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  • 1 phrase

    عِبَارَة \ expression: a word or group of words: ‘Good heavens!’ is an expression of surprise. phrase: a small group of words that do not make a full sentence, such as: in the garden or to be fond of. term: a word that has a particular meaning; an expression: What is the correct scientific term? He described you in very rude terms.

    Arabic-English glossary > phrase

  • 2 catch-phrase

    nouns
    a phrase or word in popular use for a time.
    عِبارَةٌ تَلْفِتُ النَّظَر وَتُثيرُ الأهْتِمام

    Arabic-English dictionary > catch-phrase

  • 3 catch-word

    nouns
    a phrase or word in popular use for a time.
    عِبارَةٌ تَلْفِتُ النَّظَر وَتُثيرُ الأهْتِمام

    Arabic-English dictionary > catch-word

  • 4 A modifier creating a new phrase or word, generally a positive.

    Jargon: diggity (1. No diggity = no doubt, for sure. 2. Bomb diggity = great, awesome, the best, etc.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > A modifier creating a new phrase or word, generally a positive.

  • 5 сөз

    word
    conversation
    phrase, sentence

    Қазақша-ағылшынша сөздік > сөз

  • 6 tabir

    "word, expression, phrase, idiom; (rüya) interpretation, oneiromancy"

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > tabir

  • 7 Ausdruck

    m; -(e)s, Ausdrücke
    1. (Wort) word, term; (Redewendung) expression, phrase; idiomatischer Ausdruck idiomatic expression, idiom; ordinärer Ausdruck vulgar expression, vulgarism; technischer oder fachlicher Ausdruck technical term; veralteter Ausdruck obsolete expression, archaism; Ausdrücke gebrauchen use swearwords, curse; du sollst solche Ausdrücke nicht gebrauchen you shouldn’t use such language ( oder language like that); sie hat sich im Ausdruck vergriffen her choice of words was most unfortunate; ärgerlich? - das ist gar kein Ausdruck annoyed? - that’s putting it mildly!
    2. nur Sg. expression; einem Gefühl etc. Ausdruck geben oder verleihen put into words, give expression to, express; zum Ausdruck bringen express, voice; zum Ausdruck kommen be expressed, find expression, manifest itself (in + Dat in); der Erwartung Ausdruck geben, dass... express the hope that; als Ausdruck meiner Dankbarkeit as a sign ( oder token) of my gratitude; mit dem Ausdruck tiefen Bedauerns / Mitgefühls with deepest regret / sympathy; der Dreck hier ist Ausdruck unserer Einstellung zur Natur this mess is indicative of our attititude toward(s) nature
    3. meist Sg.; (Gesichtsausdruck) expression; ohne jeden Ausdruck in der Stimme: in a deadpan tone; er hat mit viel Ausdruck gesprochen he put a lot of expression into it ( oder his speech etc.)
    4. nur Sg. Ausdrucksweise
    m; -(e)s, -e; EDV printout
    * * *
    der Ausdruck
    (Begriff) term; expression; phrase;
    (Drucker) printout;
    (Miene) expression;
    die Ausdruck
    (Mathematik) expression
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    Aus|druck I
    m pl - drücke
    1) no pl (= Gesichtsausdruck) expression

    der Áúsdruck ihrer Gesichter — the expression(s) on their faces

    2) no pl

    als Áúsdruck meiner Dankbarkeit — as an expression of my gratitude

    mit dem Áúsdruck des Bedauerns (form) — expressing regret, with an expression of regret

    ohne jeden Áúsdruck singen/spielen — to sing/play without any expression

    Áúsdruck geben or verleihen (form)to express sth, to give expression to sth

    in seinen Worten/seinem Verhalten kam Mitleid zum Áúsdruck — his words expressed/his behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US) showed his sympathy

