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  • 21 increase

    1. [in'kri:s] verb
    (to (cause to) grow in size, number etc: The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years.) (s')accroître
    2. ['inkri:s] noun
    ((the amount, number etc added by) growth: There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000.) accroissement
    - on the increase

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  • 22 increase

    1. [in'kri:s] verb
    (to (cause to) grow in size, number etc: The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years.) aumentar
    2. ['inkri:s] noun
    ((the amount, number etc added by) growth: There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000.) aumento
    - on the increase

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  • 23 increase lifespan in some group of population, monkeys, rodents, etc.

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > increase lifespan in some group of population, monkeys, rodents, etc.

  • 24 if spanking doesn't seem to work, a parent should never increase the severity of hitting. some other disciplinary techniques are to be tried!

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > if spanking doesn't seem to work, a parent should never increase the severity of hitting. some other disciplinary techniques are to be tried!

  • 25 Brain

       Among the higher mammals the great development of neocortex occurs.
       In each group of mammals there is a steady increase in the area of the association cortex from the most primitive to the evolutionarily most recent type; there is an increase in the number of neurons and their connections. The degree of consciousness of an organism is some function of neuronal cell number and connectivity, perhaps of neurons of a particular type in association cortex regions. This function is of a threshold type such that there is a significant quantitative break with the emergence of humans. Although the importance of language and the argument that it is genetically specified and unique to humans must be reconsidered in the light of the recent evidence as to the possibility of teaching chimpanzees, if not to speak, then to manipulate symbolic words and phrases, there are a number of unique human features which combine to make the transition not merely quantitative, but also qualitative. In particular these include the social, productive nature of human existence, and the range and extent of the human capacity to communicate. These features have made human history not so much one of biological but of social evolution, of continuous cultural transformation. (Rose, 1976, pp. 180-181)
       [S]ome particular property of higher primate and cetacean brains did not evolve until recently. But what was that property? I can suggest at least four possibilities...: (1) Never before was there a brain so massive; (2) Never before was there a brain with so large a ratio of brain to body mass; (3) Never before was there a brain with certain functional units (large frontal and temporal lobes, for example); (4) Never before was there a brain with so many neural connections or synapses.... Explanations 1, 2 and 4 argue that a quantitative change produced a qualitative change. It does not seem to me that a crisp choice among these four alternatives can be made at the present time, and I suspect that the truth will actually embrace most or all of these possibilities. (Sagan, 1978, pp. 107-109)
       The crucial change in the human brain in this million years or so has not been so much the increase in size by a factor of three, but the concentration of that increase in three or four main areas. The visual area has increased considerably, and, compared with the chimpanzee, the actual density of human brain cells is at least 50 percent greater. A second increase has taken place in the area of manipulation of the hand, which is natural since we are much more hand-driven animals than monkeys and apes. Another main increase has taken place in the temporal lobe, in which visual memory, integration, and speech all lie fairly close together. And the fourth great increase has taken place in the frontal lobes. Their function is extremely difficult to understand... ; but it is clear that they're largely responsible for the ability to initiate a task, to be attentive while it is being done, and to persevere with it. (Bronowski, 1978, pp. 23-24)
       The human brain works however it works. Wishing for it to work in some way as a shortcut to justifying some ethical principle undermines both the science and the ethics (for what happens to the principle if the scientific facts turn out to go the other way?). (Pinker, 1994, p. 427)

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  • 26 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.
       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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  • 27 double

    1. adjective
    1) (consisting of two parts etc.) doppelt [Anstrich, Stofflage, Sohle]
    2) (twofold) doppelt [Sandwich, Futter, Fenster, Boden]
    3) (with pl.): (two) zwei [Punkte, Klingen]
    4) (for two persons) Doppel-

    double seat — Doppelsitz, der

    double bed/room — Doppelbett, das/-zimmer, das

    5)

    folded double — einmal od. einfach gefaltet

    6) (having some part double) Doppel[adler, -heft, -stecker]
    7) (dual) doppelt [Sinn, [Verwendungs]zweck]
    8) (twice as much) doppelt [Anzahl]

    a room double the size of this — ein doppelt so großes Zimmer wie dieses

    be double the height/width/time — doppelt so hoch/breit/lang sein

    be double the cost — doppelt so teuer sein

    9) (twice as many) doppelt so viele wie
    10) (of twofold size etc.) doppelt [Portion, Lautstärke, Kognak, Whisky]
    11) (of extra size etc.) doppelt so groß [Anstrengung, Mühe, Schwierigkeit, Problem, Anreiz]
    12) (deceitful) falsch [Spiel]
    2. adverb 3. noun
    1) (double quantity) Doppelte, das
    2) (double measure of whisky etc.) Doppelte, der; (double room) Doppelzimmer, das
    3) (twice as much) das Doppelte; doppelt soviel; (twice as many) doppelt so viele
    4) (duplicate person) Doppelgänger, der/-gängerin, die
    5)

    at the double — unverzüglich; (Mil.) aufs schnellste

    6) (pair of victories) Doppelerfolg, der; (pair of championships) Double, das; Doppel, das
    7) in pl. (Tennis etc.) Doppel, das

    women's or ladies'/men's/mixed doubles — Damen-/Herrendoppel, das/gemischtes Doppel

    4. transitive verb
    verdoppeln; (make double) doppelt nehmen [Decke]
    5. intransitive verb
    2) (have two functions) doppelt verwendbar sein

