1 [+teacher, nurse] titulado; [+worker, staff] cualificado; [+animal] (for task) adiestrado; (to do tricks) amaestrado there was a lack of trained men and equipment faltaban hombres entrenados y equipo; she is a trained singer ha recibido formación de cantante; ha estudiado canto
I'm a trained nurse The procedure is carried out by trained nurses trained counsellors are on hand the centre is run by trained volunteers a trained nanny a trained hypnotherapist/dental nurse they lack the knowledge of trained professionals they are crude fellows but trained killers, both of them she is a highly trained singer The lack of trained workers contributes to the problem They had a free creche with trained staff Trained pigeons are used for this purpose He played violin and sang while trained dogs danced at his feet
we have counsellors trained to deal with these sorts of problems tenemos asesores capacitados para llevar este tipo de problemas
to be trained [for] sth this is what I was trained for the nursery is run by [fully]-trained staff a fully-trained nurse
they have a highly-trained workforce tienen una mano de obra altamente cualificada; a well-trained army un ejército disciplinado; un ejército bien entrenado
a well-trained horse
2 [+eye, ear, voice] educado The facts on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome were discovered 20 years ago, but even today it can go undetected. It takes a trained eye to spot it to the trained eye, the electrocardiogrom points up timing faults, contraction abnormalities, other heart problems only a trained eye can tell the difference between them
