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weakening

['wiːk(ə)nɪŋ]

сущ.

ослабление, слабость; истощение; притупление

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We cannot risk weakening the NPT’s ability to ensure that all its pillars are not undermined.
Мы не можем рисковать ослаблением способности ДНЯО защититься от подрыва всех его основополагающих элементов.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
Through all the vacation he was conscious that his mother was hovering closer to him than usual, that she was waiting to snatch at his soul if he showed weakening.
Теперь, во время каникул, он непрестанно чувствовал, что мать подбирается к нему все ближе, так и ждет удобного момента, чтобы вцепиться в его грешную душу при первом же проявлении слабости.
Lewis, Sinclair / Elmer GantryЛьюис, Синклер / Элмер Гентри
Элмер Гентри
Льюис, Синклер
© Издательство "Правда", 1965
Elmer Gantry
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2002 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
© 1927 by Harcourt, Inc.
© renewed 1955 by Michael Lewis
For the United States, which is pursuing in the Asia region a policy of the weakening of Russia, this position is so attractive.
Для Соединенных Штатов, которые в Азиатском регионе следуют политическому курсу на ослабление России, такая позиция весьма привлекательна”.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew / The Grand Chessboard. American Primacy and Its Geostrategic ImperativesБжезинский, Збигнев / Великая шахматная доска (Господство Америки и его геостратегические императивы)
Великая шахматная доска (Господство Америки и его геостратегические императивы)
Бжезинский, Збигнев
© 1997, Збигнев Бжезинский
© Перевод О. Ю. Уральской, 1998
The Grand Chessboard. American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
© 1997 by Zbigniew Brzezinski
We believe that if oil prices do not continue rising, then the chances of a weakening ruble exchange rate are still exist.
Мы полагаем, что если цены на нефть не продолжат рост, то шансы на ослабление курса рубля по-прежнему сохраняются.
© 2009-2010
© 2009-2010
The most recent data suggest an intensification of housing market correction accompanied by a plunge in consumer confidence to long-time lows and further weakening in labor market conditions.
Последние статистические отчеты вновь оказались неутешительными: разрастание кризиса на рынке жилья усугубилось неожиданно резким падением потребительской уверенности до многолетних минимумов на фоне негативных тенденций в сфере занятости.
© 2009-2010
© 2009-2010
Makes Aes Sedai nervous, makes them mutter about ancient barriers weakening.
Айз Седай нервничают, все это заставляет их бормотать об ослаблении древних барьеров.
Jordan, Robert / The Eye of the WorldДжордан, Роберт / Око мира
Око мира
Джордан, Роберт
The Eye of the World
Jordan, Robert
© 1990 by Robert Jordan
However, the CBR also noted some signs of a slowdown of the fall in Russian real sector activity on the back of a gradually weakening recession in the world.
Однако ЦБ отметил и некоторые признаки замедления спада в реальном секторе РФ на фоне постепенного ослабления рецессии в мире.
© 2009-2010
© 2009-2010
The tightening stud may be made hollow, and its ends after switching may be expanded to prevent weakening of the tightening force.
Стягивающая шпилька может быть выполнена полой, а ее концы после коммутации могут быть развальцованы для предотвращения ослабления стягивающего усилия.
Crime and homicide rates of frightening magnitude in all countries are signs of a weakening social fabric and widespread perceptions of growing income and wealth gaps, higher unemployment and greater alcohol consumption.
Рост статистики преступности и убийств в пугающих масштабах во всех этих странах - это признаки упадка общества, повсеместно осознаваемого усиления имущественного неравенства, увеличения безработицы и роста алкоголизма.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
This weakening calls for a strong international public response, including tighter regulation, if we are to avoid such a crisis.
Это ослабление требует сильной международной общественной реакции, включая более строгий контроль, если мы хотим избежать такого кризиса.
© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011
© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011
Tightening the ligature at the anterior descending coronary artery (ADA) located deep in the pierced myocardium ceased blood supply to a portion of the myocardium, weakening of the ligature restored coronary flow.
Затягивание лигатуры на передней нисходящей коронарной артерии (ПНА), находящейся в толще прошитого миокарда, прекращало кровоснабжение участка миокарда; ослабление лигатуры восстанавливало коронарный приток.
His death will be graceful - merely a weakening and sinking."
— Его смерть будет легкой — он просто тихо угаснет.
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / Tender is the NightФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / Ночь нежна
Ночь нежна
Фицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей
© 1933, 1934 by Charles Scribner's Sons
© renewed 1948, 1951 by Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan
© Перевод Е. Калашниковой. Наследники, 2007
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2007
Tender is the Night
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The incoming missiles forced the Bugs to split their point defense between them and the fighters, weakening the antifighter barrage as the Terran squadrons streaked in to point-blank range at last.
«Паукам» пришлось отбиваться сразу и от ракет, и от истребителей, прорвавшихся сквозь ослабевший оборонительный огонь и подошедших вплотную к вражеским сверхдредноутам.
Weber, David,White, Steve / In Death GroundВебер, Дэвид,Уайт, Стив / Земля смерти
Земля смерти
Вебер, Дэвид,Уайт, Стив
In Death Ground
Weber, David,White, Steve
© 1997 by David Weber & Steve White
As a result of this process, weakening of the molecular bonds of the surfactants to the particle surface is effected (slow phase).
В результате этого процесса происходит ослабление связей молекул ПАВ с поверхностью частиц (замедленная стадия).
Localized dilatations of the vascular lumen are generally caused by atherosclerotic lesions and local weakening of the arterial wall.
Локальное расширение просвета сосуда обычно вызывается атеросклеротическим поражением и местной слабостью артериальной стенки.
Hofer, Matthias,Reihs, Tatjana / Ultrasound Teaching ManualХофер, Маттиас,Райхс, Татьяна / Ультразвуковая диагностика
Ультразвуковая диагностика
Хофер, Маттиас,Райхс, Татьяна
© Georg Thieme Verlag, 1999
© Перевод и оформление изд. Чернин Б. И., изд. Плешков Ф. И., 2003
Ultrasound Teaching Manual
Hofer, Matthias,Reihs, Tatjana
© 1999 Georg Thieme Verlag