    the sofa doubles as a bed — man kann das Sofa auch als Bett benutzen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/21908/double_back">double back
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (of twice the (usual) weight, size etc: A double whisky, please.) doppelt
    2) (two of a sort together or occurring in pairs: double doors.) Doppel-...
    3) (consisting of two parts or layers: a double thickness of paper; a double meaning.) zweifach
    4) (for two people: a double bed.) Doppel-...
    2. adverb
    1) (twice: I gave her double the usual quantity.) doppelt
    2) (in two: The coat had been folded double.) doppelt
    3. noun
    1) (a double quantity: Whatever the women earn, the men earn double.) das Doppelte
    2) (someone who is exactly like another: He is my father's double.) der Doppelgänger
    4. verb
    1) (to (cause to) become twice as large or numerous: He doubled his income in three years; Road accidents have doubled since 1960.) verdoppeln
    2) (to have two jobs or uses: This sofa doubles as a bed.) zweifach nutzbar
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    - doubles
    - double agent
    - double bass
    - double-bedded
    - double-check
    - double-cross
    - double-dealing     5. adjective
    (cheating: You double-dealing liar!) falsch
    6. adjective
    a double-decker bus.) Doppeldecker-...
    - double-Dutch
    - double figures
    - double-quick
    - at the double
    - double back
    - double up
    - see double
    * * *
    dou·ble
    [ˈdʌbl̩]
    I. adj inv, attr
    1. (twice, two) doppelt
    ‘cool’ has a \double o in the middle ‚cool‘ wird mit zwei o in der Mitte geschrieben
    my telephone number is \double three, one, five meine Telefonnummer ist zweimal die drei, eins, fünf
    now we have a \double problem nun haben wir zwei Probleme
    having twins usually means \double trouble for the parents Zwillinge sind für die Eltern in der Regel auch eine doppelte Belastung
    most of the photos on this roll are \double exposures die meisten Fotos auf diesem Film sind doppelt belichtet
    his salary is \double what I get [or \double mine] sein Gehalt ist doppelt so hoch wie meines
    \double dribble SPORT Doppeldribbeln nt fachspr
    to be \double the price/size doppelt so teuer/groß sein
    a \double whisky ein doppelter Whisky
    2. (of two equal parts) Doppel-
    \double chimneys Doppelkamine pl
    \double door (with two parts) Flügeltür f; (twofold) Doppeltür f
    \double pneumonia doppelseitige Lungenentzündung
    3. (of two layers) Doppel-
    \double membrane Doppelmembran f
    4. (for two) Doppel-
    \double sheet Doppelbettlaken nt, Doppelleintuch nt ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ
    5. BOT
    \double daffodil/narcissus/primrose gefüllte Osterglocke/Narzisse/Pfingstrose
    6. (deceitful, dual)
    \double life Doppelleben nt
    to have a \double meaning doppeldeutig sein
    to apply \double standards mit zweierlei Maß messen
    \double standard [of morals] Doppelmoral f
    II. adv
    1. (twice as much) doppelt so viel
    to charge sb \double jdm das Doppelte berechnen
    to cost \double das Doppelte kosten
    2. (two times) doppelt
    \double as long zweimal [o doppelt] so lang
    to see \double doppelt sehen
    3. (in the middle)
    to be bent \double sich akk niederbeugen [o bücken]; (with laughter, pain) sich akk krümmen
    they were bent \double from decades of labour in the fields sie waren gebeugt von jahrzehntelanger Arbeit auf den Feldern
    after half an hour bent \double weeding the garden,... nachdem sie eine halbe Stunde in gebückter Haltung Unkraut gejätet hatte,...
    to be bent \double with laughter ( fam) sich akk vor Lachen krümmen [o biegen] fam
    to fold sth \double etw einmal [o in der Mitte] falten
    to fold a sheet \double ein Laken einmal zusammenlegen
    III. n
    ▪ the \double das Doppelte [o Zweifache
    2. (whisky, gin) Doppelte(r) m
    can I get you a Scotch? — make it a \double, please! darf ich Ihnen einen Scotch bringen? — ja, einen Doppelten, bitte!
    3. (duplicate person) Doppelgänger(in) m(f), Ebenbild nt geh
    he was your absolute \double er war dir wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten, er sah dir zum Verwechseln ähnlich
    4. FILM Double nt
    5. SPORT, TENNIS
    ▪ \doubles pl Doppel nt
    men's/women's \doubles Herren-/Damendoppel nt
    mixed \doubles gemischtes Doppel
    6. SPORT (in baseball) Double nt fachspr
    7. (in games of dice) Pasch m
    \double four Viererpasch m
    8.
    ▶ I'll bet you \double or nothing [or quits] that... BRIT ich wette mit dir um das Doppelte, dass...
    ▶ on [or at] the \double ( fam: march, go) also MIL im Laufschritt; (act) im Eiltempo fam
    get my dinner and be back here on the \double! bring mir auf der Stelle mein Abendessen!
    IV. vt
    1. (make twice as much/many)
    ▪ to \double sth etw verdoppeln
    to \double the stakes den Einsatz verdoppeln
    ▪ to \double sth etw doppelt nehmen; (fold) etw zusammenlegen
    to \double a sheet ein Laken in der Mitte zusammenlegen
    3. NAUT
    ▪ to \double sth etw umschiffen
    4. FILM, THEAT
    ▪ to \double sb jdn doubeln
    V. vi
    1. (increase twofold) sich verdoppeln
    2. (serve a second purpose) eine Doppelfunktion haben; (play) FILM, THEAT eine Doppelrolle spielen; MUS
    to \double on piano and guitar Klavier und Gitarre spielen
    the actress playing the judge also \doubles as the victim's sister die Schauspielerin, die die Richterin darstellt, spielt auch die Schwester des Opfers
    she \doubles as judge and the victim's sister sie spielt in einer Doppelrolle die Richterin und die Schwester des Opfers
    the kitchen table \doubles as my desk der Küchentisch dient auch als mein Schreibtisch
    3. (fold) sich falten [lassen]
    4. MIL im Laufschritt marschieren
    5. (turn) kehrtmachen; rabbit einen Haken schlagen
    * * *
    ['dʌbl]
    1. adv
    1) (= twice as much) charge, cost, pay doppelt so viel; count doppelt

    we paid her double what she was getting before —

    they charge double what they used to he took double the time it took me — sie berechnen doppelt so viel wie früher er brauchte doppelt so lange wie ich

    he's double your age —

    2)

    she was bent double with laughter/pain — sie krümmte sich vor Lachen/Schmerzen

    2. adj
    1) (= twice as much) doppelt

    to pay a double amount —

    a double gin/whisky etc — ein doppelter Gin/Whisky etc

    2) (= having two similar parts, in pairs) Doppel-

    it is spelled with a double 'p' — es wird mit Doppel-p or mit zwei p geschrieben

    my phone number is 9, double 3, 2, 4 — meine Telefonnummer ist neun drei drei zwei vier or neun dreiunddreißig vierundzwanzig

    3) (BOT) flower gefüllt
    3. n
    1) (= twice a quantity, number, size etc) das Doppelte, das Zweifache
    2) (= person) Ebenbild nt, Doppelgänger(in) m(f); (FILM, THEAT = stand-in) Double nt; (= actor taking two parts) Schauspieler, der eine Doppelrolle spielt

    I saw your double —

    3)

    at the double (also Mil) — im Laufschritt; (fig) im Eiltempo

    4) (CARDS: increase) Verdoppelung f; (BRIDGE) Kontra nt; (= hand) Blatt, das die Verdoppelung/das Kontra rechtfertigt (in racing) Doppelwette f; (in dice) Pasch m; (in dominoes) Doppelstein m, Pasch m
    4. vt
    1) (= increase twofold) verdoppeln
    2) (= fold in two) piece of paper (einmal) falten
    3) (FILM, THEAT)

    he doubles the roles of courtier and hangman — er hat die Doppelrolle des Höflings und Henkers

    the producer decided to double the parts of pimp and judge — der Produzent beschloss, die Rollen des Zuhälters und des Richters mit demselben Schauspieler zu besetzen

    4) (NAUT: sail round) umsegeln
    5) (CARDS) verdoppeln; (BRIDGE) kontrieren
    5. vi
    1) (= increase twofold) sich verdoppeln
    3) (FILM, THEAT)

    to double for sb — jds Double sein, jdn doubeln

    who is doubling for him? — wer doubelt ihn?, wer ist sein Double?

    this bedroom doubles as a study — dieses Schlafzimmer dient auch als Arbeitszimmer

