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1 плыть по течению
1) General subject: drift, go with the stream, go with the times, resign oneself to the fatality of life, tide, to be adrift, to be on the drift, be adrift, do with the tide, swim with the stream, go with the stream (против течения), follow the crowd, swim with the tide2) Naval: drop down3) Fishery: go down stream4) Graphic expression: go with the flow5) Banking: run with the wind (The Fed’s switch from pro-cyclical to anti-cyclical monetary policy, where it leans into the wind rather than running with it)6) Set phrase: go with the tide -
2 плыть против течения
1) General subject: struggle against the stream, swim against the stream, go against the stream, contend with the tide, go against the grain2) Fishery: go up stream3) Banking: lean into the wind4) Makarov: go against the tide, row against the flood, row against the stream, row against the tide, row against the wind, stem (и т.п.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > плыть против течения
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3 плыть
нсв vi1) передвигаться по или в воде to swim; держаться на поверхности to float; двигаться, куда несёт течение to driftон ме́дленно плыл к бе́регу — he slowly swam towards the shore
посреди́ реки́ плыло бревно́ — there was a log floating in the middle of the river
по не́бу плыла́ луна́ — the moon was sailing across the sky
2) о судне to sail, to goплыть по тече́нию — to go/to drift/to float downstream
— to go with the stream, to swim with the tideплыть про́тив тече́ния — to go upstream
— to go against the stream, to swim against the tide3) ехать по воде to go, to sailплыть на парохо́де — to sail, to go by boat/ship/sea
пять дней мы плыли через Атланти́ческий океа́н — we sailed (across) the Atlantic for five days
- плыть в рукимы плывём уже́ три дня — we've been at sea for three days now
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4 плыть по течению
drift глагол:drift (дрейфовать, плыть по течению, относить ветром, пробивать отверстия, наносить ветром, перемещаться по ветру)словосочетание: -
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КУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТ coll, disapprov VP subj. Invar usu. this WO1. знать, понимать и т. п. \В-71. Also: ОТКУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТsubord clause) (to understand) whose views, opinions etc one should adhere to, which line of behavior is in one's best interests ( usu. of a person who adjusts his opinions and behavior to those of his superiors)X знает, куда (откуда) ветер дует — X knows (sees etc) which way (how, in which direction, from which direction) the wind blows (is blowing)X trims his sails to (before) the wind.Его поддержало несколько Завторангов (попсе word)... которые сразу смекнули, куда дует ветер (Зиновьев 1). Не was supported by a number of Secradeps...who immediately divined which way the wind was blowing (1a).Тридцать седьмой (год) покатил антисемитское колесо быстрее. Сталин в документе ТАСС собственноручно «исправил» фамилию Зиновьева и Каменева, сообщив населению о дореволюционных фамилиях жертв террористического процесса - Радомысльский и Розен фельд. Как оживились... карьеристы, которые уловили, наконец, откуда ветер дует... (Свирский 1). The year 1937 set the anti-Semitic wheel turning faster. In a TASS document Stalin personally "corrected" the names of Zinoviev and Kamenev, telling the population the pre-Revolutionary names of these victims of the process of the terror—Radomyslsky and Rosenfeld. That encouraged...the careerists, who could finally be sure which direction the wind was blowing (1a).2. (идти, смотреть и т. п.) \В-71subord clause or, rare, predic with subj: human (sing or pi)) lacking strong principles or out of selfish motives, to change one's views according to circumstances, prevalent opinions etc: X идет куда ветер дует « X changes (goes, swims, flows) with the tide X is a weathercock (weather vane). -
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• КУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТ coll, disapprov[VPsubj; Invar; usu. this WO]=====1. знать, понимать и т.п. -. Also: ОТКУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТ [subord clause]⇒ (to understand) whose views, opinions etc one should adhere to, which line of behavior is in one's best interests (usu. of a person who adjusts his opinions and behavior to those of his superiors):- X знает, куда (откуда) ветер дует≈ X knows (sees etc) which way <how, in which direction, from which direction> the wind blows < is blowing>;- X trims his sails to (before) the wind.♦ Его поддержало несколько Завторангов [попсе word]... которые сразу смекнули, куда дует ветер (Зиновьев 1). He was supported by a number of Secradeps...who immediately divined which way the wind was blowing (1a).♦ Тридцать седьмой [ год] покатил антисемитское колесо быстрее. Сталин в документе ТАСС собственноручно "исправил" фамилию Зиновьева и Каменева, сообщив населению о дореволюционных фамилиях жертв террористического процесса - Радомысльский и Розен фельд. Как оживились... карьеристы, которые уловили, наконец, откуда ветер дует... (Свирский 1). The year 1937 set the anti-Semitic wheel turning faster. In a TASS document Stalin personally "corrected" the names of Zinoviev and Kamenev, telling the population the pre-Revolutionary names of these victims of the process of the terror - Radomyslsky and Rosenfeld. That encouraged...the careerists, who could finally be sure which direction the wind was blowing (1a).2. (идти, смотреть и т. п.) - [subord clause or, rare, predic with subj: human (sing or pl)]⇒ lacking strong principles or out of selfish motives, to change one's views according to circumstances, prevalent opinions etc:- X is a weathercock (weather vane).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > куда ветер дует
