engineer

Ingenieur

Person, die beruflich Maschinen, Gebäude oder andere technische Dinge plant, baut oder verbessert.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone whose job is to design, build, or improve machines, buildings, or other technical things.

• My sister is an engineer.
• The engineers designed a safer bridge.
• We need an electrical engineer to check the system.

Häufige Wendungen: civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer

Ingenieur

Person, die Motoren und Maschinen entwickelt, baut oder instand hält.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who designs, builds, or keeps engines and machinery working.

• The engineer inspected the engine.
• A marine engineer repaired the ship’s machinery.
• Our maintenance engineers keep the factory running.

Synonyme: hostler

Häufige Wendungen: mechanical engineer, marine engineer, maintenance engineer

Lokführer

Person, die beruflich Züge fährt.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone whose job is to drive a train.

• The engineer stopped the train.
• She worked as a locomotive engineer for years.
• The engineer saw a red signal ahead.

Synonyme: train driver

Häufige Wendungen: train engineer, locomotive engineer

Stratege

Person, die Menschen oder Ereignisse geschickt lenkt, um ein bestimmtes Ergebnis zu erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who skillfully controls people or events to produce a particular result.

• He became the political engineer behind the campaign.
• Social engineers tried to reshape public attitudes.
• The party’s political engineer planned a surprising alliance.

Synonyme: strategist

Häufige Wendungen: political engineer, social engineer

konstruieren, entwickeln

Mit technischem Wissen etwas planen, bauen oder verbessern.

In einfachem Englisch: To use technical knowledge to design, build, or improve something.

• They engineered a new cooling system.
• This bridge was engineered to survive strong winds.
• We need to engineer a practical solution.

So benutzt man es: engineer something to do something (They engineered the device to use less power.)

Synonyme: design, construct

Häufige Wendungen: engineer a solution, engineer a system, engineer a bridge

genetisch verändern

Die Gene eines Lebewesens verändern oder bestimmtes genetisches Material herstellen.

In einfachem Englisch: To change the genes of a living thing or create a particular piece of genetic material.

• Scientists engineered a new DNA sequence.
• The crops were genetically engineered to resist disease.
• They engineered cells that produce a useful protein.

So benutzt man es: engineer something to do something (Scientists engineered bacteria to produce the medicine.)

Synonyme: genetically modify

Häufige Wendungen: genetically engineer crops, engineer bacteria, engineer a gene

einfädeln, arrangieren

Ereignisse geschickt und oft heimlich so arrangieren, dass ein gewünschtes Ergebnis entsteht.

In einfachem Englisch: To cleverly arrange events to achieve a result, often secretly.

• She engineered a meeting with the director.
• The prisoners engineered a clever escape.
• He quietly engineered his rival’s removal from office.

Synonyme: arrange, orchestrate, contrive

Häufige Wendungen: engineer a victory, engineer an escape, engineer a deal