    4) (CARDS) verdoppeln; (BRIDGE) kontrieren
    * * *
    double [ˈdʌbl]
    A adj (adv → doubly)
    1. a) doppelt, Doppel…, zweifach:
    double bottom doppelter Boden, SCHIFF Doppelboden m;
    double the value der zweifache oder doppelte Wert;
    give a double knock zweimal klopfen;
    double period SCHULE Doppelstunde f; → jeopardy, rhyme A 1
    b) doppelt so groß wie:
    c) MED doppelseitig (Lungenentzündung etc)
    2. Doppelt…, verdoppelt, verstärkt:
    double beer Starkbier n
    3. Doppel…, für zwei bestimmt:
    double bed Doppelbett n;
    double room Doppel-, Zweibettzimmer n
    4. gepaart, Doppel…:
    a) Doppeltür f,
    b) Flügeltür f;
    double nozzle TECH Doppel-, Zweifachdüse f
    5. BOT gefüllt, doppelt
    6. MUS eine Oktave tiefer (klingend), Kontra…
    7. zweideutig
    8. unaufrichtig, falsch
    9. gekrümmt
    B adv
    1. doppelt, noch einmal:
    2. doppelt, zweifach:
    10 is double five 10 ist zweimal 5;
    double or quits (US a. nothing) doppelt od nichts;
    play double or quits fig alles auf eine Karte setzen;
    see double (alles) doppelt sehen
    3. paarweise, zu zweit:
    sleep double auch in einem Bett schlafen
    4. unaufrichtig, falsch
    C s
    1. (das) Doppelte oder Zweifache
    2. Gegenstück n:
    a) Ebenbild n
    b) Doppel n, Duplikat n (auch Abschrift)
    3. a) Double n, Doppelgänger(in)
    4. a) Falte f
    b) Windung f
    5. a) plötzliche Kehrtwendung
    b) Haken m:
    give sb the double jemandem durch die Lappen gehen umg
    6. MIL Schnellschritt m:
    a) a. allg im Schnellschritt,
    b) allg auf der Stelle
    7. Trick m, Winkelzug m
    8. a) THEAT zweite Besetzung
    b) FILM, TV Double n
    c) THEAT etc Schauspieler, der eine Doppelrolle spielt
    9. pl Tennis etc:
    a) Doppel n (Wettbewerb)
    b) (als sg konstruiert) auch doubles match Doppel n:
    doubles court Doppelfeld n;
    doubles partner Doppelpartner(in);
    doubles player Doppelspieler(in);
    doubles team Doppel;
    men’s doubles Herrendoppel
    10. SPORT
    a) Doppelsieg m
    b) Doppelniederlage f
    c) Double n (Meisterschaft und Pokalsieg)
    11. Bridge etc:
    a) Doppeln n
    b) Karte, die Doppeln gestattet
    12. Doppelwette f
    13. ASTRON Doppelstern m
    14. Springreiten: zweifache Kombination
    D v/t
    1. verdoppeln ( auch MUS), verzweifachen
    2. um das Doppelte übertreffen
    a) Papier etc kniffen, falten, eine Bettdecke etc um-, zurückschlagen,
    b) zusammenfalten, -legen,
    c) die Faust ballen: → double up A 2
    4. umsegeln, umschiffen
    5. Bridge etc: das Gebot doppeln
    6. a) FILM, TV als Double einspringen für, jemanden doubeln
    b) double the parts of … and … THEAT etc … … und … in einer Doppelrolle spielen
    7. Spinnerei: doublieren
    E v/i
    1. sich verdoppeln
    2. sich (zusammen)falten (lassen)
    3. a) plötzlich kehrtmachen
    b) einen Haken schlagen
    4. Winkelzüge machen
    5. doppelt verwendbar sein:
    the chair doubles as a bed der Sessel lässt sich auch als Bett verwenden
    6. a) double for → D 6 a
    b) THEAT etc eine Doppelrolle spielen:
    double as … and … → D 6 b; allg sowohl als … als auch als … fungieren
    c) he doubles as a waiter er hat noch einen Job als Kellner
    7. MUS zwei Instrumente spielen:
    he doubles on … and … er spielt … und …
    8. Bridge etc: doppeln
    9. den Einsatz verdoppeln
    10. a) MIL im Schnellschritt marschieren
    b) laufen
    dbl. abk double
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (consisting of two parts etc.) doppelt [Anstrich, Stofflage, Sohle]
    2) (twofold) doppelt [Sandwich, Futter, Fenster, Boden]
    3) (with pl.): (two) zwei [Punkte, Klingen]

    double seat — Doppelsitz, der

    double bed/room — Doppelbett, das/-zimmer, das

    5)

    folded double — einmal od. einfach gefaltet

    6) (having some part double) Doppel[adler, -heft, -stecker]
    7) (dual) doppelt [Sinn, [Verwendungs]zweck]
    8) (twice as much) doppelt [Anzahl]

    be double the height/width/time — doppelt so hoch/breit/lang sein

    9) (twice as many) doppelt so viele wie
    10) (of twofold size etc.) doppelt [Portion, Lautstärke, Kognak, Whisky]
    11) (of extra size etc.) doppelt so groß [Anstrengung, Mühe, Schwierigkeit, Problem, Anreiz]
    12) (deceitful) falsch [Spiel]
    2. adverb 3. noun
    1) (double quantity) Doppelte, das
    2) (double measure of whisky etc.) Doppelte, der; (double room) Doppelzimmer, das
    3) (twice as much) das Doppelte; doppelt soviel; (twice as many) doppelt so viele
    4) (duplicate person) Doppelgänger, der/-gängerin, die
    5)

    at the double — unverzüglich; (Mil.) aufs schnellste

    6) (pair of victories) Doppelerfolg, der; (pair of championships) Double, das; Doppel, das
    7) in pl. (Tennis etc.) Doppel, das

    women's or ladies'/men's/mixed doubles — Damen-/Herrendoppel, das/gemischtes Doppel

    4. transitive verb
    verdoppeln; (make double) doppelt nehmen [Decke]
    5. intransitive verb
    2) (have two functions) doppelt verwendbar sein
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (person) n.
    Doppelgänger m. adj.
    doppelt adj. n.
    Doppel- präfix.
    Double -s n. v.
    verdoppeln v.

    English-german dictionary > double

  • 28 percentage

    pə'senti‹
    1) (an amount, number or rate given as a fraction of one hundred: We've expressed all these figures as percentages.) porcentaje
    2) (a part or proportion of something: A large percentage of the population can't read or write.) porcentaje
    percentage n porcentaje
    tr[pə'sentɪʤ]
    1 porcentaje nombre masculino
    percentage [pər'sɛntɪʤ] n
    : porcentaje m
    n.
    • porcentaje s.m.
    • proporción s.f.
    • tanto por ciento s.m.
    pər'sentɪdʒ, pə'sentɪdʒ
    a) c ( Math) porcentaje m; (before n)

    percentage increase/point — aumento m/punto m porcentual

    percentage sign — signo m del tanto por ciento

    b) c ( part) porcentaje m
    c) u ( advantage) (AmE colloq)
    d) c ( average) (AmE) promedio m
    [pǝ'sentɪdʒ]
    1. N
    1) (=proportion) porcentaje m

    what is the percentage of nitrogen in air? — ¿cuál es el porcentaje de nitrógeno en el aire?

