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Sprache	Deutsch
Kategorie	Englisch
Stufe	Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert	15.01.2017 / 15.01.2017
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resilience

someone’s ability to become healthy, happy, or strong again after an illness, disappointment, or other problem

the ability of a substance or object to return to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed

Widerstandsfähigkeit

retention

the act of keeping or storing something

This facility will be used for the retention of hazardous waste.

Beibehlatung

review

[countable/uncountable] the process of studying or examining a situation, policy, or idea again in order to decide whether it is suitable or satisfactory

e.g. we need to review our decisions

Rückblick

root

Basic cause or idea

We need to get to the root of the problem.

Ursache

ruminate

(formal) to think about something very carefully

grübeln

stressor

any agent that causes stress to an organism

Stressor / Stressfaktor

supremacy

a situation in which one person, group, or thing has more power or influence than any other Rival gangs battled for supremacy.

Überlegenheit

synergic

creating synergy

e.g. synergic process

Zusammenwirken

the bends

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.

Dekompressionkrankheit

tunnel vision

the tendency to concentrate on one goal or one aspect of something without considering anything else

Tunnelblick

unavoidable

impossible to stop from happening

e.g. Some job losses seem unavoidable.

unvermeidbar

unconscious

in a condition similar to sleep where you do not feel, hear or see anything usually becasue you are injured.

She was unconscious but still breathing when the ambulance arrived.

bewusstlos

underestimate

to think or guess that something is smaller, less important, etc than it really is

We have seriously underestimated the cost of this trip.

unterschätzen

violation

an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc

clear/gross/flagrant violation:

a factory closed for gross violations of safety regulations

in violation of something:

Several students left the class early, in violation of school rules.

Verstoss

visible

Able to be seen.

The diagram makes the causes visible.

sichtbar

accountability

a situation in which people know who is responsible for something and can ask them to explain its state or quality

There have been calls for greater accountability within the health service.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Verantwortung

address (v)

To try to deal with a problem or question

A number of issues need to be addressed

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

ansprechen

advocate

to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things

There is no point advocating improved public transport unless we can pay for it.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

befürworten

agitation

a feeling of being worried or upset

He paced up and down the room in agitation.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Unruhe

ambiguity

[countable] something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning

There seem to be some ambiguities in the rules.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Zweideutigkeit

anticipate

to think that something will probably happen

e.g. The organizers hadn’t anticipated the huge interest there was in the event.

e.g. The building will be completed around six months earlier than anticipated.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

erwarten

apathy

A feeling of having no interest in, or enthusiasm about, anything

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Teilnahmslosigkeit

appoint

to choose someone to do a particular job or have a particular position

We need to appoint a new school secretary.

the newly appointed editor of the magazine

appoint someone (as) something:

Picard has been appointed managing director of the new division.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

benennen

appreciation

the feeling you have when you are grateful to someone

This is just a small token of our appreciation.

in appreciation (of):

The award is given in appreciation of her huge contribution to the film industry.

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Anerkennung

associate

someone you work with, especially in business

a business associate

Tastatur-Befehle:

= drehen,

= vor-/rückwärts,

= scrollen

Kollege

atmosphere

the mood or feeling that exists in a place and affects the people who are there

After Joe left there was a more relaxed atmosphere at home.

atmosphere of:

There is an atmosphere of tension in the city today.

Stimmung

attentive

listening to, or watching, something carefully

Jurors were attentive, taking notes during her testimony.

aufmerksam

attribution

the act of attributing something to a particular cause or person, especially the act of saying that something was written, said, painted etc by a particular person

Zuschreibung

blame (n, v)

Responsibility for an accident, problem or bad situation

People are laying the blame on the government for acting too late.

Vorwurf

bond

[countable] something that gives people or groups a reason to love each other or feel they have a duty to each other

Bindung

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