REFLECT

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Traducere în limba română

reflect verb A. tranzitiv

1. a reflecta, a răsfrânge (căldură, sunet, lumină etc.); a oglindi (o imagine);

trees reflected in the water arbori oglindiţi în apă;

the literature of a people does but reflect its manner literatura unui popor nu e decât un reflex al moravurilor lui.

2. (fig.) a reflecta, a proiecta, a arunca (oprobriu etc.);

action that reflects credit on smb. acţiune care face onoare cuiva;

his conduct reflects great dishonour on him purtarea lui nu-i face de loc cinste;

your glory will be reflected upon your children gloria dumneavoastră se va răsfrânge asupra copiilor.

3. (rar) a înfrânge, a supune, a umili.

reflect verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se răsfrânge, a se reflecta.

2. (on / upon) a reflecta, a medita (la);

to reflect that a (se) gândi că;

to reflect why a se întreba de ce;

I never reflected whether it was possible niciodată nu m-am întrebat dacă e posibil.

3. (upon) a se întoarce (asupra - cu gen.).

4. (despre acţiuni etc.) a dăuna, a aduce neplăceri;

his rudeness reflects only on himself grosolănia îi dăunează numai lui însuşi.

5. to reflect on smb. a adresa o critică cuiva, a blama pe cineva;

to reflect on smb.’s honour a aduce atingere onoarei cuiva, a ridica îndoieli cu privire la cinstea cuiva.

6. (înv.) a lumina.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Reflecting on what had been thus told me, I felt it right that it should be communicated to Mr. Peggotty.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Do let me speak," I said; "let me have one moment to draw breath and reflect."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Sometimes the dark face of the Moon catches Earth’s reflected glow and returns that light.

(Earthshine, NASA)

The moon is always opposite the Sun on a full moon, so the full moon will partner with the Sun and reflect his light.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Long before I was enough recovered to talk, I was perfectly able to reflect.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I reflect, I weigh, I balance.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They had looked forward and arranged everything before the others began to reflect.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I reflected as I walked that few men in the world could have spent a stranger night or added more to human knowledge in the course of it.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, the spectra of regions expected to reflect the internal composition lacked any of the characteristic sulfate absorptions.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)

When I reflect, my dear cousin, said she, on the miserable death of Justine Moritz, I no longer see the world and its works as they before appeared to me.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

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