    3) (= Wort) expression; (= Fachausdruck, MATH) term

    das ist gar kein Áúsdruck! — that's not the word for it

    sich im Áúsdruck vergreifen — to use the wrong word

    II
    m pl - drucke
    (von Computer etc) printout, hard copy

    Áúsdruck in Datei (Druckoption)print to file

    * * *
    der
    2) (a look on one's face that shows one's feelings: He always has a bored expression on his face.) expression
    3) (a word or phrase: `Dough' is a slang expression for `money`.) expression
    4) ((a) showing of thoughts or feelings by words, actions etc: This poem is an expression of his grief.) expression
    5) (the showing of feeling when eg reciting, reading aloud or playing a musical instrument: Put more expression into your playing!) expression
    6) (a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) which forms part of an actual or implied sentence: He arrived after dinner.) phrase
    7) (a word or expression: Myopia is a medical term for short-sightedness.) term
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    Aus·druck1
    m
    1. (Bezeichnung) expression
    es gibt einen bestimmten \Ausdruck dafür there's a certain word for it
    Ausdrücke bad [or coarse] language no pl, no art, swear words pl
    ein schwäbischer \Ausdruck a Swabian turn of phrase a. hum
    2. kein pl (Gesichtsausdruck) [facial] expression
    3. kein pl (Zeichen)
    der/ein/als \Ausdruck seiner Dankbarkeit/Liebe gen the/an/as an expression of one's gratitude/love
    mit dem \Ausdruck des Bedauerns (geh) expressing [or with an expression of] regret
    mit dem \Ausdruck der Hochachtung (geh) with the expression of great respect
    etw zum \Ausdruck bringen, einer S. dat \Ausdruck geben [o verleihen] (geh) to express [or give expression to] sth
    seine Dankbarkeit zum \Ausdruck bringen to voice [or express] one's gratitude, to give expression to one's gratitude
    [in etw dat] zum Ausdruck kommen to find expression [in sth]
    in seinen Worten kam Mitleid zum \Ausdruck his words expressed his sympathy
    4. kein pl (Ausdrucksweise) mode of expression, way of expressing oneself
    gewandt im \Ausdruck sein to have an elegant mode of expression
    sich akk im \Ausdruck vergreifen to use the wrong approach; (kompliziert ausdrücken) to use long words
    5. MATH expression, term
    Aus·druck2
    <- drucke>
    m [computer] print-out, hard copy spec
    einen \Ausdruck [einer S. gen/von etw dat] machen to run off sep a copy [of sth]
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    I
    der; Ausdruck[e]s, Ausdrücke

    zum Ausdruck kommenbe expressed; find expression

    etwas zum Ausdruck bringen — express something; give expression to something

    einer Sache (Dat.) Ausdruck geben od. verleihen — (geh.) express something

    2) (Wort) expression; (Terminus) term

    dumm/ärgerlich usw. ist gar kein Ausdruck — stupid/angry etc. isn't the word for it

    II
    der; Ausdruck[e]s, Ausdrucke (Nachrichtenw., DV) print out
    * * *
    Ausdruck1 m; -(e)s, Ausdrücke
    1. (Wort) word, term; (Redewendung) expression, phrase;
    idiomatischer Ausdruck idiomatic expression, idiom;
    ordinärer Ausdruck vulgar expression, vulgarism;
    fachlicher Ausdruck technical term;
    veralteter Ausdruck obsolete expression, archaism;
    Ausdrücke gebrauchen use swearwords, curse;
    du sollst solche Ausdrücke nicht gebrauchen you shouldn’t use such language ( oder language like that);
    sie hat sich im Ausdruck vergriffen her choice of words was most unfortunate;
    ärgerlich? - das ist gar kein Ausdruck annoyed? – that’s putting it mildly!
    2. nur sg expression;
    einem Gefühl etc
    verleihen put into words, give expression to, express;
    zum Ausdruck bringen express, voice;
    zum Ausdruck kommen be expressed, find expression, manifest itself (
    in +dat in);
    der Erwartung Ausdruck geben, dass … express the hope that;
    als Ausdruck meiner Dankbarkeit as a sign ( oder token) of my gratitude;
    mit dem Ausdruck tiefen Bedauerns/Mitgefühls with deepest regret/sympathy;
    der Dreck hier ist Ausdruck unserer Einstellung zur Natur this mess is indicative of our attititude toward(s) nature
    3. meist sg; (Gesichtsausdruck) expression;
    ohne jeden Ausdruck in der Stimme: in a deadpan tone;
    er hat mit viel Ausdruck gesprochen he put a lot of expression into it ( oder his speech etc)
    4. nur sg Ausdrucksweise
    Ausdruck2 m; -(e)s, -e; IT printout
    * * *
    I
    der; Ausdruck[e]s, Ausdrücke

    zum Ausdruck kommen — be expressed; find expression

    etwas zum Ausdruck bringen — express something; give expression to something

    einer Sache (Dat.) Ausdruck geben od. verleihen — (geh.) express something

    2) (Wort) expression; (Terminus) term

    dumm/ärgerlich usw. ist gar kein Ausdruck — stupid/angry etc. isn't the word for it

    II
    der; Ausdruck[e]s, Ausdrucke (Nachrichtenw., DV) print out
    * * *
    -e m.
    hard copy n.
    printout n. -¨e m.
    expression n.
    phrase n.
    term n.
    verbalism n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ausdruck

