setback — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

   مرادفات

   rebuffreversal

   أمثلة

   After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.

   The Constitutional Court has ruled today, November 17th, that Section 1448 of the Thai Civil and Commercial, stating that “a marriage can take place only between a man and a woman”, is constitutional under the Thai constitutional law. This decision could be a major setback for many Thai LGBTQ activist groups’ continued journey of what they call basic human rights to legally allow same-sex marriages in Thailand.

2. Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.

   الاستعمال

   • broadly

3. The required distance between a structure and a road.

   الاستعمال

   • استعمال أمريكي

4. A step-like recession in a wall.

   مرادفات

   stepback

   أمثلة

   Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.

5. An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.

   أمثلة

   Fuel savings from thermostat setbacks have long been accepted as fact, but little documentation existed to support it.

6. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

   الاستعمال

   • عتيق
   • possibly

7. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

   الاستعمال

   • عتيق

اسم

1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

   مرادفات

   reversereversalblowblack eye

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   happeningoccurrenceoccurrentnatural event