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hataloméhes

English translation: power-hungry


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Hungarian term or phrase:hataloméhes
English translation:power-hungry
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04:30 Jun 12, 2009
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Hungarian term or phrase: hataloméhes
politikusaik technokrata, hataloméhes fiatalok, akik ugyan gátlás nélküliek
xxxhollowman
Hungary
Local time: 22:55
power hungry
Explanation:
power-hungry/news-hungry etc
wanting power, news etc very much:
a power-hungry politician

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hungry

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Note added at 57 perc (2009-06-12 05:27:21 GMT)
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Hol kötőjellel, hol anélkül írják.
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valderby
Local time: 22:55
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5 +4power hungry
valderby
5craving for power
Ilona Roberts
5thirsty for power
Ildiko Laskay


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
thirsty for power


Explanation:
thirsty for: having a strong desire for something

Example sentence(s):
  • The world is becoming more of a violent place because of people who are thirsty for power and equally because of people who do nothing about it.

    Reference: http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Resources/PhilForum/Terrorism/An%...
    Reference: http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl
Ildiko Laskay
Hungary
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 5
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
power hungry


Explanation:
power-hungry/news-hungry etc
wanting power, news etc very much:
a power-hungry politician

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hungry

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Note added at 57 perc (2009-06-12 05:27:21 GMT)
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Hol kötőjellel, hol anélkül írják.

valderby
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Köszönöm!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leland Haraszti: Or "hungry for power." Don't forget to use a hyphen to connect the separate words "power" and "hungry" which together form the compound word "power-hungry." You are correct in that "power-hungry" is used more often than "hungry or thirsty for
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agree  Lingua.Franca: power-hungry
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agree  JANOS SAMU: power-hungry
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agree  Iosif JUHASZ: power-hungry
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
craving for power


Explanation:
szerintem a "hungry, thirsty" nem annyira erős az angolban mint a magyarban a "hataloméhes"... az ambíciós fiatal politikusokról inkább azt mondják "craving / striving for power"



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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-12 06:03:27 GMT)
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hoppá, nem fiatal politikusokról... bármilyen politikusról :-)

Ilona Roberts
Local time: 23:55
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian
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