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diplomacy by strength

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1 diplomacy by strength

= diplomacy by force

Politics english-russian dictionary > diplomacy by strength
2 diplomacy by force

= diplomacy by strength дипломатия силы

Politics english-russian dictionary > diplomacy by force
3 diplomacy

n

дипломатия; дипломатическая работа, дипломатическая деятельность, дипломатическая практика

to accomplish smth through diplomacy — добиваться чего-л. дипломатическим путем

to display one's ability at active diplomacy — активно проявлять свои дипломатические способности

to engage in high-level diplomacy — осуществлять дипломатические контакты на высоком уровне; предпринимать дипломатические шаги на высоком уровне

to get beyond the scope diplomacy — выходить за рамки дипломатической деятельности

to indulge in secret diplomacy — заниматься тайной дипломатией

to plead for diplomacy — призывать к дипломатии

to practice diplomacy — заниматься дипломатической деятельностью

to pursue diplomacy — проводить дипломатию

to stick to / to use open diplomacy — придерживаться открытой дипломатии

- atomic diplomacy
- backstage diplomacy
- behind-the-scenes diplomacy
- breakdown in diplomacy
- check-book diplomacy
- citizens' diplomacy
- conference diplomacy
- creative diplomacy
- delicate diplomacy
- deterrence diplomacy
- diplomacy by force
- diplomacy by strength
- dollar diplomacy
- dynamic diplomacy
- flurry of diplomacy
- grassroots diplomacy
- gunboat diplomacy
- heart of regional diplomacy
- international diplomacy
- kid-glove diplomacy
- last-minute diplomacy
- low-key diplomacy
- megaphone diplomacy
- mental readjustment to the new diplomacy
- multipolar diplomacy
- new departure in diplomacy
- nuclear diplomacy
- patient diplomacy
- peace-making diplomacy
- people's diplomacy
- person-to-person diplomacy
- ping-pong diplomacy
- power diplomacy
- preventive diplomacy
- quiet diplomacy
- shirt-sleeve diplomacy
- short-sighted diplomacy
- shuttle diplomacy
- silkworm diplomacy
- skilful diplomacy
- strong diplomacy
- sustained diplomacy
- traditional diplomacy
- turtle-pace diplomacy
- United Nations diplomacy

Politics english-russian dictionary > diplomacy
4 use

1.
[ju:s] noun

1) Gebrauch, der; (of dictionary, calculator, room) Benutzung, die; (of word, expression; of pesticide, garlic, herb, spice) Verwendung, die; (of name, title) Führung, die; (of alcohol, drugs) Konsum, der

the use of brutal means/methods — die Anwendung brutaler Mittel/Methoden

the use of troops/teargas/violence — der Einsatz von Truppen/Tränengas/die Gewaltanwendung

constant/rough use — dauernder Gebrauch/schlechte Behandlung

[not] be in use — [nicht] in Gebrauch sein

be no longer in use — nicht mehr verwendet werden

be in daily etc. use — täglich usw. in Gebrauch od. Benutzung sein

come into use — in Gebrauch kommen

go/fall out of use — außer Gebrauch kommen

instructions/directions for use — Gebrauchsanweisung, die

ready for [immediate] use — [sofort] gebrauchsfertig

batteries for use in or with watches — Batterien [speziell] für Armbanduhren

a course for use in schools — ein Kurs für die Schule od. zur Verwendung im Schulunterricht

for the use of somebody — für jemanden

for personal/private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch/den Privatgebrauch

for external use only — nur zur äußerlichen Anwendung

for use in an emergency/only in case of fire — für den Notfall/nur bei Feuer zu benutzen

with use — durch den Gebrauch

with careful etc. use — bei sorgsamer usw. Behandlung

make use of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas gebrauchen/(exploit) ausnutzen

make the best use of something/it — das Beste aus etwas/daraus machen

make good use of, turn or put to good use — gut nutzen [Zeit, Talent, Geld]

put something to use — etwas verwenden

2) (utility, usefulness) Nutzen, der

these tools/clothes will be of use to somebody — dieses Werkzeug wird/diese Kleider werden für jemanden von Nutzen sein

is it of [any] use? — ist das [irgendwie] zu gebrauchen od. von Nutzen?

can I be of any use to you? — kann ich dir irgendwie helfen?

be [of] no use [to somebody] — [jemandem] nichts nützen

he is [of] no use in a crisis/as a manager — er ist in einer Krise/als Manager zu nichts nütze od. (ugs.) nicht zu gebrauchen

it's no use [doing that] — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn[, das zu tun]

you're/that's a fat lot of use — (coll. iron.) du bist ja eine schöne Hilfe/davon haben wir aber was (ugs. iron.)

what's the use of that/of doing that? — was nützt das/was nützt es, das zu tun?

what's the use? — was nützt es?

oh well, what's the use! — ach, was soll's schon! (ugs.)

3) (purpose) Verwendung, die; Verwendungszweck, der

have its/one's uses — seinen Nutzen haben

have/find a use for something/somebody — für etwas/jemanden Verwendung haben/finden

have no/not much use for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden nicht/kaum brauchen

put something to a good/a new use — etwas sinnvoll/auf neu[artig]e Weise verwenden

4) (right or power of using)

have the use of something — etwas benutzen können

[have the] use of kitchen and bathroom — Küchen- und Badbenutzung [haben]

let somebody have or give somebody the use of something — jemanden etwas benutzen lassen
2.
[ju:z] transitive verb

1) benutzen; nutzen [Gelegenheit]; anwenden [Gewalt]; einsetzen [Tränengas, Wasserwerfer]; in Anspruch nehmen [Firma, Agentur, Agenten, Dienstleistung]; nutzen [Zeit, Gelegenheit, Talent, Erfahrung]; führen [Namen, Titel]

do you know how to use this tool? — kannst du mit diesem Werkzeug umgehen?

anything you say may be used in evidence — was Sie sagen, kann vor Gericht verwendet werden

use somebody's name [as a reference] — sich [als Empfehlung] auf jemanden berufen

I could use the money/a drink — (coll.) ich könnte das Geld brauchen/einen Drink vertragen (ugs.)

use one's time to do something — seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etwas zu tun

2) (consume as material) verwenden

use gas/oil for heating — mit Gas/Öl heizen

the camera uses 35 mm film — für die Kamera braucht man einen 35-mm-Film

‘use sparingly’ — "sparsam verwenden!"

3) (take habitually)

use drugs/heroin — etc. Drogen/Heroin usw. nehmen

4) (employ in speaking or writing) benutzen; gebrauchen; verwenden

use strong language — Kraftausdrücke gebrauchen

5) (exercise, apply) Gebrauch machen von [Autorität, Einfluss, Können, Menschenverstand]

use diplomacy/tact [in one's dealings etc. with somebody] — [bei jemandem] diplomatisch vorgehen/[zu jemandem] taktvoll sein

he used all his strength — er wandte seine ganze Kraft auf

use a method/tactics — eine Methode anwenden/nach einer [bestimmten] Taktik vorgehen

6) (take advantage of)

use somebody — jemanden ausnutzen

7) (treat) behandeln

use somebody/something well/badly — jemanden/etwas gut/schlecht behandeln

8)

used to — (formerly)

I used to live in London/work in a factory — früher habe ich in London gelebt/in einer Fabrik gearbeitet

he used to be very shy — er war früher sehr schüchtern

my mother always used to say... — meine Mutter hat immer gesagt od. pflegte zu sagen...

this used to be my room — das war [früher] mein Zimmer

things aren't what they used to be — es ist nichts mehr so wie früher

he smokes much more than he used to — er raucht viel mehr als früher

I used not or I did not use — or (coll.)

I didn't use or (coll.) I use[d]n't to smoke — früher habe ich nicht geraucht

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/93389/use_up">use up

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I [ju:z] verb
1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) benutzen

2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) verbrauchen

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- usable
- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]
1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) der Gebrauch

2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) die Verwendbarkeit

3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) der Nutzen

4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) die Fähigkeit(etwas)zu gebrauchen

5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) das Benutzungsrecht

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- useful
- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use
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use

I. vt

[ju:z]

1. (make use of, utilize)

▪ to \use sth etw benutzen; building, one's skills, training, talent etw nutzen; method etw anwenden

this glass has been \used dieses Glas ist schon benutzt

I could \use some help ich könnte etwas Hilfe gebrauchen

I could \use a drink now ich könnte jetzt einen Drink vertragen fam

this table could \use a wipe diesen Tisch könnte man auch mal wieder abwischen

these lights are \used for illuminating the playing area mit diesen Lichtern wird die Spielfläche beleuchtet

what perfume do you \use? welches Parfüm nimmst du?

what shampoo do you \use? welches Shampoo benutzt du?

