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STRENGTH

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Traducere în limba română

strength substantiv

1. forţă, vigoare, putere;

(fig.) strength of mind forţă spirituală / morală / de caracter;

on the strength of graţie, datorită, mulţumită (cu dat.); pe baza, în baza, pe temeiul, în virtutea (cu gen.);

I did it on the strength of his promise am făcut-o bizuindu-mă pe promisiunca lui;

promoted to the aristocracy on the strength of her father’s millions ridicată la rangul de aristocrată datorită milioanelor tatălui ei;

it is impossible to negotiate on the strength of samples nu se poate negocia/ trata pe bază de eşantioane;

by strength of arm cu puterea braţelor;

by sheer strength prin forţă.

2. soliditate, tărie; durabilitate, trăinicie (şi fig.).

3. (tehn.) rezistenţă;

strength of materials reezistenţa materialelor.

4. soliditate (putere de) rezistenţă, forţă, tărie (a unei cetăţi).

5. număr, forţă numerică; (mil.) efectiv (al unei unităţi);

(mil.) fighting strength efectiv mobilizabil;

in full strength în număr (complet), cu toţii, în întregime;

(mil.) peace strength efectiv de pace;

(mil.) war strength efectiv de război;

what is your strength? câţi sânteţi? câţi oameni aveţi?

6. (mil.) controale;

on the strength în controale(le) armatei;

(mil.) to be taken on the strength a fi înscris / trecut în controale(le armatei);

(mil.) to strike smb. off the strength a şterge pe cineva din controale(le armatei).

7. (chim., metal.) titru, titlu; concentraţie, tărie (alcoolică, a unui acid etc.).

8. (elect.) intensitate (a curentului).

9. (arte, pictură). intensitate (a unei culori).

10. forţă (a unui jucător de şah etc.).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I had not yet learned their cunning or their strength.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I soon withdrew, for I had talked as much, and sat up as long, as my present strength would permit.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

On March 11, the mighty Sun, giver of life and strength, will align with Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Why, with all that wonderful strength, have you not done something?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

On one occasion they took her off the sled by main strength.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

“He is a hard man,” she said, “and perhaps he hardly knows his own strength.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Poor old fellow! I fear that the strain of the past week has broken down even his iron strength.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I thought it affecting to see such a sturdy fellow as Ham was now, trembling in the strength of what he felt for the pretty little creature who had won his heart.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Strength was what she needed, and he gave it to her in generous measure.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

A reduction in the strength of the muscles in the left side of the body.

(Muscle Weakness Left-Sided, NCI Thesaurus)

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