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7 откуда ветер дует
• КУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТ coll, disapprov[VPsubj; Invar; usu. this WO]=====1. знать, понимать и т.п. -. Also: ОТКУДА ВЕТЕР ДУЕТ [subord clause]⇒ (to understand) whose views, opinions etc one should adhere to, which line of behavior is in one's best interests (usu. of a person who adjusts his opinions and behavior to those of his superiors):- X знает, куда (откуда) ветер дует≈ X knows (sees etc) which way <how, in which direction, from which direction> the wind blows < is blowing>;- X trims his sails to (before) the wind.♦ Его поддержало несколько Завторангов [попсе word]... которые сразу смекнули, куда дует ветер (Зиновьев 1). He was supported by a number of Secradeps...who immediately divined which way the wind was blowing (1a).♦ Тридцать седьмой [ год] покатил антисемитское колесо быстрее. Сталин в документе ТАСС собственноручно "исправил" фамилию Зиновьева и Каменева, сообщив населению о дореволюционных фамилиях жертв террористического процесса - Радомысльский и Розен фельд. Как оживились... карьеристы, которые уловили, наконец, откуда ветер дует... (Свирский 1). The year 1937 set the anti-Semitic wheel turning faster. In a TASS document Stalin personally "corrected" the names of Zinoviev and Kamenev, telling the population the pre-Revolutionary names of these victims of the process of the terror - Radomyslsky and Rosenfeld. That encouraged...the careerists, who could finally be sure which direction the wind was blowing (1a).2. (идти, смотреть и т. п.) - [subord clause or, rare, predic with subj: human (sing or pl)]⇒ lacking strong principles or out of selfish motives, to change one's views according to circumstances, prevalent opinions etc:- X is a weathercock (weather vane).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > откуда ветер дует
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8 примкнуть к большинству
General subject: swim with the stream, swim with the tideУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > примкнуть к большинству
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9 примыкать к большинству
General subject: swim with the tideУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > примыкать к большинству
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10 течение
с1) поток воды flow; current, streamплыть по тече́нию — to go/to swim with the current/tide, to go with the flow
плыть про́тив тече́ния — to go/to swim against the current/tide
2) направление trend, tendencyосновны́е тече́ния в литерату́ре — the major trends in literature
3) ход времени courseв тече́ние дня — during the day, in the course of the day
в тече́ние всего́ го́да — throughout the year
в тече́ние мно́гих/до́лгих лет — for years/ages coll
с тече́нием вре́мени — in the course of time, in time
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11 подниматься вверх по реке на приливной волне
1) General subject: tide up further with the floodУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подниматься вверх по реке на приливной волне
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12 сила солому ломит
посл.lit. force can break a straw; cf. there is no arguing with a large fist; might is right; one cannot swim against the tide; what may the mouse <do> against the cat; oaks may fall when reeds stand the stormФилька хмурит брови. Но сила солому ломит, и Филька, не поднимая бровей, поднимает руку: - Есть, час ареста и ещё час ареста. (А. Макаренко, Флаги на башнях) — Filka frowns. But one can't swim against the tide and, though his brows remain bent, his arm comes up in a salute. 'Very good, Comrade Director. One hour's detention plus another hour's detention.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сила солому ломит
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13 прибыль воды
квадратурный прилив, малая вода — neap tide
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > прибыль воды
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14 течение
ср.1) flow; (о времени, событиях и т.п.) courseв течение всего дня — throughout the day, the whole day long
в течение недели — in the course of a week, within a week
в течение — (чего-л.) during
с течением времени — in (the course of) time, with time, after a time, in due course, eventually, as times goes by
2) (ток, струя) current, streamплыть/идти против течения — to go against the stream, to swim against the current тж. перен., to breast the current
плыть по течению — to drift with the current тж. перен.
