Traductions de „invidious“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » allemand

in·vidi·ous [ɪnˈvɪdiəs] ADJ

1. invidious (unpleasant):

invidious

unerfreulich

invidious

unersprießlich veraltend

he considered his promotion to be an invidious honour

er betrachtete seine Beförderung als zweifelhafte Ehre

invidious incident

unangenehmer [o. unerfreulicher] Vorfall

invidious negotiations

unerfreuliche Verhandlungen

to be in an invidious position

in einer unangenehmen [o. unerfreulichen] Lage sein

invidious task

undankbare Aufgabe

2. invidious (discriminatory):

invidious

ungerecht

invidious

unfair

invidious comparison

unpassender Vergleich

3. invidious (offensive):

invidious

gehässig

invidious

boshaft

invidious remark

gehässige [o. boshafte] Bemerkung

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

invidious comparison

unpassender Vergleich

invidious task

undankbare Aufgabe

invidious negotiations

unerfreuliche Verhandlungen

invidious remark

gehässige [o. boshafte] Bemerkung

invidious incident

unangenehmer [o. unerfreulicher] Vorfall

to be in an invidious position

in einer unangenehmen [o. unerfreulichen] Lage sein

he considered his promotion to be an invidious honour

er betrachtete seine Beförderung als zweifelhafte Ehre

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

anglais

On the one hand, we have held that racial classifications are invidious and suspect.

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With such a range, it is almost invidious to single out any, but three papers seemed particularly useful.

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The commission, meanwhile, is in an invidious position.

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They believed that this classification violated the equal protection clause as irrational and invidious.

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This ability can to a large extent be explained by the consumer's need for invidious consumption for which he is willing to pay a premium.

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Sadder still when the survivors are parents: poor people left in that most awful, invidious limbo of having survived a child.

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Now on this occasion we have one member who's been put in the invidious position of having to take the life of another person.

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It puts them in an invidious position, but also it's just inappropriate to our system of government and to a non-politicised, non-political military.

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A housewife, gossiper and invidious person.

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Why the invidious distinction in favor of these 2,400 terms, and against the remaining thousands in the vocabulary?

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