fondo-1
background ; backing ; crux ; fundus.
In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.
A picture is a two-dimensional visual representation accessible to the naked eye and generally on an opaque backing.
The crux of the process is the development of multiple models.
This is an extremely valuable clinical test that provides information about the circulatory system of the ocular fundus (the back of the eye) not attainable by routine examination.
a fondo
fully
thoroughly
full-scale
Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.
Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.
al fondo (de)
at the bottom (of)
All subfields allowed and their meanings are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
analizar a fondo
delve into
dig into
The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.
A 10-year-old boy by the name of Thailan died last week and investigators are now digging into the death of the boy.
artículo de fondo
feature article
The author reviews some of the periodicals that contain an increasing number of feature articles about the Internet.
corredor de fondo
long-distance runner
I'd fall into these categories: female, over 30, long-distance runner, no other sports, lives in the south in temperate weather, runs for health.
desde el fondo del alma
from the bottom of + Posesivo + soul
From the bottom of her heart, from the bottom of her soul, she despised and detested people, adult people.
desde el fondo del corazón
from the bottom of + Posesivo + heart
He said the nations of the Middle East 'hate the United States from the bottom of their hearts'.
doble fondo
false bottom
Some thieves have even built false bottoms in baby carriages.
emplearse a fondo
spare + no expense
These stars have spared no expenses when it comes to buying extravagant gifts for their partners.
en el fondo
at heart
deep down
in the back of + Posesivo + mind
in the back of + Posesivo + head
at the back of + Posesivo + head
bottom line, the
in the bottom
deep inside
No doubt this is an egocentric idea, but I suspect that most authors feel like this at heart.
His heart is telling him to hang on for dear life because deep down he knows she's letting go for good this time.
It would be a shame to lose any ground I had gained, but there was that little niggling idea planted firmly in the back of my mind.
She tried not to think about it and shoved it in the back of her head.
They tend to be utterly paranoid, always having at the back of their head strange notions of how 'these sneaky Chinks are out there to get them'.
Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people.
Now its a frigging oil drum and the reason nobody would take it was because there was a tiny bit of oil in the bottom.
Over and over, we ask ourselves why we don't utilize things that are stored deep inside of our brains!.
en el fondo de
at the root of
However, in public libraries at the root of many current enquiries is to be found a matter of social or welfare law requiring explanation, interpretation, and sometimes even more.
esquiador de fondo
cross-country skier
Laboratory treadmill running tests are commonly used to assess the effects of training programs and to prescribe training intensity for cross-country skiers.
esquí de fondo
cross-country skiing
The results of the present study highlight the importance of exercise intensity in cross-country skiing.
estudiar a fondo
delve into
dig into
The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.
A 10-year-old boy by the name of Thailan died last week and investigators are now digging into the death of the boy.
examinar a fondo
delve into
dig into
The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.
A 10-year-old boy by the name of Thailan died last week and investigators are now digging into the death of the boy.
fondo del mar
sea bottom
seafloor [sea floor]
ocean floor
seabed [sea bed]
A tsunami is a billow induced by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the sea bottom.
The mapping of the seafloor also revealed that these huge underwater mountain ranges are bisected by a deep trench which in places is more than 2000 meters deep.
The continental shelf regions also contain the highest amount of benthic life (plants and animals that live on the ocean floor).
The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.
fondo del océano
ocean bed
ocean floor
Implications of marine legislation and laws of the sea related to ocean bed exploration are described in detail.
The continental shelf regions also contain the highest amount of benthic life (plants and animals that live on the ocean floor).
fondo marino
deep-sea floor
This is a collection of igneous and metamorphic rocks from the deep-sea floor.
forma de doble fondo [En la fabricación manual de papel, forma o módulo que tenía como fondo dos estructuras reticulares de alambre superpuestas con objeto de evitar que las barras sobre la que descansaba la estructura reticular no dejase huella en el papel y de este modo producir un papel vitela a diferencia del papel verjurado]
double-faced mould
By 1759, however, Whatman had produced a wove paper without shadows by making the paper in double-faced moulds with two wire meshes fastened one on top of the other with a small space in between.
forma de un solo fondo
single-faced mould
Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.
forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado [En la fabricación manual de papel, forma o módulo que sólo tenía una estructura reticular de alambre como base que a su vez descansaba sobre unas barras transversales que tenía la forma y que tanto éstas como la estructura reticular dejaban huella en el papel dando lugar a lo que se denomina papel verjurado]
single-faced laid mould
Towards the end of the century a few makers exploited the antiquarian appeal of laid hand-made paper by reviving the single-faced laid mould.
haber tocado fondo
be at rock bottom
I was at rock bottom, being abused by different men, drinking heavily and taking more and more drugs.
hacer esquí de fondo
go + cross-country skiing
Here is a list of places for families to go cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the greater Rochester area.
ir al fondo de la cuestión
get down to + brass tacks
get down to + bedrock
get down to + the nitty-gritty
get down to + the basics (of things)
When you get down to brass tacks, the fundamental reason why the UK is in its current mess is because we were borrowing too much for too long.
