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1 abandon
[ə'bændən] Inome abbandono m. (anche fig.)II 1.1) abbandonare [person, animal, hope]; rinunciare a [claim, idea]2) sospendere [ strike]2.to abandon oneself — abbandonarsi (to a)
* * *[ə'bændən]1) (to leave, not intending to return to: They abandoned the stolen car.) abbandonare2) (to give (oneself) completely to: He abandoned himself to despair.) abbandonarsi•- abandonment* * *abandon /əˈbændən/n. [u]entusiasmo sfrenato; sfrenatezza; trasporto; abbandono: with gay abandon, entusiasticamente; sfrenatamente.♦ (to) abandon /əˈbændən/v. t.1 abbandonare; lasciare: He abandoned his wife and children, lasciò la moglie e i figli; We had to abandon our car and continue on foot, siamo stati costretti ad abbandonare l'auto e continuare a piedi; (naut.) to abandon ship, abbandonare la nave; to abandon sb. to his fate, lasciare q. al suo destino2 lasciare; rinunciare a; abbandonare: to abandon all hope, lasciare ogni speranza; to abandon a plan, rinunciare a un progetto; to abandon the search, abbandonare le ricerche; ( sport) to abandon a race, abbandonare una corsa● to abandon oneself (to), abbandonarsi (a); lasciarsi andare (a): to abandon oneself to despair, abbandonarsi alla disperazione.* * *[ə'bændən] Inome abbandono m. (anche fig.)II 1.1) abbandonare [person, animal, hope]; rinunciare a [claim, idea]2) sospendere [ strike]2.to abandon oneself — abbandonarsi (to a)
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2 ♦ search
♦ search /sɜ:tʃ/n.1 cerca; ricerca; indagine: a thorough search, una ricerca accurata; a painstaking search, una ricerca meticolosa; an unsuccessful search, una ricerca infruttuosa; The explorer went off in search of drinking water, l'esploratore è andato in cerca di acqua da bere; the search for a missing person, la ricerca di una persona scomparsa; to abandon (o to call off) the search, abbandonare le ricerche; to carry out a search, fare una perquisizione● search and rescue, operazione di ricerca e soccorso; operazione di salvataggio □ (leg.) search and seizure, perquisizione e sequestro □ ( radar) search antenna, antenna di ricerca □ ( Internet) search engine, motore di ricerca □ (comput.) search form, maschera di ricerca □ (elettron.) search gate, impulso di ricerca □ (comput., Internet) search key, chiave di ricerca □ search party, squadra per le ricerche; squadra di soccorso □ (comput.) search path, percorso di ricerca □ (naut.) search periscope, periscopio d'esplorazione □ (comput., Internet) search scope, ambito di ricerca □ (comput., Internet) search string, stringa di ricerca □ (leg.) search warrant, mandato di perquisizione NOTA D'USO: - research o search?-.♦ (to) search /sɜ:tʃ/A v. t.1 perquisire; ispezionare: The guards searched the prisoner for weapons, le guardie hanno perquisito il detenuto per vedere se avesse armi; to search a hide-out, perquisire un nascondiglio; to search a ship, perquisire una nave2 perlustrare; rastrellare (fig.): The police searched the whole city for the murderer, la polizia ha perlustrato tutta la città in cerca dell'assassino3 frugare; rovistare; cercare in (o fra): to search one's memory, frugare nella memoria (o fra i ricordi); to search one's records, rovistare il proprio archivio4 penetrare in; frugare; insinuarsi in6 (comput.) ricercare; esaminare: to search a text for errors, esaminare un testo alla ricerca di errori; to search the web for information, cercare informazioni nel webB v. i.( spesso to search for) cercare; andare in cerca di; fare ricerche: to search for a reason, cercare un motivo; to search for happiness, cercare la felicità● to search one's conscience, fare un esame di coscienza □ to search one's heart, mettersi una mano sul cuore (fig.); fare un esame di coscienza □ to search into a subject, approfondire un argomento □ (med.) to search a wound, sondare (o esplorare) una ferita □ (fam.) Search me!, che ne so?; mah!; boh! -
3 give up
give up rinunciare, arrendersiEx:to give up on — lasciar perdere [diet, crossword]; considerare irrecuperabile [ pupil]; dare per spacciato [ patient]; piantare [friend, partner]; give up [sth.], give [sth.] up/Ex:1) (renounce or sacrifice) abbandonare, perdere [vice, habit]; rinunciare a [title, claim]; sacrificare [ free time]; lasciare [ job]to give up smoking, drinking — smettere di fumare, di bere
3) (surrender) cedere [seat, territory]; restituire [passport, key]; give up [sb.], give [sb.] up4) (hand over) consegnareto give oneself up — arrendersi, consegnarsi
* * *1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) smettere, abbandonare2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) rinunciare a3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) arrendersi; consegnare4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) dedicare5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) considerare come* * *1. vt + adv1) (surrender: place) cedere, (hand over: ticket) consegnareto give o.s. up — arrendersi
to give o.s. up to the police — costituirsi alla polizia
2) (renounce: friend, boyfriend, job) lasciare, (abandon: idea) rinunciare a, abbandonare, (abandon hope for: patient) dare per spacciato (-a), (expected visitor) non aspettare piùI gave it up as a bad job fam — ci ho rinunciato, ho abbandonato l'idea
to give up drinking/smoking — smettere di bere/fumare
3)(devote: one's life, time)
to give up (to) — dedicare (a)to give up (for) — (sacrifice: one's life, career) donare (per), dare (per)
2. vi + adv(stop trying) rinunciare, arrendersiI give up! — (trying to guess) mi arrendo!
I couldn't do it, so I gave up — non riuscivo a farlo, così ho lasciato perdere
* * *give up rinunciare, arrendersiEx:to give up on — lasciar perdere [diet, crossword]; considerare irrecuperabile [ pupil]; dare per spacciato [ patient]; piantare [friend, partner]; give up [sth.], give [sth.] up/Ex:1) (renounce or sacrifice) abbandonare, perdere [vice, habit]; rinunciare a [title, claim]; sacrificare [ free time]; lasciare [ job]to give up smoking, drinking — smettere di fumare, di bere
3) (surrender) cedere [seat, territory]; restituire [passport, key]; give up [sb.], give [sb.] up4) (hand over) consegnareto give oneself up — arrendersi, consegnarsi
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