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1 deplete
dɪˈpli:t гл.
1) резко уменьшать количество или объем чего-либо а) уменьшать (количество, размер) б) истощать (организм) в) исчерпывать (of) (запасы, финансовые ресурсы и т.д.) to deplete the bank's stock of gold ≈ истощить национальный (банковский) запас золота Syn: weaken, deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt
2) производить очищение внутренних органов человека, представляющих собой заполненные чем-либо полости а) мед. очищать кишечник б) мед. производить кровопускание истощать, исчерпывать (запас) ;
опустошать( образное) обескровливать - to * one's resources исчерпать ресурсы - to * the world's natural wealth истощать природные богатства земли - to * one's strength истощить /подорвать/ силы - to * one's pocket разориться - to * a garrison of troops сократить численность гарнизона (специальное) обеднять( носителями) (медицина) очищать кишечник;
производить кровопускание, пускать кровь deplete истощать, исчерпывать (запас, силы и т. п.) ;
опорожнять;
перен. обескровливать;
depleted strength воен. уменьшившийся состав (вследствие потерь) ~ истощать ~ исчерпывать ~ опустошать ~ мед. очищать кишечник ~ мед. производить кровопускание deplete истощать, исчерпывать (запас, силы и т. п.) ;
опорожнять;
перен. обескровливать;
depleted strength воен. уменьшившийся состав (вследствие потерь) -
2 deplete
di'pli:t(to make smaller in amount, number etc: Our supplies of food are rather depleted.) reducir, agotartr[dɪ'pliːt]1 formal use reducir, agotar■ we are depleting the Earth's natural resources estamos agotando los recursos naturales de la Tierra1) exhaust: agotar2) reduce: reducirv.• agotar v.• desalmar v.• vaciar v.dɪ'pliːt[dɪ'pliːt]VT (=reduce) mermar; (=exhaust totally) agotarstocks have been depleted by overfishing — la fauna marina se ha visto mermada debido a una actividad pesquera desmesurada
that holiday rather depleted our savings — esas vacaciones mermaron or redujeron bastante nuestros ahorros
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[dıʹpli:t] v1. 1) истощать, исчерпывать ( запас); опустошать; образн. обескровливатьto deplete the world's natural wealth - истощать природные богатства земли
to deplete one's strength - истощить /подорвать/ силы
to deplete one's pocket - ≅ разориться
2) спец. обеднять ( носителями)2. мед.1) очищать кишечник2) производить кровопускание, пускать кровь -
4 истощить ресурсы
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > истощить ресурсы
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5 истощить ресурсы
Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > истощить ресурсы
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6 истощать
несовер. - истощать;
совер. - истощить( кого-л./что-л.) exhaust;
wear out, drain;
use up;
deplete истощить запасы месторождения ≈ to exhaust the deposits, to work out the deposits истощать чье-л. терпение ≈ to exhaust smb.'s patience, to wear out smb. 's patience истощить запасы ≈ to exhaust/drain the supplies истощить ресурсы ≈ to deplete the resources истощить копи ≈ to work out mines истощать почву ≈ to exhaust/emaciate/impoverish the soilистощ|ать -, истощить (вн.) exhaust (smb., smth.) ;
~ почву impoverish the soil;
истощить запасы exhaust stocks;
~ силы drain/sap energy;
~аться, истощиться
1. (ослабевать) weaken, dwindle;
(о почве) be* impoverished/exhausted;
2. (приходить к концу) be* exhausted, get* low, run* out;
(о залежах, ископаемых) run* thin;
моё терпение истощилось my patience is exhausted, my patience is at an end;
~ение с.