сильное приливное течение — ( в узких устьях рек) bore
быстрое течение — rapid/swift current
встречное течение — head tide, head current, cross-current
обратное течение — сущ. contraflow
плыть по течению — to go with the stream тж. перен.
постоянное течение — мор. current
3) (направление в искусстве, науке, политике) current, trend, tendency•в течение продолжительного времени — for any length of time, for an appreciable length of time
в течение длительного времени — for long, over a long period (of time)
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ПЛЫТЬ ПО ТЕЧЕНИЮ usu. disapprov VP subj: human fixed WOto live or act as circumstances dictate, passively going along with whatever happensX плывёт по течению = X drifts with the current (the tide).Сдерживал меня в моем «хотении» не Достоевский, а Мандельштам. Он не позволял мне плыть по течению и следовать последней моде жестокого и ничтожного века (Мандельштам 2). The only restraining influence on me came not from Dos-toyevski, but from M(andelstam). It was he who stopped me from drifting with the current and aping the latest fashion of our cruel and tawdry age (2a). -
16 плыть по течению
• ПЛЫТЬ ПО ТЕЧЕНИЮ usu. disapprov[VP; subj: human; fixed WO]=====⇒ to live or act as circumstances dictate, passively going along with whatever happens:♦ Сдерживал меня в моем "хотении" не Достоевский, а Мандельштам. Он не позволял мне плыть по течению и следовать последней моде жестокого и ничтожного века (Мандельштам 2). The only restraining influence on me came not from Dostoyevski, but from M[andelstam]. It was he who stopped me from drifting with the current and aping the latest fashion of our cruel and tawdry age (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плыть по течению
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18 действовать
1) (совершать) to act; (o войсках) to be in action, to operateдействовать, преодолевая сопротивление — to go against the stream / the tide
действовать согласно (чему-л.) — to act in accordance (with smth.)
действовать согласно велению собственной совести — to act in accordance with the dictates of one's own conscience
2) (иметь силу — о законах, соглашениях и т.п.) to be in force, to be valid3) (давать результат, влиять) to have an effect (upon, on), to act (on) -
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ПОВЕРНУТЬ КОЛЕСО ИСТОРИИ ВСПЯТЬ (НАЗАД) lit VP subj: human usu. infin with пытаться, хотеть etc) to (attempt to) halt the natural course of historical development, return to the past: Х-ы пытались повернуть колесо истории вспять - Xs tried to turn back the clock (of history) Xs tried to turn back the hands of time.(author's usage) Да, говорили одни, процессы истории необратимы. Историю не повернёшь вспять, говорили другие (Зиновьев 1). "Yes," some of them said, "the tide of history cannot be turned back." "You can't turn back the clock of history," said others (1a). -
20 повернуть колесо истории вспять
[VP; subj: human; usu. infin with пытаться, хотеть etc]=====⇒ to (attempt to) halt the natural course of historical development, return to the past:- Xs tried to turn back the hands of time.♦ [author's usage] Да, говорили одни, процессы истории необратимы. Историю не повернёшь вспять, говорили другие (Зиновьев 1). "Yes," some of them said, "the tide of history cannot be turned back." "You can't turn back the clock of history," said others (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повернуть колесо истории вспять
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