    • the figure is expressed as a percentage — la cifra está expresada en tantos por ciento

    • on a percentage basis California lost more jobs than any other state — según los porcentajes California perdió más puestos de trabajo que ningún otro estado

    • a high percentage are girls — un alto or elevado porcentaje son chicas

    • in percentage terms — proporcionalmente

    2) (=commission) porcentaje m
    3) * (=rake-off) tajada * f
    4) (=advantage, benefit)
    2.
    CPD

    percentage increase N — aumento m porcentual

    percentage point N — punto m porcentual

    percentage sign N — signo m del tanto por ciento

    * * *
    [pər'sentɪdʒ, pə'sentɪdʒ]
    a) c ( Math) porcentaje m; (before n)

    percentage increase/point — aumento m/punto m porcentual

    percentage sign — signo m del tanto por ciento

    b) c ( part) porcentaje m
    c) u ( advantage) (AmE colloq)
    d) c ( average) (AmE) promedio m

    English-spanish dictionary > percentage

  • 29 value

    1. noun
    1) Wert, der

    be of great/little/some/no value [to somebody] — [für jemanden] von großem/geringem/einigem/keinerlei Nutzen sein

    be of [no] practical value to somebody — für jemanden von [keinerlei] praktischem Nutzen sein

    set or put a high/low value on something — etwas hoch/niedrig einschätzen

    attach great value to something — einer Sache (Dat.) große Wichtigkeit beimessen

    what would be the value of it? — was ist es wohl wert?

    know the value of something — wissen, was etwas wert ist

    something/nothing of value — etwas/nichts Wertvolles

    items of great/little/no value — sehr wertvolle/nicht sonderlich wertvolle/wertlose Gegenstände

    be of great/little/no etc. value — viel/wenig/nichts usw. wert sein

    increase or go up in value — an Wert gewinnen; wertvoller werden

    decline or decrease or fall or go down in value — an Wert verlieren

    put a value on something — den Wert einer Sache schätzen

    something to the value of... — etwas im Werte von...

    be good/poor etc. value [for money] — seinen Preis wert/nicht wert sein

    get [good]/poor value [for money] — etwas/nicht viel für sein Geld bekommen

    2) in pl. (principles) Werte; Wertvorstellungen
    3) (Math.) [Zahlen]wert, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (appreciate) schätzen

    if you value your life — wenn dir dein Leben lieb ist

    2) (put price on) schätzen, taxieren (at auf + Akk.)
    * * *
    ['vælju:] 1. noun
    1) (worth, importance or usefulness: His special knowledge was of great value during the war; She sets little value on wealth.) der Wert
    2) (price: What is the value of that stamp?) der Wert
    3) (purchasing power: Are those coins of any value?) der Wert
    4) (fairness of exchange (for one's money etc): You get good value for money at this supermarket!) die Qualitätsware
    5) (the length of a musical note.) der Notenwert
    2. verb
    1) (to suggest a suitable price for: This painting has been valued at $50,000.) veranschlagen
    2) (to regard as good or important: He values your advice very highly.) schätzen
    •
    - academic.ru/79655/valuable">valuable
    - valuables
    - valued
    - valueless
    - values
    - value-added tax
    * * *
    [ˈvælju:]
    I. n
    1. no pl (significance) Wert m, Bedeutung f
    entertainment \value Unterhaltungswert m
    incalculable [or inestimable] \value unschätzbarer Wert
    to be of little \value wenig Wert haben
    to place [or put] [or set] a high \value on sth auf etw akk großen Wert legen
    2. no pl (financial worth) Wert m
    market \value Marktwert m
    to be [AM a] good/[, AM a] poor \value [for sb's money] sein Geld wert/nicht wert sein
    that restaurant is \value for money in diesem Restaurant bekommt man etwas für sein Geld
    to assess the \value of sth den Wert einer S. gen schätzen
    the \value of sth falls/rises der Wert einer S. gen fällt/steigt
    to hold [or keep] [or maintain] its \value den Wert beibehalten
    3. (monetary value) Wert m
    goods to the \value of £70,000 Gegenstände im Wert von 70.000 Pfund
    property \values Grundstückspreise pl
    4. (moral ethics)
    ▪ \values pl Werte pl, Wertvorstellungen pl
    set of \values Wertesystem nt
    basic \values Grundwerte pl
    moral \values Moralvorstellungen pl
    II. vt
    1. (deem significant)
    ▪ to \value sth/sb etw/jdn schätzen [o veraltend wertschätzen]
    he \valued the watch for sentimental reasons die Armbanduhr hatte einen persönlichen Wert für ihn
    to \value sb as a friend jdn als Freund schätzen
    2. (estimate financial worth)
    ▪ to \value sth etw schätzen [o bewerten]
    he \valued the painting at $2,000 er schätzte den Wert des Bildes auf 2.000 Dollar
    ▪ to have sth \valued etw schätzen lassen
    * * *
    ['vljuː]
    1. n
    1) Wert m; (= usefulness) Nutzen m

    to be of value — Wert/Nutzen haben, wertvoll/nützlich sein

    to put a value on sth — etw schätzen or bewerten; on leisure etc einer Sache (dat) (hohen) Wert beimessen

    what value do you put on this? — was für einen Wert hat das?; (fig also) wie bewerten Sie das?

    to put too high a value on sth — etw zu hoch schätzen or bewerten; on leisure etc

    he attaches no value/great value to it — er legt keinen Wert/großen Wert darauf, ihm liegt nicht viel/sehr viel daran

    of little value — nicht sehr wertvoll/nützlich

    of no value — wert-/nutzlos

    2) (in money) Wert m

    to gain/lose (in) value — im Wert steigen/fallen

    loss of value — Wertminderung f, Wertverlust m

    this TV was good value —

    goods to the value of £500 — Waren im Wert von £ 500

    they put a value of £200 on it — sie haben es auf £ 200 geschätzt

    propaganda/shock/novelty value — Propaganda-/Schock-/Neuigkeitswert m

    3) pl (= moral standards) (sittliche) Werte pl, Wertwelt f
    4) (MATH) (Zahlen)wert m; (MUS) (Zeit- or Noten)wert m, Dauer f; (PHON) (Laut)wert m; (of colour) Farbwert m
    2. vt
    1) house, jewels schätzen

    the property was valued at £100,000 — das Grundstück wurde auf £ 100.000 geschätzt

    2) friendship, person (wert)schätzen, (hoch) achten; opinion, advice schätzen; comforts, liberty, independence schätzen, Wert legen auf (+acc)

    I value it/her (highly) — ich weiß es/sie (sehr) zu schätzen

    if you value my opinion... — wenn Sie Wert auf meine Meinung legen...

    if you value your life, you'll stay away — bleiben Sie weg, wenn Ihnen Ihr Leben lieb ist

    * * *
    value [ˈvæljuː]
    A s
    1. allg Wert m (auch fig):
    the value of the painting is £5,000 das Bild ist 5000 Pfund wert;
    be of value to wertvoll sein für;
    there is little value in sb doing sth es hat wenig Wert, dass jemand etwas tut
    2. Wert m, Einschätzung f:
    a) großen Wert legen auf (akk),
    b) etwas hoch einschätzen
    3. WIRTSCH Wert m:
    at value zum Tageskurs
    4. WIRTSCH
    a) (Geld-, Verkehrs)Wert m, Kaufkraft f, Preis m
    b) Gegenwert m, -leistung f
    c) → valuation 2
    d) Wert m, Preis m, Betrag m:
    the value of im oder bis zum Wert von
    e) besonders Br → valuta
    f) good value reelle Ware:
    give sb good value for their money (get good value for one’s money) jemanden reell bedienen (reell bedient werden);
    it is excellent value for money es ist ausgezeichnet oder äußerst preiswert
    5. fig Wert m, Bedeutung f, Gewicht n:
    6. pl fig (kulturelle oder sittliche) Werte pl
    7. MAL Verhältnis n von Licht und Schatten, Farb-, Grauwert m:
    out of value zu hell oder zu dunkel
    8. MUS Noten-, Zeitwert m
    9. PHON Lautwert m, Qualität f:
    value stress Sinnbetonung f
    B v/t
    1. a) den Wert oder Preis einer Sache bestimmen oder festsetzen
    b) (ab)schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren (at auf akk):
    be valued at £100 100 Pfund wert sein
    2. etwas schätzen, (vergleichend) bewerten:
    value sth above etwas höher einschätzen als;
    he valued hono(u)r above riches ihm ging Ehre über Reichtum
    3. (hoch) schätzen, achten:
    value o.s. on sth sich einer Sache rühmen
    4. WIRTSCH einen Wechsel ziehen ( on sb auf jemanden)
    val. abk
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Wert, der

    be of great/little/some/no value [to somebody] — [für jemanden] von großem/geringem/einigem/keinerlei Nutzen sein

    be of [no] practical value to somebody — für jemanden von [keinerlei] praktischem Nutzen sein

    set or put a high/low value on something — etwas hoch/niedrig einschätzen

    attach great value to something — einer Sache (Dat.) große Wichtigkeit beimessen

    know the value of something — wissen, was etwas wert ist

    something/nothing of value — etwas/nichts Wertvolles

    items of great/little/no value — sehr wertvolle/nicht sonderlich wertvolle/wertlose Gegenstände

    be of great/little/no etc. value — viel/wenig/nichts usw. wert sein

    increase or go up in value — an Wert gewinnen; wertvoller werden

    decline or decrease or fall or go down in value — an Wert verlieren

    something to the value of... — etwas im Werte von...

