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re·flect
(rĭ-flĕkt′)
v. re·flect·ed, re·flect·ing, re·flects
v.tr.
1. To throw or bend back (light or sound, for example) from a surface.
2. To give back or show an image of (an object); mirror.
3. To make apparent; express or manifest: Her work reflects intelligence.
4. To bring as a consequence: The victory reflects credit on the coach.
5. Archaic To bend back.
v.intr.
1. To be bent or thrown back: Her voice reflected off the canyon walls. See Synonyms at echo.
2. To give something back, as light or sound: a shiny surface that reflects well.
3.
a. To give evidence of the characteristics or qualities of someone or something: That student’s performance reflects well on the whole school.
b. To bring blame or discredit: Hasty preparation of the report will reflect on you.
4.
a. To think seriously. See Synonyms at think.
b. To express carefully considered thoughts: In the essay, he reflects on his career.
[Middle English reflecten, from Old French reflecter, from Latin reflectere, to bend back : re-, re- + flectere, to bend.]
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reflected
- ultrasound, ultrasonography — Ultrasounds and ultrasonography work on the principle that sound is reflected at different speeds by tissues or substances of different densities.
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| Adj. | 1. | reflected — (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back; «reflected light»; «reflected heat»; «reflected glory»
unreflected — (especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection |
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She might be defined, I reflected, as The Woman Who Is Worthy Of Us; but the improbability which every healthily conceited young man must feel of ever finding such a one made the definition seem a little unserviceable.
I reflected. This danger was not to be trifled with.
«It is not enough for me to know what I have in me- everyone must know it: Pierre, and that young girl who wanted to fly away into the sky, everyone must know me, so that my life may not be lived for myself alone while others live so apart from it, but so that it may be reflected in them all, and they and I may live in harmony!»
That’s the point of the whole situation,» he reflected. «Oh, oh, oh!» he kept repeating in despair, as he remembered the acutely painful sensations caused him by this quarrel.
With trembling hand I conveyed the instruments out of the room, but I reflected that I ought not to leave the relics of my work to excite the horror and suspicion of the peasants; and I accordingly put them into a basket, with a great quantity of stones, and laying them up, determined to throw them into the sea that very night; and in the meantime I sat upon the beach, employed in cleaning and arranging my chemical apparatus.
As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.
For tell me, sirs, if you have ever reflected upon it, by how much do those who have gained by war fall short of the number of those who have perished in it?
As we walked along I reflected on a circumstance which all that I had lately heard about Strickland forced on my attention.
This is that portion, also, where in the spring, the ice being warmed by the heat of the sun reflected from the bottom, and also transmitted through the earth, melts first and forms a narrow canal about the still frozen middle.
The Postilions had at first received orders only to take the London road; as soon as we had sufficiently reflected However, we ordered them to Drive to M .
«Why, it’s a mirror!» she cried; for she could see all her pretty face and fluffy, rainbow-tinted gown reflected in the pool, as natural as life.
The girl was quite as tall as her aunt Pelagie, with dark eyes that reflected joy as a still pool reflects the light of stars; and her rounded cheek was tinged like the pink crepe myrtle.
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transitive verb
1
: to prevent passage of and cause to change direction
2
: to give back or exhibit as an image, likeness, or outline : mirror
the clouds were reflected in the water
3
: to bring or cast as a result
his attitude reflects little credit on his judgment
4
: to make manifest or apparent : show
the painting reflects his artistic vision
the pulse reflects the condition of the heart
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archaic
: to turn into or away from a course : deflect
intransitive verb
1
: to throw back light or sound
2
a
: to think quietly and calmly
b
: to express a thought or opinion resulting from reflection
3
a
: to tend to bring reproach or discredit
an investigation that reflects on all the members of the department
b
: to bring about a specified appearance or characterization
an act which reflects well on her
c
: to have a bearing or influence
Synonyms
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teaches students how to think
cogitate implies deep or intent thinking.
cogitated on the mysteries of nature
reflect suggests unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.
reflecting on fifty years of married life
reason stresses consecutive logical thinking.
able to reason brilliantly in debate
speculate implies reasoning about things theoretical or problematic.
speculated on the fate of the lost explorers
deliberate suggests slow or careful reasoning before forming an opinion or reaching a conclusion or decision.
the jury deliberated for five hours
Example Sentences
The old church is reflected in the glass exterior of the skyscraper.