I've got to \use the toilet ich muss auf die Toilette

to \use alcohol Alkohol trinken

to \use one's brains seinen Verstand benutzen

to \use a chance eine Gelegenheit nutzen

to \use a dictionary ein Wörterbuch verwenden

to \use drugs Drogen nehmen

to \use military force against sb Militärgewalt gegen jdn einsetzen

to \use an idea eine Idee verwenden

to \use logic logisch denken

to \use one's money to do sth sein Geld dazu verwenden, etw zu tun

to \use sb's name jds Name verwenden; (as reference) sich akk auf jdn berufen

she \uses the name Mary Punk sie nennt sich Mary Punk

to \use poison gas/truncheons/chemical warfare Giftgas/Schlagstöcke/chemische Waffen einsetzen

to \use a pseudonym ein Pseudonym benutzen

to \use service eine Dienstleistung in Anspruch nehmen

to \use swear words fluchen

to \use one's time to do sth seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etw zu tun

you should \use your free time more constructively du solltest deine freie Zeit sinnvoller nutzen!

to \use violence Gewalt anwenden

▪ to \use sth to do sth etw benutzen [o verwenden], um etw zu tun

\use scissors to cut the shapes out schneiden Sie die Formen mit einer Schere aus

you can \use this brush to apply the paint du kannst die Farbe mit diesem Pinsel auftragen

2. (employ)

▪ to \use sth:

\use your head [or BRIT also loaf] jetzt schalt doch mal dein Hirn ein! sl

\use your imagination! lass doch mal deine Fantasie spielen!

to \use common sense seinen gesunden Menschenverstand benutzen

to \use discretion/tact diskret/taktvoll sein

3. (get through, consume)

▪ to \use sth etw verbrauchen

we've \used nearly all the bread wir haben fast kein Brot mehr

what do you \use for heating? womit heizen Sie?

there's no more paper after this is \used wenn wir dieses Papier aufgebraucht haben, ist keines mehr da

this radio \uses 1.5 volt batteries für dieses Radio braucht man 1,5 Volt Batterien

to \use energy Energie verbrauchen

4. ( usu pej: manipulate, impose upon)

▪ to \use sb jdn benutzen; (exploit)

▪ to \use sb/sth jdn/etw ausnutzen

5. ( form: treat in stated way)

to \use sb badly/well jdn schlecht/gut behandeln

he's \used her despicably er hat ihr übel mitgespielt

II. n

[ju:s]

1. (application, employment) Verwendung f ( for für + akk); of dictionary also Benutzung f; of labour Einsatz m; of leftovers Verwertung f; of talent, experience Nutzung m

don't throw that away, you'll find a \use for it one day wirf das nicht weg — eines Tages wirst du es schon noch irgendwie verwenden können

a food processor has a variety of \uses in the kitchen eine Küchenmaschine kann man auf ganz unterschiedliche Weise in der Küche einsetzen

they've called for further restrictions on the \use of leaded petrol sie forderten weitere Einschränkungen für die Verwendung von verbleitem Benzin

she lost the \use of her fingers in the accident seit dem Unfall kann sie ihre Finger nicht mehr benutzen

the \use of alcohol/drugs der Alkohol-/Drogenkonsum

by the \use of deception durch Täuschung

directions for \use Gebrauchsanweisung f

for \use in an emergency für den Notfall

for \use in case of fire bei Feuer

the \use of force/a particular method die Anwendung von Gewalt/einer bestimmten Methode

the correct \use of language der korrekte Sprachgebrauch

the \use of poison gas/truncheons/chemical warfare der Einsatz von Tränengas/Schlagstöcken/chemischen Waffen

to be in daily \use täglich verwendet werden

for external \use only nur zur äußerlichen Anwendung

to be no longer in \use nicht mehr benutzt werden

ready for \use gebrauchsfertig; machine einsatzbereit

for private \use only nur für den Privatgebrauch

to come into \use in Gebrauch kommen

to find a \use for sth für etw akk Verwendung finden

to go [or fall] out of \use nicht mehr benutzt werden

to have no [further] \use for sth keine Verwendung [mehr] für etw akk haben

do you have any \use for these old notes? kannst du diese alten Unterlagen irgendwie verwenden?

to make \use of sth etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen]; experience, talent etw nutzen; leftovers etw verwenden; connections von etw dat Gebrauch machen

can you make \use of that? kannst du das gebrauchen?

to put sth to \use etw verwenden

to be able to put sth to good \use etw gut verwenden können

to be able to put one's experience to good \use seine Erfahrung gut einbringen können

in/out of \use in/außer Gebrauch

2. (consumption) Verwendung f

building a dam would be a \use of financial resources which this country cannot afford für einen Dammbau würde dieses Land Gelder verwenden müssen, die es nicht aufbringen kann

3. (usefulness) Nutzen m

is this of any \use at all? nützt das vielleicht was? fam

can I be of any \use? kann ich vielleicht irgendwie behilflich sein?

what's the \use of shouting? was bringt es denn herumzuschreien?

there's no \use complaining Herumjammern bringt auch nichts fam

what \use is praying? wozu soll das Beten nutzen?

it has its \uses das kann auch nützlich sein

he's no \use as an editor als Redakteur ist er nicht zu gebrauchen

what's the \use was soll's! fam; ( pej fam)

that's a fat lot of \use da haben wir ja auch was von! iron fam

to be no \use keine Hilfe sein

to be no/not much \use to sb jdm nichts/nicht viel nützen

▪ to be of \use to sb für jdn von Nutzen [o nützlich] sein

is this of any \use to you? kannst du das vielleicht gebrauchen?

▪ it's no \use [doing sth] es hat keinen Zweck[, etw zu tun]

it's no \use — I just can't stand the man es hilft alles nichts — ich kann den Mann einfach nicht ausstehen!

it's no \use trying to escape — no one has ever got away before wir brauchen erst gar nicht versuchen auszubrechen — das hat bisher noch keiner geschafft!

4. (right)

to have the \use of sth bathroom, car etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen] dürfen

to give sb [or let sb have] the \use of sth jdn etw benutzen [o ÖSTERR a. benützen] lassen

5. (custom) Brauch m

6. (out of order)

▪ to be out of [or AM, AUS usu not in] \use nicht funktionieren

the escalator is out of \use der Aufzug ist außer Betrieb

7. REL Ritual nt

8. LAW ( old) Nießbrauch m fachspr

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I [juːz]
1. vt

1) (= utilize) benutzen; dictionary, means, tools, object, materials verwenden, benutzen; sb's suggestion, idea verwenden; word, literary style gebrauchen, verwenden, benutzen; swear words gebrauchen, benutzen; brains, intelligence gebrauchen; method, system, technique, therapy, force, trickery anwenden; one's abilities, powers of persuasion, one's strength aufwenden, anwenden; tact, care walten lassen; drugs einnehmen

use only in emergencies — nur im Notfall gebrauchen or benutzen

I have to use the toilet before I go —

what's this used for? — wofür wird das benutzt or gebraucht?

to use sth for sth —

he used it as a spoon the police used truncheons — er hat es als Löffel benutzt or verwendet die Polizei setzte Schlagstöcke ein, die Polizei benutzte or gebrauchte Schlagstöcke

what did you use the money for? — wofür haben Sie das Geld benutzt or verwendet or gebraucht?

the money is to be used to set up a trust —

what toothpaste do you use? — welche Zahnpasta benutzen or verwenden Sie?

what sort of fuel do you use? — welchen Treibstoff verwenden Sie?, mit welchem Treibstoff fahren Sie?

what sort of fuel does this rocket use? — welcher Treibstoff wird für diese Rakete verwendet?

ointment to be used sparingly — Salbe nur sparsam verwenden or anwenden

why don't you use a hammer? — warum nehmen Sie nicht einen Hammer dazu?, warum benutzen or verwenden Sie nicht einen Hammer dazu?

to use sb's name — jds Namen verwenden or benutzen; (as reference) jds Namen angeben, sich auf jdn berufen

use your imagination! — zeig mal ein bisschen Fantasie or Phantasie!

we can use the extra staff to do this — dafür können wir das übrige Personal einsetzen or verwenden

I'll have to use some of your men — ich brauche ein paar Ihrer Leute

2) (= make use of, exploit) information, one's training, talents, resources, chances, opportunity (aus)nutzen, (aus)nützen (S Ger); advantage nutzen; waste products nutzen, verwerten

not used to capacity — nicht voll genutzt

you can use the leftovers to make a soup —

you should use your free time for something creative — Sie sollten Ihre Freizeit für etwas Schöpferisches nutzen or gebrauchen

3) (inf)

I could use a new pair of shoes — ich könnte ein neues Paar Schuhe (ge)brauchen

I could use a drink — ich könnte etwas zu trinken (ge)brauchen or vertragen (inf)

it could use a coat of paint — das könnte ein bisschen Farbe vertragen

4) (= use up, consume) verbrauchen

this car uses too much petrol — dieses Auto verbraucht zu viel Benzin

have you used all the ink? — haben Sie die Tinte aufgebraucht (inf) or die ganze Tinte verbraucht?

5) (obs, liter: treat) behandeln

she was ill used — ihr ist übel mitgespielt worden

how has the world been using you? (not obs, liter) — wie gehts, wie stehts?

6) (pej: exploit) ausnutzen

I feel ( I've just been) used — ich habe das Gefühl, man hat mich ausgenutzt; (sexually) ich komme mir missbraucht vor

2. n
[juːs]
1) (= employment) Verwendung f; (of materials, tools, means, dictionary) Benutzung f, Verwendung f; (= operation of machines etc) Benutzung f; (= working with of dictionary, calculator etc) Gebrauch m; (of word, style) Gebrauch m, Verwendung f; (of swearwords, arms, intelligence) Gebrauch m; (of method, system, technique, force, powers of persuasion) Anwendung f; (of personnel, truncheons etc) Verwendung f, Einsatz m; (of drugs) Einnahme f

once you've mastered the use of the clutch — wenn Sie erst einmal den Gebrauch der Kupplung beherrschen

the use of a calculator to solve... — die Verwendung eines Rechners, um... zu lösen

directions for use — Gebrauchsanweisung f

for the use of — für

for use in case of emergency — für Notfälle

for external use —

it's for use not ornament — es ist ein Gebrauchsgegenstand und nicht zur Zierde

ready for use — gebrauchsfertig; machine einsatzbereit

to improve with use — sich mit der Zeit bessern

worn with use — abgenutzt

to make use of sth — von etw Gebrauch machen, etw benutzen

can you make use of that? — können Sie das brauchen?

in use/out of use — in or im/außer Gebrauch; machines also in/außer Betrieb

to be in daily use/no longer in use — täglich/nicht mehr benutzt or verwendet or gebraucht werden

to come into use — in Gebrauch kommen

to go or fall out of use — nicht mehr benutzt or verwendet or gebraucht werden

2) (= exploitation, making use of) Nutzung f; (of waste products, leftovers etc) Verwertung f

to make use of sth — etw nutzen

to put sth to use — etw benutzen

to put sth to good use — etw gut nutzen

to make good/bad use of sth — etw gut/schlecht nutzen

3) (= way of using) Verwendung f

to learn the use of sth — lernen, wie etw verwendet or benutzt or gebraucht wird

it has many uses — es ist vielseitig verwendbar

to find a use for sth — für etw Verwendung finden

to have no use for (lit, fig) — nicht gebrauchen können, keine Verwendung haben für

to have no further use for sb/sth — keine Verwendung mehr haben für jdn/etw, jdn/etw nicht mehr brauchen

4) (= usefulness) Nutzen m

to be of use to sb — für jdn von Nutzen sein or nützlich sein

this is no use any more — das taugt nichts mehr, das ist zu nichts mehr zu gebrauchen

does it have a use in our society? — ist es für unsere Gesellschaft von Nutzen?

is this (of) any use to you? — können Sie das brauchen?, können Sie damit was anfangen?

he/it has his/its uses — er/das ist ganz nützlich

you're no use to me if you can't spell — du nützt mir nichts, wenn du keine Rechtschreibung kannst

he's no use as a goalkeeper — er taugt nicht als Torhüter, er ist als Torhüter nicht zu gebrauchen

can I be of any use? — kann ich irgendwie behilflich sein?

a (fat) lot of use that will be to you! (iro inf) — da hast du aber was davon

this is no use, we must start work — so hat das keinen Zweck or Sinn, wir müssen etwas tun

it's no use you or your protesting — es hat keinen Sinn or es nützt nichts, wenn du protestierst

what's the use of telling him? — was nützt es, wenn man es ihm sagt?

what's the use in trying/going? — wozu überhaupt versuchen/gehen?

it's no use — es hat keinen Zweck

ah, what's the use! — ach, was solls!