    be good/poor etc. value [for money] — seinen Preis wert/nicht wert sein

    get [good]/poor value [for money] — etwas/nicht viel für sein Geld bekommen

    2) in pl. (principles) Werte; Wertvorstellungen
    3) (Math.) [Zahlen]wert, der
    2. transitive verb
    1) (appreciate) schätzen
    2) (put price on) schätzen, taxieren (at auf + Akk.)
    * * *
    v.
    bewerten v.
    schätzen v. n.
    Geltung -en f.
    Wert -e m.

    English-german dictionary > value

  • 30 Economy

       Portugal's economy, under the influence of the European Economic Community (EEC), and later with the assistance of the European Union (EU), grew rapidly in 1985-86; through 1992, the average annual growth was 4-5 percent. While such growth rates did not last into the late 1990s, portions of Portugal's society achieved unprecedented prosperity, although poverty remained entrenched. It is important, however, to place this current growth, which includes some not altogether desirable developments, in historical perspective. On at least three occasions in this century, Portugal's economy has experienced severe dislocation and instability: during the turbulent First Republic (1911-25); during the Estado Novo, when the world Depression came into play (1930-39); and during the aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April, 1974. At other periods, and even during the Estado Novo, there were eras of relatively steady growth and development, despite the fact that Portugal's weak economy lagged behind industrialized Western Europe's economies, perhaps more than Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar wished to admit to the public or to foreigners.
       For a number of reasons, Portugal's backward economy underwent considerable growth and development following the beginning of the colonial wars in Africa in early 1961. Recent research findings suggest that, contrary to the "stagnation thesis" that states that the Estado Novo economy during the last 14 years of its existence experienced little or no growth, there were important changes, policy shifts, structural evolution, and impressive growth rates. In fact, the average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (1961-74) was about 7 percent. The war in Africa was one significant factor in the post-1961 economic changes. The new costs of finance and spending on the military and police actions in the African and Asian empires in 1961 and thereafter forced changes in economic policy.
       Starting in 1963-64, the relatively closed economy was opened up to foreign investment, and Lisbon began to use deficit financing and more borrowing at home and abroad. Increased foreign investment, residence, and technical and military assistance also had effects on economic growth and development. Salazar's government moved toward greater trade and integration with various international bodies by signing agreements with the European Free Trade Association and several international finance groups. New multinational corporations began to operate in the country, along with foreign-based banks. Meanwhile, foreign tourism increased massively from the early 1960s on, and the tourism industry experienced unprecedented expansion. By 1973-74, Portugal received more than 8 million tourists annually for the first time.
       Under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, other important economic changes occurred. High annual economic growth rates continued until the world energy crisis inflation and a recession hit Portugal in 1973. Caetano's system, through new development plans, modernized aspects of the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors and linked reform in education with plans for social change. It also introduced cadres of forward-looking technocrats at various levels. The general motto of Caetano's version of the Estado Novo was "Evolution with Continuity," but he was unable to solve the key problems, which were more political and social than economic. As the boom period went "bust" in 1973-74, and growth slowed greatly, it became clear that Caetano and his governing circle had no way out of the African wars and could find no easy compromise solution to the need to democratize Portugal's restive society. The economic background of the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was a severe energy shortage caused by the world energy crisis and Arab oil boycott, as well as high general inflation, increasing debts from the African wars, and a weakening currency. While the regime prescribed greater Portuguese investment in Africa, in fact Portuguese businesses were increasingly investing outside of the escudo area in Western Europe and the United States.
       During the two years of political and social turmoil following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the economy weakened. Production, income, reserves, and annual growth fell drastically during 1974-76. Amidst labor-management conflict, there was a burst of strikes, and income and productivity plummeted. Ironically, one factor that cushioned the economic impact of the revolution was the significant gold reserve supply that the Estado Novo had accumulated, principally during Salazar's years. Another factor was emigration from Portugal and the former colonies in Africa, which to a degree reduced pressures for employment. The sudden infusion of more than 600,000 refugees from Africa did increase the unemployment rate, which in 1975 was 10-15 percent. But, by 1990, the unemployment rate was down to about 5-6 percent.
       After 1985, Portugal's economy experienced high growth rates again, which averaged 4-5 percent through 1992. Substantial economic assistance from the EEC and individual countries such as the United States, as well as the political stability and administrative continuity that derived from majority Social Democratic Party (PSD) governments starting in mid-1987, supported new growth and development in the EEC's second poorest country. With rapid infrastruc-tural change and some unregulated development, Portugal's leaders harbored a justifiable concern that a fragile environment and ecology were under new, unacceptable pressures. Among other improvements in the standard of living since 1974 was an increase in per capita income. By 1991, the average minimum monthly wage was about 40,000 escudos, and per capita income was about $5,000 per annum. By the end of the 20th century, despite continuing poverty at several levels in Portugal, Portugal's economy had made significant progress. In the space of 15 years, Portugal had halved the large gap in living standards between itself and the remainder of the EU. For example, when Portugal joined the EU in 1986, its GDP, in terms of purchasing power-parity, was only 53 percent of the EU average. By 2000, Portugal's GDP had reached 75 percent of the EU average, a considerable achievement. Whether Portugal could narrow this gap even further in a reasonable amount of time remained a sensitive question in Lisbon. Besides structural poverty and the fact that, in 2006, the EU largesse in structural funds (loans and grants) virtually ceased, a major challenge for Portugal's economy will be to reduce the size of the public sector (about 50 percent of GDP is in the central government) to increase productivity, attract outside investment, and diversify the economy. For Portugal's economic planners, the 21st century promises to be challenging.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Economy

  • 31 due

    I 1. [djuː] [AE duː]
    1) mai attrib. (payable)

    to be, fall due — [rent, next instalment] scadere, essere esigibile

    3) colloq. (about to be paid, given)
    4) attrib. (appropriate)

    after due consideration — dopo accurata, adeguata riflessione

    to give all due praise to sb. — dare a qcn. tutto l'onore che si merita

    5) (scheduled, expected)

    to be due (in) o due to arrive essere atteso; to be due back soon dover rientrare presto; when is your baby due? — quando deve nascere il tuo bambino?