3. (изнурение) exhaustion;
(о почве тж.) impoverishment;
нервное ~ение nervous exhaustion;
4. (уменьшение) depletion;
~ение месторождения железной руды depletion of iron deposits.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > истощать
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7 истощить
несовер. - истощать;
совер. - истощить (кого-л./что-л.) exhaust;
wear out, drain;
use up;
deplete истощить запасы месторождения ≈ to exhaust the deposits, to work out the deposits истощать чье-л. терпение ≈ to exhaust smb.'s patience, to wear out smb. 's patience истощить запасы ≈ to exhaust/drain the supplies истощить ресурсы ≈ to deplete the resources истощить копи ≈ to work out mines истощать почву ≈ to exhaust/emaciate/impoverish the soilБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > истощить
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8 истощать
(кого-л./что-л.)несовер. - истощать; совер. - истощитьexhaust; wear out, drain; use up; depleteистощить запасы месторождения — to exhaust the deposits, to work out the deposits
истощать чье-л. терпение — to exhaust smb.'s patience, to wear out smb.'s patience
истощать почву — to exhaust/emaciate/impoverish the soil
истощить запасы — to exhaust/drain the supplies
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9 истощать
несов. - истоща́ть, сов. - истощи́ть; (вн.)истощи́ть запа́сы — exhaust / drain the supplies
истощи́ть ресу́рсы — deplete the resources
истоща́ть по́чву — exhaust / emaciate / impoverish the soil
истощи́ть запа́сы месторожде́ния — exhaust [work out; deplete] the deposits
••истоща́ть чьё-л терпе́ние — exhaust [wear out] smb's patience
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10 вичерпувати
= вичерпати1) to empty, to drain, to scoop out, to ladle, to bale out; to dip out (up)2) ( про запаси) to exhaust, to deplete; to use up -
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истощить (вн.)exhaust (d.); wear* out (d.), drain (d.) (ср. тж. изнурять)истощить запасы — exhaust / drain the supplies
истощить ресурсы — deplete the resources
истощать почву — exhaust / emaciate / impoverish the soil
истощить запасы месторождения — exhaust, или work out, the deposits
истощать чьё-л. терпение — exhaust, или wear* out, smb.'s patience
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12 ресурсы ресурс·ы
исчерпать ресурсы — to exhaust / to deplete resources
вторичные ресурсы — recycled / secondary resources
естественные / природные ресурсы — natural resources
истощать природные ресурсы — to drain / to deplete natural resources
охрана естественных / природных ресурсов — conservation of natural resources
рациональное использование естественных / природных ресурсов — rational exploitation of natural resources
страны, экономика которых зависит от единственного природного ресурса — single-resources countries
хищническое использование природных ресурсов страны — wasteful exploitation / use of natural resources of the country
материальные и интеллектуальные ресурсы человечества — material and intellectual resources of mankind
сырьевые и энергетические ресурсы — raw-materials and power / energy resources
топливно-энергетические ресурсы — fuel and power / energy resources
трудовые ресурсы — labour force, manpower / labour resources
использование ресурсов — utilization / exploitation of resources
переключение на мирные нужды ресурсов, высвобождаемых в результате разоружения — conversion to peaceful needs of resources released by disarmament
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13 mermar
v.1 to reduce, to diminish, to lessen.2 to decrease, to diminish.El medicamento merma la fiebre The drug decreases the fever.Mermó el negocio Business decreased.El negocio nos mermó Our business decreased.3 to dwindle, to decrease, to recede.La energía mermó The energy dwindled.* * *1 to reduce1 to decrease, diminish* * *1.VT (=disminuir) [+ crecimiento, capacidad] to reduce; [+ autoridad, prestigio] to undermine; [+ reservas] to deplete; [+ pago, raciones] to cut2.VISee:* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.----* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *mermar [A1 ]viel frío ha mermado it's less cold now, the cold has abated ( frml)el nivel del agua ha mermado con el calor the water level has fallen because of the heat■ mermarvt( frml); ‹suministro/provisión› to reduce, cut down on; ‹capital› to reducemermó las arcas de la organización it diminished o depleted the resources of the organization* * *
mermar ( conjugate mermar) verbo intransitivo (frml) [viento/frío] to abate (frml);
[ luz] to fade
verbo transitivo (frml) to reduce
mermar
I verbo transitivo to cause to decrease o diminish: ha mermado sus posibilidades de tener éxito, she has reduced her chances for success
II verbo intransitivo to decrease, diminish: sus facultades han mermado, his (mental) faculties have diminished
' mermar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicarse
- palidecer
- reducirse
English:
deplete
- erode
- tail
* * *♦ vi[caudal] to go down, to fall; [energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad] to fall; [calidad] to deteriorate♦ vt[energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad, calidad] to reduce* * *I v/t reduceII v/i diminish* * *mermar vi: to decrease, to diminishmermar vt: to reduce, to cut down -