5) (= right) Nutznießung f (JUR)

to have the use of the gardens — die Gartenanlagen benutzen können

to have the use of a car — ein Auto zur Verfügung haben

to give sb the use of sth — jdn etw benutzen lassen; of car also, of money jdm etw zur Verfügung stellen

to have lost the use of one's arm — seinen Arm nicht mehr gebrauchen or benutzen können

to have the full use of one's faculties — im Vollbesitz seiner (geistigen und körperlichen) Kräfte sein

have you lost the use of your legs? (hum) — hast du das Gehen verlernt?

6) (= custom) Brauch m, Usus m (geh)

7) (ECCL) Brauch m

in the Roman use — nach römisch-katholischem Brauch
II [juːs]
vb aux

See:

→ used

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use [juːz]

A v/t

1. gebrauchen, benutzen, an-, verwenden, sich (gen) bedienen, Gebrauch machen von, eine Gelegenheit etc nutzen oder sich zunutze machen:

use one’s brains den Verstand gebrauchen, seinen Kopf anstrengen;

use care Sorgfalt verwenden;

use force Gewalt anwenden;

use one’s legs zu Fuß gehen;

may I use your name? darf ich mich auf Sie berufen?;

use a right von einem Recht Gebrauch machen;

anything you say may be used against you JUR alles, was Sie sagen, kann gegen Sie verwendet werden

2. ein Gerät etc handhaben

3. verwenden (on auf akk)

4. use up

a) auf-, verbrauchen, jemandes Kraft erschöpfen,

b) umg jemanden fertigmachen, erschöpfen: → used¹ 2

5. a) besonders US gewohnheitsmäßig zu sich nehmen:

use drugs Drogen nehmen;

use tobacco rauchen

b) brauchen:

my car uses too much oil

6. behandeln, verfahren mit:

use sb ill jemanden schlecht behandeln;

how has the world used you? umg wie ist es dir ergangen?

7. pej jemanden benutzen, auch eine Situation etc ausnutzen

8. Zeit verbringen

B v/i obs (außer im prät) pflegen ( to do zu tun):

it used to be said that … man pflegte zu sagen, dass …;

he does not come as often as he used to er kommt nicht mehr so oft wie früher oder sonst;

he used to be a polite man er war früher oder sonst (immer) sehr höflich;

he used to live here er wohnte früher hier;

she used to astonish me with … sie überraschte mich immer wieder mit …;

I used to smoke ich hab früher oder einmal geraucht;

did you really use to smoke? hast du früher wirklich geraucht?

C s [juːs]

1. Gebrauch m, Benutzung f, An-, Verwendung f:

for use zum Gebrauch;

for use in schools für den Schulgebrauch;

in use in Gebrauch, gebräuchlich;

be in daily use täglich gebraucht werden;

be in common use allgemein gebräuchlich sein;

come into use in Gebrauch kommen;

out of use nicht in Gebrauch, nicht mehr gebräuchlich;

fall ( oder pass) out of use ungebräuchlich werden, außer Gebrauch kommen;

with use durch (ständigen) Gebrauch;

make use of Gebrauch machen von, benutzen;

make use of sb’s name sich auf jemanden berufen;

make (a) bad use of (einen) schlechten Gebrauch machen von;

make full use of sth etwas voll ausnützen;

peaceful uses pl of atomic energy friedliche Nutzung der Atomenergie

2. a) Verwendung(szweck) f(m)

b) Brauchbarkeit f, Verwendbarkeit f

c) Zweck m, Sinn m, Nutzen m, Nützlichkeit f:

of use (to) nützlich (dat), brauchbar oder von Nutzen (für);

of no use nutz-, zwecklos, unbrauchbar, unnütz;

is this of use to you? können Sie das (ge)brauchen?;

crying is no use Weinen führt zu nichts;

it is no ( oder it isn’t any) use talking es ist nutz- oder zwecklos zu reden, es hat keinen Zweck zu reden;

what is the use of it? was hat das (überhaupt) für einen Zweck?;

have no use for

a) nicht brauchen können,

b) mit etwas od jemandem nichts anfangen können,

c) bes US umg nichts übrighaben für jemanden od etwas;

put to (good) use (gut) an- oder verwenden;

this tool has different uses dieses Gerät kann für verschiedene Zwecke verwendet werden; → further B 1

3. Kraft f oder Fähigkeit f (etwas) zu gebrauchen, Gebrauch m:

he lost the use of his right eye er kann auf dem rechten Auge nichts mehr sehen;

have the use of one’s limbs sich bewegen können

4. Benutzungsrecht n:

have the use of sth etwas benutzen können oder dürfen

5. Gewohnheit f, Brauch m:

once a use and ever a custom (Sprichwort) jung gewohnt, alt getan

6. JUR

a) Nießbrauch m, Nutznießung f

b) Nutzen m

7. oft Use REL liturgischer Brauch, (Kirchen)Brauch m

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1.
[ju:s] noun

1) Gebrauch, der; (of dictionary, calculator, room) Benutzung, die; (of word, expression; of pesticide, garlic, herb, spice) Verwendung, die; (of name, title) Führung, die; (of alcohol, drugs) Konsum, der

the use of brutal means/methods — die Anwendung brutaler Mittel/Methoden

the use of troops/teargas/violence — der Einsatz von Truppen/Tränengas/die Gewaltanwendung

constant/rough use — dauernder Gebrauch/schlechte Behandlung

[not] be in use — [nicht] in Gebrauch sein

be no longer in use — nicht mehr verwendet werden

be in daily etc. use — täglich usw. in Gebrauch od. Benutzung sein

come into use — in Gebrauch kommen

go/fall out of use — außer Gebrauch kommen

instructions/directions for use — Gebrauchsanweisung, die

ready for [immediate] use — [sofort] gebrauchsfertig

batteries for use in or with watches — Batterien [speziell] für Armbanduhren

a course for use in schools — ein Kurs für die Schule od. zur Verwendung im Schulunterricht

for the use of somebody — für jemanden

for personal/private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch/den Privatgebrauch

for external use only — nur zur äußerlichen Anwendung

for use in an emergency/only in case of fire — für den Notfall/nur bei Feuer zu benutzen

with use — durch den Gebrauch

with careful etc. use — bei sorgsamer usw. Behandlung

make use of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas gebrauchen/ (exploit) ausnutzen

make the best use of something/it — das Beste aus etwas/daraus machen

make good use of, turn or put to good use — gut nutzen [Zeit, Talent, Geld]

put something to use — etwas verwenden

2) (utility, usefulness) Nutzen, der

these tools/clothes will be of use to somebody — dieses Werkzeug wird/diese Kleider werden für jemanden von Nutzen sein

is it of [any] use? — ist das [irgendwie] zu gebrauchen od. von Nutzen?

can I be of any use to you? — kann ich dir irgendwie helfen?

be [of] no use [to somebody] — [jemandem] nichts nützen

he is [of] no use in a crisis/as a manager — er ist in einer Krise/als Manager zu nichts nütze od. (ugs.) nicht zu gebrauchen

it's no use [doing that] — es hat keinen Zweck od. Sinn[, das zu tun]

you're/that's a fat lot of use — (coll. iron.) du bist ja eine schöne Hilfe/davon haben wir aber was (ugs. iron.)

what's the use of that/of doing that? — was nützt das/was nützt es, das zu tun?

what's the use? — was nützt es?

oh well, what's the use! — ach, was soll's schon! (ugs.)

3) (purpose) Verwendung, die; Verwendungszweck, der

have its/one's uses — seinen Nutzen haben

have/find a use for something/somebody — für etwas/jemanden Verwendung haben/finden

have no/not much use for something/somebody — etwas/jemanden nicht/kaum brauchen

put something to a good/a new use — etwas sinnvoll/auf neu[artig]e Weise verwenden

4) (right or power of using)

have the use of something — etwas benutzen können

[have the] use of kitchen and bathroom — Küchen- und Badbenutzung [haben]

let somebody have or give somebody the use of something — jemanden etwas benutzen lassen
2.
[ju:z] transitive verb

1) benutzen; nutzen [Gelegenheit]; anwenden [Gewalt]; einsetzen [Tränengas, Wasserwerfer]; in Anspruch nehmen [Firma, Agentur, Agenten, Dienstleistung]; nutzen [Zeit, Gelegenheit, Talent, Erfahrung]; führen [Namen, Titel]

do you know how to use this tool? — kannst du mit diesem Werkzeug umgehen?

anything you say may be used in evidence — was Sie sagen, kann vor Gericht verwendet werden

use somebody's name [as a reference] — sich [als Empfehlung] auf jemanden berufen

I could use the money/a drink — (coll.) ich könnte das Geld brauchen/einen Drink vertragen (ugs.)

use one's time to do something — seine Zeit dazu nutzen, etwas zu tun

2) (consume as material) verwenden

use gas/oil for heating — mit Gas/Öl heizen

the camera uses 35 mm film — für die Kamera braucht man einen 35-mm-Film

‘use sparingly’ — "sparsam verwenden!"

