Traductions de „pin down“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » allemand

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pin down VERBE trans

1. pin down (define exactly):

to pin down ⇆ sth

etw genau definieren

to pin down ⇆ sth (locate precisely)

etw genau bestimmen

2. pin down (make decide):

to pin down ⇆ sb [to sth]

jdn [auf etw acc ] festnageln

she's very difficult to pin down

man wird nicht richtig schlau aus ihr

3. pin down (hold fast):

to pin down ⇆ sb

jdn niederdrücken

Exemples tirés du dictionnaire PONS (vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

she's very difficult to pin down

man wird nicht richtig schlau aus ihr

to pin down ⇆ sb [to sth]

jdn [auf etw acc ] festnageln

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

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They then conducted a lively correspondence with various specialists to pin down the identities of the problematic species.

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It was consequently very difficult to pin down responsibility for bad work.

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Advanced statistics in baseball are vast, and can help pin down where a player is struggling.

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Though finding her familiar, the writer failed to pin down her identity.

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Two pointsmen made valiant efforts to pin down the brakes to no avail.

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For some citizens, exile was a feeling more difficult to pin down.

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This encounter shows the truth as fleeting, always changing, and impossible to pin down.

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Process philosophy is even more difficult to pin down than process theology.

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Consorts were considered "loud" or "soft", and the exact application of these titles is sometimes hard to pin down.

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The special task of the social scientist in each generation is to pin down the contemporary facts.

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