Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
distract resources that should be aimed at the people
English answer:
divert resources...
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Becker
Mar 20, 2006 01:27
18 yrs ago
English term
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distract resources that should be aimed at the people
English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
"Most Venezuelans oppose an arms race that would distract resources that should be aimed at the people, creating more poverty and misery for the country."
What the text is trying to say is that the government is investing in weapons, instead of aiming the resources to reduce poverty and most of Venezuelans disapprove this.
What the text is trying to say is that the government is investing in weapons, instead of aiming the resources to reduce poverty and most of Venezuelans disapprove this.
Change log
Mar 20, 2006 13:24: NancyLynn changed "Term asked" from "Does this sound ok?" to "distract resources that should be aimed at the people"
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English term (edited):
does this sound ok?
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distract resources...
I think you want to say "divert resources away from the needs of the people, thus creating additional poverty and misery throughout the country."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much. "
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English term (edited):
distract resources that should be aimed at
because the country's resources should be used for improving people's lives
and not create more poverty and misery.
Peer comment(s):
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William [Bill] Gray
: This variant is certainly ossible, but I think Kay's "DIVERT" is a better choice of word in this case.
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thanks, Bill :-)
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Fabio Descalzi
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English term (edited):
does this sound ok?
What about this?
An arms race would distract resources instead of aiming them at the people, thus creating more poverty and misery for the country; so most Venezuelans oppose such an arms race.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
William [Bill] Gray
: This variant is also possible, and I really like the "aiming" when the text refers to the arms race, but I do think that Kay's "divert" is a better word than "distract".
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Thanks for the remark
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8 mins
English term (edited):
does this sound ok?
It does, but...
To provide for better clarity, you could phrase it differently, perhaps breaking it up into two sentences. For example, "Most Venezuelans oppose an arms race that would distract resources which should be aimed at the people. Such activity would result in even more poverty and misery for the country."
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Cilian O'Tuama
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4
English term (edited):
distract
detract (from)
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airmailrpl
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English term (edited):
does this sound ok?
add "Thus"
"Most Venezuelans oppose an arms race that would distract resources that should be aimed at the people, THUS creating more poverty and misery for the country."
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