pregunta
enquiry [inquiry, -USA] ; inquiry [enquiry, -UK] ; question ; enquire ; query.
A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.
One argument against including a list of questions is that often analysts will think they are the only questions that might be asked.
A policy of maximum courtesy and minimum delay is adopted in attending to all enquires.
We might therefore argue that our information retrieval system should enable us to rank documents in response to a query using the weighted vector 'wij'.
acosar a Alguien con preguntas
pepper + Nombre + with questions
She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.
acribillar a Alguien a preguntas
pepper + Nombre + with questions
She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.
acribillar a preguntas
grill
The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.
a la cuarta pregunta
penniless
broke
skint
down-and-out
out-at-(the)-elbows
Now he lives penniless near a beautiful lake surrounded by rainforest and teeming with waterfowl.
The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.
The story is based on an overheard conversation between a well-meaning librarian and a down-and-out old man seeking validation for his unpublished poetry.
Nature meant him for a slipshod, shambling Bohemian - happy, out-at-the-elbows, always in debt, always irresponsible, and always pursued by duns and bailiffs.
asediar a Alguien con preguntas
pepper + Nombre + with questions
She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.
bombardear a
grill
The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.
dejar una pregunta sin contestar
leave + a question unanswered
It is important to note that not all questions were required for completion of the survey, so some items were left unanswered by some respondents.
dejar una pregunta sin responder
leave + a question unanswered
It is important to note that not all questions were required for completion of the survey, so some items were left unanswered by some respondents.
enviar una pregunta a una lista de correo
post + a question
An email discussion list that allows subscribers to post questions to hundreds of users.
expresar una pregunta
couch + question
The question was innocently and diplomatically couched.
FAQs (Preguntas Más Frecuentes) [En Internet, tipo especial de documentos que contienen respuestas a las preguntas más solicitadas sobre un tema concreto]
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
FAQs are documents that list and answer the most common questions on a particular subject.
formular una pregunta
articulate + question
formulate + question
frame + question
And he carefully articulated certain questions which were surely in his mind about whether technological developments and computerization would allow the preservation and retention of these values.
If his decision is to ask about his need, then it becomes necessary to give it a sharper intellectual shape, to describe it in words, and to formulate it as a question.
It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.
hacer preguntas
ask + questions
interrogate
air + questions
make + enquiry
And let me stress yet again that I do not mean we should be constantly stopping in midstream during a reading to ask questions and provoke discussion.
Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.
After an additional brief discussion, during which several questions and comments were aired, a motion was made that an ad hoc committee be appointed 'to investigate the issue of employee performance appraisal systems'.
The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.
hacer una pregunta
put + question
But the moment he puts his question to the librarian his problem becomes shared and the reference process enters its second phase.
intentar responder a una pregunta
pursue + question
It is important to ensure that one is pursuing the patron's question and has not gone off on another track.
modo de hacer preguntas
questioning behaviour
The author explores the questioning behaviour on an electronic list (e-list) focused on colon cancer.
molestar con preguntas [Específicamente a un orador con preguntas, comentarios en voz alta, sonidos de desaprobación, etc]
heckle
In stark contrast, these students, who heckled the ambassador in a much smaller venue, are being criminally charged and could potentially face prison.
pregunta abierta [Pregunta que le permite al interlocutor una gran libertad en cuanto al contenido de la respuesta]
open-ended question
The technique of questioning at these interviews is that you start with the general or open-ended question to get the candidate talking.
pregunta cerrada [Generalmente, pregunta usada en un cuestionario que consta de varias alternativas como respuesta para que el encuestado escoja una]
multiple choice question
closed-ended question
For example, a multiple choice question and an open-ended question that each ask the willingness to pay for a particular good or service can result in different estimates.
The written survey consisted of 30 closed- and open-ended questions developed in consultation with librarians = El cuestionario escrito constaba de 30 preguntas abiertas y cerradas hechas en colaboración con bibliotecarios.
pregunta con respuesta
answerable question
The article is entitled 'Research: turning research priorities into answerable questions'.
pregunta delicada
awkward question
The press spokesman 'ominously warned' Americans to 'watch what they say,' which amounted to telling citizens 'to accept the administration's version of events, not ask awkward questions'.
pregunta de referencia
reference question
From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.
pregunta de respuesta libre [Pregunta que le permite al interlocutor una gran libertad en cuanto al contenido de la respuesta]
open-ended question
The technique of questioning at these interviews is that you start with the general or open-ended question to get the candidate talking.
pregunta difícil
poser
The first category of problem, the naming of subject, involves consideration of the following posers.
pregunta difícil de responder
awkward-to-handle enquiry
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.
pregunta + ocurrir
question + pop into + Posesivo + mind
The question that popped into my mind, is that I don't believe any of our users ever saw our card catalogues as an integrated point of access to all the information they needed.
preguntas
questioning
Are you saying that books and courses that encourage wholesome questioning and explore wider circles of experience have nothing of value to say to us?.
preguntas de cultura general
quiz [quizzes, -pl.]
A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
preguntas de examen
question paper
There is an old joke that examiners in economics need never set the candidates new question papers because the answers change every year = Existe una vieja broma que dice que los profesores de económicas nunca necesitan ponerle a los alumnos nuevas preguntas de examen ya que las respuestas cambian cada año.
pregunta sin respuesta
unanswerable question
These unanswerable questions arise because it is impossible to forecast with complete accuracy the sale of any one book.
preguntas para incitar el debate
discussion question
The stories are accompanied by learning activities and discussion questions for students and are arranged under the headings of bear, mountain goat and deer, and seal and sea lion.
preguntas y respuestas
questions and answers [Q&A]
The following questions and answers (Q&A) pertain to these laws and how they may affect you.
pregunta tipo test
multiple choice question
For example, a multiple choice question and an open-ended question that each ask the willingness to pay for a particular good or service can result in different estimates.
que ha sido abordado con preguntas
accost
In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
responder a preguntas
entertain + questions
The student will give an oral presentation summarizing the written report and will entertain questions from the members of the committee.
responder a una pregunta
field + question
Questions concerning stock, hours, staffing and so on cannot be fielded at random, nor with any degree of authority, if institutional priorities are not solidly in place.
responder preguntas
take + questions
Thank you for listening and now I'll be happy to take any questions = Gracias por su atención y ahora estaré encantado de responder a sus preguntas.
responder una pregunta
dispatch + question
answer + question
Library staff should be provided with the opportunity to see blunders which they occasionally commit as well as the laudable 'savoir faire' with which they dispatch some reference question.
The head of the circulation was asked to investigate the desirability of theft detection devices and to answer questions about their legality and health risk.
sortear un pregunta
field + question
Questions concerning stock, hours, staffing and so on cannot be fielded at random, nor with any degree of authority, if institutional priorities are not solidly in place.
suscitar una pregunta
raise + question
Instead, one might raise the question: 'Why do we need all the works of an author together?'.
turno de preguntas
Q&A session [question and answer session]
The delivery of each presentation should last 15-20 minutes which should include a Q&A session.