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weakening
'wiːk(ə)nɪŋNounослабление; слабость; истощение; притупление

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Collocations

rule of weakening
правило ослабления
topology weakening
ослабление топологии
weakening of demand
ослабление спроса
marked weakening
заметное снижение
weakening of responsibility
снижение ответственности
weakening of the market
снижение активности на рынке
weakening prices
снижающиеся цены
cryptographic weakening
снижение криптографической стойкости
mixture weakening
разбавление смеси
yeast weakening
ослабление дрожжей
weakening groove
насечка на корпусе ручной гранаты
weakening of allograft reactivity
ослабление реакции аллотрансплантата
weakened condition
ослабленное условие
weakened implication
ослабленная импликация
weakened regularizer
ослабленный регуляризатор

Word forms

weaken

verb
Basic forms
Pastweakened
Imperativeweaken
Present Participle (Participle I)weakening
Past Participle (Participle II)weakened
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I weakenwe weaken
you weakenyou weaken
he/she/it weakensthey weaken
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am weakeningwe are weakening
you are weakeningyou are weakening
he/she/it is weakeningthey are weakening
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have weakenedwe have weakened
you have weakenedyou have weakened
he/she/it has weakenedthey have weakened
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been weakeningwe have been weakening
you have been weakeningyou have been weakening
he/she/it has been weakeningthey have been weakening
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I weakenedwe weakened
you weakenedyou weakened
he/she/it weakenedthey weakened
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was weakeningwe were weakening
you were weakeningyou were weakening
he/she/it was weakeningthey were weakening
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had weakenedwe had weakened
you had weakenedyou had weakened
he/she/it had weakenedthey had weakened
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been weakeningwe had been weakening
you had been weakeningyou had been weakening
he/she/it had been weakeningthey had been weakening
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will weakenwe shall/will weaken
you will weakenyou will weaken
he/she/it will weakenthey will weaken
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be weakeningwe shall/will be weakening
you will be weakeningyou will be weakening
he/she/it will be weakeningthey will be weakening
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have weakenedwe shall/will have weakened
you will have weakenedyou will have weakened
he/she/it will have weakenedthey will have weakened
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been weakeningwe shall/will have been weakening
you will have been weakeningyou will have been weakening
he/she/it will have been weakeningthey will have been weakening
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would weakenwe should/would weaken
you would weakenyou would weaken
he/she/it would weakenthey would weaken
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be weakeningwe should/would be weakening
you would be weakeningyou would be weakening
he/she/it would be weakeningthey would be weakening
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have weakenedwe should/would have weakened
you would have weakenedyou would have weakened
he/she/it would have weakenedthey would have weakened
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been weakeningwe should/would have been weakening
you would have been weakeningyou would have been weakening
he/she/it would have been weakeningthey would have been weakening
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am weakenedwe are weakened
you are weakenedyou are weakened
he/she/it is weakenedthey are weakened
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being weakenedwe are being weakened
you are being weakenedyou are being weakened
he/she/it is being weakenedthey are being weakened
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been weakenedwe have been weakened
you have been weakenedyou have been weakened
he/she/it has been weakenedthey have been weakened
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was weakenedwe were weakened
you were weakenedyou were weakened
he/she/it was weakenedthey were weakened
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being weakenedwe were being weakened
you were being weakenedyou were being weakened
he/she/it was being weakenedthey were being weakened
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been weakenedwe had been weakened
you had been weakenedyou had been weakened
he/she/it had been weakenedthey had been weakened
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be weakenedwe shall/will be weakened
you will be weakenedyou will be weakened
he/she/it will be weakenedthey will be weakened
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been weakenedwe shall/will have been weakened
you will have been weakenedyou will have been weakened
he/she/it will have been weakenedthey will have been weakened

weakening

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseweakening*weakenings
Possessive caseweakening's*weakenings'