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I.Lit.:II.per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare,
i. e. in that they show equal friendliness to both sides, Liv. 21, 52:ambiguus Proteus,
who sometimes takes one form, sometimes another, changeable, Ov. M. 2, 9:ambiguus fuerit, modo vir, modo femina, Scython,
id. ib. 4, 280:Inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos Ambigui prosecta lupi,
they sometimes assume the form of a wolf and sometimes that of a man, id. ib. 7, 271:promisit Ambiguam Salamina, h. l. = alteram,
a second Salamis, Hor. C. 1, 7, 29. —Transf.A.Uncertain, doubtful (syn.: dubius, incertus): ambiguum est quod in ambas agi partes animo potest. Hujusmodi apud Graecos amphibola dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.:B.quidquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguom fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: etiam si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26:difficile et ambiguum,
Vulg. Deut. 17, 8:haud ambiguus rex, i. e. sine dubio rex futurus,
Liv. 40, 8.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., doubt, uncertainty:in ambiguo est,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193:in ambiguo relinquere,
Lucr. 4, 1133: non habui ambiguum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11:servet in ambiguo Juppiter,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 28:non sane alias magis in ambiguo Britannia fuit,
Tac. Agr. 5.—Also in acc. absol. in the Gr. manner: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis an irā Mota magis, it being uncertain whether, etc., Ov. M. 1, 765 (so, incertum, Tac. Agr. 7:dubium,
id. A. 1, 5).—Of discourse, obscure, dark, ambiguous:C.scriptum,
Cic. Top. 25:verba ambigua distinximus,
id. Or. 29, 102:oracula,
id. Div. 2, 56:responsa,
Suet. Tib. 24:divinatio,
Vulg. Ezech. 12, 24.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., an obscure, dark saying:ambiguorum complura sunt genera,
Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111; 2, 61, 250; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; 1, 12 al.:voces,
Verg. A. 2, 98.—Trop., uncertain, wavering; not to be relied on, untrustworthy. —So of moral conduct:► In Tac.esse ambiguā fide,
Liv. 6, 2:puer acris ingenii sed ambigui,
Plin. Ep. 4, 2:femina bonis atque honestis moribus, non ambiguā pudicitiā,
Gell. 3, 16:per ambiguas vias,
Ov. H. 10, 62:domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis,
Verg. A 1, 661.—Of fortune, changing, fluctuating: ambiguarum rerum sciens, Tac. A. 1, 64.with gen.:ambiguus imperandi,
irresolute, Tac. A. 1, 7:pudoris ac metus,
wavering between shame and fear, id. ib. 2, 40:futuri,
id. H. 3, 43.— Adv.: ambĭguē, doubtfully, ambiguously, Cic. de Or. 2, 26; id. N. D. 1, 31; Aur. Vict. 35:pugnare,
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62 anceps
anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].I.Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.;II.so only in the poets): Janus,
Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.:Janus bifrons,
Verg. A. 7, 180). —Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked:acumen,
Ov. M. 12, 337.—In gen.A.1.. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion):2.Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast,
the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168:securis,
Ov. M. 8, 397 al. —Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520:bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes,
amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37;so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides,
Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3:periculum,
Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35:ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste,
twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so,anceps terror,
id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26:tumultus,
Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11:ancipitia munimenta,
on two sides, id. 5, 1 al. —Trop., twofold:B.propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam,
Cic. de Or. 3, 16:ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi,
id. ib. 3, 36:adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi,
a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40:jus anceps,
the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al. —Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.):C.anceps fatorum via,
Cic. Somn. Scip. 2:incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,
id. Marcell. 5:anceps proelii fortuna,
Tac. H. 3, 18:oraculum,
Liv. 9, 3:proelium,
id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22;so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare,
to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.:causa anceps,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44:genus causarum anceps,
id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3:dubium vel anceps,
Quint. 4, 1, 10):fides,
uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8;so also, ancipites animi,
Luc. 9, 46.—Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.—Dangerous, hazaraous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.;never in Cic.): viae,
Ov. M. 14, 438:loca,
Nep. Dat. 7, 3:dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā,
Vell. 2, 79:anceps periculum,
Tac. A. 4, 59:ancipites morbi corporis,
Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149:cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat,
Suet. Aug. 59:Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant,
Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20:vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps,
pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5:adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est,
id. A. 4, 17.—So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen:dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat,
Tac. A. 4, 73:seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica,
id. ib. 1, 36:scelus inter ancipitia probatum,
id. ib. 11, 26;14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,
id. G. 14:nova ambigua ancipitia malebat,
id. H. 2, 86:inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi,
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63 claudus
claudus ( clūdus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus, Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. [root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered], limping, halting, lame.I.Prop.:b.sutor,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34:deus,
Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83:claudus altero pede,
Nep. Ages. 8, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 61:pes,
id. C. 3, 2, 32:pars serpentis,
Verg. A. 5. 278 al.—Prov.:II.iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam,
said of one who cannot make a right use of a thing, Cic. Pis. 28, 69.—Trop., wavering, crippled, imperfect, defective (rare; mostly poet.): clauda navigia aplustris, * Lucr. 4, 436; cf.:B.claudae mutilataeque naves,
Liv. 37, 24, 6; Curt. 9, 9, 13; Tac. A. 2, 24. —Esp. of language: clauda carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (since every second verse is a foot shorter than the preceding), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 11:C.clausulae,
Quint. 9, 4, 116; cf. id. 9, 4, 70.—Wavering, untrustworthy:clauda pars officii tui,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 86; cf.:clauda fides,
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64 dubitatio
dŭbĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [dubito].I. A.Prop.1.In gen. (freq. and good prose).(α).Absol.:(β).nec tibi sollicitudinem ex dubitatione mea, nec spem ex affirmatione, afferre volui,
Cic. Fam. 9, 17 fin.:cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, neque in causa ulla dubitatio posset esse,
id. Cluent. 7, 20:in ea obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium,
id. ib. 27:quod quamquam dubitationem non habet, tamen rationes afferendas puto, etc.,
id. Fin. 5, 10; cf. id. Agr. 1, 4, 11; Quint. 4, 3, 6:dubitationem afferre,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 18:eo sibi minus dubitationis dari, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 1:ad tollendam dubitationem sola non sufficiunt,
Quint. 5, 9, 8; cf. id. 5, 13, 51; Cic. Att. 12, 6 fin. al. So in Cicero a few times: sine ulla dubitatione, without any doubt, i. e. per litoten, most certainly (an emphatic sine dubio, v. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; id. Balb. 13, 31; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Cat. 4, 3, 5;so too, sine dubitatione,
Col. 3, 6, 2 (but far more freq. in signif. II., v. infra).—With gen.: omnem dubitationem adventus legionum expellere, Caes. B. G. 5, 48 fin.; cf.(γ).juris (i. e. dubitatio, penes quem esset jus),
Cic. Caecin. 4, 9:generum,
id. de Or. 2, 31, 134:hujus utilitatis,
Quint. 1, 10, 28.—With de:(δ).illa Socratica, de omnibus rebus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; Auct. B. Afr. 26.—With rel. or interrog. clause:(ε).si quando dubitatio accidit, quale sit id, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18; id. Cluent. 28, 76; id. Fam. 15, 21:alterum potest habere dubitationem, adhibendumne fuerit hoc genus... an, etc.,
id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Fam. 3, 5, 3; Quint. 11, 2, 44.—With quin:(ζ).cum hic locus nihil habeat dubitationis, quin, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—With a subject acc. and inf.:2.hoc a rustico factum extra dubitationem est,
Quint. 7, 1, 48.—Esp., as a fig. of speech, i. q. Gr. diaporêsis, i. e. hesitation, embarrassment of the speaker, because unable to do justice to the greatness of his theme (e. g. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11; id. de Or. 3, 56, § 214), Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40; cf. Ernest. Lex. Technol. Lat. p. 136.—B.Meton. (dubito, I. B.), a doubt, question, considering:II.indigna dubitatio homine!
Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so,ad rem publicam adeundi,
id. Rep. 1, 7, 12.—A wavering, hesitating in coming to a conclusion; hesitancy, irresolution, delay:aestuabat dubitatione, versabat se in utramque partem non solum mente, verum etiam corpore,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.:qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!
id. de Or. 2, 50:inter dubitationem et moras senati,
Sall. J. 30, 3; cf. id. ib. 62, 9:aluit dubitatione bellum,
Tac. A. 3, 41 fin. et saep.:(Caesar) nulla interposita dubitatione legiones ex castris educit,
without any hesitation, promptly, Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 1;in this signif. very freq. in Cicero: sine ulla dubitatione,
Cic. Cluent. 28, 75; id. Verr. 2, 3, 12; id. Pis. 3; 21 fin.; id. N. D. 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. 2. et saep.; cf.:absque ulla dubitatione,
Vulg. Ruth, 3, 13;less freq. merely sine dubitatione,
without hesitation, unhesitatingly, Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84; id. Ac. 2, 29, 94; id. Top. 15 fin.; id. Att. 11, 16, 3; so Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21; Auct. B. Alex. 63, 2; Vulg. Act. 10, 29. -
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I.Lit., a wavering motion, agitation: tunc artus trepidi, inquietae manus, totius corporis fluctuatio, Sen. de Ira, 2, 35, 3.—II.Trop., wavering, hesitation, vacillation of the mind:in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse,
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66 περιφερής
περιφερ-ής, ές,A revolving, ὢν δὲ π. (sc. ὁ ἐνιαυτὸς)τελευτὴν οὐδεμίαν οὐδ' ἀρχὴν ἔχει Hermipp.4
; π. ὀφθαλμοί rolling eyes, Luc.JTr.30.a of surfaces and lines,ἄκρον Hp.Art.7
;π. κύρτωμα Id.Epid.1.26
.α'; κύλικες Pherecr.143.5
;ἀσπίδες Ael.Tact.2.7
; τὰ στρογγύλα τε καὶ π. Hp.VC11; opp. εὐθύς, Pl.Prm. 137e, 138a, Arist.Ph. 248a12, al.; τὸ π. circularity, Id.AP0.73a39; but, circumference, Pl.R. 436e, Dsc.3.6, 48. Adv. - ρῶς in a rounded shape, Procl.Hyp.3.6.b of bodies, spherical, globular, Democr.164, Pl.Phd. 108e, Smp. 190b;π. τὸ σχῆμα τῆς γῆς Arist.Cael. 298a7
;π. σχηματισμός Epicur.Ep.2p.50U.
; [ σώματα] Phld.Mort.8 ([comp] Sup.); π. στέγαι domed, Demetr.Eloc. 13.c metaph., of style, rounded, D.H.Comp.22;τὰ στρογγύλα καὶ τὰ π. προοίμια Id.Rh.10.13
.3 Adv. - ρῶς in a circle, Hero *Deff.5.2 Adv. - ρῶς disposed in a circle, Dsc.4.169.IV cf. Περφερέες.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > περιφερής
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67 ἀκλινής
ἀκλινής, ές (κλίνω ‘lean’; Pla. et al.; Meleager [I B.C.]: Anth. Pal. 12, 158, 4 φιλία; Lucian, Encom. Demosth. 33 ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν; Aelian, VH 12, 64; POxy 904, 9; Philo, Mos. 1, 30, Virtut. 158, Spec. Leg. 2, 2 ὅρκος ἀ.; 4 Macc 6:7; 7:3; Ath. 31, 3; ὁ τὸν κανόνα τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκλινῆ ἐν ἑαυτῷ κατέχω Iren. 1, 9, 4 [Harv. I 88, 1]; ‘bending to neither side’) without wavering τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἀ. κατέχειν hold fast the confession without wavering Hb 10:23.—M-M. Spicq. -
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71 знамена, полощущиеся на ветру
Makarov: banners wavering in the windУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > знамена, полощущиеся на ветру
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72 знамена, развевающиеся по ветру
Makarov: banners wavering in the windУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > знамена, развевающиеся по ветру
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73 колебание
1) General subject: beat (маятника), chop, convulsion (почвы), demur, doubt, dubiety, falter, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indetermination, irresolution, jarring, libration, oscillating, oscillation, poise, qualms, reel, reel off, reeler, rock, scruple, shilly-shally, sway, swing, swinging, swinging (силы приема), teeter, thrill, to-and-fro, tossing, totter, vacillation, variance, variation, vibration, wabble, wave, willy-nilly, wobble, and fro, vibes2) Geology: shake3) Aviation: overswinging4) Naval: alteration, balancing, chap, wabbling6) American: backing and filling8) Engineering: chattering, excursion, flicker (стрелки прибора), hunting (стрелки прибора), swaying, sweep, waveform9) Chemistry: cycle, fluctuating11) Mathematics: deviation, saltus, vacillating, vibratory motion12) Railway term: pumping13) Economy: oscillation (напр. деловой активности), range (курсов, цен), scatter, swing (курса на бирже)14) Accounting: range15) Automobile industry: fluttering, pumping action, weave, wobbling16) Mining: whipping (подъёмного каната)18) Metallurgy: jigging motion, oscillating motion19) Psychology: embarrassment, throb, wavering20) Telecommunications: jitter21) Textile: play22) Physics: weggling24) Communications: fluctuate25) Metrology: undulation (жидкой или упругой среды)26) Coolers: fluctuation (напр. давления)28) Drilling: agitation29) EBRD: movement30) Automation: beating (стрелки измерительного прибора)31) Quality control: fluctuation (по величине)32) Aviation medicine: seesaw33) Makarov: dither, flutter (неустойчивое), hunt, oscillatory motion, periodic motion, pulsation, quake, surging, vibrational motion, waving, wv (wave)34) Taboo: undulating35) oil&gas: bouncing36) General subject: balance -
74 колебания
1) General subject: chops and changes, qualm, scruple, seesaw, straddle, vibration, wavering, rises and falls2) Geology: seisms3) Medicine: surge4) Engineering: fluctuation, hunting (в системах регулирования), oscillation, oscillations, pilot-induced oscillation, ripple, surging, variations5) Rare: boggle6) Chemistry: natural oscillations7) Mathematics: variance8) Railway term: weave9) Economy: oscillatory movements (напр. на рынке)10) Automobile industry: axial vibrations, lateral vibrations11) Diplomatic term: doubt, oscillatory movements (рынка)12) Electronics: variation13) Oil: continuous waves, forced oscillations, variability (о дебите скважины), continuous oscillations, dying oscillations, electromagnetic oscillations, undamped oscillations14) Geophysics: wave15) Coolers: hunting (в системе автоматического регулирования)16) Business: vibrations17) Household appliances: jitter18) Sakhalin energy glossary: fluctuations19) Oil&Gas technology springing (натяжных опор платформы)21) Plastics: surging (в экструдере)22) Aviation medicine: seesaw motion23) Makarov: fluctuation (изменения значения, состояния и т.п.), fluctuations (изменения значения, состояния и т.п.), hunting (обычно в системах регулирования и т.п.), modes, oscillating motion, periodic motion, variation (изменения значения, состояния и т.п.), variations (изменения значения, состояния и т.п.), vibration (обычно механические; форма движения), vibrations (обычно механические; форма движения)24) Electrical engineering: vibrational motion, vibratory motion -
75 колеблющееся освещение
Military: wavering light (например, обзорным лучом прожектора)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > колеблющееся освещение
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76 колеблющийся
1) General subject: aflutter, double-minded, doubtful (I am doubtful what I ought to do - я не знаю, что мне делать), doubting, dubious, erratic (о взглядах), flexuous, fluctuant, fluctuating, hesitant, hesitative, hesitatory, indecisive, irresolute, off again on again, off-again on-again, on again off again, on-again-off-again, oscillating, poised, quaky, rocking, shilly-shally, staggering, stair step, swinging, to-and-fro, two minded, two-minded, twofold, uncertain, undetermined, uneven, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, vibratory, wavy, wibbly wobbly, wiggle waggle, wiggle-waggle, and fro, dithering, billowing, doubter, marginal2) Geology: labile3) Biology: undulating4) Medicine: amphibolic, fluctuated5) Colloquial: waffling, wibbly-wobbly6) American: iffy7) Bookish: ephectic8) Rare: pendulant, pendulent, vacillant, ambivalent9) Chemistry: shaking11) Mathematics: oscillatory, varying, wobbling13) Diplomatic term: shaky (о курсах)14) Psychology: wavering17) Advertising: waverer18) Quality control: fluctuating (по величине)19) Aviation medicine: seesaw20) Makarov: stair-step, undecided, waving -
77 нерешительный сторонник
Mass media: wavering supporterУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нерешительный сторонник
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78 Г-114