  • 8 extranjerismo

    m.
    1 foreign word.
    2 foreign expression, foreign word, foreignism, loan word.
    * * *
    1 foreign expression
    * * *
    SM foreign word o phrase etc
    * * *
    masculino foreign word, phrase, etc used in another language
    * * *
    masculino foreign word, phrase, etc used in another language
    * * *
    foreign word, phrase, etc used in another language
    * * *
    foreign word
    * * *
    m LING loan word

    Spanish-English dictionary > extranjerismo

  • 9 formulieren

    I v/t formulate; (Gedanken etc.) auch express, put into words; (Brief etc.) formulate, word; neu formulieren rephrase, reword; etw. knapp formulieren sum s.th. up, put s.th. in a few words ( oder briefly); ich weiß nicht, wie ich es formulieren soll I don’t know how to put it; das hast du treffend formuliert you’ve expressed ( oder put) it perfectly, I couldn’t have put it better myself; wenn ich es mal so formulieren darf if I may put it like that
    II v/i express o.s.; knapp formulieren put things in a few words ( oder briefly)
    * * *
    to formulate; to verbalize; to word; to phrase
    * * *
    for|mu|lie|ren [fɔrmu'liːrən] ptp formuliert
    1. vt
    to word, to phrase, to formulate

    ... wenn ich es mal so formulíéren darf —... if I might put it like that

    2. vi
    to use words skilfully (Brit) or skillfully (US)

    ..., wie der Kanzler formulierte —... as the chancellor put it

    wenn ich mal so formulíéren darf — if I might put it like that

    * * *
    1) (to express (something) in words: I phrased my explanations in simple language.) phrase
    2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) put
    3) (to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) word
    * * *
    for·mu·lie·ren *
    [fɔrmuˈli:rən]
    I. vt
    etw \formulieren to formulate sth
    ... wenn ich es mal so \formulieren darf... if I might put it like that
    II. vi to express oneself
    * * *
    transitives Verb formulate
    * * *
    A. v/t formulate; (Gedanken etc) auch express, put into words; (Brief etc) formulate, word;
    neu formulieren rephrase, reword;
    etwas knapp formulieren sum sth up, put sth in a few words ( oder briefly);
    ich weiß nicht, wie ich es formulieren soll I don’t know how to put it;
    das hast du treffend formuliert you’ve expressed ( oder put) it perfectly, I couldn’t have put it better myself;
    wenn ich es mal so formulieren darf if I may put it like that
    B. v/i express o.s.;
    knapp formulieren put things in a few words ( oder briefly)
    * * *
    transitives Verb formulate
    * * *
    v.
    to formulate v.
    to phrase v.
    to word v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > formulieren

  • 10 venezolanismo

    * * *
    masculino Venezuelan word (o phrase etc), Venezuelanism
    * * *
    masculino Venezuelan word (o phrase etc), Venezuelanism
    * * *
    Venezuelan word ( o phrase etc), Venezuelanism
    * * *

    venezolanismo sustantivo masculino
    Venezuelan word (o phrase etc), Venezuelanism

    Spanish-English dictionary > venezolanismo

  • 11 estribillo

    m.
    1 chorus (Music).
    2 pet word or phrase (informal) (coletilla).
    3 catchphrase, pet phrase, pet word, refrain.
    * * *
    1 (de poesía) refrain; (de canción) chorus
    2 (muletilla) pet phrase, pet saying
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Literat) refrain
    2) (Mús) chorus

    ¡siempre con el mismo estribillo! — it's always the same old story!

    * * *
    masculino (Lit) refrain; (Mús) chorus
    * * *
    Ex. The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.
    * * *
    masculino (Lit) refrain; (Mús) chorus
    * * *

    Ex: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

    * * *
    ( Lit) refrain; ( Mús) chorus, refrain
    * * *

    estribillo sustantivo masculino (Lit) refrain;
    (Mús) chorus
    estribillo m (de una canción) chorus
    (de un poema) refrain
    ' estribillo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chorus
    - refrain
    * * *
    1. Mús chorus
    2. Lit refrain
    3. Fam [coletilla] pet word o phrase
    * * *
    m chorus, refrain; fig
    frequently used word or expression
    * * *
    : refrain, chorus
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > estribillo

  • 12 λέξις

    A speech, opp. ᾠδή, Pl.Lg. 816d; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις speech or action, Id.R. 396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. ib. 400d; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given by word of mouth, Arr.Tact.27.2.
    2 diction, style, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the style used here (in courts of justice), Pl.Ap. 17d; Μούσης λ. poetical diction, Id.Lg. 795e, cf. Arist.Rh. 1410b28, Po. 1450b13, etc.; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2.
    II a single word or phrase, Arist.Rh. 1406b1, Epicur.Nat.28p.4V., al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb.2.22.1, etc.; even a meaningless word, such as βλίτυρι, Diog.Stoic.3.213;

    ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb.6.46.10

    ; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν word for word, D.H.Pomp.2, Plu.2.869d, Ath.11.493d, D.L.2.113; later

    ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond.5.1713.14

    (vi A.D.), Vit.Arist.p.438 Rose, etc.; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ. the very words, Ath.7.275b, cf. Epicur.Nat.28p.15V., Gal.12.403.
    2

    κατὰ λέξιν

    as the phrase goes,

    AP11.140

    (Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν incorrectly, Cic.Att.16.4.1.
    4 text of an author, opp. exegesis, Asp. in EN122.27, Arr.Epict.3.21.7, Dam.Pr. 165, 169.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λέξις

  • 13 entrecomillado

    1→ link=entrecomillar entrecomillar
    1 in inverted commas, in quotation marks
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ in inverted commas, in quotes (EEUU)
    2.
    SM inverted commas pl, quotes pl
    * * *
    masculino word/phrase in inverted commas
    * * *
    masculino word/phrase in inverted commas
    * * *
    * * *

    Del verbo entrecomillar: ( conjugate entrecomillar)

    entrecomillado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    entrecomillado    
    entrecomillar
    entrecomillado,-a
    I adjetivo in inverted commas
    II sustantivo masculino text in inverted commas
    ' entrecomillado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entrecomillada
    * * *
    entrecomillado, -a
    adj
    in quotation marks
    nm
    text in quotation marks

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrecomillado

  • 14 израз

    meeting; assembly; word; speech; words; talk
    ————————
    expression, term, word, phrase, idiom
    ———————— (на лице)
    look
    ————————
    expression; phrase; locution; term; word
    ————————
    term
    ————————
    phrase; locution
    * * *
    locution, account, air, aspect

    Македонско-англиски речник > израз

  • 15 П-301

    ДА И ПОЛНО obs, coll Invar usu. the concluding clause in a compound sent fixed WO
    used to add emphasis and a note of finality to the word or phrase with which it is used (that word or phrase itself generally summarizes what came before)
    and that's all there is to it
    and that's the (a) fact in a word.
    "А вот у хрыча Черевика нет совести, видно, и на полше-ляга: сказал да и назад... Ну, его и винить нечего, он пень, да и полно» (Гоголь 5). "But it seems that old grumbler Cherevik has not a half pint of conscience: he gave his word, but he has taken it back.... Well, it is no good blaming him: he is a blockhead and that's the fact" (5a).
    ...Рознь да г ал денье пошли пуше прежнего: опять стали взаимно друг у друга земли разорять, жён в плен уводить, над девами ругаться. Нет порядку, да и полно (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....The dissension and ruckus started up worse than ever: they began mutually ravaging each other's lands again, taking wives into captivity, and outraging virgins. In a word-no law and order (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-301

  • 16 да и полно

    ДА И ПОЛНО obs, coll
    [Invar; usu. the concluding clause in a compound sent; fixed WO]
    =====
    used to add emphasis and a note of finality to the word or phrase with which it is used (that word or phrase itself generally summarizes what came before):
    - in a word.
         ♦ "А вот у хрыча Черевика нет совести, видно, и на полшеляга: сказал да и назад... Ну, его и винить нечего, он пень, да и полно" (Гоголь 5). "But it seems that old grumbler Cherevik has not a half pint of conscience: he gave his word, but he has taken it back.... Well, it is no good blaming him: he is a blockhead and that's the fact" (5a).
         ♦...Рознь да галденье пошли пуще прежнего: опять стали взаимно друг у друга земли разорять, жён в плен уводить, над девами ругаться. Нет порядку, да и полно (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....The dissension and ruckus started up worse than ever: they began mutually ravaging each other's lands again, taking wives into captivity, and outraging virgins. In a word - no law and order (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > да и полно

  • 17 criticar

    v.
    1 to criticize.
    Su padre criticó su vestimenta Her father criticized her clothes.
    María critica cuando siente envidia Mary criticizes when she feels envy.
    El profesor criticó su proceder The teacher criticized his behavior.
    2 to review (enjuiciar) (literatura, arte).
    3 to gossip.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to criticize
    1 (murmurar) to gossip
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=censurar) to criticize
    2) (=hablar mal)

    siempre está criticando a la gente — he's always criticizing people, he's always finding fault with people

    3) (Arte, Literat, Teat) [+ libro, obra] to review
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex. 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex. The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex. Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex: 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex: The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.