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erschöpfen v 1. GEN exhaust (Vorrat, Möglichkeiten); 2. UMWELT deplete, use up (Rohstoff)* * ** * *erschöpfen
(aufbrauchen) to use up, to deplete, (Bergbau) to work out, (ermüden) to drain, to exhaust;
• sich erschöpfen (Vorräte) to run dry (low), to give out;
• Boden erschöpfen to impoverish the soil;
• Kontingent erschöpfen to use up a quota;
• seine Mittel erschöpfen to exhaust one’s resources;
• Silbermine erschöpfen to work out a silver mine;
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15 истощать
гл. deplete, exhaustистощать запас — exhaust the supply of …
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16 обескровливать
несов. - обескро́вливать, сов. - обескро́вить; (вн.)1) ( лишать крови) drain (d) of blood, bleed (d) white; exsanguinate (d) научн.2) ( резко ослаблять) weaken (d), exhaust (d), drain (d) of energy / resources, deplete the energy / resources (of) -
17 reducir
v.1 to reduce.nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cutreducir algo a algo to reduce something to somethingreducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of somethingElla redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).4 to set (medicine).5 to shorten, to shrink.Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.8 to hydrogenate.* * *1 (gen) to reduce2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on3 (vencer) to subdue4 MEDICINA to set5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)* * *verb1) to reduce, cut2) decrease3) subdue* * *1. VT1) (=disminuir)a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessenmedidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed
han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists
el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down
el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%
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reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sthtenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%
b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reducehan reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months
sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months
c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten2)•
reducir algo a algo —a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sthredujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government
b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm•
reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm5) (Quím) to reduce6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *2.VI (Aut) to change down3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.----* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *reducir [I6 ]vtA1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reducehemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of casesredujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reducedhan prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxescon esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infectionejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistlinereducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sthhan reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pagesle han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two yearsla población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former sizereducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o formel suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothingreducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sthpretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduceB1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligramsreducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominatorquedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashestodas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered2 ( Quím) to reduceC (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpowerreducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slaveryD ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)■ reducirviA ( Coc) to reduce, boil downdejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reducereducirse A algo:todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figurestodo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river* * *
reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
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‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
2a) ( transformar):
quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift
' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir] to reduce;[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum2. [fotocopia] to reduce3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower6. Quím to reduce8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]♦ vireduce a tercera change down into third (gear)* * *v/t1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear2 MIL overcome* * *reducir {61} vt1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut2) : to subdue3) : to boil down* * *reducir vb to reduce -
18 resource
n1) способ; средство2) обыкн. pl ресурсы; запасы3) отдых, развлечения4) находчивость, изобретательность•to affect allocations of resources — влиять / воздействовать на распределение ресурсов
to canalize / to channel resources to smth — направлять ресурсы на что-л.