3) (take habitually)

use drugs/heroin — etc. Drogen/Heroin usw. nehmen

4) (employ in speaking or writing) benutzen; gebrauchen; verwenden

use strong language — Kraftausdrücke gebrauchen

5) (exercise, apply) Gebrauch machen von [Autorität, Einfluss, Können, Menschenverstand]

use diplomacy/tact [in one's dealings etc. with somebody] — [bei jemandem] diplomatisch vorgehen/[zu jemandem] taktvoll sein

he used all his strength — er wandte seine ganze Kraft auf

use a method/tactics — eine Methode anwenden/nach einer [bestimmten] Taktik vorgehen

6) (take advantage of)

use somebody — jemanden ausnutzen

7) (treat) behandeln

use somebody/something well/badly — jemanden/etwas gut/schlecht behandeln

8)

used to — (formerly)

I used to live in London/work in a factory — früher habe ich in London gelebt/in einer Fabrik gearbeitet

he used to be very shy — er war früher sehr schüchtern

my mother always used to say... — meine Mutter hat immer gesagt od. pflegte zu sagen...

this used to be my room — das war [früher] mein Zimmer

things aren't what they used to be — es ist nichts mehr so wie früher

he smokes much more than he used to — er raucht viel mehr als früher

I used not or I did not use — or (coll.)

I didn't use or (coll.) I use[d]n't to smoke — früher habe ich nicht geraucht

Phrasal Verbs:

- use up

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v.

anwenden v.

ausführen v.

belegen v.

benutzen v.

gebrauchen v.

nutzen v.

verwenden v.

wahrnehmen (Vorteil, Gelegenheit) v. n.

Anwendung f.

Benutzung f.

Gebrauch -¨e m.

Inanspruchnahme f.

Nutzung -en f.

Verwendung f.

Verwendungszweck m.

English-german dictionary > use
5 Grund

m; -(e)s, Gründe

1. nur Sg.; (Boden) ground; (Grundbesitz) land, property; (Bauplatz) plot, Am. lot; Grund und Boden land, property

2. nur Sg.; von Gewässern, Gefäßen etc.: bottom; lit. eines Tales: floor; auf Grund geraten oder laufen run aground; in den Grund bohren geh. send to the bottom; den Grund unter den Füßen verlieren auch fig. get out of one’s depth; ich habe keinen Grund mehr I can’t touch the bottom, I’m out of my depth; ein Glas bis auf den Grund leeren geh. drain a glass (to the dregs)

3. nur Sg.; ARCHIT. (Fundament) foundations Pl.

4. nur Sg.; (Hintergrund) background; (Grundierung) priming (coat); grün auf gelbem Grund green on a yellow ground

5. nur Sg.; fig.: den Grund legen für oder zu lay the foundations of ( oder for); einer Sache auf den Grund gehen get to the bottom of s.th.; im Grunde seines Herzens at (the bottom of his) heart; von Grund aus oder auf completely,... through and through; im Grunde ( genommen) basically, (eigentlich) really; in Grund und Boden reden, spielen: into the ground; verdammen: outright; blamieren: utterly; schießen, stampfen: to pieces; ich habe mich in Grund und Boden geschämt I wished the earth would open up and swallow me

6. (Vernunftgrund) reason (zu + Inf. to + Inf., for + Ger.); (Ursache, Anlass) auch cause ( für of); (Beweggrund) motive; (Argument) argument; Gründe für und wider arguments for and against, the pros and cons; Gründe anführen state one’s case ( für for); aus gesundheitlichen / familiären Gründen for health / family reasons; aus diesem Grund that’s ( oder that was) why, for this reason; aus welchem Grund? why?; aus dem einfachen Grund, weil oder dass... for the simple reason that...; mit ( gutem) Grund with good reason; ohne jeden Grund for no apparent reason; nicht ohne Grund not without reason; ein Grund mehr zu (+ Inf.) all the more reason to (+ Inf.) ich habe meine Gründe dafür I have my reasons; es hat schon seine Gründe he knows etc. what he’s etc. doing; ( allen oder jeden) / keinen Grund haben zu (+ Inf.) have (every) / no reason ( oder cause) to (+ Inf.) es besteht (kein / nicht der geringste) Grund zu der Annahme, dass... there is (no / not the slightest) reason to suppose that...; kein Grund zur Besorgnis no need to get worried, there’s no cause for concern

7. auf Grund, zu Grunde aufgrund, zugrunde

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der Grund

(Bodenebene) bottom;

(Erdboden) ground;

(Ursache) cause; reason

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Grụnd [grʊnt]
m -(e)s, ordm;e

1) ['grʏndə]
no pl (= Erdboden) ground; (old, dial = Erdreich) soil, ground
Grund und Boden — land

in Grund und Boden (fig, sich blamieren, schämen) — utterly; verdammen outright

jdn in Grund und Boden reden — not to leave sb a leg to stand on, to shoot sb's arguments to pieces

bis auf den Grund zerstören/abtragen — to raze to the ground

2) (Aus) (= Bauplatz) (building) plot; (= Grundstück) grounds pl, land no indef art, no pl

3) no pl (ESP ART) ground; (HER) field

4) no pl (von Gefäßen, Becken etc) bottom; (= Meeresgrund) (sea)bed; (liter = Talgrund) bottom of the/a valley

Grund suchen (im Wasser) — to look for a foothold, to try to find the bottom

auf Grund stoßen (Naut) — to ( run to) ground

ein Schiff auf Grund setzen — to scuttle a ship

das Glas/den Becher bis auf den Grund leeren — to drain the glass/tumbler

5) no pl lit, fig = Fundament) foundation(s pl); (= das Innerste) depths pl

von Grund auf or aus — entirely, completely

etw von Grund auf ändern — to change sth fundamentally or from top to bottom

von Grund auf neu gebaut/geplant — rebuilt/re-planned from scratch

ein von Grund auf aufrechter Mensch — a thoroughly honest fellow

den Grund zu etw legen (lit, fig) — to lay the foundations of or for sth

auf den Grund gehen (fig) — to get to the bottom of sth

im Grunde seines Herzens — in one's heart of hearts

im Grunde ( genommen) — basically, fundamentally

6) (= Ursache, Veranlassung, Ausrede) reason; (= Beweggrund) grounds pl, reason

aus gesundheitlichen etc Gründen — for health etc reasons, on health etc grounds

aus dem einfachen Grunde, dass... — for the simple reason that...

ohne Grund — without reason

auf Grund or aufgrund von Zeugenaussagen — on the basis or strength of the witnesses' testimonies

auf Grund or aufgrund einer Verwechslung/seiner Eifersucht — owing to or because of a mistake/his jealousy

ich habe Grund zu der Annahme, dass... — I have reason to believe or grounds for believing that...

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons, arguments for and against

einen Grund zum Feiern haben — to have good cause for (a) celebration

du hast keinen Grund zum Klagen — you have no cause to complain or for complaint

die Gründe für und wider — the cases for and against

jdm Grund (zu etw) geben — to give sb good reason or cause (for sth)

jdm allen Grund geben, etw zu glauben — to give sb every reason to believe etc sth

aus diesem Grund — for this reason

aus guten Gründen, mit gutem Grund — with good reason

aus welchem Grund(e)? — for what reason?

aus Gründen — for reasons of

See:

= zugrunde

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der

1) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) cause

2) (to be the cause of (usually something bad): Who's at the bottom of these rumours?) be at the bottom of

3) (good reasons: Have you any grounds for calling him a liar?) grounds

4) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) need

5) (something which makes something happen, describes why it happened, should happen or is going to happen etc: What is the reason for this noise?; What is your reason for going to London?; The reason (why) I am going is that I want to.) reason

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Grund

<-[e]s, Gründe>

[ˈgrʊnt, pl ˈgrʏndə]

m

1. (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason, cause; (Beweggrund, Motiv a.) grounds pl

jede Naturkatastrophe hat einen \Grund every natural disaster has a cause

der \Grund für das schlechte Wetter ist ein Tiefdruckgebiet the reason for [or cause of] the bad weather is an area of low pressure

der \Grund für den Mord war Eifersucht the motive for the murder was jealousy

eigentlich besteht kein \Grund zur Klage there is no [real] cause for complaint

du hast keinen \Grund, dich zu beklagen you've no reason to complain

ich habe meine Gründe dafür I have my reasons for this

allen [o sehr wohl] \Grund zu etw dat haben to have every [or very good] reason [or good cause] to do sth

ohne Angabe von Gründen without giving [any] reasons

Gründe für etw anführen to give reason for sth

\Grund zu der Annahme haben, dass... to have reason to believe [or grounds for believing] that...

auf \Grund einer S. gen owing to [or because of] sth

auf \Grund von Zeugenaussagen on the basis [or strength] of the witnesses' testimonies

aus diesem \Grund[e]... for this reason...

aus Gründen der Diplomatie for reasons of diplomacy

aus dem einfachen \Grund, weil... for the simple reason that...

aus finanziellen Gründen for financial reasons

aus gesundheitlichen Gründen for reasons of health, on health grounds

aus gutem \Grund with good reason

aus unerfindlichen Gründen for some obscure reason

aus welchem \Grund[e]...? for what reason...?

berechtigten/guten/keinen/nicht den geringsten \Grund haben, etw zu tun to have a legitimate/good/no/not the slightest reason for doing sth

du hast wirklich keinen \Grund, dich ihm gegenüber so ablehnend zu verhalten you have no real cause to be so stand-offish towards him

jdm \Grund [zu etw dat] geben to give sb reason [or cause] [to do sth]

Gründe und Gegengründe pros and cons

ohne [jeden] \Grund without reason

zwingende Gründe JUR compelling reasons

2. kein pl (Boden eines Gewässers) bed, bottom

am \Grunde des Sees on the seabed, at the bottom of the sea

ich habe keinen \Grund mehr unter den Füßen I can't touch the bottom [or feel the bottom under my feet] any longer

ein felsiger/steiniger \Grund a rocky/stony bottom

auf \Grund laufen [o geraten] NAUT to run aground

ein Schiff auf \Grund setzen NAUT to scuttle a ship

auf den \Grund sinken to sink to the bottom

3. kein pl (Gefäßboden) bottom

sich akk auf dem \Grund des Glases absetzen to settle to the bottom of the glass

etw bis auf den \Grund auspumpen/austrinken/leeren to pump sth out/drain/empty sth completely

4. kein pl (Untergrund) background

ein weißes Kreuz auf rotem \Grund a white cross on a red background

5. kein pl (Erdoberfläche) ground

etw bis auf den \Grund abtragen to raze sth to the ground

6. kein pl (veraltend: Erdreich) soil

für solche Pflanzen muss der \Grund sehr feucht sein the soil must be very moist for plants like these

7. bes ÖSTERR (Grundbesitz) land; (Bauplatz) plot [of land]

\Grund erwerben to acquire land

den \Grund bewirtschaften to cultivate [or work] the land

\Grund und Boden land

8. (veraltend geh: kleines Tal) valley

9.

