- to plough money into sth exp. injecter de l'argent dans qch
- to plough sth back into sth exp. réinvestir qch dans qch
- plough v. labourer
- plough into vt. [=invest heavily in] injecter
The need to plough money into education and training. Huge sums of private capital will be ploughed into the ailing steel industry.
- plough into vt. 1. [+tree, wall] venir s'encastrer dans ; percuter 2. [+crowd] foncer dans ; foncer sur
The lorry ploughed into the vehicle in front of it = le camion est venu s'encastrer dans le véhicule qui le précédait. The car ploughed into a line of shoppers.
- plough back v. réinvestir
- plough horse n. cheval d'attelage
| Moreover, with his 'Missions', Chávez can circumvent ministers in order to plough ahead in his social reforms. |
| De plus, Chávez contourne les ministères avec les missions pour pouvoir avancer dans l'investissement social. |
| In conclusion, a great many Canadians remember, and certainly New Democrat members of Parliament remember all too well, the attempt of the previous government to plough ahead with the introduction of the multilateral agreement on investment. |
| En conclusion, un grand nombre de Canadiens se souviennent - et les députés néo-démocrates ne s'en souviennent que trop bien - de la tentative faite par le gouvernement précédent pour imposer un accord multilatéral sur l'investissement. |
| Other than that they just want to plough ahead. |
| Tout ce qui les préoccupe, c'est d'aller de l'avant, coûte que coûte. |
| Don't commit this crime against nature , and they continue to plough ahead with it. |
| Je leur ai dit: « Ne faites pas ça, de grâce. |
| I would therefore ask the Commission to please plough ahead with its 10-point plan and to make competitiveness its byword. |
| Je prierais donc la Commission de poursuivre son programme en 10 points et qu'il soit synonyme de compétitivité. |
| For this reason, he said, he was happy to see the EU plough ahead with negotiations, destroying itself in the process. |
| Il faut que le Parlement donne un signal clair en reportant la décision concernant le protocole d'Ankara, l'ouverture des négociations ne pouvant se faire dans les conditions actuelles a conclu le député. |
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go on
Synonyms:go along, persist, live on, outlive, remain, live, proceed, hold out, bubble
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplough ahead phrasal verbto continue to do something in spite of opposition or difficulties with The government will plough ahead with tests this year, despite a boycott from teachers. → plough→ See Verb table
phrasal verb intransitive
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | plough ahead |
| he/she/it | ploughs ahead |
| present participle | ploughing ahead |
| past tense | ploughed ahead |
| past participle | ploughed ahead |
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