contra-1
against ; versus (vs - abreviatura) ; anti.
Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
I believe that the emphasis on abuse of title entry in the name of speeding up cataloging is not the question of a title entry versus other entries, it is the question of simplification.
States began passing anti stalking legislation in 1990 after a rash of stalking related murders and publicity surrounding the stalking of celebrities = States began passing anti stalking legislation in 1990 after a rash of stalking related murders and publicity surrounding the stalking of celebrities.
acción contra el fuego
fire response
It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
a favor y en contra
pro and con
To provoke discussion, strong statements, both pro and con, are given.
argumento en contra
counter-argument [counterargument]
Rules have been changed by trial-and-error, by logical argument and counter-argument, and by fiat.
argumentos a favor o en contra
arguments for (and/or) against
They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
argumentos en contra
counter-evidence
In an attempt to provide counter-evidence to the accusation that the literature of gays is not being represented in library collections a study was conducted.
carrera contra el tiempo
race against time
race against the clock
He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.
Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.
carrera contra reloj
race against time
race against the clock
He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.
Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.
contra el cáncer
anticancer
Cetus Corporation, California, created a clinical data base for clinical trials of anticancer drugs in 1985.
contra el deseo de Alguien
against + Posesivo + will
Information about an individual cannot be recorded against his will.
contra el reumatismo
anti-rheumatism
This article looks at basic research on anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatism drugs, considering the characteristics and treatment of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, with or without steroids.
contra el viento
upwind
Wind turbines with a horizontal axis may be upwind or downwind machines, ie the rotor may be facing the wind, or on the lee side of the tower.
contra fuerzas superiores
against (all/the) odds
Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
contra la ansiedad
anti-anxiety
Patients hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric illness commonly receive pro re nata anti-anxiety and hypnotic agents.
contra la gripe
anti-flu
The ancient Egyptians used tea as an anti-flu remedy.
contra la pared
up against the wall
with + Posesivo + back against the wall
against a/the wall
The article is entitled 'Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
It was the portrait of a woman standing against a wall with a paint roller.
contra las cuerdas
against the ropes
O'Connell recovered strongly in the third round, until Shapot again backed him against the ropes.
contra la voluntad de Alguien
against + Posesivo + will
Information about an individual cannot be recorded against his will.
contra los dioses
against (all/the) odds
Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
contra los hongos
antifungal
Materials with antifungal properties may provide an important deterrent to these infections.
contra natura
unnatural
Hence, 'capitalism' is thought to have naturally emerged once the 'unnatural' fetters of feudalism were broken.
contra (todo) pronóstico
against (all/the) odds
Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
contra todo pronóstico
defy + the odds
Maybe we can defy the odds and make something happen but it's going to be very, very tough.
contra todos los pronósticos
defy + the odds
against (all/the) odds
Maybe we can defy the odds and make something happen but it's going to be very, very tough.
Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
contra todo (tipo) de riesgo
against all risks
This is sometimes called all risks cover, because that is what it is intended to protect your property against all risks of loss or damage.
contra una pared
against a/the wall
It was the portrait of a woman standing against a wall with a paint roller.
contra viento y marea
at all costs
against (all/the) odds
at any cost
at any price
come + hell or high water
by whatever means (possible)
This article presents a decalogue of a librarian's faults: a library for the benefit of librarians; a library for the benefit of the management; a drive to obtain new technology at all costs; egotism of departments; egotism of libraries; dictatorship instead of management; working 'in silence'; putting on blinkers; laissez-faire; and wasteful use of time, people and resources.
Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
Illegal work practices aimed at achieving economic success at any cost were widespread.
The new law would scrap the existing anti-scalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price.
Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.
Naturally, Claire is just dying to be part of the Committee, but they're equally determined to keep her out of it by whatever means.
dar protección (contra)
give + protection (against)
In addition, copper piping gives excellent protection against contaminants to the domestic water supply.
declararse en contra de
come out against
General Mills has come out against the proposed amendment banning gay marriage in the state of Minnesota.
en contra
counterpoint
The point and counterpoint nature of the talks specifically concerned with AACR reflects the official roles the speakers have with respect to that draft.
en contra (de)
against
Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
en contra de
in the teeth of
They remain a people who cling to their distinct identity in the teeth of persistent rejection.
en contra de la asuteridad
anti-austerity
Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president - as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.
en contra de la guerra
antiwar [anti-war]
Hostility towards antiwar protesters also diminished.
en contra de la opinión general
contrary to popular belief
Contrary to popular belief still held by some, no accompanying service support was provided by Carnegie for the institution behind these monumental facades.
en contra de la raza blanca
anti-white [antiwhite]
Experience sensitized counselees to the limitations of white counselors, suggesting they became pro-black rather than anti-white.
