to inhibit
    2) (Jur) to restrain, stay
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to inhibit
    2.
    inhibirse v pron to become inhibited
    * * *
    = inhibit, dope, hamstring.
    Ex. Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    ----
    * inhibirse = inhibit.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to inhibit
    2.
    inhibirse v pron to become inhibited
    * * *
    = inhibit, dope, hamstring.

    Ex: Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    * inhibirse = inhibit.

    * * *
    inhibir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 (cohibir) to inhibit
    su actitud dictatorial me inhibía I was inhibited by her dictatorial attitude, her dictatorial attitude inhibited me o made me feel inhibited
    2 ( Fisiol, Med) to inhibit
    3 ( Der) to disqualify
    1 (cohibirse) to become inhibited
    se inhibe ante los mayores he becomes very withdrawn o inhibited in front of adults
    vamos, no te inhibas y sal a bailar come on, don't be shy, get up and dance!
    2 ( refl) «juez» to disqualify oneself
    se inhibió de conocer el asunto he disqualified himself from the case, he said he could not try the case
    se inhibieron de firmar la protesta they did not sign o they said they could not sign the letter of protest
    * * *

    inhibir ( conjugate inhibir) verbo transitivo
    to inhibit
    inhibirse verbo pronominal
    to become inhibited
    inhibir verbo transitivo to inhibit: le inhibes con tu severidad, your being so strict is inhibiting her
    ' inhibir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cohibir
    English:
    inhibit
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [cohibir] to inhibit;
    su agresividad me inhibe I feel inhibited by his aggressiveness
    2. Psi to inhibit
    3. Fisiol to inhibit
    * * *
    v/t inhibit
    * * *
    : to inhibit

    Spanish-English dictionary > inhibir

  • 15 intentar lo imposible

    (v.) = attempt + the impossible, be an attempt at the impossible, square + the circle
    Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
    Ex. Because of lack of agreement in the public library profession on common objectives, efforts to produce staffing standards were an attempt at the impossible.
    Ex. The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.
    * * *
    (v.) = attempt + the impossible, be an attempt at the impossible, square + the circle

    Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

    Ex: Because of lack of agreement in the public library profession on common objectives, efforts to produce staffing standards were an attempt at the impossible.
    Ex: The article ' Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intentar lo imposible

  • 16 irse inadvertidamente

    (v.) = slip away
    Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
    * * *
    (v.) = slip away

    Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse inadvertidamente

  • 17 libertad sexual

    Ex. This article presents a selectively annotated bibliography on the question of whether or not individuals in the US have a right to sexual freedom.
    * * *

    Ex: This article presents a selectively annotated bibliography on the question of whether or not individuals in the US have a right to sexual freedom.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libertad sexual

  • 18 neutralizar

    v.
    1 to neutralize.
    Su fuerza neutraliza su actitud His strength neutralizes his attitude.
    La pandilla neutralizó a Ricardo The gang neutralized=eliminated Richard.
    2 to passivate, to make unreactive.
    El ácido neutraliza el acero Acid passivates steel.
    3 to buffer.
    * * *
    1 to neutralize
    * * *
    1.
    VT [gen] to neutralize; [+ tendencia, influencia] to counteract
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to neutralize
    * * *
    = neutralise [neutralize, -USA], dope, counteract, balance out.
    Ex. These subdivisions could be neutralized by changing 'Civilization of' to 'Relations with (colonizing people)' and by changing 'Discovery and exploration' to 'First knowledge of in (Western Europe)'.
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex. Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex. If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be.
    ----
    * neutralizar la acidez = deacidify [de-acidify].
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to neutralize
    * * *
    = neutralise [neutralize, -USA], dope, counteract, balance out.

    Ex: These subdivisions could be neutralized by changing 'Civilization of' to 'Relations with (colonizing people)' and by changing 'Discovery and exploration' to 'First knowledge of in (Western Europe)'.

    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex: Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex: If you do this it should balance out some of the negative thoughts you're having and know that in the end que sera sera, what's meant to be will be.
    * neutralizar la acidez = deacidify [de-acidify].

    * * *
    vt
    to neutralize
    * * *

    neutralizar ( conjugate neutralizar) verbo transitivo
    to neutralize
    neutralizar verbo transitivo to neutralize: debemos hacer una campaña para neutralizar su influencia, we should carry out a campaign to neutralize his influence
    ' neutralizar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    neutralize
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [efecto] to neutralize
    2. Dep [carrera] to neutralize
    * * *
    v/t neutralize
    * * *
    neutralizar {21} vt
    : to neutralize

    Spanish-English dictionary > neutralizar

  • 19 pez remo

    m.
    king of herrings, Regalecus glesne.
    * * *
    (n.) = oarfish
    Ex. Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.
    * * *
    (n.) = oarfish

    Ex: Oarfish feed primarily on zooplankton, selectively straining tiny euphausiids, shrimp, and other crustaceans from the water.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pez remo

  • 20 proceso fotolitográfico

    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    * * *

    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.

    Spanish-English dictionary > proceso fotolitográfico

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