English-Polish translations for spectacle

  • igrzysko
  • spektaklPanie przewodniczący! Mamy w istocie do czynienia z pewnego rodzaju poniżającym spektaklem. Mr President, this is actually something of a humiliating spectacle. Spektakl z powieszeniem Saddama Husajna w żadnym stopniu nie przyczynił się do zmniejszenia przemocy. The spectacle of the hanging of Saddam Hussein was not in any way a means of reducing this violence. Powinniśmy raczej powiedzieć, z powodu pana Javiera Solany, sic stantibus rebus, nie jedziemy niż kontynuować ten haniebny spektakl. We should be saying, through Mr Solana, 'sic stantibus rebus', we are not going, rather than continuing to present this shameful spectacle.
  • widok
  • widowiskoKażdy rząd państwa członkowskiego działał we własnym imieniu, oferując światu i ludziom, którym powinien był pomagać, żałosne widowisko. The governments of the Member States each acted on their own behalf, offering a pitiful spectacle to the world and the people that we should be helping.

Definition of spectacle

  • An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc
  • An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation
  • An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light
  • A spyglass; a looking-glass
  • A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm

Synonyms

Examples

  • The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
  • He made a spectacle out of himself

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