HARD-PRESSED - Traduzione inglese-francese

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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hard-pressed [ingl brit ˌhɑːdˈprɛst, ingl am ˈhɑrd ˈˌprɛst], hard-pushed [ˌhɑːdˈpʊʃt] AGG

hard-pressed (gen)

en difficulté

hard-pressed (for time)

pressé

hard-pressed (under pressure)

sous pression

to be hard-pressed for time

être pressé

to be hard-pressed to do

avoir du mal à faire

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I. empêché (empêchée) [ɑ̃peʃe] VB part perf

empêché → empêcher

II. empêché (empêchée) [ɑ̃peʃe] AGG

1. empêché (retenu):

le Président, empêché, a dû se décommander

the President has been detained and has had to cancel

2. empêché (incapable) form:

je serais bien empêché de vous répondre

I would be very hard-pressed to give you an answer

l'électeur empêché d'aller voter

the voter unable to go and vote

I. empêcher [ɑ̃peʃe] VB vb trans

empêcher

to prevent, to stop

empêcher un crime

to prevent a crime

empêcher que la vérité ne soit révélée

to prevent ou stop the truth (from) being revealed

empêcher qn de faire

to prevent sb from doing, to stop sb from doing

rien ne m'empêche de partir

there's nothing to stop me (from) leaving

rien ne vous empêche de le signaler

there's nothing to stop you pointing it out

rien n'empêche d'imaginer une autre solution

there's no reason why we can't think of another solution

si tu veux partir, personne ne t'en empêche

if you want to leave, no-one's stopping you

la pauvreté n'empêche pas la générosité

poverty does not preclude generosity

l'un n'empêche pas l'autre

the one doesn't necessarily preclude the other

une disposition qui empêche les fonctionnaires de faire grève

a clause that prevents civil servants from striking

une absence de vent qui empêche le nuage toxique de se disperser

a lack of wind that keeps the toxic cloud from dispersing

il a décidé de mettre fin à ses jours, on l'en empêche

he decided to kill himself, he was stopped

notre handicap ne nous empêche pas de plaisanter

our disability doesn't stop us from making jokes ou doesn't mean we can't make jokes

un homme empêché de rêver devient fou

a man prevented from dreaming goes mad

l'attentat a empêché la libération des otages

the attack meant that the hostages couldn't be freed

pour empêcher toute tentative d'OPA

to stave off ou ward off any takeover attempt

II. s'empêcher VB vb rifl

s'empêcher vb rifl:

je n'ai pu m'empêcher de rire

I couldn't help laughing

je n'ai pas pu m'en empêcher

I couldn't help it

III. empêcher [ɑ̃peʃe] VB vb impers

(il) n'empêche

all the same

il n'empêche que …

nonetheless, the fact remains that …

n'empêche que colloq

for all that, all the same

il est riche, ça n'empêche pas qu'il est idiot

he's rich, but he's an idiot all the same

nel dizionario PONS

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hard-pressed AGG

hard-pressed

en difficulté

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être bien en peine de +infin

to be hard pressed to +infin

nel dizionario PONS

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hard-pressed AGG

hard-pressed

en difficulté

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inglese

être bien en peine de +infin

to be hard pressed to +infin

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

Road construction and maintenance were ignored by a financially hard-pressed government, while insurgents regularly destroyed bridges and rendered some routes unsafe for travel.

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Her hard-pressed imaginary friends reach out into the real world for help, resulting in blood and death in both worlds.

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The hard-pressed government imposed a new 2% sales tax to cover the promissory notes that had been given to teachers in lieu of salaries.

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The fermented shrimp are then prepared, fried and hard-pressed into cakes.

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They were hard-pressed by landowners from central provinces who were acquiring the land in their area and settling their serfs on it.

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