Negative - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

preposition

Opposed to; against.

Примеры использования:

I'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes

adjective

Opposed.

Примеры использования:

The local councils are anti

noun

A person opposed to a particular policy, activity, or idea.

Примеры использования:

The threat to field sports from the antis is a serious one

adjective

Showing or feeling a strong aversion.

Примеры использования:

It is human nature to be antipathetic to change

adjective

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Примеры использования:

An apathetic electorate

adjective

Showing no interest or energy and unwilling to take action, especially over something important

Примеры использования:

Young people today are so apathetic about politics., don't be so apathetic - how are you going to g…

noun

An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.

Примеры использования:

She lost her balance and fell

verb

Put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Примеры использования:

A mug that she balanced on her knee

noun

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Примеры использования:

A bleak and barren moor

noun

A small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in eurasian rivers.

Примеры использования:

The flies for pike were naturally bigger than the bleaks, so they left me alone and i got some pike.

adjective

Of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.

Примеры использования:

A freezing cold day

noun

A low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment.

Примеры использования:

My teeth chattered with the cold

adverb

Completely; entirely.

Примеры использования:

We stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase

noun

A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.

Примеры использования:

The proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions

adjective

Of or at a fairly low temperature.

Примеры использования:

It'll be a cool afternoon

noun

A fairly low temperature.

Примеры использования:

The cool of the night air

verb

Become or make less hot.

Примеры использования:

We dived into the river to cool off

verb

Act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.

Примеры использования:

Should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming?

verb

To reduce or remove the effect of something by producing an opposite effect

Примеры использования:

The tax must be adjusted upward to counteract inflation.

verb

To take action to reduce the influence of something that may be harmful

Примеры использования:

Spending on marketing and advertising has increased in order to counteract falling sales., these ne…

noun

A weight that balances another weight.

Примеры использования:

The trolley used a counterbalance and leverage action to reduce the effort of lifting loads

verb

(of a weight) balance (another weight).

Примеры использования:

The sitter's weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest

verb

To have an equal but opposite effect on something in a positive way, so that it does not have too much of a particular characteristic

Примеры использования:

Investment in forestry projects is intended to counterbalance the effects of carbon emissions., sho…

adjective

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

Примеры использования:

He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

adjective

Not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves

Примеры использования:

Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical., she’s become cynical about men., he’s …

noun

A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.

Примеры использования:

It also appeals to defeatists, cynics, and worldly-wise men who are not prepared to try to change t…

adjective

Demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure.

Примеры использования:

We have a duty not to be so defeatist

adjective

Having no hope and expecting to fail

Примеры использования:

Being defeatist will get us nowhere., he's got such a defeatist attitude., i can't believe it - you…

noun

The action of denying something.

Примеры использования:

She shook her head in denial

noun

A statement that something is not true

Примеры использования:

His statement is not a denial., planning staff recommended denial of the project., he claims he’s n…

adjective

Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration.

Примеры использования:

Monetarist theory is dismissive of the need to control local spending

adjective

Showing that you think something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Примеры использования:

A dismissive, angry look

noun

Disagreement that leads to discord.

Примеры использования:

These issues caused bitter dissension in the party

noun

Strong disagreement, esp. within an organization

Примеры использования:

There was a good deal of dissension within women’s rights organizations about setting political goa…

verb

Make the same in quantity, size, or degree throughout a place or group.

Примеры использования:

The purpose is to equalize the workload among tutors

verb

To make laws or treatment the same for all people or companies in a group or place

Примеры использования:

The latest proposals would implement appropriate measures to equalize the conditions of global trad…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

Примеры использования:

Many have an almost fatalistic attitude towards their own health

adjective

Believing that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided

Примеры использования:

She was fatalistic about the future., he had a fatalistic acceptance of his bad luck in life.

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Примеры использования:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Causing or likely to cause harm.

Примеры использования:

The ozone layer blocks the harmful rays from the sun

adjective

Causing harm

Примеры использования:

Harmful to this group of chemicals is known to be harmful to people with asthma.

verb

Make ineffective; nullify.