to contribute resources — предоставлять ресурсы / средства, обеспечивать ресурсами
to derive resources from the sea — извлекать / добывать / получать ресурсы из моря
to develop natural resources — осваивать / разрабатывать природные ресурсы
to divert resources — отвлекать / переключать ресурсы
to exploit resources — разрабатывать ресурсы; использовать ресурсы
to possess large resources — обладать большими ресурсами / природными богатствами
to rely on one's own resources — надеяться только на свои силы
to spread resources — рассредоточивать / распределять ресурсы
to stimulate the flow of foreign resources (to) — стимулировать приток внешних ресурсов / средств (в)
to target existing resources to those more in need — направлять имеющиеся ресурсы тем, кто в них больше нуждается
to top resources — подключать / использовать ресурсы
- additional resourcesto use / to utilize resources to maximum effect — использовать ресурсы наиболее эффективно
- adequate resources
- allocation of resources
- available resources
- country is devoid of natural resources
- currency resources
- depletion of essential resources - diminishing resources
- distribution of resources
- economic resources
- energy resources
- environmental resources
- essential resources
- exploitation of resources
- exploration of natural resources
- extrabudgetary resources
- fairer sharing out of the world's resources
- financial resources
- finite resources
- foreign exchange resources
- fuel and energy resources
- fuel and power resources
- fuel and raw materials resources
- fuel resources
- health resources
- human resources - internal resources
- labor resources
- limitless resources
- local resources
- manpower resources
- marshaling of resources
- material and financial resources
- material and technical resources
- material resources
- military resources
- mineral resources
- misallocation of resources
- mismanagement of resources
- monetary resources
- national resources
- natural resources
- net flow of financial resources
- nonrenewable resources
- nonreproducible resources
- overall flow of resources
- physical resources
- pooling of resources
- potential resources
- power resources
- processing of mineral and agricultural resources
- productive resources
- rational use of resources
- rationally utilized resources
- raw material resources
- recycled resources
- redeployment of resources
- renewable natural resources
- saving of resources
- scarce resources
- specific resources
- substantial resources
- timber resources
- transfer of resources
- use of resources
- vital resources
- volume of productive resources
- waste use of natural resource
- wasteful use of natural resource
- water power resources
- water resources
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19 запас
reserve, stock, resources, supplyделать / накапливать запасы оружия — to stockpile arms
истощать запас — to exhaust the stock, to run short of supplies, to deplete one's reserves
истощать запасы нефти — to exhaust / to deplete oil deposits
золотой запас — gold holding / reserve / stock
истощение золотых запасов — gold reserves drain, drain of gold reserves
недостаточные запасы — inadequate / deficient / short supplies
неисчерпаемый запас — inexhaustible / unfailing supply (of)
неприкосновенный запас — untouchable reserve; (продовольствия) emergency ration / store
скудный запас — scanty stock (of)
товарные запас — commodity / trade stocks
запасы ядерного оружия — stockpiles of nuclear weapons, nuclear stockpiles
в запасе — in stock / in reserve
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20 drain
1. noun1) Abflussrohr, das; (underground) Kanalisationsrohr, das; (grating at roadside) Gully, derdown the drain — (fig. coll.) für die Katz (ugs.)
go down the drain — (fig. coll.) für die Katz sein (ugs.)
2. transitive verbthat was money [thrown] down the drain — (fig. coll.) das Geld war zum Fenster hinausgeworfen (ugs.)
1) trockenlegen [Teich]; entwässern [Land]; ableiten [Wasser]2) (Cookery) abgießen [Wasser, Kartoffeln, Gemüse]3) (drink all contents of) austrinken4) (fig.): (deprive)3. intransitive verbdrain a country of its wealth or resources/drain somebody of his energy — ein Land/jemanden auslaugen
1) [Geschirr, Gemüse:] abtropfen; [Flüssigkeit:] ablaufen2)the colour drained from her face — (fig.) die Farbe wich aus ihrem Gesicht