▶ auf \Grund von etw dat [o einer S. gen] on the strength [or basis] of sth

▶ in \Grund und Boden thoroughly

du solltest dich in \Grund und Boden schämen! you should be thoroughly [or completely] ashamed of yourself

▶ jdn in \Grund und Boden reden to shoot sb's arguments to pieces fam

▶ etw dat auf den \Grund gehen [o kommen] to get to the bottom of sth

▶ im \Grunde jds Herzens (geh) in one's heart of hearts

▶ im \Grunde [genommen] basically

▶ den \Grund zu etw dat legen to lay the foundations pl of [or for] sth

▶ von \Grund auf [o aus] completely

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der; Grund[e]s, Gründe

1) (Erdoberfläche) ground

etwas bis auf den Grund abreißen — raze something to the ground

sich in Grund und Boden schämen — be utterly ashamed

2) o. Pl. (eines Gewässers, geh.): (eines Gefäßes) bottom

auf Grund laufen — run aground

im Grunde seines Herzens/seiner Seele — (fig. geh.) at heart or deep down/in his innermost soul

der Sache (Dat.) auf den Grund gehen/kommen — get to the bottom or root of the matter

im Grunde [genommen] — basically

3) (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason; (BewegGrund) grounds pl.; reason

[k]einen Grund zum Feiern/Klagen haben — have [no] cause for [a] celebration/to complain or for complaint

aus dem einfachen Grund, weil... — (ugs.) for the simple reason that...

ohne ersichtlichen Grund — for no obvious or apparent reason

4)

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons; arguments for and against

5) (Land) land

Grund und Boden — land

6)

auf Grund — s. aufgrund

7)

zu Grunde — s. zugrunde

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Grund m; -(e)s, Gründe

1. nur sg; (Boden) ground; (Grundbesitz) land, property; (Bauplatz) plot, US lot;

Grund und Boden land, property

2. nur sg; von Gewässern, Gefäßen etc: bottom; liter eines Tales: floor;

auf Grund geraten oder

laufen run aground;

in den Grund bohren geh send to the bottom;

den Grund unter den Füßen verlieren auch fig get out of one’s depth;

ich habe keinen Grund mehr I can’t touch the bottom, I’m out of my depth;

ein Glas bis auf den Grund leeren geh drain a glass (to the dregs)

3. nur sg; ARCH (Fundament) foundations pl

4. nur sg; (Hintergrund) background; (Grundierung) priming (coat);

grün auf gelbem Grund green on a yellow ground

5. nur sg; fig:

den Grund legen für oder

zu lay the foundations of ( oder for);

einer Sache auf den Grund gehen get to the bottom of sth;

im Grunde seines Herzens at (the bottom of his) heart;

von Grund aus oder

auf completely, … through and through;

im Grunde (genommen) basically, (eigentlich) really;

in Grund und Boden reden, spielen: into the ground; verdammen: outright; blamieren: utterly; schießen, stampfen: to pieces;

ich habe mich in Grund und Boden geschämt I wished the earth would open up and swallow me

6. (Vernunftgrund) reason (

zu +inf to +inf, for +ger); (Ursache, Anlass) auch cause (

für of); (Beweggrund) motive; (Argument) argument;

Gründe für und wider arguments for and against, the pros and cons;

Gründe anführen state one’s case (

für for);

aus gesundheitlichen/familiären Gründen for health/family reasons;

aus diesem Grund that’s ( oder that was) why, for this reason;

aus welchem Grund? why?;

aus dem einfachen Grund, weil oder

dass … for the simple reason that …;

mit (gutem) Grund with good reason;

ohne jeden Grund for no apparent reason;

nicht ohne Grund not without reason;

ein Grund mehr zu (+inf) all the more reason to (+inf)

ich habe meine Gründe dafür I have my reasons;

es hat schon seine Gründe he knows etc what he’s etc doing;

(

allen oder

jeden)

/keinen Grund haben zu (+inf) have (every)/no reason ( oder cause) to (+inf)

es besteht (kein/nicht der geringste) Grund zu der Annahme, dass … there is (no/not the slightest) reason to suppose that …;

kein Grund zur Besorgnis no need to get worried, there’s no cause for concern

7.

auf Grund, zu Grunde → aufgrund, zugrunde

Grund… im subst (grundlegend) basic …

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der; Grund[e]s, Gründe

1) (Erdoberfläche) ground

etwas bis auf den Grund abreißen — raze something to the ground

sich in Grund und Boden schämen — be utterly ashamed

2) o. Pl. (eines Gewässers, geh.): (eines Gefäßes) bottom

auf Grund laufen — run aground

im Grunde seines Herzens/seiner Seele — (fig. geh.) at heart or deep down/in his innermost soul

der Sache (Dat.) auf den Grund gehen/kommen — get to the bottom or root of the matter

im Grunde [genommen] — basically

3) (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason; (BewegGrund) grounds pl.; reason

[k]einen Grund zum Feiern/Klagen haben — have [no] cause for [a] celebration/to complain or for complaint

aus dem einfachen Grund, weil... — (ugs.) for the simple reason that...

ohne ersichtlichen Grund — for no obvious or apparent reason

4)

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons; arguments for and against

5) (Land) land

Grund und Boden — land

6)

auf Grund — s. aufgrund

7)

zu Grunde — s. zugrunde

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¨-e m.

base n.

bottom n.

cause n.

causing n.

ground n.

master n.

matter n.

reason n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Grund
6 grund

m; -(e)s, Gründe

1. nur Sg.; (Boden) ground; (Grundbesitz) land, property; (Bauplatz) plot, Am. lot; Grund und Boden land, property

2. nur Sg.; von Gewässern, Gefäßen etc.: bottom; lit. eines Tales: floor; auf Grund geraten oder laufen run aground; in den Grund bohren geh. send to the bottom; den Grund unter den Füßen verlieren auch fig. get out of one’s depth; ich habe keinen Grund mehr I can’t touch the bottom, I’m out of my depth; ein Glas bis auf den Grund leeren geh. drain a glass (to the dregs)

3. nur Sg.; ARCHIT. (Fundament) foundations Pl.

4. nur Sg.; (Hintergrund) background; (Grundierung) priming (coat); grün auf gelbem Grund green on a yellow ground

5. nur Sg.; fig.: den Grund legen für oder zu lay the foundations of ( oder for); einer Sache auf den Grund gehen get to the bottom of s.th.; im Grunde seines Herzens at (the bottom of his) heart; von Grund aus oder auf completely,... through and through; im Grunde ( genommen) basically, (eigentlich) really; in Grund und Boden reden, spielen: into the ground; verdammen: outright; blamieren: utterly; schießen, stampfen: to pieces; ich habe mich in Grund und Boden geschämt I wished the earth would open up and swallow me

6. (Vernunftgrund) reason (zu + Inf. to + Inf., for + Ger.); (Ursache, Anlass) auch cause ( für of); (Beweggrund) motive; (Argument) argument; Gründe für und wider arguments for and against, the pros and cons; Gründe anführen state one’s case ( für for); aus gesundheitlichen / familiären Gründen for health / family reasons; aus diesem Grund that’s ( oder that was) why, for this reason; aus welchem Grund? why?; aus dem einfachen Grund, weil oder dass... for the simple reason that...; mit ( gutem) Grund with good reason; ohne jeden Grund for no apparent reason; nicht ohne Grund not without reason; ein Grund mehr zu (+ Inf.) all the more reason to (+ Inf.) ich habe meine Gründe dafür I have my reasons; es hat schon seine Gründe he knows etc. what he’s etc. doing; ( allen oder jeden) / keinen Grund haben zu (+ Inf.) have (every) / no reason ( oder cause) to (+ Inf.) es besteht (kein / nicht der geringste) Grund zu der Annahme, dass... there is (no / not the slightest) reason to suppose that...; kein Grund zur Besorgnis no need to get worried, there’s no cause for concern

7. auf Grund, zu Grunde aufgrund, zugrunde

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der Grund

(Bodenebene) bottom;

(Erdboden) ground;

(Ursache) cause; reason

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Grụnd [grʊnt]
m -(e)s, ordm;e

1) ['grʏndə]
no pl (= Erdboden) ground; (old, dial = Erdreich) soil, ground
Grund und Boden — land

in Grund und Boden (fig, sich blamieren, schämen) — utterly; verdammen outright

jdn in Grund und Boden reden — not to leave sb a leg to stand on, to shoot sb's arguments to pieces

bis auf den Grund zerstören/abtragen — to raze to the ground

2) (Aus) (= Bauplatz) (building) plot; (= Grundstück) grounds pl, land no indef art, no pl