С ЗАКРЫТЫМИ ГЛАЗАМИ PrepP Invar adv fixed WO1. (to undertake sth. serious, risky) imprudently, unthinkinglywith one's eyes closedblindly.To, что ты собираешься сделать, может плохо кончиться для тебя. Хорошо ли ты всё обдумал? Такой шаг нельзя делать с закрытыми глазами. What you're planning to do could turn out badly for you. Have you thought it all through? You can't take a step like this with your eyes closed.2. without waveringwithout thinking twicewithout (giving it) a second thought. -
79 Л-103
ПЕРЕД ЛИЦОМ lit PrepP Invar the resulting PrepP is adv1. \Л-103 кого-чего in s.o's presencein front ofbefore."Я, верховный главнокомандующий Корнилов, перед лицом всего народа объявляю, что долг солдата... и беззаветная любовь к родине заставили меня в эти тяжёлые минуты бытия отечества не подчиниться приказанию Временного правительства и оставить за собой верховное командование армией и флотом» (Шолохов 3). "I, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Kornilov, declare before the whole nation that my duty as a soldier...and my unbounded love for the Motherland have compelled me in these grave minutes of the country's existence to ignore the order of the Provisional Government and retain the supreme command of the Army and Navy" (3a).2. \Л-103 чего, often смерти when faced by sth., directly before the approach of sth.: in the face ofconfronted with....Началась первая мировая война, потом революция, и перед лицом таких великих событий никто уже не интересовался: сделали обрезание Якобу Ивановскому или не сделали (Рыбаков 1)....It was soon the First World War, then the Revolution, and in the face of such great events nobody was interested in whether Jakob Ivanovsky was circumcised or not (1a).Монтень приводит примеры, когда люди перед лицом смерти с ничем непоколебимым самообладанием дают распоряжения о том, как поступить с их телом (Олеша 3). Montaigne cites examples of people confronted with death who, without any wavering of self-control, gave instructions for the disposal of their bodies (3a). -
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НИЧТОЖЕ СУМНЯШЕСЯ (СУМНЙСЯ) obs, lit now iron or humor these forms only adv or sent adv (parenth) fixed WO(one does sth.) unhindered by doubts, with no reservations, without vacillating ( occas. implies that the doer is not afraid of offending s.o., of doing sth. unethical etc): without a moment's hesitationwithout wavering.From the Church Slavonic text of the Bible (James 1:6).
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wavering — un·wavering; … English syllables
wavering — adjective Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady … Wiktionary
wavering — Synonyms and related words: adrift, aflicker, afloat, agnostic, alternating, alternation, ambiguous, amorphous, bickering, blinking, broken, capricious, capriciousness, careening, catchy, chancy, changeability, changeable, changeableness,… … Moby Thesaurus
wavering — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vacilLating, fluctuating, variable; see changeable 1 , 2 , changing … English dictionary for students
wavering — wa·ver·ing || weɪvrɪŋ adj. vacillant, not certain in objective or action n. hesitation; vacillation; fluctuation wa·ver || weɪvÉ™(r) v. sway, oscillate, vacillate, fluctuate; blink, flicker (as of light); wobble, tremble; collapse; begin… … English contemporary dictionary
wavering — I. n. 1. Vacillation, fluctuation. 2. Indecision, indetermination, hesitancy, uncertainty, irresolution, vacillation, fluctuation. II. a. Unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unsteady, unstable, changeable, fluctuating … New dictionary of synonyms
wavering — adj 1. vacillating, indecisive, irresolute, uncertain, undecided, unsure; ambivalent, of two minds, of mixed feelings; hesitant, wishy washy, uncommitted, holding back, dubious; fluctuating, oscillating, alternating, blowing hot and cold, unable… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
wavering — I noun 1. the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes he kept a record of price fluctuations • Syn: ↑fluctuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑waver, ↑fluctuate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Emlyn Garner Evans — Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans (3 September 1910Evans year of birth is in dispute. The year 1911 is given in Who Was Who , various editions of the Times House of Commons , and the contemporary editions of Dod s Parliamentary Companion ; however M.… … Wikipedia