engineer

ingegnere

Persona che per lavoro progetta, costruisce o migliora macchine, edifici o altre opere tecniche.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer

ingegnere

Persona che progetta, costruisce o mantiene in funzione motori e macchine.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: hostler

Espressioni comuni: mechanical engineer, marine engineer, maintenance engineer

macchinista

Persona che per lavoro guida i treni.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: train driver

Espressioni comuni: train engineer, locomotive engineer

stratega

Persona che guida abilmente persone o eventi per ottenere un certo risultato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: strategist

Espressioni comuni: political engineer, social engineer

progettare, costruire

Usare conoscenze tecniche per progettare, costruire o migliorare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: engineer something to do something (They engineered the device to use less power.)

Sinonimi: design, construct

Espressioni comuni: engineer a solution, engineer a system, engineer a bridge

modificare geneticamente

Cambiare i geni di un essere vivente o creare un determinato elemento di materiale genetico.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: engineer something to do something (Scientists engineered bacteria to produce the medicine.)

Sinonimi: genetically modify

Espressioni comuni: genetically engineer crops, engineer bacteria, engineer a gene

orchestrare, architettare

Organizzare abilmente gli eventi per ottenere un risultato, spesso di nascosto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: arrange, orchestrate, contrive

Espressioni comuni: engineer a victory, engineer an escape, engineer a deal