3) no pl (ESP ART) ground; (HER) field

4) no pl (von Gefäßen, Becken etc) bottom; (= Meeresgrund) (sea)bed; (liter = Talgrund) bottom of the/a valley

Grund suchen (im Wasser) — to look for a foothold, to try to find the bottom

auf Grund stoßen (Naut) — to ( run to) ground

ein Schiff auf Grund setzen — to scuttle a ship

das Glas/den Becher bis auf den Grund leeren — to drain the glass/tumbler

5) no pl lit, fig = Fundament) foundation(s pl); (= das Innerste) depths pl

von Grund auf or aus — entirely, completely

etw von Grund auf ändern — to change sth fundamentally or from top to bottom

von Grund auf neu gebaut/geplant — rebuilt/re-planned from scratch

ein von Grund auf aufrechter Mensch — a thoroughly honest fellow

den Grund zu etw legen (lit, fig) — to lay the foundations of or for sth

auf den Grund gehen (fig) — to get to the bottom of sth

im Grunde seines Herzens — in one's heart of hearts

im Grunde ( genommen) — basically, fundamentally

6) (= Ursache, Veranlassung, Ausrede) reason; (= Beweggrund) grounds pl, reason

aus gesundheitlichen etc Gründen — for health etc reasons, on health etc grounds

aus dem einfachen Grunde, dass... — for the simple reason that...

ohne Grund — without reason

auf Grund or aufgrund von Zeugenaussagen — on the basis or strength of the witnesses' testimonies

auf Grund or aufgrund einer Verwechslung/seiner Eifersucht — owing to or because of a mistake/his jealousy

ich habe Grund zu der Annahme, dass... — I have reason to believe or grounds for believing that...

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons, arguments for and against

einen Grund zum Feiern haben — to have good cause for (a) celebration

du hast keinen Grund zum Klagen — you have no cause to complain or for complaint

die Gründe für und wider — the cases for and against

jdm Grund (zu etw) geben — to give sb good reason or cause (for sth)

jdm allen Grund geben, etw zu glauben — to give sb every reason to believe etc sth

aus diesem Grund — for this reason

aus guten Gründen, mit gutem Grund — with good reason

aus welchem Grund(e)? — for what reason?

aus Gründen — for reasons of

See:

= zugrunde

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der

1) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) cause

2) (to be the cause of (usually something bad): Who's at the bottom of these rumours?) be at the bottom of

3) (good reasons: Have you any grounds for calling him a liar?) grounds

4) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) need

5) (something which makes something happen, describes why it happened, should happen or is going to happen etc: What is the reason for this noise?; What is your reason for going to London?; The reason (why) I am going is that I want to.) reason

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Grund

<-[e]s, Gründe>

[ˈgrʊnt, pl ˈgrʏndə]

m

1. (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason, cause; (Beweggrund, Motiv a.) grounds pl

jede Naturkatastrophe hat einen \Grund every natural disaster has a cause

der \Grund für das schlechte Wetter ist ein Tiefdruckgebiet the reason for [or cause of] the bad weather is an area of low pressure

der \Grund für den Mord war Eifersucht the motive for the murder was jealousy

eigentlich besteht kein \Grund zur Klage there is no [real] cause for complaint

du hast keinen \Grund, dich zu beklagen you've no reason to complain

ich habe meine Gründe dafür I have my reasons for this

allen [o sehr wohl] \Grund zu etw dat haben to have every [or very good] reason [or good cause] to do sth

ohne Angabe von Gründen without giving [any] reasons

Gründe für etw anführen to give reason for sth

\Grund zu der Annahme haben, dass... to have reason to believe [or grounds for believing] that...

auf \Grund einer S. gen owing to [or because of] sth

auf \Grund von Zeugenaussagen on the basis [or strength] of the witnesses' testimonies

aus diesem \Grund[e]... for this reason...

aus Gründen der Diplomatie for reasons of diplomacy

aus dem einfachen \Grund, weil... for the simple reason that...

aus finanziellen Gründen for financial reasons

aus gesundheitlichen Gründen for reasons of health, on health grounds

aus gutem \Grund with good reason

aus unerfindlichen Gründen for some obscure reason

aus welchem \Grund[e]...? for what reason...?

berechtigten/guten/keinen/nicht den geringsten \Grund haben, etw zu tun to have a legitimate/good/no/not the slightest reason for doing sth

du hast wirklich keinen \Grund, dich ihm gegenüber so ablehnend zu verhalten you have no real cause to be so stand-offish towards him

jdm \Grund [zu etw dat] geben to give sb reason [or cause] [to do sth]

Gründe und Gegengründe pros and cons

ohne [jeden] \Grund without reason

zwingende Gründe JUR compelling reasons

2. kein pl (Boden eines Gewässers) bed, bottom

am \Grunde des Sees on the seabed, at the bottom of the sea

ich habe keinen \Grund mehr unter den Füßen I can't touch the bottom [or feel the bottom under my feet] any longer

ein felsiger/steiniger \Grund a rocky/stony bottom

auf \Grund laufen [o geraten] NAUT to run aground

ein Schiff auf \Grund setzen NAUT to scuttle a ship

auf den \Grund sinken to sink to the bottom

3. kein pl (Gefäßboden) bottom

sich akk auf dem \Grund des Glases absetzen to settle to the bottom of the glass

etw bis auf den \Grund auspumpen/austrinken/leeren to pump sth out/drain/empty sth completely

4. kein pl (Untergrund) background

ein weißes Kreuz auf rotem \Grund a white cross on a red background

5. kein pl (Erdoberfläche) ground

etw bis auf den \Grund abtragen to raze sth to the ground

6. kein pl (veraltend: Erdreich) soil

für solche Pflanzen muss der \Grund sehr feucht sein the soil must be very moist for plants like these

7. bes ÖSTERR (Grundbesitz) land; (Bauplatz) plot [of land]

\Grund erwerben to acquire land

den \Grund bewirtschaften to cultivate [or work] the land

\Grund und Boden land

8. (veraltend geh: kleines Tal) valley

9.

▶ auf \Grund von etw dat [o einer S. gen] on the strength [or basis] of sth

▶ in \Grund und Boden thoroughly

du solltest dich in \Grund und Boden schämen! you should be thoroughly [or completely] ashamed of yourself

▶ jdn in \Grund und Boden reden to shoot sb's arguments to pieces fam

▶ etw dat auf den \Grund gehen [o kommen] to get to the bottom of sth

▶ im \Grunde jds Herzens (geh) in one's heart of hearts

▶ im \Grunde [genommen] basically

▶ den \Grund zu etw dat legen to lay the foundations pl of [or for] sth

▶ von \Grund auf [o aus] completely

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der; Grund[e]s, Gründe

1) (Erdoberfläche) ground

etwas bis auf den Grund abreißen — raze something to the ground

sich in Grund und Boden schämen — be utterly ashamed

2) o. Pl. (eines Gewässers, geh.): (eines Gefäßes) bottom

auf Grund laufen — run aground

im Grunde seines Herzens/seiner Seele — (fig. geh.) at heart or deep down/in his innermost soul

der Sache (Dat.) auf den Grund gehen/kommen — get to the bottom or root of the matter

im Grunde [genommen] — basically

3) (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason; (BewegGrund) grounds pl.; reason

[k]einen Grund zum Feiern/Klagen haben — have [no] cause for [a] celebration/to complain or for complaint

aus dem einfachen Grund, weil... — (ugs.) for the simple reason that...

ohne ersichtlichen Grund — for no obvious or apparent reason

4)

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons; arguments for and against

5) (Land) land

Grund und Boden — land

6)

auf Grund — s. aufgrund

7)

zu Grunde — s. zugrunde

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grund… im adj really …, thoroughly …

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der; Grund[e]s, Gründe

1) (Erdoberfläche) ground

etwas bis auf den Grund abreißen — raze something to the ground

sich in Grund und Boden schämen — be utterly ashamed

2) o. Pl. (eines Gewässers, geh.): (eines Gefäßes) bottom

auf Grund laufen — run aground

im Grunde seines Herzens/seiner Seele — (fig. geh.) at heart or deep down/in his innermost soul

der Sache (Dat.) auf den Grund gehen/kommen — get to the bottom or root of the matter

im Grunde [genommen] — basically

3) (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason; (BewegGrund) grounds pl.; reason

[k]einen Grund zum Feiern/Klagen haben — have [no] cause for [a] celebration/to complain or for complaint

aus dem einfachen Grund, weil... — (ugs.) for the simple reason that...

ohne ersichtlichen Grund — for no obvious or apparent reason

4)

Gründe und Gegengründe — pros and cons; arguments for and against

5) (Land) land

Grund und Boden — land

6)

auf Grund — s. aufgrund

7)

zu Grunde — s. zugrunde

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¨-e m.

base n.

bottom n.

cause n.

causing n.

ground n.

master n.

matter n.

reason n.

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7 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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8 политика

1. politics

2. (линия на поведение) policy, line

вътрешна политика a home/an internal policy

външна политика a foreign policy

мирна политика a peace policy

политика на мирно съвместно съществуване a policy of peaceful co-existence

политика на ненамеса a policy of non-interference/non-intervention

провеждам политика на силата разг. shake the stick

политика на свободна икономи-ческа конкуренция an open-door policy

политика от позиция на силата a policy from the position of strength

политика на бездействие a policy of inaction/drift

политика на изчакване a wait-and-see policy

предпазлива политика a safety-first policy

отдавам се на политика go into politics

бистря политиката talk/discuss/jaw politics

правя политика на някого play up to s.o.; fawn upon s.o., curry s.o.'s favour

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политѝка,

ж., само ед.

