engineer

ingénieur

Personne dont le métier consiste à concevoir, construire ou améliorer des machines, des bâtiments ou d’autres réalisations techniques.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer

ingénieur

Personne qui conçoit, construit ou entretient des moteurs et des machines.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : hostler

Expressions courantes : mechanical engineer, marine engineer, maintenance engineer

conducteur de train

Personne dont le métier est de conduire un train.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : train driver

Expressions courantes : train engineer, locomotive engineer

stratège

Personne qui dirige habilement les gens ou les événements pour obtenir un résultat précis.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : strategist

Expressions courantes : political engineer, social engineer

concevoir, construire

Utiliser des connaissances techniques pour concevoir, construire ou améliorer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : engineer something to do something (They engineered the device to use less power.)

Synonymes : design, construct

Expressions courantes : engineer a solution, engineer a system, engineer a bridge

modifier génétiquement

Modifier les gènes d’un être vivant ou créer un élément précis de matériel génétique.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : engineer something to do something (Scientists engineered bacteria to produce the medicine.)

Synonymes : genetically modify

Expressions courantes : genetically engineer crops, engineer bacteria, engineer a gene

orchestrer, manigancer

Organiser habilement des événements pour obtenir un résultat, souvent en secret.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : arrange, orchestrate, contrive

Expressions courantes : engineer a victory, engineer an escape, engineer a deal