reto
challenge ; gauntlet ; act of defiance ; defiance.
The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
Some time ago in a reference to the challenges of innovation, Steele (1983) described the 'gauntlet of innovation' as a process that has many barriers.
Moreover, her fatness is an act of defiance; in a world in which women are taught to take up as little space as possible, Lilian learns to foist her way into the public sphere.
Students relate easily to Mark Mathabane's questioning why he must attend school, his open defiance of his father, and his struggle to resist peer pressure.
aceptar un reto
throw down + the gauntlet
call + Posesivo + bluff
throw + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
throw + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + hat in(to) the ring
toss + Posesivo + cap in(to) the ring
And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
They must be heaving a sigh of relief today, that the council weren't brave enough to call their bluff.
He says he will accept whatever outcome the 2011 election brings even if he decides to throw his cap in the ring.
Psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.
With the war dragging on in Europe, it became apparent that the United States was going to 'toss its hat in the ring' and send troops to the war zone.
She's ever willing to help and never afraid to toss her cap into the ring when the need arises.
afrontar un reto
address + threat
embrace + challenge
This paper has described several endeavours which illustrate how we can address the threats from technological discontinuities.
A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.
encontrarse ante un reto
in the face of + challenge
In the face of these challenges, developing nations start from a position of weakness, based on low levels of capital formation and rapid population growth.
enfrentarse a un reto
face + a challenge
meet + challenge
undertake + challenge
handle + a challenge
confront + challenge
While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.
They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.
It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
hacer frente a un reto
rise (up) to + challenge
confront + challenge
meet + challenge
embrace + challenge
Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.
It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.
lleno de retos
challenging
Thus in an attentive reader literature is expansive, visionary, challenging, subversive, in the true and best sense.
nuevos retos [Generalmente usado en el plural]
new horizons
They have established new horizons in the field of business information systems.
plantear un reto
pose + a challenge
Each Fellow's experience was unique and posed exciting and unusual challenges as well as unforeseen obstacles.
presentar reto
defy
Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.
presentar un reto
present + challenge
provide + a challenge
The number of languages in which libraries receive materials often presents challenges and difficulties for cataloguers.
Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.
que constituye un reto
challenging
Thus in an attentive reader literature is expansive, visionary, challenging, subversive, in the true and best sense.
que no representa reto
unchallenging
This article describes a study of stress conducted in a university library using the following categories: workload; schedule and workday; feeling pulled and tugged; physical facilities; unchallenging work; and miscellaneous.
reto + avecinarse
challenge + lie ahead
Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
reto deportivo
sporting challenge
In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