1. politics;

2. ( линия на поведение) policyline; валутна \политика monetary policy; водя умерена \политика steer a middle course; външна \политика foreign policy; вътрешна \политика home/internal policy; отдавам се на \политика go into politics; \политика на бездействие policy of inaction/drift; \политика на изчакване wait-and-see policy; \политика на мирно съвместно съществуване policy of peaceful co-existence; \политика на ненамеса policy of non-interference/non-intervention; \политика на свободна икономическа конкуренция open-door policy; \политика на силата gunboat diplomacy; предпазлива \политика safety-first policy; провеждам \политика на силата разг. shake the stick; • бистря \политиката talk/discuss/jaw politics; правя \политика на някого play up to s.o.; fawn upon s.o., curry s.o.’s favour.

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1. (линия на поведение) policy, line 2. politics 3. ПОЛИТИКА oт позиция на силата a policy from the position of strength 4. ПОЛИТИКА на бездействие a policy of inaction/drift 5. ПОЛИТИКА на изчакване a wait-and-see policy 6. ПОЛИТИКА на мирно съвместно съществуване a policy of peaceful co-existence 7. ПОЛИТИКА на ненамеса a policy of non-interference/ non-intervention 8. ПОЛИТИКА на свободна икономи-ческа конкуренция an open-door policy 9. бистря ПОЛИТИКАта talk/discuss/jaw politics 10. външна ПОЛИТИКА a foreign policy 11. вътрешна ПОЛИТИКА a home/an internal policy 12. мирна ПОЛИТИКА a peace policy 13. отдавам се на ПОЛИТИКА go into politics 14. правя ПОЛИТИКА на някого play up to s.o.; fawn upon s.o., curry s. o.'s favour 15. предпазлива ПОЛИТИКА a safety-first policy 16. провеждам ПОЛИТИКА на силата разг. shake the stick

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9 policy

̈ɪˈpɔlɪsɪ I сущ.
1) а) политика, линия поведения, установка, курс to adopt, establish, formulate, set a policy ≈ принимать курс, устанавливать политику to adhere to, follow, pursue a policy ≈ следовать политике, держать курс, проводить политику to carry out, implement a policy ≈ проводить политику to form, shape a policy ≈ вырабатывать политику cautious policy ≈ осмотрительная, осторожная политика clear, clear-cut policy ≈ четкий политический курс conciliatory policy ≈ примиренческая политика deliberate policy ≈ обдуманная, взвешенная политика economic policy ≈ экономическая политика established, set policy ≈ установленная политика firm policy ≈ твердая политика flexible policy ≈ гибкая политика foolish policy ≈ недальновидная политика foreign policy ≈ внешняя политика friendly policy ≈ дружественная политика government, public policy ≈ политика правительства long-range, long-term policy ≈ долгосрочная политика military policy ≈ военная политика monetary policy ≈ денежная политика national policy ≈ национальная политика official policy ≈ официальная политика open-door policy ≈ политика открытых дверей personnel policy ≈ кадровая политика prudent policy ≈ разумная, предусмотрительная политика rigid policy ≈ твердая, жесткая политика scorched-earth policy ≈ воен. тактика выжженной земли short-range, short-term policy ≈ краткосрочная политика sound, wise policy ≈ здравая, мудрая политика tough policy ≈ жесткий политический курс, твердая политика wait-and-see policy ≈ политика выжидания It is our established policy to treat everyone fairly. ≈ У нас принято со всеми обращаться справедливо. It is company policy that all workers be/should be paid according to the same criteria. ≈ Политика компании состоит в том, чтобы все сотрудники получали зарплату на общих основаниях. bridge-building policy ≈ политика наведения мостов б) искусство управлять Syn: statecraft, diplomacy
2) благоразумие, политичность;
ловкость, хитрость In this case he was actuated by policy rather than by sentiment. ≈ На этот раз он руководствовался благоразумием, а не чувствами. Syn: prudence, sense
3) шотланд. парк (вокруг усадьбы) II сущ.
1) страховой полис to take out a policy ≈ получать страховой полис to issue, write up a policy ≈ выдавать, выписывать страховой полис to reinstate a policy ≈ восстанавливать страховой полис to cancel a policy ≈ аннулировать страховой полис endowment policy homeowner's policy insurance policy lifetime policy term policy
2) а) амер. род азартной игры, лотерея( построенная по принципу угадывания чисел) б) число, комбинация чисел (в азартной игре) Syn: number политика - home /internal, domestic/ * внутренняя политика - foreign * внешняя политика - long-range * долгосрочная политика - wait-and-see * выжидательная политика - give-and-take * политика взаимных уступок - kid-glove * умеренная /осторожная/ политика - big stick * (американизм) политика "большой дубинки" - ostrich * политика, основанная на самообмане - laissez-faire * политика (государственного) невмешательства (в экономику) - open-door * политика открытых дверей - procrastination * политика проволочек - "scorched-earth" * политика /тактика/ выжженной земли - carrot and stick * политика кнута и пряника - position-of-strength * политика (с позиции) силы - * of neutrality политика нейтралитета - * of pin-pricks политика булавочных уколов - brink-of-war *, * of brinkmanship( американизм) политика балансирования на грани войны - for reasons of * по политическим соображениям - to follow /to pursue, to conduct, to carry out/ a * проводить политику политика, линия поведения, курс;
установка;
стратегия - * authority директивный орган - their * is to satisfy the customers их цель - удовлетворить клиентов - honesty is the best * честность - лучшая политика - it is a poor * to promise more than you can do плохо обещать больше, чем можешь сделать система;
методика;
правила - all-in and all-out * (сельскохозяйственное) система использования( птичника) с однократным заполнением и последующей однократной реализацией птицы - feeding * (сельскохозяйственное) система кормления - first-in-first-out * очередность обслуживания в порядке поступления политичность, благоразумие - the * of such a course is doubtful разумность подобного курса сомнительна хитрость, ловкость проницательность;
дальновидность;
практичность;
предусмотрительность - he was actuated by * rather than sentiment он больше руководствовался практическими соображениями, нежели чувствами часто pl (шотландское) парк (при усадьбе или поместье) (редкое) правление;
правительство страховой полис - open * невалютированный полис - floating /running/ * генеральный полис - life (insurance) * полис страхования жизни - to issue /to draw up, to make out/ a * оформить полис( американизм) род азартной игры (в числа) - * shop место, где делаются ставки в этой игре accounting ~ общие принципы отражения хозяйственных операций в учете accounting ~ учетная политика adjustment ~ политика направленая на обеспечение трудоустройства (лиц, теряющих работу в результате структурных изменений в экономике) agricultural ~ аграрная политика alcohol ~ алкогольная политика (акциз, разрешение или запрещение производства, торговли и т. п.) all-in ~ универсальный страховой полис annuity insurance ~ договор страхования ренты antiinflationary ~ полит.эк. антиинфляционная политика austerity ~ полит.эк. политика строгой экономии banker ~ банковский страховой полис banking ~ политика банка bearer ~ полис на предъявителя blanket ~ генеральный полис blanket ~ полис, покрывающий все страховые случаи block ~ постоянный полис borrowing ~ кредитная политика capital contribution ~ полис страхования капиталов capital insurance ~ полис страхования капитала cargo ~ фрахтовый полис cheap money ~ политика низких процентных ставок coalition ~ политика сотрудничества collective bargaining ~ правила ведения переговоров о заключении коллективного договора commercial ~ торговая политика compensatory fiscal ~ компенсационная финансовая политика comprehensive household ~ полис комбинированного страхования квартиры и имущества comprehensive ~ полис комбинированного страхования consolidation ~ политика слияния consumer ~ политика в области защиты потребителей consumer ~ потребительская политика contractionary fiscal ~ жесткая финансово-кредитная политика contractionary fiscal ~ жесткая фискальная политика conversion ~ полис, предусматривающий возможность изменения страховой ответственности credible ~ политика, заслуживающая доверия credit ~ кредитная политика criminal ~ уголовная полиция currency ~ валютная политика data ~ политика в области информационной технологии dear-money ~ ограничение кредита путем повышения процентных ставок declaration ~ генеральный страховой полис development ~ политика развития (политический курс направленный на преимущественное развитие тех или иных областей) discount rate ~ политика регулирования учетных ставок discretionary fiscal ~ дискреционная финансовая политика dividend ~ дивидендная политика domestic ~ внутреняя политика easy monetary ~ политика "дешевых" денег easy money ~ политика "дешевых" денег economic ~ экономическая политика educational ~ политика в области образования employment ~ политика обеспечения занятости endowment ~ страхование на дожитие до определенного возраста environmental ~ экологическая политика exchange ~ валютная политика expansionary fiscal ~ экспансионистская финансово-бюджетная политика expansionary fiscal ~ экспансионистская фискальная политика expansionist monetary ~ экспансионистская денежно-кредитная политика external monetary ~ внешняя кредитно-денежная политика fidelity ~ полис страхования от финансовых потерь, связанных со злоупотреблениями служащих компании financial ~ финансовая политика fiscal ~ финансовая политика fiscal ~ финансово-бюджетная политика fiscal ~ фискальная политика fisheries ~ политика в области рыболовства fleet ~ морской полис floating ~ генеральный или постоянный полис floating ~ генеральный полис for reasons of ~ по политическим соображениям;
tough policy твердая политика foreign exchange ~ валютная политика foreign trade ~ политика в области внешней торговли free ~ бесплатный полис global ~ глобальный страховой полис grant a ~ выдавать страховой полис group ~ групповой полис growth ~ стратегия развития householder's comprehensive ~ страх. полис страхования нескольких видов домашнего имущества по одному договору hull ~ мор. страх. полис страхования корпуса судна immigrant ~ иммиграционная политика income distribution ~ политика распределения доходов incomes ~ политика в области контроля доходов index-linked ~ индексированный страховой полис individual ~ личный страховой полис industrial development ~ политика индустриального развития industrial ~ промышленная политика innovation ~ политика перемен insurance ~ договор страхования insurance ~ страховой полис insurance ~ amount сумма страхового полиса insurance ~ number номер страхового полиса interest rate ~ политика в области ставок процента internal ~ внутренняя политика inventory ~ политика управления запасами investment ~ инвестиционная политика isolation ~ политика изоляции issue a ~ выдавать страховой полис joint lives ~ полис совместного страхования жизни joint lives ~ полис страхования жизни двух или более лиц labour market ~ политика рынка труда laissez-faire ~ политика невмешательства государства в экономику laissez-faire ~ политика свободного предпринимательства land use ~ политика землепользования lapsed ~ полис, действие которого прекращено досрочно last survivor ~ полис лица, дожившего до определенного возраста legal ~ правовая политика lending ~ кредитная политика liberal trade ~ политика свободной торговли life annuity ~ полис пожизненной ренты life ~ полис страхования жизни liquidity ~ политика ликвидности loan against ~ ссуда под полис loan ~ кредитная политика loss ~ полис страхования от потерь management ~ политика руководства manpower ~ кадровая политика marine insurance ~ полис морского страхования marine ~ полис морского страхования marketing ~ политика в области сбыта marketing ~ стратегия в области сбыта master ~ групповой полис migration policies политика в вопросах миграции рабочей силы mixed ~ смешанный полис moderate ~ осторожная политика monetary ~ валютная политика monetary ~ денежно-кредитная политика monetary ~ монетарная политика mortgage protection ~ полис страхования погашения ипотечной задолженности national ~ государственная политика neutrality ~ политика нейтралитета nonalignment ~ политика неприсоединения obstructive ~ обструкционная политика omnium ~ страховой полис на общую сумму open ~ невалютированный полис, полис без указания стоимости предмета страхования open ~ невалютированный полис open ~ нетаксированный полис open-door ~ политика открытых дверей original ~ основной полис paging ~ вчт. алгоритм замещения страниц paid-up ~ оплаченный страховой полис ~ политика;
peace policy политика мира, мирная политика personal accident ~ полис личного страхования от несчастного случая personal accident ~ полис персонального страхования от несчастного случая personnel ~ кадровая политика policy вчт. алгоритм распределения ресурса ~ благоразумие, политичность;
хитрость, ловкость ~ курс ~ линия поведения ~ методика ~ шотл. парк (вокруг усадьбы) ~ поведение ~ полис (страховой) ~ политика, линия поведения, установка, курс ~ политика;
peace policy политика мира, мирная политика ~ политика ~ правила ~ амер. род азартной игры ~ вчт. стратегия ~ стратегия ~ страховой полис ~ страховой полис ~ of compromise политика компромиссов ~ of court судебная практика ~ of fiscal and monetary restraints политика финансовых и денежно-кредитных ограничений ~ of law правовая политика ~ of low interest rates политика низких процентных ставок ~ of violence политика насилия premium ~ полис с уплатой страховых взносов price ~ ценовая политика prices ~ политика цен pricing ~ политика ценообразования public ~ государственная политика reallotment ~ политика перераздела земли reform ~ политика реформ refugee ~ эмиграционная политика regional ~ региональная политика restrictive monetary ~ ограничительная денежно-кредитная политика restrictive monetary ~ ограничительная монетарная политика restrictive ~ политика ограничения restrictive ~ политика сдерживания restrictive trade ~ политика ограничения торговли retrenchment ~ политика экономии savings insurance ~ договор страхования сбережений security ~ вчт. стратегия защиты security ~ стратегия обеспечения безопасности service ~ вчт. стратегия обслуживания short-term economic ~ краткосрочная экономическая политика short-term ~ краткосрочная политика single-premium life ~ полис страхования жизни с единовременным страховым взносом single-premium ~ полис с единовременным страховым взносом social development ~ политика социального развития social ~ социальная политика solidary pay ~ политика платежей с солидарной ответственностью stabilization ~ политика стабилизации stabilization ~ политика стабилизации валюты stabilization ~ политика стабилизации цен stabilization ~ политика стабилизации экономической конъюнктуры stabilization ~ стратегия экономической стабилизации staff ~ кадровая политика stationary ~ вчт. стационарная стратегия structural ~ структурная политика subvention ~ политика в области субсидий supplementary ~ дополнительный полис supply-side ~ политика в области предложения survivorship ~ страховой полис пережившего супруга systematic ~ согласованная политика tax ~ налоговая политика taxation ~ политика налогообложения ticket ~ типовой полис tight money ~ жесткая кредитная политика tight money ~ политика дорогого кредита time ~ полис на срок time ~ срочный полис, полис страхования на срок for reasons of ~ по политическим соображениям;
tough policy твердая политика tough: ~ policy полит. жесткий курс;
a tough problem трудноразрешимая проблема trade ~ торговая политика translation ~ политика в области обменного курса валют turnover ~ полис страхования товарооборота uniform accounting ~ единая методика бухгалтерского учета unvalued ~ невалютированный полис unvalued ~ нетаксированный полис valued ~ валютированный полис valued ~ таксированный полис wage ~ политика в области зарплаты wage ~ политика в области оплаты труда wage restraint ~ политика сдерживания роста заработной платы wager ~ азартный полис whole-life ~ полис пожизненного страхования на случай смерти worldwide ~ глобальная политика worldwide ~ мировая политика youth ~ молодежная политика

