reflect

riflettere, rispecchiare

Esprimere sentimenti, idee o situazioni, o mostrare come qualcosa è realmente.

In inglese semplice: To show someone's feelings, ideas, or situation, or to match what something is really like.

• Her face reflected her worry.
• The results reflect a change in public opinion.
• Does this report accurately reflect the situation?

Sinonimi: show, represent, express

Espressioni comuni: reflect someone's views, reflect reality, reflect the changes, reflect someone's feelings

riflettere

Rimandare la luce da una superficie, rendendo visibile la luce o un’immagine.

In inglese semplice: To send light back from a surface, making light or an image visible.

• Mirrors reflect light.
• The lake reflected the blue sky.
• These bright strips reflect car headlights at night.

Sinonimi: send back, mirror

Contrari: absorb

Espressioni comuni: reflect light, reflect an image, reflect someone's face, reflect the sky

riflettere, meditare

Pensare con attenzione a qualcosa, soprattutto alle proprie esperienze o azioni.

In inglese semplice: To think carefully about something, especially your experiences or actions.

• I need time to reflect.
• She reflected on the day's events.
• Have you reflected on why the plan failed?

Come si usa: reflect on/upon something (She reflected on her years abroad.); reflect on how/what/why… (He reflected on what he could have done differently.)

Sinonimi: think carefully, consider, ponder

Espressioni comuni: reflect on something, reflect upon something, time to reflect

riflettersi

Per la luce o il suono, colpire una superficie e tornare indietro.

In inglese semplice: If light or sound does this, it hits a surface and travels back away from it.

• Light reflects off the water.
• The sound reflected from the stone walls.
• Sunlight was reflecting off the windows into my eyes.

Come si usa: reflect off/from something (Sound reflects off the walls of the tunnel.)

Sinonimi: bounce back

Espressioni comuni: reflect off something, reflect from something, reflect back

riflettersi, rispecchiarsi

Apparire come immagine in uno specchio, nell’acqua o su una superficie lucida.

In inglese semplice: To appear as an image in a mirror, water, or another shiny surface.

• The moon reflected in the lake.
• Her face reflected from the dark window.
• Colored lights reflect in the wet street after rain.

Come si usa: reflect in/from something (The moon reflected in the still pond.)

Sinonimi: be mirrored

Espressioni comuni: reflect in water, reflect from glass, reflect in something