    * * *
    criticar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (atacar) to criticize
    una postura que fue muy criticada por los ecologistas a position which came in for fierce criticism from o which was fiercely criticized by ecologists
    criticó duramente a los especuladores he strongly attacked o criticized the speculators
    un proyecto muy criticado a plan which has been heavily criticized o which has come in for a lot of criticism
    2 (hablar mal de) to criticize
    tú no hace falta que la critiques porque eres igual de egoísta que ella you're in no position to criticize o ( colloq) you can't talk, you're just as selfish as she is
    3 ( Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review
    ■ criticar
    vi
    to gossip, backbite
    * * *

     

    criticar ( conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo

    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película to review

    verbo intransitivo
    to gossip, backbite
    criticar
    I verbo transitivo to criticize
    II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
    ' criticar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    censurar
    - dedicarse
    - desollar
    - despellejar
    - tralla
    - vapulear
    - arremeter
    - murmurar
    - rajar
    - sino
    English:
    attack
    - carp
    - critical
    - criticize
    - fault
    - knock
    - pan
    - pick on
    - run down
    - slam
    - slate
    - get
    - run
    * * *
    1. [censurar] to criticize
    2. [enjuiciar] [literatura, arte] to review
    * * *
    v/t criticize
    * * *
    criticar {72} vt
    : to criticize
    * * *
    1. (en general) to criticize
    2. (cotillear) to gossip

    Spanish-English dictionary > criticar

  • 18 uruguayismo

    * * *
    masculino Uruguayan word/expression
    * * *
    masculino Uruguayan word/expression
    * * *
    Uruguayan word/expression
    * * *

    uruguayismo sustantivo masculino
    Uruguayan word (o phrase etc)

    Spanish-English dictionary > uruguayismo

  • 19 словосочетание

    лингв.
    word-combination
    * * *
    * * *
    word-combination, phrase
    * * *
    collocation
    phrase
    word-group

    Новый русско-английский словарь > словосочетание

  • 20 adierazi

    iz. (H. Jak.) meaning du/ad.
    1. ( aditzera eman, e.a.)
    a. to state, declare; auzitegian ez zekiela \adierazi zuen in court he stated that he didn't know ; gizon hura ikusi zuela \adierazi zuen (s)he stated that (s)he had seen that man
    b. ( jakinarazi, ezagutarazi) to let (sb) know, notify, convey
    c. ( egin litekeena, litekeen ideia, e.a.) to suggest; zer adierazten dizu argazki horrek? what does that photograph suggest to you?
    d. ( zifra, egitate) to quote, five, state; txekearen zenbakia \adierazi behar duzu you must {give || quote || state} the number of the cheque
    a. ( iritzia, ideia) to express, verbalize; gero hasi zen bakoitz bere eritzia adierazten then each one began expressing his opinion; bere barrengo sentimenduak \adierazi zituen artearen bidez he expressed his innermost feelings through art; nahi dutena elkarri ezin \adieraziz unable to {convey || communicate} to each other what they want; ez dute beren iritzi politikoak adierazterik they can't express their political views; guztion iritziak nahiko ongi \adierazi ditu he's voiced the opinions of us all quite well; "Weltanschauung" euskaraz nola adieraz genezake? how could we express "Weltanschauung" in Basque?; gaizki \adierazi duzu you've worded it wrong; \adierazi ezinezko gogoetak inexpressable thoughts; ezin \adierazi den poza an undescribable happiness
    b. ( teoria, e.a.) to explain, expound on
    c. ( ideia, burutapena, e.a.) to word, put, phrase
    d. ( esan nahi) to say, express; txostenak ez du horrela \adierazi baina halaxe da the report doesn't {say || express} it like that but that's how it is | the report doesn't say so in so many words but that's how it is; zer \adierazi nahi duzu horrekin? what do you mean by that?
    e. to word, put, phrase; ez duzu ongiegi \adierazi you didn't phrase very well; beste moduan \adierazita zegoen it was worded {differently || in a different way}
    3. ( ezeren seinale edo ikurra izan) to express, represent, denote, depict; batuketa adierazteko "+" ikurra erabiltzen da the symbol "+" is used to express addition
    4. ( iragarri) to announce, declare
    5. ( itxuratu) to represent, embody; proiektu horrek adierazten du gure itxaropena that project represents our hope io.
    a. audible, discernable; oihu \adieraziak distinct shouts
    b. ( istorioa, ipuina, kanta) remarkable, extraordinary
    2. ( ulergarria) intelligible, understandable, comprehensible

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > adierazi

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