Her book clearly reflects her beliefs.
Where you learned a language is reflected in your accent.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin reflectere to bend back, from re- + flectere to bend
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 7
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отраженный, отображенный
прилагательное ↓
- отражённый
reflected light — отражённый свет 
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Словосочетания
in reflected light — в отраженном свете
be reflected — отображаться; отсвечивать; отражаться
reflected intensity — интенсивность отражённого излучения
reflected mode — отражённая волна; отражённая мода
reflected power — мощность отражённого сигнала или отражённой волны; отражённая мощность
reflected scattering pattern — картина рассеяния в отражённом свете
reflected-wave coupler — ответвитель отражённой волны
reflected wave front — фронт отражённой волны
reflected wave — пространственная волна; волна длиной 0-0,1 м; возвратная волна
reflected wavelet — отражённый импульс (А.Череповский, словарь по прикладной геофизике, 1998 г.)
Примеры с переводом
The clouds were reflected in the water.
Облака отражались в воде.
The sun’s rays reflected off the lake.
Солнечные лучи отражались от озера.
The sea reflected back the bright sunlight.
Море отражало яркий солнечный свет.
Sound is reflected well in this auditorium.
Звук хорошо отражается в этой аудитории.
Silvery light reflected off the water.
От воды отражался серебристый свет.
He reflected that he had no right to do this.
Он подумал и пришёл к выводу, что не имел права так поступать.
Moe reflected that he had never seen Sherry so happy.
Мо подумал, что ещё никогда не видел Шерри такой счастливой.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…the cat’s eyes reflected a satanic red in the dark… 
The exhibition reflected concurrent developments abroad.
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Возможные однокоренные слова
reflect — отражать, отражаться, размышлять, отображать, раздумывать, изображать
reflection — отражение, размышление, рефлексия, отблеск, отсвет, раздумье, обдумывание, образ, тень
reflecting — отражающий
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отразился; отразил; отраженный
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отражённый; снабжённый отражателем
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Синонимический ряд:
1. echoed (verb) echoed; glassed; imaged; imitated; mimicked; mirrored; parroted; rebounded; re-echoed; repeated; reverberated
2. weighed (verb) cerebrated; chew over; cogitated; contemplated; deliberated; meditated; mulled; mused; pondered; reasoned; revolved; ruminated; speculated; think over; think through; thought; turn over; weighed
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мед.прич.отражать отраженный; от
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завёрнутый, отогнутый
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Reflected — Re*flect ed, a. 1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Not one s own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory. [1913 Webster] 3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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reflected — reflected; un·reflected; … English syllables
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reflected — adjective (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back reflected light reflected heat reflected glory • Ant: ↑unreflected • Similar to: ↑echoic, ↑echolike, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Reflected — Reflect Re*flect (r?*fl?kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reflecting}.] [L. reflectere, reflexum; pref. re re + flectere to bend or turn. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Reflex}, v.] 1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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reflected — adjective bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light) Reflected light or reflected heat … Wiktionary
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reflected — adj. Reflected is used with these nouns: ↑glory, ↑sunlight … Collocations dictionary
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Reflected-wave switching — is a signalling technique used in backplane computer buses such as PCI. A backplane computer bus is a type of multilayer printed circuit board that has at least one (almost) solid layer of copper called the ground plane, and at least one layer of … Wikipedia
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Reflected inguinal ligament — Infobox Anatomy Name = Reflected inguinal ligament Latin = ligamentum inguinale reflexum, ligamentum reflexum GraySubject = 118 GrayPage = 412 Caption = The Cremaster. (Reflected inguinal lig. labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = System =… … Wikipedia
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Reflected vision — Vision Vi sion, n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. ? to see, ? I know, and E. wit. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Advice}, {Clairvoyant}, {Envy}, {Evident}, {Provide}, {Revise}, {Survey}, {View}, {Visage},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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reflected color — The color perceived from an object, determined by the wavelength of the light leaving its surface after selective absorption of other wavelengths of the incident light the light hitting the surface. Reflected light behaves in certain ways that … Glossary of Art Terms
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reflected shock wave — When a shock wave traveling in a medium strikes the interface between this medium and a denser medium, part of the energy of the shock wave induces a shock wave in the denser medium and the remainder of the energy results in the formation of a… … Military dictionary
reflected — перевод на русский
Other people’s eyes don’t reflect emptiness like mine.
