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extreme [ɪkˊstri:m]1. n1) (обыкн. pl) кра́йняя противополо́жность;extremes meet кра́йности схо́дятся
2) кра́йняя сте́пень, кра́йность;to run to an extreme впада́ть в кра́йность
;to go to extremes идти́ на кра́йние ме́ры
;in the extreme в вы́сшей сте́пени
3) pl мат. кра́йние чле́ны ( пропорции)4) экстри́м (вид спорта, требующий от спортсмена значительной доли риска)2. a1) кра́йний;extreme old age глубо́кая ста́рость
;extreme views кра́йние, экстреми́стские взгля́ды
;extreme youth ра́нняя мо́лодость
;the extreme penalty (of the law) юр. вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния
;extreme reform радика́льная рефо́рма
2) чрезвыча́йный3) после́дний;in one's extreme moments пе́ред сме́ртью
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[ɪksˈtri:m]extreme pl мат. крайние члены (пропорции) extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры extreme последний; in one's extreme moments перед смертью extreme предельный extreme чрезвычайный extreme экстремальный the extreme penalty (of the law) юр. высшая мера наказания extreme reform радикальная реформа extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры extreme последний; in one's extreme moments перед смертью in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры sample extreme крайнее значение выборки smallest extreme нижний предел -
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1. noun1) крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры; in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся2) (pl.) math. крайние члены (пропорции)2. adjective1) крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость; the extreme penalty (of the law) leg. высшая мера наказания; extreme reform радикальная реформа2) чрезвычайный3) последний; in one's extreme moments перед смертьюSyn:farthest* * *1 (a) предельный2 (n) крайность* * *крайний; крайность* * *[ex·treme || ɪk'striːm] n. крайность, крайняя степень, крайняя противоположность adj. крайний, глубокий, последний, чрезвычайный, величайший, чрезмерный, экстремальный, несусветный* * *баснословныйграничныйдалекдалекийдалёкдалёкийдальнийкрайнийнеобычаеннеобычайныйпредельныйчрезвычайныйчуждчуждый* * *1. сущ. 1) а) противоположность б) логика крайние члены силлогизма в) мн.; мат. крайние члены (математической пропорции) 2) высокая степень чего-либо, высшее достижение 3) крайность 2. прил. 1) самый отдаленный 2) а) непомерный б) исключительный 3) устар. последний -
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ɪksˈtri:m
1. сущ.
1) а) противоположность the intermediate space between those extremes ≈ промежуточное пространство между двумя крайностями Extremes meet. ≈ Противоположности сходятся. б) лог. крайние члены силлогизма (субъекты и предикаты, соединяемые общим средним термином) в) мн.;
мат. крайние члены ( математической пропорции)
2) высокая степень чего-либо, высшее достижение He was dressed in the extreme of the English fashion. ≈ Он был одет по последнему слову английской моды.
3) крайность at the other extreme ≈ в другой крайности to run to an extreme ≈ впадать в крайность This would be running into a very absurd extreme. ≈ В таком случае это дойдет просто до абсурда.
2. прил.