    6) due to (because of) a causa di

    to be due to — [delay, cancellation] essere dovuto a

    "closed due to illness" — "chiuso per malattia"; (thanks to) grazie a, per merito di

    it's all due to you — è tutto merito tuo, lo si deve solo a te

    2.

    to face due north — [ building] essere volto direttamente a nord

    II 1. [djuː] [AE duː]
    nome dovuto m., giusto m.

    it was his due — era ciò che gli era dovuto; (of money etc.) era ciò che gli spettava; (of praise etc.) gli era dovuto, se lo meritava

    2.
    nome plurale dues (for membership) quota f.sing. sociale; (for import, taxes etc.) diritti m.
    ••
    * * *
    [dju:] 1. adjective
    1) (owed: I think I'm still due some pay; Our thanks are due to the doctor.) dovuto
    2) (expected according to timetable, promise etc: The bus is due in three minutes.) atteso
    3) (proper: Take due care.) dovuto
    2. adverb
    (directly South: sailing due east.) esattamente
    3. noun
    1) (what is owed, especially what one has a right to: I'm only taking what is my due.) dovuto, (ciò che è dovuto)
    2) ((in plural) charge, fee or toll: He paid the dues on the cargo.) diritti
    •
    - due to
    - give someone his due
    - give his due
    * * *
    I 1. [djuː] [AE duː]
    1) mai attrib. (payable)

    to be, fall due — [rent, next instalment] scadere, essere esigibile

    3) colloq. (about to be paid, given)
    4) attrib. (appropriate)

    after due consideration — dopo accurata, adeguata riflessione

    to give all due praise to sb. — dare a qcn. tutto l'onore che si merita

    5) (scheduled, expected)

    to be due (in) o due to arrive essere atteso; to be due back soon dover rientrare presto; when is your baby due? — quando deve nascere il tuo bambino?

    6) due to (because of) a causa di

    to be due to — [delay, cancellation] essere dovuto a

    "closed due to illness" — "chiuso per malattia"; (thanks to) grazie a, per merito di

    it's all due to you — è tutto merito tuo, lo si deve solo a te

    2.

    to face due north — [ building] essere volto direttamente a nord

    II 1. [djuː] [AE duː]
    nome dovuto m., giusto m.

    it was his due — era ciò che gli era dovuto; (of money etc.) era ciò che gli spettava; (of praise etc.) gli era dovuto, se lo meritava

    2.
    nome plurale dues (for membership) quota f.sing. sociale; (for import, taxes etc.) diritti m.
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    English-Italian dictionary > due

