wake-up call معنی

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معنی wake-up call

today's statistics will be a wake-up call for the administration

The success of extremist groups in the elections should be a wake-up call to all decent citizen

.......

معنی flattered اینجا

Would he be freaked out if I...
No, I think he'd be flattered

........

معنیspiraling

You got to get back out there
and meet somebody..
because you are spiraling
out of control here.
 

 

Answer 1

wake-up call
1- بیدارکننده از خواب غفلت, علامت خطر، هشدار
2- تلفن بیدار کننده


flattered
خشنود, راضی
 

spiral
1- مارپيچ رفتن، پيچ خوردن و بالا (يا پايين ) رفتن
2- بدتر شدن, از کنترل خارج شدن
3- از مهار خارج شدن, بالا رفتن, تصاعدی بالا رفتن


 

wake-up call
1- an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation

* The success of extremist groups in the elections should be a wake-up call to all decent citizens.

2- a telephone call that someone makes to you, especially at a hotel, to wake you up in the morning SYN alarm call


More examples;
• That had been his wake-up call.
• This should be a wake-up call to everyone.
• Clinton recently had a wake-up call.

Longman Dictionary

 

spiral
1- to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes round

spiral to/around etc
* The damaged plane spiralled to the ground.

2- if a situation spirals, it gets worse, more violent etc in a way that cannot be controlled

* Crime has spiraled out of control.


3- if debt or the cost of something spirals, it increases quickly in a way that cannot be controlled SYN escalate

* the spiralling cost of legal services

Comments

سلام...اگه امکانش هست میشه مثال مربوط ب spiral رو ترجمه کنید..بعد از spiral تو جمله out of control اومده مگه میشه هردو رو یکی ترجمه کنیم؟ممنون از پاسختون

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spiral (verb)
to greatly increase, decrease, or get worse in a continuous and usually fast and uncontrolled way

افزایش و یا کاهش فزاینده یافتن


spiral
بدتر شدن يا كردن ، خراب شدن ، كيفيت خود را از دست دادن

Crime has spiraled out of control.
جرایم به قدری بدتر شده که از کنترل خارج شده

He expects the figures to spiral down further.
او توقع دارد تا آمار بیشتر از این سقوط کنند/بدتر شوند

Production costs began to spiral
هزینه های تولید شروع به افزایش فزاینده کردند



...spiraling health care costs.
هزینه های فزاینده ی خدمات بهداشتی


House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
قیمت خانه ها به سقوط فزاینده ادامه خواهند داد
قیمت خانه ها به بدترشدن ادامه خواهند داد.