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10 Grund

Grund <-[e]s, Gründe> [ʼgrʊnt, pl ʼgrʏndə] m

1) (Ursache, Veranlassung) reason;

jede Naturkatastrophe hat einen \Grund every natural disaster has a cause;

habt ihr denn einen \Grund zum Feiern? have you got [a] cause [or a reason] to celebrate?;

der \Grund des schlechten Wetters ist ein Tiefdruckgebiet the reason for [or cause of] the bad weather is an area of low pressure;

keinen/nicht den geringsten \Grund no/not the slightest reason;

eigentlich besteht kein \Grund zur Klage there is no [real] cause for complaint;

du hast keinen \Grund, dich zu beklagen you have no reason to complain;

jdm \Grund [zu etw dat] geben to give sb reason [or cause] [to do sth];

sehr wohl \Grund zu etw dat haben to have every [or very good] reason [or good cause] to do sth;

ohne \Grund without reason;

ein/kein \Grund zu etw dat [no] reason for sth; (Beweg\Grund, Motiv) grounds pl, reason;

Eifersucht ist schon oft der \Grund für eine Bluttat gewesen jealousy is often the motive for a bloody deed;

\Grund zu der Annahme haben, dass to have reason to believe [or grounds for believing] that;

Gründe und Gegengründe pros and cons;

berechtigten/ guten/ keinen/nicht den geringsten \Grund haben, etw zu tun to have a legitimate/good/no/not the slightest reason for doing sth;

du hast wirklich keinen \Grund, dich ihm gegenüber so ablehnend zu verhalten you have no real cause to be so stand-offish towards him;

aus dem einfachen \Grund, weil for the simple reason that;

aus finanziellen Gründen for financial reasons;

aus gesundheitlichen Gründen for reasons of health, on health grounds;

aus gutem \Grund with good reason;

aus unerfindlichen Gründen for some obscure reason;

sie hat die Gründe für ihre Entscheidung genau dargelegt she has detailed the reasons for her decision;

die Gründe für und wider genau abwägen to closely weigh up the arguments for and against;

aus Gründen einer S. gen for reasons of sth;

aus Gründen der Diplomatie for reasons of diplomacy;

aus diesem \Grund[e] for this reason;

aus welchem \Grund[e] for what reason;

auf \Grund einer S. gen owing to [or because of] sth; s. a. aufgrund

2) kein pl ( Erdboden) ground;

etw bis auf den \Grund abtragen to raze sth to the ground;

ein Schiff auf \Grund setzen to scuttle a ship;

auf \Grund laufen [o geraten] naut to run aground

3) ( DIAL) (Land, Acker) land;

\Grund erwerben to acquire land;

den \Grund bewirtschaften to cultivate [or work] the land;

\Grund und Boden land

4) (veraltend: Erdreich) soil;

für solche Pflanzen muss der \Grund sehr feucht sein the soil must be very moist for plants like these

5) ( Boden eines Gewässers) bed, bottom;

am \Grunde des Sees on the seabed, at the bottom of the sea;

ich habe keinen \Grund mehr unter den Füßen I can't touch the bottom [or feel the bottom under my feet] any longer;

steiniger/felsiger \Grund a stony/rocky bottom;

auf den \Grund sinken to sink to the bottom

6) kein pl (geh: Gefäßboden) bottom;

sich auf dem \Grund des Glases absetzen to settle to the bottom of the glass;

etw bis auf den \Grund auspumpen/ austrinken/ leeren to pump sth out/drain/empty sth completely

7) kein pl (Unter\Grund) background;

ein weißes Kreuz auf rotem \Grund a white cross on a red background

WENDUNGEN:

in \Grund und Boden thoroughly;

du solltest dich in \Grund und Boden schämen! you should be thoroughly [or completely] ashamed of yourself;

jdn in \Grund und Boden reden to shoot sb's arguments to pieces ( fam)

im \Grunde jds Herzens ( geh) in one's heart of hearts;

einer S. dat auf den \Grund gehen [o kommen] to get to the bottom of sth;

den \Grund zu etw dat legen to lay the foundations pl of [or for] sth;

auf \Grund von etw dat [o einer S. gen] on the strength [or basis] of sth;

im \Grunde [genommen] basically;

von \Grund auf [o aus] completely;

( von Anfang an) from scratch

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11 силовой

прил.

1) power

- силовая станция
- силовая установка
- силовое поле
2) спорт involving strength

- силовой прием
- силовые упражнения
3) ( о политике) coercive

силовая дипломатия — coercive diplomacy

силовая операция — a military operation, the use of force

силовая политика — policy/policies of force

силовой подход — coercive approach

Правительство склонно к силовым решениям. — The government seems to prefer coercion/to act coercively.

Syn:

принудительный

Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > силовой

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Diplomacy — For the textual analysis of historic documents, see Diplomatics. For other uses, see Diplomacy (disambiguation). The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. Diplomacy (from… … Wikipedia
Peace through strength — is the doctrine that military strength is a primary or necessary component of peace. It is also the meaning behind the olive branch and live oak branches within the seal of the state of Texas and of the Republic of Texas. This is sometimes taken… … Wikipedia
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… … Universalium

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