mounting

croissant, grandissant

Qui augmente progressivement en quantité, en nombre ou en intensité.

En anglais simple : Growing steadily in amount, number, or strength.

• They faced mounting debts.
• Mounting pressure forced the minister to resign.
• There is mounting evidence that the treatment works.

Synonymes : increasing, growing, rising

Contraires : decreasing, diminishing

Expressions courantes : mounting pressure, mounting debts, mounting evidence, mounting concern

montée, montage

L’action de monter sur quelque chose ou de fixer un objet sur un support.

En anglais simple : The act of climbing onto something, or fixing something onto a support.

• Mounting a horse takes practice.
• The mounting of the photographs was done by hand.
• Careful mounting prevents the equipment from moving.

Comment l'utiliser : the mounting of something (The mounting of the equipment took several hours.)

Expressions courantes : mounting a horse, mounting of equipment, mounting of pictures

support, monture

Une pièce qui maintient un autre objet solidement en place.

En anglais simple : A part that holds another object firmly in place.

• The mounting holds the camera steady.
• One of the engine mountings has broken.
• Check that the wall mounting is secure.

Comment l'utiliser : a mounting for something (We need a stronger mounting for the camera.)

Synonymes : mount, support, bracket

Expressions courantes : engine mounting, wall mounting, camera mounting