1) самый отдаленный, крайний, предельный Syn: last, outermost, utmost, uttermost, farthest
2) а) непомерный, чрезвычайный, чрезмерный He knew that he was in extreme peril. ≈ Он знал, что находился в большой опасности. Syn: extraordinary б) исключительный, особенный The nature of anything is best known from the examination of extreme cases. ≈ Сущность чего бы то ни было познается в исследовании каких-либо особенных случаев. Syn: special
3) уст. последний my extreme hope ≈ моя последняя надежда крайность;
чрезмерность;
крайняя степень - in the * в высшей степени, чрезвычайно - at the * of poverty в ужасающей /страшной/ нищете - to run to an * впадать в крайность - to go to *s удариться в крайности;
прибегать к крайним мерам - I find the task wearisome in the * я считаю эту работу в высшей степени скучной - his enthusiasm was carried to the * его энтузиазм не знал предела обыкн. pl (крайняя) противоположность;
крайности;
диаметрально противоположные предметы или явления - love and hate are *s любовь и ненависть - противоположные чувства - *s meet крайности /противоположности/ сходятся - to go to the other * впадать в другую крайность (математика) экстремум, экстремальное, крайнее значение( математика) крайний член пропорции (логика) крайний термин (больший или меньший в отличие от среднего) крайний, предельный;
самый дальний - the * edge /border/ of a field самый (дальний) край поля - * length наибольшая длина - * range крайний предел, максимум;
наибольшая дальность( полета) (военное) предел досягаемости - * old age глубокая старость - * youth ранняя молодость, юность - the country's * north крайний север страны - at the * end в самом конце крайний, чрезвычайный;
высший - * patience величайшее терпение - * poverty крайняя нищета - * penalty (юридическое) высшая мера наказания - * fashions крайности моды - * cold weather clothing( специальное) полярное обмундирование - to go on an * diet сесть на голодную диету предельный, экстремальный - * conditions предельно тяжелые /экстремальные/ условия работы или испытания крайний, экстремистский - to hold * views придерживаться крайних воззрений, быть экстремистом extreme pl мат. крайние члены (пропорции) ~ крайний;
extreme old age глубокая старость;
extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
extreme youth ранняя молодость ~ крайний;
extreme old age глубокая старость;
extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
extreme youth ранняя молодость ~ крайний ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
to go to extremes идти на крайние меры ~ последний;
in one's extreme moments перед смертью ~ предельный ~ чрезвычайный ~ экстремальный the ~ penalty (of the law) юр. высшая мера наказания ~ reform радикальная реформа ~ крайний;
extreme old age глубокая старость;
extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
extreme youth ранняя молодость ~ крайний;
extreme old age глубокая старость;
extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
extreme youth ранняя молодость in the ~ в высшей степени;
extremes meet крайности сходятся ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
to go to extremes идти на крайние меры ~ последний;
in one's extreme moments перед смертью in the ~ в высшей степени;
extremes meet крайности сходятся ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
to go to extremes идти на крайние меры sample ~ крайнее значение выборки smallest ~ нижний предел -
7 policy
n1) политика; политический курс; стратегия; система; ( towards smth) позиция•to abandon policy — отходить / отказываться от политики
to adhere to policy — придерживаться политики; быть верным какой-л. политике
to administer policy — проводить политику; осуществлять политику
to adopt policy — принимать политику, брать на вооружение политический курс
to back down from policy — отказываться от какой-л. политики
to be at odds with policy — противоречить какой-л. политике
to be committed to one's policy — быть приверженным своей политике
to be wary about smb's policy — настороженно относиться к чьему-л. политическому курсу
to break away from smb's policy — отходить от чьей-л. политики
to camouflage one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to carry out / to carry through policy — проводить политику
to champion policy — защищать / отстаивать политику
to conflict with smb's policy — противоречить чьей-л. политике
to coordinate one's policy over smth — координировать свою политику в каком-л. вопросе
to cover up one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to decide policy — определять политику, принимать политические решения
to develop / to devise policy — разрабатывать политику
to dismantle one's policy — отказываться от своей политики
to dissociate oneself from smb's policy — отмежевываться от чьей-л. политики
to dither about one's policy — колебаться при проведении своей политики
to effect a policy of insurance — страховаться; приобретать страховой полис
to embark on / to embrace policy — принимать какой-л. политический курс
to execute / to exercise policy — проводить политику
to follow policy — следовать политике; проводить политику
to harmonize policy — координировать / согласовывать политику
to justify one's policy — оправдывать свою политику
to lay policy before the electorate for approval — излагать политический курс для его одобрения избирателями
to make clear one's policy — разъяснять свою политику
to overturn policy — отвергать политику, отказываться от какой-л. политики
to proclaim one's commitment to policy — публично обязываться проводить какую-л. политику
to propagate policy — пропагандировать / рекламировать политику
to put across smb's policy to smb — доводить свою политику до кого-л.
to railroad through one's policy — протаскивать свою политику
to reappraise one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reassess one's policy toward a country — пересматривать свою политику по отношению к какой-л. стране
to reconsider one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to relax one's policy towards smb — смягчать свою политику по отношению к кому-л.