* * *[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) entwässern3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) (ab)tropfen4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) leeren5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) aufbrauchen2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) der Abfluß2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) die Beanspruchung, die Belastung•- academic.ru/22216/drainage">drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain* * *[dreɪn]I. n1. (pipe) Rohr nt; (under sink) Abfluss m, Abflussrohr nt; (at roadside) Gully m, SCHWEIZ meist Dole fto be down the \drain ( fig) für immer [o unwiederbringlich] verloren sein2. (plumbing system)▪ \drains pl Kanalisation flooking after her elderly mother is quite a \drain on her energy die Pflege ihrer alten Mutter zehrt sehr an ihren Kräftenbrain \drain Braindrain m, Abwanderung f von Wissenschaftlern/Wissenschaftlerinnen [ins Ausland]4.II. vt1. (remove liquid)to \drain marshes/soil Sümpfe/Boden entwässern [o fachspr dränieren]to \drain noodles/rice Nudeln/Reis abtropfen lassento \drain a pond einen Teich ablassen [o trockenlegen]▪ to \drain sth etw austrinkento \drain a bottle eine Flasche leeren [o leer trinken]to \drain one's glass sein Glas austrinken [o leeren3. (exhaust)▪ to \drain sb jdn [völlig] auslaugen [o erschöpfen4. (deplete)III. vi1. (flow away) ablaufen, abfließen2. (permit drainage) entwässert [o trocken] werdenthe soil had got too hard and wouldn't \drain properly der Boden war zu hart geworden und das Wasser konnte nicht richtig ablaufen3. (become dry) abtropfen4. (vanish gradually) dahinschwindenthe colour \drained from her face die Farbe wich aus ihrem Gesicht* * *[dreɪn]1. n1) (= pipe) Rohr nt; (under sink etc) Abfluss(rohr nt) m; (under the ground) Kanalisationsrohr nt; (= drain cover) Rost mthis country/company is going down the drain (inf) — dieses Land/diese Firma geht vor die Hunde (inf)
I had to watch all our efforts go down the drain — ich musste zusehen, wie alle unsere Bemühungen zunichte(gemacht) wurden
2) (on resources, finances etc) Belastung f (on +gen)looking after her father has been a great drain on her energy — die Pflege ihres Vaters hat sehr an ihren Kräften gezehrt
See:→ brain drain2. vt1) (lit) drainieren; land, marshes entwässern; vegetables abgießen; (= let drain) abtropfen lassen; mine auspumpen; reservoir trockenlegen; boiler, radiator das Wasser ablassen aus; engine oil ablassen2) (fig)to drain a country of resources — ein Land auslaugen or auspowern
to drain sb dry — jdn ausnehmen (inf)
3. vi1) (vegetables, dishes) abtropfen; (land into river) entwässert werden2) (fig)drained from his face — das Blut/die Farbe wich aus seinem Gesicht
* * *drain [dreın]A v/ta) Gemüse abgießen,b) abtropfen lassen2. MED eine Wunde etc drainieren, Eiter etc abziehen4. Land entwässern, dränieren, trockenlegen5. das Wasser von Straßen etc ableiten6. ein Gebäude etc kanalisieren7. ab- oder austrocknen lassen8. fig erschöpfen:a) Vorräte etc aufbrauchen, -zehren10. ein Land etc völlig ausplündern, ausbluten lassen11. filtrierenB v/i1. drain off, drain away abfließen, ablaufen2. sickern3. leerlaufen, allmählich leer werden (Gefäße etc)4. abtropfen5. austrocknenC s2. a) Abzugskanal m, Entwässerungsgraben m, Drän mb) (Abzugs)Rinne fc) Straßenrinne f, Gosse fd) Sickerrohr ne) Kanalisationsrohr nf) Senkgrube f:pour down the drain umg Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfen;a) vor die Hunde gehen,b) verpuffen;three months’ work down the drain umg drei Monate Arbeit für die Katz3. pl Kanalisation f5. fig Abfluss m, Aderlass m:foreign drain Kapitalabwanderung f, Abfluss von Geld ins Auslandon gen), Aderlass m:a great drain on the purse eine schwere finanzielle Belastung7. umg obs Schlückchen n* * *1. noun1) Abflussrohr, das; (underground) Kanalisationsrohr, das; (grating at roadside) Gully, derdown the drain — (fig. coll.) für die Katz (ugs.)
go down the drain — (fig. coll.) für die Katz sein (ugs.)
2. transitive verbthat was money [thrown] down the drain — (fig. coll.) das Geld war zum Fenster hinausgeworfen (ugs.)
1) trockenlegen [Teich]; entwässern [Land]; ableiten [Wasser]2) (Cookery) abgießen [Wasser, Kartoffeln, Gemüse]3) (drink all contents of) austrinken4) (fig.): (deprive)3. intransitive verbdrain a country of its wealth or resources/drain somebody of his energy — ein Land/jemanden auslaugen
1) [Geschirr, Gemüse:] abtropfen; [Flüssigkeit:] ablaufen2)the colour drained from her face — (fig.) die Farbe wich aus ihrem Gesicht
* * *n.Abfließen n.Ablasskanal m.Ablauf -¨e m.Entwässern n.Gosse -n f.Rinne -n f. v.abfließen lassen ausdr.ablassen v.ableiten v.dränieren v.entwässern v.filtern v.trockenlegen v.
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