Взгляд других не отражает пустоту, как мой.
Water reflects light.
— Вода отражает свет.
The sands upon the beach Numberless and smooth May they ever reflect the morning sun
Бесчисленный песок по берегу рассеян, он отражает солнца утренние лучи.
He ponders, considers, reflects.
Он изображает, указывает, отражает.
Herman Bang’s book reflected a time when it was the fashion to have pulpits, baptismal fonts, and censers in the parlor as antiques.
Книга Германа Банга отражает то время, когда в моде были амвоны, купели и кадильницы в гостиных в качестве антиквариата.
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Come, come to see it reflected in the water!
— Подойди, посмотри, как оно отражается в воде!
And, that is reflected in everything we do. Everything.
И это отражается во всем, что мы делаем, во всем.
The razor blade reflects the horizon.
В лезвии отражается горизонт.
It’s almost blinding… reflecting off all the silver.
Он почти ослепляющий… И в серебре отражается этот свет.
Definitely something inside there, but all scans are being reflected back.
Определенно там что-что внутри, Но сканирование отражается назад.
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Any violation of neutrality would reflect on Captain Renault.
Любое нарушение нейтралитета отразится на капитане Рено.
But to prosecute would have given you open publicity — and it wouldn’t have reflected very well on me either.
Но преследование тебя по суду дало бы огласку, — и она не очень хорошо отразится на мне тоже.
One gathers the intention is the escape of these Drashigs in order to cause a disaster that will reflect badly upon Zarb.
Сам выпускаю этих Драшигов чтобы вызвать катастрофу, что плохо отразится на Зарбе.
We send out a modulated tetryon pulse and if it reflects off the hull of a ship we can approximate its location.
Мы отсылаем смодулированный тетрионный импульс, и если он отразится от корпуса корабля, мы сможем вычислить его положение.
That reflects badly on both of us, Patty.
Это плохо на нас отразится, Пэтти.
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I mean, you could go outside, look up, see Venus with the naked eye observe sunlight reflected from the clouds of Venus.
Выйдя на улицу, можно было найти Венеру невооружённым глазом, и видеть отражение солнечных лучей от облаков Венеры.
Because I can see the door reflected in your beautiful eyes.
Просто я вижу отражение двери в твоих прекрасных глазах.
This is false reflecting.
Это фальшивое отражение.
Miranda couldn’t resist the vision of herself… reflected in Skipper’s slightly smudged lenses.
Миранду потрясло собственное отражение… в помутневших очках Скипера.
Reflected glory, that’s my thing!
Отражение славы — это мой конек!
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— Yes, I must reflect.
Да, я должен подумать.
Now that the potter has had time to reflect, Father Abbot shall hear what he has to say.
Теперь, когда у горшечника было время подумать, отец аббат должен услышать то, что он должен сказать
I had time to reflect.
У меня было время подумать.
To clear my head and reflect?
Чтобы освежить голову и подумать?
Sounds like you need time to reflect and heal.
Похоже, тебе нужно время подумать и прийти в себя.