to rethink one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reverse one's policy — изменять свою политику
to shape policy — определять / разрабатывать политику
to spearhead one's policy — направлять острие своей политики
to spell out one's policy in advance — заранее излагать свою политику
to stick to a policy — придерживаться какой-л. политики
to thrash out policy — вырабатывать / обсуждать политику
to tone down one's more controversial policy — ограничивать свои менее популярные политические меры
- active policyto validate policy — поддерживать какую-л. политику / политическую линию
- adventurist policy
- adventuristic policy
- advocacy of policy
- advocate of policy
- aggressive policy
- agrarian policy
- agricultural policy
- alternative policy
- annexationist policy
- anti-inflationary policy
- anti-national policy
- anti-nuclear policy
- anti-recessionary policy
- appropriate policy
- architect of policy
- arms policy
- austere policy
- austerity policy
- autonomous policy
- balanced policy
- banking policy
- bankrupt policy
- basic policy
- beggar-my-neighbor policy
- bellicose policy
- big stick policy
- big-time policy
- bipartisan policy
- blind-eye policy
- bloc policy
- bomb-in-the-basement policy
- breach of policy
- bridge-building policy
- brinkmanship policy
- brink-of-war policy
- broad-brush policy
- budget policy
- cadres policy
- carrot and stick policy
- cautious policy
- centrist policy
- champion of policy
- change in policy
- change of emphasis in policy
- change of policy
- circumspect policy
- class policy
- clean-air policy
- closed-door trade policy
- coherent policy
- cold war policy
- colonial policy
- colonialist policy
- commercial policy
- commitment to policy of nonintervention
- common policy
- comprehensive national science and technology policy
- comprehensive set of policy
- concerted policy
- conduct of policy
- confrontation policy
- consistent policy
- containment policy
- continuity in policy
- continuity of policy
- continuity with smb's policy
- controversial policy
- coordinated policy
- cornerstone of policy
- counterproductive policy
- country's fundamental policy
- credible policy
- credit card policy
- credit policy
- crumbling policy
- cultural policy
- current policy
- damaging policy
- defeatist policy
- defense policy
- deflationary policy
- demilitarization policy
- democratic policy
- departure in policy
- destabilization policy
- deterrent policy
- development policy
- diametrically opposed policy
- dilatory policy
- diplomatic policy
- disarmament policy
- discretionary policy
- discriminatory policy
- disinflation policy
- distortion of policy
- divide-and-rule policy
- domestic policy
- dynamic policy
- economic and commercial policy
- economic policy
- embargo policy
- emigration policy
- emission policy
- employment policy
- energy policy
- environmental policy
- erroneous policy
- European policy
- even-handed policy
- expansionary policy
- expansionist policy
- experience of policy
- extreme right-wing policy
- fair policy
- farm policy
- far-reaching policy
- far-sighted policy
- federal policy
- financial policy
- firm policy
- fiscal policy
- flexible policy
- for reasons of policy
- foreign aid policy
- foreign policy
- foreign trade policy
- foreign-economic policy
- formation of foreign policy
- formulation of policy
- forward-looking policy
- framework for policy
- free trade policy
- general policy
- generous policy
- give-and-take policy
- global policy
- godfather to policy
- good neighbor policy
- government policy
- government's policy
- great-power policy
- green policy
- gunboat policy
- hands-off policy
- hard-line policy
- harmful policy
- harmonized policy
- health policy
- hegemonic policy
- high-risk policy
- home policy
- ill-thought-out policy
- imperial policy
- imperialist policy
- import policy
- import substitution policy
- in line with policy
- in the field of foreign policy
- inadmissibility of policy
- independent line of policy
- independent policy
- industrial policy
- inflationary policy
- inhuman policy
- instigatory policy
- insurance policy
- internal policy
- international policy
- internment policy
- interventionist policy
- intolerableness of policy
- investment policy
- iron-fist policy
- irreversible policy
- it's against our policy
- kid-glove policy
- labor mediation policy
- laissez-faire policy
- land policy
- language policy
- leash-loosening policy
- left-wing policy
- lending policy
- liberal policy
- liberalization of policy
- liberalized policy
- line of policy
- long-range policy
- long-term policy
- lunatic policy
- main plank of smb's policy
- major changes to policy
- manifestation of policy
- maritime policy
- marketing policy
- massive condemnation of smb's policy
- militaristic policy
- misconduct of policy
- mobile policy
- moderate policy
- monetarist policy
- monetary policy
- much-heralded policy
- mushy policy
- national policy
- nationalistic policy
