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41 practical
1. n практические занятия2. n прагматик; практичный человекsound practical — быть практичным; разумным; целесообразным
3. a практический; связанный с применением на практике; утилитарныйfrom a practical point of view, for all practical purposes — с чисто практической точки зрения
4. a практичный, удобный; полезный; целесообразный5. a практичный, практический, дельный6. a осуществимый, реальный7. a фактический, настоящий8. a с практическим опытом работы9. a земной, прозаическийСинонимический ряд:1. businesslike (adj.) businesslike; business-like; efficient; orderly; pragmatic; sensible; systematic; unromantic2. experienced (adj.) experienced; old; old-time; practiced; seasoned; skilled; versed; vet; veteran3. functional (adj.) advantageous; functional; handy; practicable; serviceable; useful; utile; utilitarian4. implicit (adj.) constructive; implicit; virtual5. prosaic (adj.) prosaic; tedious; unimaginative; uninteresting6. realistic (adj.) down-to-earth; earthy; hard; hard-boiled; hardheaded; hard-headed; matter-of-fact; objective; practic; pragmatical; realistic; sober; tough-minded; unfantastic; unidealistic; unsentimental7. sound (adj.) balanced; discreet; discriminating; judicious; operative; sound; usableАнтонимический ряд:idealistic; imaginative; impossible; impractical; indiscreet; inefficient; senseless; theoretical; unreal; unserviceable; unsound; unworkable; useless -
42 prosaic
1. прозаичный2. прозаическийСинонимический ряд:1. boring (adj.) boring; pointless; spiritless; tedious; unanimated2. common (adj.) common; ordinary; routine; uneventful; unexceptional; unnoteworthy3. everyday (adj.) commonplace; everyday; lowly; quotidian; workaday; workday4. flat (adj.) colorless; colourless; drab; dry; dull; earthbound; flat; lackluster; lacklustre; lifeless; lusterless; pedestrian; stale; trite; unimaginative; uninspired5. mundane (adj.) humdrum; matter-of-fact; mundane; prose; prosing; prosyАнтонимический ряд:eloquent; fascinating; graphic; original; poetic; stimulating -
43 prosy
1. a прозаичный, скучный, неинтересный, банальный, будничный2. a прозаическийСинонимический ряд:1. colorless (adj.) colorless; drab; dull; flat; lackluster; lifeless; lusterless2. prosaic (adj.) banal; colourless; common; commonplace; matter-of-fact; nondescript; ordinary; prosaic; prose; prosing; same; stale; tedious; trite; unimaginative -
44 spiritless
1. a вялый, робкий2. a бездыханный, безжизненныйСинонимический ряд:1. dead (adj.) asleep; cold; dead; deceased; defunct; departed; exanimate; extinct; inanimate; late; lifeless; unanimated2. degrading (adj.) abject; debasing; degrading; disheartening; humiliating; subservient3. downcast (adj.) bad; blue; cast down; chapfallen; crestfallen; dejected; depressed; disconsolate; dispirited; doleful; down; downcast; downhearted; down-in-the-mouth; downthrown; droopy; gloomy; heartsick; heartsore; heavy-hearted; hipped; low; low-spirited; melancholic; melancholy; mopey; sad; saddened; soul-sick; sunk; unhappy; woebegone4. flat (adj.) colourless; drab; dry; dull; earthbound; flat; lacklustre; matter-of-fact; pedestrian; prosaic; unimaginative; uninspired5. languid (adj.) die-away; enervated; lackadaisical; languid; languishing; languorous; limp; listless; phlegmatic -
45 sterile
1. a бесплодный, неспособный к деторождению; стерильный2. a неплодородный3. a безрезультатный, неэффективныйsterile work — работа впустую; бесплодные усилия
4. a стерильный; стерилизованныйsterile telephone — телефон, к которому нельзя подключить подслушивающую аппаратуру