  • 32 call

    1. I
    1) 1 heard smb. calling я слышал, что кто-то звал /кричал/; did you hear me call? вы слышали, как я звал?; obey when duty calls подчиняться требованию долга /, когда призывает долг/; [this is] London calling говорит Лондон
    2) did anybody call? кто-нибудь приходил /был/?; he was out when I called его не было [дома], когда я заходил
    2. II
    call at some time call often (seldom, again, etc.) заходить /наведываться/ часто и т. д.; I'll call tomorrow я забегу завтра; has the laundry called yet? из прачечной уже приезжали?; very few neighbours have called yet нас пока навестили еще очень немногие соседи; call somewhere call there заходить туда; all sorts of people call here сюда заходят всякие люди
    3. III
    1) call smb., smth. call a dog (the boys, etc.) звать /окликать, подзывать/ собаку и т. д.; I called him but he didn't hear me я крикнул ему, но он меня не услышал; your mother is calling you тебя зовет мать; call a doctor (a witness, the police, a taxi, etc.) вызывать врача и т. д., call smb.'s name окликать кого-л. по имени, выкрикивать чье-л. имя; call a register делать перекличку; call a meeting созывать собрание; call a strike объявлять забастовку
    2) call smb., smth. usually in the interrogative what are you going to call the baby? как вы собираетесь назвать ребенка?; what do you call this flower? как называется этот цветок?; I don't know what to call it не знаю, как это назвать
    3) call smb. will you call me or shall I call you? вы мне позвоните или я вам?
    4. IV
    1) call smb. in some manner call smb. persistently (urgently, frantically, etc.) настоятельно и т. д. звать кого-л.; call smb. together созывать кого-л.; call smb. somewhere call smb. aside отзывать кого-л. в сторону; call smb. down попросить кого-л. сойти вниз; call smb. in
    приглашать кого-л. войти; call the children in позовите детей домой /в дом/; call smb. at some time he asked to call him early он просил разбудить его рано
    2) call smb. at some time please call me tomorrow пожалуйста, позвоните мне завтра [по телефону]
    5. V
    1) call smb. smth., smb. call smb. a taxi (a cab, a doctor, etc.) вызывать кому-л. /для кого-л./ такси и т. д.
    2) call smb. smth., smb. call the baby Mary (the dog Rex, etc.) называть ребенка [именем] Мэри и т. д.; his name is Richard but we all call him Dick его имя Ричард, но мы все зовем его Диком; call smb. a liar (a fool, a rogue, a child, everything under the sun, a miser, an ass, etc.) называть /обзывать/ кого-л. лжецом и т. д.).
    3) call smth. smb., smth. call it a swindle (that a low-down trick, her a slut, that a shame, this a very good house, etc.) считать /называть/ это мошенничеством и т. д.; do you call English an easy language? вы считаете /можете назвать/ английский язык легким?; I call that show a success по-моему, спектакль имел успех; this is what I call real coffee вот это я называю настоящим кофе
    6. VI
    call smth. as possessing some quality call smth. fair (dishonest, mean, nice, etc.) считать что-л. справедливым и т. д.; I don't call this cheap я не нахожу, что это дешево
    7. VII
    call smb. to do smth. call the police to stop the fight (him to witness the event, etc.) позвать полицию, чтобы прекратить драку и т. д., call smth. to do smth. he called her name to see if she was at home он позвал ее по имени, чтобы проверить, дома ли она /чтобы убедиться, что она дома/
    8. XI
    1) be called in some manner the singer was called three times певца вызывали три раза; be called somewhere be called to the manager (before the judge, before the committee, to the Ministry, etc.) быть вызванным к управляющему и т. д.; I was called home on urgent business меня вызвали домой по срочному делу; the ambassador was called home посол был отозван; be called to smth. his attention was called to the dangerous state of the building ему указали /его внимание обратили/ на аварийное состояние здания; the meeting was called to order by the chairman председатель призвал собрание к порядку; be called for some time the meeting was called for Monday собрание было назначено на понедельник be called into being быть вызванным к жизни, возникнуть; the plant was called into being by war requirements этот завод появился в ответ на требования военного времени
    2) be called smth. be called John (Магу, etc.) зваться Джоном и т. д.; what is it called? как это называется?; the book is called "The Gadfly" книга называется "Овод"; be called after smb. fin smb.'s honour/ be called after smb.'s mother (after smb.'s uncle, etc.) быть названным в честь матери и т. д.
    3) be called smb., smth. be called the best writer of the period (a scholar, an outstanding scientist, a marvel, the most beautiful city, etc.) считаться /слыть/ лучшим писателем своего времени и т. д.; Chaucer is called the Father of English Poetry Чосера называют отцом английской поэзии
    4) be called (up)on [by smb.]' I don't like to be called on before 11 a. m. я не люблю, когда ко мне приходят до одиннадцати утра; we were called on by the neighbours нас навестили /к нам зашли/ соседи; be called for the letter (the parcel, books, etc.) will be called for за письмом и т. д. придут /зайдут/; this envelope is to be left till called for конверт лежит /остается/ здесь, пока за ним не придут
    5) be called for strong measures (drastic steps, etc.) are called for необходимы /нужны, требуются/ решительные меры и т. д.; you must take such steps as seem to be called for вы должны предпринять необходимые шаги; an explanation is called for a данном случае не обойтись без объяснений; no excuses are called for объяснений не требуется; if a second edition is called for если возникнет необходимость во втором издании; be called (up)on to do smth. be called upon to speak (to do so many things, to take part in it, etc.) оказаться вынужденным выступить и т. д.; my friend was called upon to make a report моего друга попросили выступить с отчетом /с докладом/; he felt called upon to speak он счел себя не в праве промолчать; I was never called on to play мне ни разу не пришлось играть; I feel called upon to warn you я чувствую себя обязанным предупредить вас
    9. XIII
    call to do smth. I called to see how you were (to see you, to know whether you wanted anything, etc.) я заходил, чтобы узнать, как вы поживаете и т. д.', а man has called to read the electric power meter приходил какой-то человек снять показания счетчика
    10. XVI
    1) call for smth., smb. call for a taxi (for a cab, etc.) позвать /остановить/ такси и т. д., call for help звать на помощь; call for smb. звать кого-л.; call to smb. I called to him but he appeared not to hear я его окликнул, но он, казалось, не слышал; call to smb. to do smth. /for smth./ he called to me to help /for help/ он позвал меня на помощь; call to smth. the trumpet called to battle труба звала в бой; call from some place call from the roof (from downstairs, from upstairs, etc.) кричать с крыши и т. д.; call across smth. call across a river (across the street, across the hall, etc.) звать /кричать/ с того берега реки и т. д.', call upon smb. I now call upon Mr. Smith я предоставляю слово господину Смиту, слово имеет господин Смит
    2) call at some place call at smb.'s house (at the hotel, at an office, at a shop, at the library, etc.) заходить к кому-л. домой и т. д.;I will call at the post office on my way home я зайду на почту по дороге домой; the train calls at every station поезд останавливается на каждой станции; the boat calls at intermediate ports пароход заходит в промежуточные порты; call (up)on smb. call on a friend (on us, on him without an invitation, on her with a letter of introduction, etc.) заходить к другу /приятелю/ и т. д.', I shall call on him personally я сам к нему загляну; they are not people one can call upon они не такие люди, к которым можно зайти запросто; we must call on our new neighbour нам надо навестить нашего нового соседа; call at some time call at noon (at three o'clock, etc.) заходить в полдень и т. д.; call for some time call for a moment (for a minute, etc.) зайти / заскочить/ на минутку и т. д.; call for smth., smb. call for the parcel (for one's pipe, for her, etc.) заходить за посылкой и т. д., call for orders явиться за указаниями; he called for me with a car он заехал за мной на машине; I'll call for you at your house я заеду или зайду за вами домой
    3) callf rom some place call from a pay booth (from a pay station, from Leningrad, etc.) (по-)звонить [по телефону] из автомата и т. д.
    4) call on smb. I hope we shall not have to call on you я надеюсь, нам не придется прибегать к вашим услугам, обращаться к вам [за помощью]; call ( up)on smth. call on smb.'s help (on smb.'s services, etc.) прибегать к чьей-л. помощи и т. д.; call on smb.'s knowledge (on smb.'s skill, etc.) использовать чьи-л. звания и т.д., I had to call upon all my strength мне пришлось напрячь все силы; call on smb. for smth. call on you for help (on him for a hundred pounds, on her for an explanation, etc.) обращаться к вам за помощью и т. д., call on him for a speech просить его выступить; call (up)on smb. to do smth. call upon us to help / (up)on us to give assistance/ (upon them to defend the country, upon the rebels to surrender, etc.) взывать к нам о помощи и т. д.; you must call on him to apologize вы должны потребовать, чтобы он извинился; the teacher called on him to answer учитель вызвал его отвечать
    5) call for smth. call for a discussion (for a three-power conference, for an increase of salary, for reduction of prices, etc.) выступать с требованием провести дискуссию /обсуждение/ и т. д.; call for drastic measures (for prompt action, for immediate solution, for a cool head, etc.) требовать решительных мер и т. д.; the situation calls for tact and patience в такой ситуации необходимы такт и терпение /нужно вооружиться тактом и терпением/; the results of the experiment called for a discussion было необходимо обсудить результаты опыта
    11. XVIII
    call oneself smb., smth. call oneself a colonel (a philosopher, a scholar, etc.) называть себя полковником и т.д., назваться полковником и т. д.
    12. XXI1
    1) call smb. (in)to smth. call the children into the house (the messenger into the office, the girl (in)to the garden, etc.) звать детей в дом и т. д.; will you call the family to dinner? будьте добры позвать всех обедать; they called him to the Ministry его вызвали в министерство; call smth. smb. for smb. call a taxi for me (a doctor for him, etc.) вызовите мне такси и т.д., would you call the porter for me? будьте добры, позовите мне носильщика; call smb. by smth. call him by wireless (her by a letter, etc.) вызвать его телеграммой и т. д., call smb. at some time call smb. at six o'clock (early in the morning, etc.) (разбудить кого-л. в шесть часов и т. д.; call smth. for fame time call a meeting for August (the session for three o'clock, etc.) созывать /назначать/ собрание на август и т. д.
    2) call smth., smb. to smth. call the meeting to order (the class to order, etc.) призывать собрание к порядку и т. д.; three times during the lesson the teacher had to call one of the pupils to attention три раза за время урока преподавателю пришлось обратиться к ученику /окликнуть ученика/, чтобы он не отвлекался; call smb. to account призвать кого-л. к ответу; call smth., smb. to mind вспоминать что-л., кого-л.; I can't call this scene to mind я не могу вспомнить эту сцену; call smb.'s attention to the picture (to the unusual man, etc.) обращать чье-л. внимание на картину и т.д., please call attention to any errors that you find просьба сообщать о всех замеченных ошибках; she tried not to call attention to herself она старалась не привлекать к себе внимания
    3) || call smth. into being /into existence/ создать что-л., вызвать /пробудить/ что-л. к жизни; better living conditions called into being new and wider Interest вследствие улучшения условий жизни возникли / появились/ новые, более широкие интересы
    4) call smb. by some name call the child by the name of Paul (him by his brother's name, etc.) назвать ребенка именем Поль /Полем/ и т. д.; don't call me by my first name не называйте меня no имени; call smb., smth. after smb., smth. call the child after his father (the town after the first settler, etc.) называть ребенка именем /в честь/ отца и т. д.; call smth. in some language what do you call this in Russian? как это называется по-русски? id call things by their true /proper/ names называть вещи своими именами
    5) call smb. from somewhere call smb. from London (from out of town, etc.) (позвонить кому-л. из Лондона и т. д.; I am calling from a pay station я звоню) с переговорной || call smb. on the telephone позвонить кому-л. по телефону
    13. XXVI
    1) call smth. what... you can call it what you like можете называть это, как хотите
    2) call smb. when... (if..., etc.) call me when you arrive (if he comes, etc.) позвоните мне, когда приедете и т. д.
    14. XXVII2
    1) call on smb. while... (when..., etc.) someone called on you while /when/ you were out кто-то приходил к вам, пока вас не было

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > call

  • 33 put up

    to put up at sb.'s, in a hotel — sistemarsi, trovare sistemazione presso qcn., in un albergo

    2)

    to put up with — (tolerate) sopportare, tollerare [behaviour, person]; put up [sth.] opporre [ resistance]

    to put up a fight, struggle — lottare, resistere

    to put up a good performance — [team, competitor] difendersi bene; put [sth.] up, put up [sth.]

