Слово англійською: reflect
Дієслово
Переклад reflect українською: відбивати (світло), відбиватися (про світло), відтворювати зображення, віддзеркалювати, the literature of a people ~s its manners — література народу відображає його звичаї, розмірковувати, міркувати (про — on, upon), згинати; відгинати, відкидати, ~ on
Детальний опис
- [transitive, usually passive] to show the image of somebody/something on the surface of something such as a mirror, water or glass
- be reflected (in something) His face was reflected in the mirror.
- She looked into the water and saw her face reflected there.
- She could see herself reflected in his eyes.
- [transitive, intransitive] to throw back light, heat, sound, etc. from a surface
- reflect something The windows reflected the bright afternoon sunlight.
- This material absorbs the sound, and doesn’t reflect it.
- reflect something + adv./prep. When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of the heat is reflected back into space.
- reflect + adv./prep. The sun reflected dully off the stone walls.
- [transitive] reflect something to show or be a sign of the nature of something or of somebody’s attitude or feeling
- Our newspaper aims to reflect the views of the local community.
- His music reflects his interest in African culture.
- This year's figures simply reflect the fact that we have fewer people out of work.
- Does popular culture reflect reality or distort it?
- They are constantly revising the dictionary to reflect changes in language.
- Her remarks accurately reflect the views of most of us.
- [intransitive, transitive] to think carefully and deeply about something
- Before I decide, I need time to reflect.
- reflect on/upon something She was left to reflect on the implications of her decision.
- William had little time to reflect upon these episodes.
- reflect that… On the way home he reflected that the interview had gone well.
- reflect how, what, etc… She reflected how different it could have been.
- + speech ‘It could all have been so different,’ she reflected.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French reflecter or Latin reflectere, from re- ‘back’ + flectere ‘to bend’.
Idioms reflect well, badly, etc. on somebody/something
- to make somebody/something appear to be good, bad, etc. to other people
- This incident reflects badly on everyone involved.
Extra Examples- This kind of conduct reflects very poorly on you.
- information that may reflect negatively on research participants