Effete - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

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The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

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As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

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Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

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Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

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Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

noun

In some systems of chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has

adjective

Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

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A flowery meadow

adjective

Covered with pictures of flowers

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A flowery blouse

adjective

Decorated with pictures of flowers

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A flowery material/dress, flowery curtains/wallpaper

adjective

Not producing any significant or desired effect.

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An ineffectual campaign

adjective

Not able to produce good results

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An ineffectual teacher

adjective

Not skilled at achieving, or not able to produce, good results

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An ineffectual leader, ineffectual at the teachers were ineffectual at maintaining discipline.

adjective

Behaving in a specified way.

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Bad-mannered

adjective

Having ways of behaving toward people

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The children are well mannered., he continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received.

adjective

An insulting way of describing something that is not traditionally male, especially in behaviour, appearance, or speech

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"i don't want to sound poncy, but i really like going to the ballet," he said., a poncy flowery shirt

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

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Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

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Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

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Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

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Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

noun

An intellectually pretentious or affected person.

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At the height of the band's career, he was thought to be the biggest pseud in rock

adjective

Intellectually pretentious or affected.

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To seek inspiration in literature or folklore is to risk being pilloried as pseud

combining form

Variant spelling of pseudo- reduced before a vowel (as in pseudepigrapha ).

adjective

(of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort.

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He treated them with studied politeness

verb

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.

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I studied classics at college

adjective

Carefully prepared or considered, esp. to create an effect

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He showed a studied disregard for her concerns.

adjective

People who are toffee-nosed consider themselves to be better than other people, especially than people of a lower social class

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He's a toffee-nosed git - take no notice of him!

adjective

Excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.

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Although the film's a bit twee, it's watchable