- nationalities policy
- native policy
- nativist policy
- neo-colonialist policy
- NEP
- neutral policy
- neutrality policy
- New Economic Policy
- news policy
- nonaligned policy
- nonalignment policy
- noninterference policy
- nonintervention policy
- nonnuclear policy
- nuclear defense policy
- nuclear deterrent policy
- nuclear policy
- nuclear-free policy
- obstructionist policy
- official policy
- official trade policy
- oil policy
- old faces can't make new policy
- one-child-family policy
- one-sided policy
- open-door policy
- openly pursued policy
- opportunistic policy
- optimal policy
- ostrich policy
- ostrich-like policy
- outward-looking policy
- overall policy
- overtly racist policy
- parliamentary policy
- party policy
- passive policy
- pay-curb policy
- peace policy
- peaceful policy
- peace-loving policy
- personnel policy
- plunderous policy
- policy from positions of strength
- policy from strength
- policy in science and technology
- policy is bearing fruit
- policy is constitutional
- policy of a newspaper
- policy of aid
- policy of alliances
- policy of amicable cooperation with smb
- policy of appeasement
- policy of belt-tightening
- policy of capitulation
- policy of compromise
- policy of conciliation
- policy of confrontation
- policy of connivance
- policy of containment
- policy of cooperation
- policy of democracy and social progress
- policy of détente
- policy of deterrence
- policy of dictate
- policy of discrimination
- policy of economic blockade and sanctions
- policy of economy
- policy of elimination
- policy of expansion and annexation
- policy of fiscal rigor
- policy of freedom of expression
- policy of friendship
- policy of genocide
- policy of good-neighborliness
- policy of goodwill
- policy of inaction
- policy of intervention
- policy of intimidation
- policy of isolation
- policy of militarism
- policy of militarization
- policy of military confrontation
- policy of military force
- policy of national reconciliation
- policy of neutrality
- policy of nonalignment
- policy of noninterference
- policy of nonintervention
- policy of nonviolence
- policy of obstruction
- policy of openness
- policy of pacification
- policy of peace
- policy of peaceful co-existence
- policy of plunder
- policy of protectionism
- policy of racial segregation and discrimination
- policy of reconciliation
- policy of reform
- policy of reforms
- policy of regulating prices
- policy of renewal
- policy of restraint
- policy of revanche
- policy of revenge
- policy of subjugation
- policy of violence
- policy of wage restraint
- policy of war
- policy towards a country
- policy vis-à-vis a country
- policy with regard to a country
- policy won out
- political policy
- population policy
- position-of-strength policy
- practical policy
- predatory policy
- price control policy
- price-formation policy
- price-pricing policy
- pricing policy
- principled policy
- progressive policy
- proponent of policy
- protagonist of policy
- protectionist policy
- pro-war policy
- pro-Western policy
- public policy
- push-and-drag policy
- racial policy
- racist policy
- radical policy
- rapacious policy
- reactionary policy
- realistic policy
- reappraisal of policy
- reassessment of policy
- recession-induced policy
- reevaluation of policy
- reexamination of policy
- reform policy
- reformist policy
- regional policy
- renewal of policy
- re-orientation of policy
- repressive policy
- resettlement policy
- rethink of policy
- retrograde policy
- revanchist policy - revisionist policy
- rigid economic policy
- robust foreign policy
- ruinous policy
- safe policy
- sanctions policy
- scientifically substantiated policy
- scorched-earth policy
- selfless policy
- separatist policy - short-sighted policy
- single-child policy
- social policy
- socio-economic policy
- sound policy
- splitting policy
- state policy
- state remuneration of labor policy
- stated policy
- staunch policy
- sterile policy
- stick-and-carrot policy
- stringent policy
- strong policy
- structural policy
- suitable policy
- sustained policy
- sweeping review of policy
- switch in policy
- tariff policy
- tax policy
- taxation policy
- technological policy
- tight policy
- tightening of policy
- time-serving policy
- tough policy
- toughening of policy
- trade policy
- trade-unionist policy
- traditional policy
- treacherous policy
- turn in policy
- turning point in policy
- unified policy
- united policy
- unsophisticated policy
- U-turn in policy
- viability of policy
- vigorous policy
- vote-losing policy
- wage policy
- wage-freeze policy
- wages policy
- wait-and-see policy
- war-economy policy
- wealth-creating policy
- whip-and-carrot policy
- wise policy
- world policy
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8 party
n1) партия2) группа3) отряд4) участник, юр. сторона•to ban a party — запрещать партию; объявлять партию вне закона
to be a party to smth — быть причастным к чему-л.
