Translation for "entgegenzubringen" to english

Entgegenzubringen

• to respond
• contrary to accommodate

Translation examples

to respond

Beatrice wußte, daß sie nicht immer so gewesen war, aber sie hatte stets den Hang gehabt, sich in ein Gefühl der Schutzlosigkeit hineinzusteigern und die Menschen um sich herum zu zwingen, ihr Mitleid und Anteilnahme entgegenzubringen und ihr hilfreich zur Seite zu stehen.
She had not always been like this, Beatrice knew. Still, she had always had the tendency to abandon herself to her feelings of helplessness and to force those around her to respond with sympathy and compassion, to position themselves at her side, ready to help. This tendency had gotten stronger with the years, and by now there were only a few left who could put up with her emotional behavior.

Die Pflegeeltern waren wunderbar gewesen. Sie schenkten ihr sehr viel Liebe, die sie aber nicht erwiderte. Die Handlungsweise der Mutter, die alles gewusst und ihr nicht geholfen hatte, bewirkte ein Trauma, und es zerstörte Fayes Fähigkeit, anderen Leuten positive Gefühle entgegenzubringen.
Her foster parents had been marvellous, giving her far more love than she had ever been able to give them. In some ways it was as though the shock of discovering that her mother had known all along what was happening to her, had known and done nothing to help her, to save her, had traumatised her to such an extent that that part of her which had once responded emotionally to others had been totally destroyed.