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rife [raɪf]• to be rife [disease, corruption, unemployment] sévir► rife with ( = full of)* * *[raɪf]adjective (après v)to be rife — [crime] régner
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rife adj ( après v) to be rife [crime, disease, drug abuse] régner ; speculation was rife les conjectures allaient bon train ; a city rife with disease/crime une ville très touchée par la maladie/où règne le crime. -
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[raɪf]to be rife — [ crime] essere diffuso, dilagare
* * *((especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread: After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.) comune, diffuso* * *rife /raɪf/a. pred. (form.)comune; diffuso: Famine is still rife in some regions of Africa, la fame è ancora diffusa in alcune regioni dell'Africa; Rebellion is rife all over the region, la rivolta imperversa in tutta la regione● to be rife with, abbondare di, essere pieno (o ricco) di: The camp is rife with disease, le malattie hanno invaso il campo; The country is rife with racism, il razzismo dilaga nel paese.* * *[raɪf]to be rife — [ crime] essere diffuso, dilagare
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predicative adjective(widespread) weit verbreitetrumours were rife — es gingen Gerüchte um
* * *((especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread: After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.) grassieren* * *[raɪf]1. (widespread) weit verbreitetthe office was \rife with rumours im Büro kursierten jede Menge Gerüchte* * *[raɪf]adj1) (= widespread) disease, corruption weitverbreitetto be rife — grassieren; (rumour) umgehen
are/speculation is rife that... — es geht das Gerücht um/es wird spekuliert, dass...
2)(= full of)
rife with — voll von, vollercountries rife with Aids — Länder mit einer hohen Aidsrate
areas rife with unemployment/violence — Gegenden mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit/Gewaltkriminalität
* * *rife [raıf] adj1. be rife (vor)herrschen, grassieren;2. (with) voll (von), angefüllt (mit)* * *predicative adjective(widespread) weit verbreitet -
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n1) спекуляция2) pl слухи, догадки; предположения•to dismiss speculation that... — отвергать домыслы о чем-л.
to fuel speculation — давать пищу слухам / разговорам
to give rise to speculation — давать пищу для догадок / предположений
to heighten the speculation that... — раздувать слухи о том, что...
to lead to speculation that... — давать пищу слухам о том, что...
to quash any speculation that... — предотвращать любые слухи о том, что...
- editorial speculationto spark off / to stir up speculation about smth — давать пищу для слухов о чем-л.
- growing speculation
- meeting has provoked fresh speculations about smth
- monetary speculation
- mounting speculation
- political speculation
- press speculation about smth
- pure speculation
- speculation grows that...
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[raɪf]frmto be rife — (corruption, disease) dilagare, abbondare
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Adj1. प्रचलितSpeculation is rife in the market for a rise in share prices. -
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((especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread: After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.) abundantetr[raɪf]1 abundante\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be rife abundarrife ['raɪf] adj: abundante, comúnto be rife with: estar plagado deadj.• corriente adj.• frecuente adj.• general adj.raɪfadjective (pred) extendido[raɪf]ADJto be rife — [problem] ser muy común; [rumours, speculation, fears] abundar, proliferar; [disease] hacer estragos; [unemployment, crime] abundar, hacer estragos; [racism, corruption] estar muy extendido
(to be) rife with sth: countries rife with Aids — países plagados de sida, países donde el sida hace estragos
the whole industry is rife with corruption — la corrupción reina or está muy extendida en todo el sector
a region rife with unemployment — una región donde abunda el paro or donde el paro hace estragos
the media is rife with speculation about... — los medios de comunicación no dejan de especular acerca de..., en los medios de comunicación abundan or proliferan las especulaciones acerca de...
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1.1) поддержка (цены, курса); фиксация цены на определенном уровне2) база, ориентир•2.1) поддерживать (курс, цену)•Speculation is rife on financial markets that China will relax its foreign exchange policy which has pegged its currency, the yuan, to the dollar since 1994. — На финансовых рынках широко распространено мнение, что Китай ослабит свою валютную политику, которая привязала его валюту, юань, к доллару с 1994 г.
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