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| in a worst-case scenario | при самом неблагоприятном раскладе (Q. Hi all, does it matter whether we say "in a worst-case scenario" or "in the worst-case scenario"? The following example sentence comes from Oxford Dictionary: "In the worst-case scenario, the antagonism will get out of control and will paralyze the party." The following is from Cambridge Dictionary: "The study concludes that in a worst-case scenario there might be 80,000 cases of the disease." А. In most cases, there will be only one worst-case scenario, in which case the applies. However, your example refers to a study which makes a projection for the future. This is complicated and could involve different ways of making the calculation and different assumptions used in the calculation. In this case, there could be more than one worst-case scenario.  wordreference.com Alexander Demidov) |
| in a worst-case scenario | при наступлении самых невыгодных условий (Alexander Demidov) |
| in the worst-case scenario | при самом худшем варианте развития событий (4uzhoj) |
| in the worst-case scenario | при худшем сценарии ("При худшем сценарии Россия может попытаться подорвать архитектуру безопасности, которая сложилась в период после холодной войны в Европе, и перекроить границы силой, как это уже было в 2008 году в Грузии и в 2014 году, когда она оккупировала Крым и начала войну на Донбассе", – сказал он. – "In the worst-case scenario, Russia may try to undermine the entire post-Cold War security architecture in Europe and redraw borders by force again," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters on Nov. 29. foreignpolicy.com 4uzhoj) |
| in the worst-case scenario | в крайнем случае (bigmaxus) |
| in the worst-case scenario | в худшем случае (Anglophile) |
| in worst-case scenario | в самом тяжёлом случае (JoyJoyce) |
| on worst case scenario | при худшем сценарии (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| prepare for the worst-case scenario | готовиться к худшему (cnn.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| the worst case scenario | в самом худшем случае (rechnik) |
| Under the worst-case scenario | если события будут развиваться по наихудшему сценарию (bookworm) |
| worst case scenario | в худшем случае (gennier) |
| worst case scenario | самый большой риск (gennier) |
| worst case scenario | наихудший вариант развития событий (Julie Mazilina) |
| worst-case scenario | наихудший случай (A worst-case scenario is a concept in risk management wherein the planner, in planning for potential disasters, considers the most severe possible outcome that can reasonably be projected to occur in a given situation. Conceiving of worst-case scenarios is a common form of strategic planning, specifically scenario planning, to prepare for and minimize contingencies that could result in accidents, quality problems, or other issues. WK Alexander Demidov) |
| worst-case scenario | пессимистический сценарий (PX_Ranger) |
| worst-case scenario | пессимистичный сценарий (Alexander Demidov) |