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You see, he needs to reflect a lot.
Видите ли, ему приходится много размышлять.
To reflect, to evaluate, to judge before acting.
Размышлять, оценивать, судить, прежде чем действовать.
It’s only then that we find the quiet that we need to reflect.
Лишь в этой тишине мы обретаем возможность размышлять.
I can’t help reflect about…
Я не могу перестать размышлять…
You know, admitting I’ve had lots to drink and that, but I can’t help reflect about my brother and my brother’s friend.
Ты знаешь, я признаю, я очень много пью в последнее время. Я не могу перестать размышлять о брате и о друге моего брата.
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«and two mirrors to reflect it, and he is satisfied.»
«и два зеркала отразить ее и он будет счастлив»
Well, if you can reflect the light back, we’ve got a chance.
Ну, если Вы сможете отразить свет назад, у нас есть шанс.
Every time an artist works, be it a painter, musician or actor, the art never fails to somehow reflect the artist’s state of mind.
Каждый раз художник работает, будь это живописец, музыкант или актер, искусство никогда не не в состоянии так или иначе отразить настроение художника.
Could you reflect?
Ты можешь отразить?
I’ve been locked away for 25 years, which is a hell of a lot of time for a man to reflect on his life, the choices he made and what he wants to do if given a second chance.
Я был заблокирован за в течение 25 лет, который чертовски много времени для человека, с тем чтобы отразить на его жизнь, выбор сделал и то, что он хочет делать если дан второй шанс.
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As a professional, I want my pictures to be condensed into every corner— and I’d like the passing of time to be reflected in the picture.
как профессионал, я хочу, чтобы мои фотографии были концентрированы до каждого уголка, И я хочу, чтобы в фотографии было отражено течение времени.
And just as it had been reflected in the charm… so it appeared in the void.
И так же, как было отражено в талисмане… всё это проявилось в пустоте.
As per our conversation, your raise will be reflected in your next check.
Согласно нашей беседе, ваше повышение будет отражено в вашем следующем чеке.
Let the record reflect deposition was suspended for medical reasons.
Пусть в записи будет отражено, что показания отложены по медицинским причинам.
First of all, Billy Conway It is our full time drummer And I think there is much more unit and is reflected in the record …
Ну прежде всего, Билли Конуэй — наш постоянный ударник с ним наша группа — это единое целое, и это отражено в нашем альбоме.
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Evidently something to reflect on.
Об этом следует поразмыслить.
To reflect, examine, feel.
Поразмыслить, исследовать, почувствовать.
I learned that occasionally stopping to reflect would allow me… to go further. Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad
Я понял, что иногда нужна остановка чтобы поразмыслить, и это поможет мне… продолжить путь.
Take some time out to reflect.
У тебя будет немного времени поразмыслить.
You need to reflect upon what to ask of God.
Тебе нужно поразмыслить, о чем просить Господа.
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[Narrator] As the team began the two-day descent to Base Camp, they had time to reflect.
Во время двухдневного спуска в Базовый Лагерь, у них было время поразмышлять.
So… the universe brings these things to your door… and there is learning in them for you… if you are willing to reflect upon them… and think beyond the rigid mind-set.
Так что … Вселенная буквально доставляет все эти вещи прямо к вашим дверям, и на них можно чему-то научиться, если вы готовы немного о них подумать, поразмышлять вне жёстких умственных границ.
Upon first meeting wrenn… Getting to know her a little, i allowed myself to reflect, for the first time,really, In our 40 years, on what my life might be like with someone else.
С первой встречи с Ренн… узнавая ее поближе, я позволил себе поразмышлять, впервые, правда, за наши 40 лет, какой могла бы быть моя жизнь с кем-то другим.
— Well, to reflect.
— Ну, поразмышлять.
I’ve had some time to reflect and I’ve come to realize that friendship is not an aggregation of written agreements.
У меня было время поразмышлять и я понял, что дружба — это не набор записанных соглашений.
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