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Record 1 2022-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

Indeed, people display significantly changing behaviors because of the adverse emotions elicited by COVID-19, especially with respect to consumption. For example, panic buying is exemplified by consumers who stock inordinate quantities of daily essentials... Others may demonstrate the behavior designated as revenge spending and aggressively buy discrete items to relieve suppressed and negative emotions, including luxury goods. Items subject to revenge spending can ease negative emotions through consumption regardless of their necessity or immediate use.

OBS

revenge shopping: "Revenge shopping" is a literal translation of a Chinese phrase describing that country’s post-lockdown rush to purchase luxury items.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Vente
CONT

L'expression «dépenses de revanche» fait son chemin, laissant entendre que certaines personnes sont désireuses de faire des folies sur des biens de consommation ou des expériences dont ils ont été contraints de se priver l'année dernière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Hyperaccumulator plants accumulate inordinate amounts of one or more heavy metals in their above ground biomass. For a plant to be termed a hyperaccumulator, the metal concentration in its dry biomass must be 100 times that of a non-hyperaccumulator plant grown on the same soil.

Key term(s)
  • non hyperaccumulator plant
  • non hyperaccumulator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Biotechnologie
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Globalement les seuils de toxicité des polluants minéraux pour les espèces hypertolérantes sont largement supérieurs à ceux des plantes non hyperaccumulatrices (plantes utilisées en phytoextraction).

Key term(s)
  • non-hyperaccumulatrice
  • non-hyperaccumulateur
  • non hyperaccumulateur

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

I believe the problem rests with the lawyers in convincing custodial parents that they are entitled to inordinate amounts of support. Even with the support-paper receiving the tax deduction benefit, the amounts at times can be outrageous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

de l'enfant.

Key term(s)
  • parent qui a la garde

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
CONT

Los progenitores custodios entregan a los menores a los no custodios, para el régimen de visitas de fin de semana.

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Record 4 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
  • Beverages
DEF

Wine that has been modified with an inordinate amount of allowable ingredients or with unapproved substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Vin qui a été «trafiqué», dénaturé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

They are studying measures to prevent an inordinate boost in imports and to stimulate both private and public savings in order to ensure a foreign exchange cushion for possible leaner years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
CONT

[...] les dirigeants d'Amérique centrale [...] envisagent de prendre des mesures pour empêcher un gonflement excessif des importations et pour encourager l'épargne [...] afin de pouvoir, si la situation se détériorait, disposer d'une réserve de change de secours.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
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Record 6 1999-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

These recommendations contain an inordinate number of decreases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Ces recommandations comprennent un nombre anormalement élevé de diminutions.

Spanish

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Record 8 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

I believe the problem rests with the lawyers in convincing custodial parents that they are entitled to inordinate amounts of support. Even with the support-payer receiving the tax deduction benefit, the amounts at times can be outrageous.

Key term(s)
  • support-paying spouse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
DEF

... the process by which an investigation is conducted to determine the reason for inordinate delay or non-delivery of a message.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
OBS

Source : Bell Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 1979-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

Our data show that mice with a genetic absence of the thymus and thymus-dependent immune functions do not show an inordinate incidence of spontaneous or chemically induced malignancies. This is true even when the athymic animals are kept under conditions that permit their observation during useful periods of time...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Dépendant du thymus ou des cellules T.

CONT

Il a été montré dernièrement que l'injection d'EBP à des souris augmente leur résistance à des infections bactériennes. (...) Afin de rechercher si cette immunostimulation nécessite l'intervention de lymphocytes thymodépendants, nous avons utilisé des souris thymoprives TP et non thymoprives NTP provenant de la même fratrie.

Spanish

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