en contra de la raza negra
antiblack [anti-black]
Anti-Semitism & antiblack racism in Europe are not discrete & unrelated phenomena, but connected in time & space.
en contra de las circunstancias
against circumstances
The novel describes people waging an unequal struggle against circumstances and remaining hopeful despite everything.
en contrar de lo que se cree
contrary to popular belief
Contrary to popular belief still held by some, no accompanying service support was provided by Carnegie for the institution behind these monumental facades.
estar a favor o en contra
be for or against
However, whether you are for or against, and even if no cash actually changes hands, the whole process of assessing how much your information costs you to provide, who uses it and how, will give you a useful view of supply and demand.
estar en contra de
be against
Who can be against training one's staff to make them more effective? It's like being against motherhood and apple pie.
hablar en contra de
speak against
As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
hacer objeciones contra
urge against
It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
ir a contra reloj
race against + time
race against + the clock
The officials and the workers involved in the rescue operations were racing against time to save the child.
The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
ir contra corrien
head into + the current
Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.
ir contra corriente
swim against + the tide
swim against + the current
swim against + the flow
go against + the tide
go against + the current
go against + the stream
swim against + the stream
A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.
And she is the ultimate model for every woman who has to swim against the current.
If you want to become a leader, swim against the flow and be a non-conformist.
When going against the tide, one must not be afraid of isolation.
For Bruce Brown, going against the current comes naturally.
Give it a name if you will, but we need to go against the stream.
This unique style will appeal to the individual who wants to stand out, make a statement and swim against the stream.
ir en contra de
contravene
fly in + the face of
go against
militate against
stand in + contrast to
tell against
be at odds with
work at + cross purposes
be at cross purposes
be contrary to
set against
run + counter to
run + contrary to
be at loggerheads with
argue against
stand in + sharp contrast to
run up against
turn against
speak against
run + afoul of
fall + afoul of
play against
Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.
If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
What factors told against them?.
These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.
For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
ir (en) contra (de) la corriente
swim against + the tide
swim against + the current
swim against + the flow
head into + the current
go against + the tide
go against + the current
go against + the stream
swim against + the stream
A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.
And she is the ultimate model for every woman who has to swim against the current.
If you want to become a leader, swim against the flow and be a non-conformist.
Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.
When going against the tide, one must not be afraid of isolation.
For Bruce Brown, going against the current comes naturally.
Give it a name if you will, but we need to go against the stream.
This unique style will appeal to the individual who wants to stand out, make a statement and swim against the stream.
ir en contra de la ley
be against the law
Examples would be: 'Is it against the law to ride a bicycle on the pavement?' 'What are the symptoms of a duodenal ulcer?'.
ir en contra del reloj
race against + the clock
The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
ir en contra del tiempo
race against + the clock
The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
ir en contra de todos + Posesivo + principios
violate + a principle
'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up - I hope his parents don't raise a stink - and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
luchar contra corriente
labour against + the grain
So teachers find themselves laboring against the grain.
luchar contra un fuego
fight + a fire
Sprinkler systems fight fire, and transmit alarm at the same time, immediately after the beginning of a fire.
militar contra
militate against
Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
no predisponer a Alguien en contra
stay on + the right side of
keep on + the right side of
Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.
Gods did nothing, but you had to honour them with a daily offering to keep on the right side of them.
no tener nada en contra de Algo
have + no quarrel about + Nombre
His library is using the subject heading 'CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, NONSEXIST' in two ways: one applied to material on the subject of nonsexist books - about which I have no quarrel.
ponerse en contra de
turn against
come out against
By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
General Mills has come out against the proposed amendment banning gay marriage in the state of Minnesota.
por contra
in contrast
In contrast, the choice of a subject heading or notation presents many varied problems of interpretation.
predispuesto en contra de
disposed against
No one comes into the world already disposed for or against words in print.
probabilidades en contra de
odds against
To achieve a full airing of concerns, librarians must work to overcome the unfavorable odds against the individual's access to unpopular or anti-establishment views.
pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo
take + sides
The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
pruebas en contra
evidence to the contrary
It is believed to be confirmed by empirical evidence, with other empirical evidence to the contrary being neglected.
saldo en contra
debit balance
Bank accounts may have a credit balance where the bank owes money to the customer; or a debit balance where the customer owes the bank money.
seguridad contra corrientes eléctricas
electrical security
It presents a checklist of some of the major considerations in assessing the environmental, fire and electrical security of equipment areas in libraries.
utilizar en contra
set against
The same arguments set against state education in the early nineteenth century apply to the idea of state-supported public libraries.
viento en contra
headwind
It also happens that a crosswind causes a much larger deflection than does a headwind or tailwind of the same speed.
volverse en contra de
turn against
By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
votar en contra de
vote against
But then they showed their true colors by voting against the changes necessary to make the program effective.
