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Traducere în limba română
gain I. s.
1. mărire, creştere, dezvoltare, intensificare (a sunetului etc.).
2. ctştig folos, profit; avantaj; prisos, excedent;
to make gain of a câştiga la sau din;
love of gain lăcomie / sete de câştig;
(prov.) no pains, no gains cine nu stăruieşte, nu izbuteşte, nu sta că-ţi stă norocul.
3. cucerire, izbândă, câştig.
4. pl. venituri.
5. (tehn.) lăcaş, făgaş scobitură, tăietură.
6. (mine) galerie transversală (de pătrundere).
gain II. verb A. tranzitiv
1. a câştiga; a obţine, a dobândi, a agonisi; a-şi asigura;
to gain an advantage over a o lua înaintea (cu gen ); a fi în avantaj faţă de;
(la curse) to gain the bell from a o lua înaintea (cu gen.), a câştiga victoria, asupra (cu gen.);
to gain the day a câştiga bătălia, a ieşi învingător;
to gain one's end a-şi realiza scopul;
to gain the ear of a fi ascultat cu bunăvoinţă de;
to gain experience a câştiga experienţă;
to gain one's feet a o lua la fugă / la sănătoasa;
to gain friends a-şi face / a-şi câştiga prieteni;
to gain ground a) a câştiga teren, a inainta, a se propaga, a se lăţi; b) (fig.) a progresa, a face progrese;
to gain one's living / livelihood a-şi câştiga existenţa; a-şi agonisi traiul;
to gain strength a căpăta puteri, a se înzdrăveni;
to gain time a câştiga / a economisi timp;
(mil.) to gain touch a lua contact (cu inamicul);
to gain the upper hand a prevala, a fi victorios;
to gain a victory a câştiga o victorie.
2. a se îndrepta spre, a se apropia de; a ajunge la;
(mil.) to gain the rear of the enemy a ajunge în spatele inamicului;
to gain the shore a se apropia de tărm.
3. to gain smb. for a câştiga pe cineva de partea (cu gen.) / pentru;
(rar) to gain smb. into a convinge pe cineva să;
to smb. over a câştiga pe cineva de partea sa.
gain II. verb B. intranzitiv
1. a câştiga, a se îmbogăţi.
2. a se face bine, a se însănătoşi;
the patient is gaining daily bolnavul se însănătoşeşte pe zi ce trece.
3. a o lua înainte;
my watch gains ceasul meu o ia inainte / grăbeste.
4. to gain on / upon a) a câştiga (teren), a invada (uscatul), a se apropia de; b) a ajunge din urmă;
the ocean gains on the land oceanul invadează uscatul.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Three times he struggled to his feet, striving to gain the galley, and each time was knocked down.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
I had gained a new painful experience; the Count could, it was evident, handle the earth-boxes himself.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I try, but every day I lose a little, and feel more sure that I shall never gain it back.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
"Well, Henry . . . " Bill stopped for a moment, in order that his words might gain greater significance.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
Planets are lined up in your eighth house of other people’s money, so you can make large gains by working on a performance basis as opposed to earning a flat salary.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
DNA analyses found two genetic pathways known to use arsenic-based molecules as a way of gaining energy.
(Arsenic-breathing microbes discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean, National Science Foundation)
The spine had gained new regions during mammal evolution.
(What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists, National Science Foundation)
It has also been used to stimulate appetite and weight gain, and is being studied in the treatment of weight loss caused by cancer and its treatment.
(Cyproheptadine, NCI Dictionary)
In the midst of the great and lonely sea he gained perspective.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
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