Синонимический ряд:1. antiseptic (adj.) antiseptic; disinfected; hygienic; pure; sanitary; septic; uncontaminated; uncorrupted; unpolluted2. arid (adj.) arid; desert; desolate3. barren (adj.) barren; childless; effete; fruitless; impotent; infecund; infertile; unfruitful; unproductive; vain4. dry (adj.) aseptic; boring; dreary; dry; dull; humdrum; irksome; monotonous; stuffy; tedious; tiresome; tiring; uninteresting; wearisome; weary5. sterilised (adj.) sanitised; sterilised6. unoriginal (adj.) noncreative; uncreative; unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive; unoriginal; unoriginativeАнтонимический ряд:contaminated; fertile; fruitful; generative; productive; prolific -
46 tedious
1. a скучный; утомительный2. a уст. неприятныйСинонимический ряд:1. arid (adj.) arid; bromidic; dryasdust; dusty; insipid; uninteresting; weariful2. drab (adj.) drab; monotonous; prosaic; unimaginative3. dry (adj.) aseptic; boresome; boring; dreary; drudging; dry; humdrum; irksome; sterile; stuffy; tiring; weary4. dull (adj.) burdensome; dull; heavy; lifeless; ponderous5. laborious (adj.) laborious; oppressive; time-consuming; wearisome6. tiresome (adj.) exhausting; fatiguing; labored; tiresome; wearingАнтонимический ряд:charming; enthralling; exciting; interesting -
47 uninspired
a невдохновлённый, невоодушевлённыйСинонимический ряд:1. flat (adj.) colourless; drab; dry; dull; earthbound; flat; lacklustre; lifeless; matter-of-fact; pedestrian; prosaic; spiritless2. sterile (adj.) sterile; uncreative; unimaginative; unoriginal3. unexcited (adj.) apathetic; boring; indifferent; phlegmatic; unconcerned; unexcited; unimpressed; unmotivated; unmoved -
48 unoriginal
1. a неоригинальный; банальный2. a заимствованныйСинонимический ряд:1. ordinary (adj.) commonplace; conventional; everyday; general; ordinary; pedestrian2. prosaic (adj.) dull; noncreative; prosaic; staid; sterile; stodgy; uncreative; unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive; unoriginative -
49 unremarkable
a невыдающийся, обыкновенный, ничем не примечательныйСинонимический ряд:1. fair (adj.) average; conventional; fair; indifferent; ordinary; passable; undistinguished2. uninspired (adj.) barren; bland; common; everyday; mediocre; tasteless; unimaginative; uninspired -
50 vapid
1. a безвкусный, пресный2. a скучный, неинтересный; вялый, бессодержательныйСинонимический ряд:1. boring (adj.) boring; unimaginative2. dull (adj.) dull; prosaic; spiritless; tedious; tiresome; unanimated; uninteresting; vacuous3. flat (adj.) flat; flavorless; flavourless; lifeless4. insipid (adj.) absurd; banal; bland; driveling; inane; innocuous; insipid; jejune; milk-and-water; namby-pamby; sapless; senseless; swashy; waterish; watery; wishy-washyАнтонимический ряд:bright; exciting; interesting; piquant; pungent; racy; sharp; significant; spicy -
51 be conspicuous by its (or one's) absence
блиcтaть (cвoим) oтcутcтвиeм [pимcкий иcтopик Taцит в «Aннaлax» paccкaзывaeт, чтo нa пoxopoнax знaтнoй pимлянки Юнии - cecтpы Бpутa и жeны Kaccия - впepeди пoxopoннoй пpoцeccии нecли, coглacнo тpaдиции, изoбpaжeниe poдcтвeнникoв умepшeй, cpeди кoтopыx Бpут и Kaccий блиcтaли oтcутcтвиeм', нa aнглийcкoм языкe выpaжeниe впepвыe упoтpeбил лopд Дж. Pacceл в cвoeй peчи', этим. фp. c лaт.]I alluded to it as 'a provision conspicuous by its absence', a turn of phraseology which is not an original expression of mine, but is taken from one of the greatest historians of antiquity (J. Russell). Conspicuous by their absence were the big Whitehall ministries who disappointed Mr Major with their slightly unimaginative response to his initiative (The Guardian)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be conspicuous by its (or one's) absence
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