to belong to a party — принадлежать какой-л. партии
to call upon the parties to smth — призывать стороны к чему-л.; требовать от сторон чего-л.
to campaign for a party — вести предвыборную кампанию какой-л. партии
to emerge from the general election as the biggest single party — получать абсолютное большинство голосов на выборах ( о партии)
to follow a party — быть сторонником какой-л. партии
to hold a party together — сплачивать партию; сохранять единство партии
to inflict a smashing defeat on a party — наносить какой-л. партии сокрушительное поражение
to legalize / to legitimize a party — легализовывать / узаконивать партию
to merge with a party — объединяться с какой-л. партией
to place the parties in a position of inequality before the court — ставить стороны в неравное положение перед судом
to put the party on a good footing to fight for smth — создавать хорошие предпосылки для борьбы партии за что-л.
to rejuvenate a party — омолаживать партию; оживлять деятельность партии
to relinquish one's presidency of a party — отказываться от своего поста председателя партии
to shoot past a party — обходить какую-л. партию ( на выборах)
- agrarian partyto write a part's obituary — перен. хоронить партию
- approved party
- attacking party
- authorized party
- beleaguered party
- breakaway party
- breakup of a party
- center party
- centrist party
- clerical party
- coalition parties
- communist party
- conflicting parties
- Congress party
- Conservative party
- conservative wing of a party
- constitution of a party
- contending parties
- contracting party
- decline center-right parties
- defaulting party
- demise of a political party
- Democratic party
- departure from a party
- disbandment of a party
- disputing parties
- dissolution of a party
- dominant party
- ecological party
- environmentally responsible party
- expulsion from the party
- extreme right-wing party
- far-right party
- feuding parties
- founder of a party
- fraternal party
- fringe party
- fusion of two parties
- G.O.P
- governing party
- Grand Old Party
- grassroot organization of a party
- Green party
- groups outside the party
- guilty party
- hard-line party
- High Contracting Parties
- incumbent party
- independent party
- influential party
- injured party
- interested party
- involved parties
- Labour Party
- landing party
- lay parties
- leading parties
- left party
- leftist party
- left-of-center party
- left-wing party
- legal party
- legitimate party
- Liberal Democratic Party
- liberal party
- Liberal Party
- liberal wing of the party
- mainstream parties
- majority party
- marginalization of a party
- mature party
- merged party
- merger of two parties
- middle-of-the-road party
- middle-road party
- militant and tried party
- minor party
- moderate party
- much-shrunk party
- multiplicity of parties
- national convention of a party
- national-democratic party
- nationalist party
- Nazi party
- new splinter party
- newly formed party
- one's power base in the party
- opposing parties
- opposite party
- opposition party
- parliamentary party
- party at fault
- party has disintegrated
- party in office
- party in power
- party in the war
- party is down one per cent
- party is very much back in its stride
- party is well ahead of all the other parties combined
- party of division
- party of government
- party of privilege
- party of social concern
- party of the people
- party of the right
- party to a case
- party to a conference
- party to a lawsuit
- party to an agreement
- party to conflict
- party to dispute
- party to legal proceedings
- party wedded to a system
- parties concerned
- parties involved
- parties of the government coalition
- parties to a treaty
- parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice
- people's party
- pillar of a party
- political extinction of a party
- political in-fighting within a party
- political party
- progressive party
- pro-reform party
- pro-western party
- purge of the party
- radical party
- raiding party
- reactionary party
- rebels within a party
- reformist party
- registered party
- Republican Party
- rescue party
- revolutionary party
- right party
- right-wing party
- rigidly disciplined party
- routing of a party
- row within the party
- ruling party
- Social Democratic Party
- socialist party
- Social-Liberal Democratic Party
- split within a party over smth
- suspension of political parties
- the biggest single party
- the two parties are split on smth
- third party
- Tory party
- ultra-religious parties
- unity of the party
- viable party
- warring parties
- with the consent of the parties
- working party
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