But we must nevertheless weed through these various proposals and get down to bedrock to what Dirksen really wants.
They promised much but these scholars never got down to the nitty-gritty .
I was able to get down to the basics of things I needed but ran into some other problems for which I cannot find a solution anywhere.
ir al fondo del asunto
get down to + bedrock
get down to + brass tacks
get down to + the nitty-gritty
get down to + the basics (of things)
But we must nevertheless weed through these various proposals and get down to bedrock to what Dirksen really wants.
When you get down to brass tacks, the fundamental reason why the UK is in its current mess is because we were borrowing too much for too long.
They promised much but these scholars never got down to the nitty-gritty .
I was able to get down to the basics of things I needed but ran into some other problems for which I cannot find a solution anywhere.
limpiar a fondo [Llamado así en inglés porque generalmente se hace en primavera]
spring-clean
clear out
This is probably because the north's more blustery weather spring-cleans the streets.
Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
limpieza a fondo [Llamado así en inglés porque generalmente se hace en primavera] [Llamado así en inglés porque generalmente se hace en primavera] [Acción de deshacerse de las cosas que se han quedado viejas, anticuadas o inservibles]
spring cleaning
spring clean
clear-out
Every year about this time, most people spend some time spring cleaning the house to organize things and get rid of clutter.
Birds are singing, the weather is warm and it's time for a spring clean.
Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
llegar al fondo de la cuestión
see to the + bottom of things
The dream of inquiry is to pierce the veil, to see to the bottom of things, to achieve an understanding that is if not quite absolute then at least adequate.
llegar al fondo de las cosas
get to + the bottom of things
They wanted to get to the bottom of things and figure out what was happening.
llegar al fondo de una Cuestión
get to + the bottom of
get to + the root of
He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
mar de fondo
groundswell
The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
material de fondo
backing
A picture is a two-dimensional visual representation accessible to the naked eye and generally on an opaque backing.
moral + haber tocado fondo
morale + be at rock bottom
By then, the political state of affairs in Taiwan was a shambles and morale was at rock bottom.
movimiento de fondo
groundswell
The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
música de fondo
background music
The background music is sung by the stars of the show, with each singing a different verse.
negro sobre fondo blanco
black on white
Input of data into a record may be onto a preformatted screen, perhaps with reverse video (black on white) characters for the field names and with space next to each field name for the data.
pez de fondo [Generalmente con significado de plural y referido a los peces que habitan el suelo de los cuerpos de agua] [Generalmente con significado de plural y referido a los peces que habitan el suelo de los cuerpos de agua]
groundfish
bottom fish
For centuries, cod and other groundfish have sustained New England's coastal fishing communities.
Freshwater bottom fish are uniquely shaped with a flattened stomach, wide mouth, and barbels to make feeding easier.
pisar a fondo
give it + some welly
I'll give it some welly and see how it goes.
pozo sin fondo
bottomless pit
Some view the library as a bottomless pit; all recognise that the library is unlikely to generate much political pressure for its own aggrandisement.
practicar el esquí de fondo
go + cross-country skiing
Here is a list of places for families to go cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the greater Rochester area.
ruido de fondo
background noise
We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
servir de telón de fondo
set + the backdrop
This article presents the results of a survey of ALA-accredited schools to set the backdrop and to provide information on the ways that schools are integrating the new technologies.
sin fondo
bottomless
The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.
telón de fondo
background
backdrop
In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.
This article considers the relunctance of governments to provide the capital input for these developments as a backdrop for discussion of the issue of privatisation of public domain data bases.
teniendo como telón de fondo
against + background of
Problems, potential and standards for WORMs and WORM drives are discussed against a background of recent market surveys.
teniendo esto como telón de fondo
against this background
Against this background, the impact of introducing on-line facilities in 1976 is studied.
tocar fondo
bottom out
hit + rock-bottom
reach + rock-bottom
touch + rock bottom
strike + bottom
scrape + the bottom of the barrel
The dramatic decrease in the readability of chemistry papers in the past 100 years now appears to have bottomed out.
'The Gathering Storm' is a beautifully composed and photographed production concentrating on the years in the 1930s when Churchill's career hit rock-bottom.
In 1998, film production levels reached rock-bottom.
This fell fast over the years until it touched rock bottom at minus four percent in 2004.
However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.
Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.