Примеры использования:

Alcohol negates the effects of the drug

verb

To show something to be wrong or to be the opposite of what was thought, or to cause something to have no effect

Примеры использования:

The increase in sales was negated by the rising cost of materials.

verb

Make (something) ineffective by applying an opposite force or effect.

Примеры использования:

Impatience at his frailty began to neutralize her fear

verb

To produce an effect that removes the effect of something else

Примеры использования:

Raising the sales tax will neutralize the tax cut., acid in soil can be neutralized.

determiner

Not any.

Примеры использования:

There is no excuse

exclamation

Used to give a negative response.

Примеры использования:

‘is anything wrong?’ ‘no.’

adverb

Not at all; to no extent.

Примеры использования:

They were no more able to perform the task than i was

verb

Make legally null and void; invalidate.

Примеры использования:

It is at the discretion of the court to nullify the decision

verb

To cause an agreement or result to be no longer effective or consider it as not existing

Примеры использования:

The referee nullified the goal.

verb

To make a legal agreement or decision no longer have any legal force

Примеры использования:

The airline wants to nullify employees' contracts if no settlement is reached., a suit has been fil…

adjective

Causing a blockage or obstruction.

Примеры использования:

All tubing should be cleared of obstructive algae and detritus

noun

A consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one.

Примеры использования:

Widow's bereavement allowance is an offset against income

verb

Counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect.

Примеры использования:

Donations to charities can be offset against tax

verb

To balance one influence against an opposing influence so that no great difference results

Примеры использования:

The extra cost of commuting to work from the suburbs is offset by cheaper rents.

adjective

Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

Примеры использования:

He was pessimistic about the prospects

adjective

Thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of a situation

Примеры использования:

The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic., the doctors are pessimistic (= not hopeful) about hi…

noun

An act of refusing to do something.

Примеры использования:

He became tired of his friend's refusal to see him

noun

The act of saying that you will not do or accept something

Примеры использования:

Her request for more money met with a refusal., refusal to do sth they were frustrated by his refus…

verb

Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Примеры использования:

I refused to answer

noun

Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish.

Примеры использования:

Heaps of refuse

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Примеры использования:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Примеры использования:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Примеры использования:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

noun

The dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

Примеры использования:

The union decided last night to recommend rejection of the offer

noun

The act or process of rejecting someone or something

Примеры использования:

[ u ] fear of rejection, [ c ] i applied for ten jobs and got ten rejections.

noun

The act of refusing to accept an idea, suggestion, proposal, etc.

Примеры использования:

The company's rejection of the proposal came as a total surprise., i've applied for loads of jobs a…

verb

Crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape.

Примеры использования:

Wash and squash the cans before depositing them

noun

A state of being squeezed or forced into a small or restricted space.

Примеры использования:

It was a bit of a squash but he didn't seem to mind

noun

An edible gourd, the flesh of which may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Примеры использования:

There's much more beta carotene in traditional crops, from leafy green vegetables to squashes, melo…

adjective

Unwilling to help others or do what they ask.

Примеры использования:

I can recall him soothing uncooperative clients on the telephone

adjective

Not having or showing enthusiasm.

Примеры использования:

An unenthusiastic response

adjective

Showing little or no enthusiasm

Примеры использования:

Josh seemed unenthusiastic about the plan., he was a talented but unenthusiastic student., her unen…

adjective

Not interested in or concerned about something or someone.

Примеры использования:

I was totally uninterested in boys

adjective

Not excited or not wanting to become involved

Примеры использования:

He’s completely uninterested in sports.

adjective

Not responsive.

Примеры использования:

These symptoms may be unresponsive to conventional treatment

adjective

Not reacting or answering, or not reacting or answering satisfactorily

Примеры использования:

The company has been unresponsive to her efforts to discuss a settlement.

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Примеры использования:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Примеры использования:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

The power to refuse to allow something to be done, or such a refusal

Примеры использования:

[ c ] the president has promised a veto if congress passes that bill., [ u ] the mayor will have no…