    3) (raise) issare [flag, sail]; tirare su [ hair]

    put your hands up! — (in class) alzate la mano!

    4) (post up) affiggere, attaccare [sign, poster]; mettere [ plaque]; affiggere, appendere [ list]
    5) (erect) alzare [fence, barrier, tent]; costruire [ building]
    6) (increase, raise) aumentare [rent, prices, tax]; (fare) aumentare, fare crescere [temperature, pressure]
    7) (provide) fornire, mettere [ money]
    8) (present) presentare [proposal, argument]
    9) (put in orbit) lanciare in orbita [satellite, probe]; put [sb.] up, put up [sb.]
    10) (lodge) alloggiare, sistemare
    11) (as candidate) proporre [ candidate]

    to put sb. up for — proporre qcn. come [leader, chairman]; proporre qcn. per [promotion, position]

    12) (promote) promuovere [pupil, team]

    to put sb. up to sth., to doing — spingere o incitare qcn. a qcs., a fare

    * * *
    1) (to raise (a hand etc).) alzare
    2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) costruire
    3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) attaccare
    4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) aumentare
    5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) opporre
    6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) finanziare
    7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) ospitare, alloggiare
    * * *
    1. vt + adv
    1) (raise, lift up: hand) alzare, (umbrella) aprire, (collar) rialzare, (hoist: flag, sail) issare

    put 'em up! — (fam: hands: in surrender) arrenditi!, (in robbery) mani in alto!, (fists: to fight) forza, difenditi!

    if you have any questions, put up your hand — se avete domande alzate la mano

    2)

    (fasten up) to put up (on) — attaccare (su), appendere (su), (notice) affiggere (su)

    3) (erect: building, barrier, fence) costruire, erigere, (tent) montare
    4) (send up: space probe, missile) lanciare, mettere in orbita
    5) (increase) aumentare
    6)
    See:
    7)

    (offer) to put sth up for sale — mettere in vendita qc

    9) (provide: money, funds) fornire, (reward) offrire
    10)

    (incite) to put sb up to doing sth — istigare qn a fare qc

    2. vi + adv
    1)

    to put up (at) — (at hotel) alloggiare (in), (for the night) pernottare (in)

    2)

    (offer o.s.) to put up (for) — presentarsi come candidato (-a) (per)

    * * *

    to put up at sb.'s, in a hotel — sistemarsi, trovare sistemazione presso qcn., in un albergo

    2)

    to put up with — (tolerate) sopportare, tollerare [behaviour, person]; put up [sth.] opporre [ resistance]

    to put up a fight, struggle — lottare, resistere

    to put up a good performance — [team, competitor] difendersi bene; put [sth.] up, put up [sth.]

    3) (raise) issare [flag, sail]; tirare su [ hair]

    put your hands up! — (in class) alzate la mano!

    4) (post up) affiggere, attaccare [sign, poster]; mettere [ plaque]; affiggere, appendere [ list]
    5) (erect) alzare [fence, barrier, tent]; costruire [ building]
    6) (increase, raise) aumentare [rent, prices, tax]; (fare) aumentare, fare crescere [temperature, pressure]
    7) (provide) fornire, mettere [ money]
    8) (present) presentare [proposal, argument]
    9) (put in orbit) lanciare in orbita [satellite, probe]; put [sb.] up, put up [sb.]
    10) (lodge) alloggiare, sistemare
    11) (as candidate) proporre [ candidate]

    to put sb. up for — proporre qcn. come [leader, chairman]; proporre qcn. per [promotion, position]

    12) (promote) promuovere [pupil, team]

    to put sb. up to sth., to doing — spingere o incitare qcn. a qcs., a fare

    English-Italian dictionary > put up

  • 34 put up

    1. transitive verb
    1) heben [Hand]; (erect) errichten [Gebäude, Denkmal, Gerüst, Zaun usw.]; bauen [Haus]; aufstellen [Denkmal, Gerüst, Leinwand, Zelt]; aufbauen [Zelt, Verteidigungsanlagen]; anbringen [Schild, Notiz usw.] (on an + Dat.); (fig.) aufbauen [Fassade]; abziehen [Schau]
    2) (display) anschlagen; aushängen
    3) (offer as defence) hochnehmen [Fäuste]; leisten [Widerstand, Gegenwehr]

    put up a struggle — sich wehren od. zur Wehr setzen

    4) (present for consideration) einreichen [Petition, Gesuch, Vorschlag]; (nominate) aufstellen

    put somebody up for election — jemanden als Kandidaten aufstellen

    5) (incite)
    6) (accommodate) unterbringen
    7) (increase) [he]raufsetzen, anheben [Preis, Miete, Steuer, Zins]
    8)
    2. intransitive verb
    1) (be candidate) kandidieren; sich aufstellen lassen
    2) (lodge) übernachten; sich einquartieren
    * * *
    1) (to raise (a hand etc).) heben
    2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) errichten
    3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) aufhängen
    4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) erhöhen
    5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) liefern
    6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) bereitstellen
    7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) unterbringen
    * * *
    ◆ put up
    I. vt
    1. (hang up)
    ▪ to \put up sth up decorations, curtains, notice etw aufhängen
    to \put up up a flag/sail eine Flagge/ein Segel hissen [o aufziehen
    ▪ to \put up sth up etw hochheben
    \put up your hand up if you know the answer hebt die Hand hoch, wenn ihr die Antwort wisst
    \put up 'em up! (surrender) Hände hoch!; (to fight) mach schon, schlag doch zu!
    to \put up up a drip MED einen Tropf anbringen
    to \put up up one's dukes ( dated) seine Fäuste hochnehmen [o ÖSTERR heben]
    to \put up one's feet up die Füße hochlegen
    to \put up one's hair up sich dat das Haar aufstecken; (open) etw öffnen [o aufmachen]
    to \put up up the car window das Autofenster zumachen
    to \put up up an umbrella einen Schirm öffnen [o aufklappen]
    why don't you \put up up your hood? warum nimmst du nicht deine Kapuze?
    ▪ to \put up up ⇆ sth etw bauen
    to \put up up a fence einen Zaun [o SCHWEIZ a. Hag] errichten
    to \put up up a tent ein Zelt aufstellen [o aufschlagen
    ▪ to \put up up ⇆ sth numbers, price, sales, blood pressure etw erhöhen [o hochtreiben
    ▪ to \put up up ⇆ sth amount etw bezahlen
    the money was \put up up by an anonymous donor das Geld wurde von einem anonymen Spender aufgebracht
    to \put up up bail eine Kaution zahlen
    to \put up up capital Kapital aufbringen
    to \put up one's child up for adoption sein Kind zur Adoption freigeben
    to \put up sth up for rent etw vermieten
    to \put up up a reward eine Belohnung aussetzen
    to \put up sth up for sale etw zum Verkauf anbieten
    6. (give shelter)
    ▪ to \put up up ⇆ sb jdn unterbringen
    we're \put upting up my sister for the weekend/a while meine Schwester bleibt [o wohnt] das Wochenende über/eine Weile bei uns
    7. (propose)
    ▪ to \put up up ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw vorschlagen
    he \put up up the argument that... er hat argumentiert, dass...
    to \put up up a candidate einen Kandidaten/eine Kandidatin vorschlagen [o aufstellen]
    to \put up sb up for election jdn zur Wahl stellen
    to \put up up a proposal etwas vorschlagen
    8. (cause to do)
    ▪ to \put up sb up to sth jdn zu etw dat verleiten; to a fight, criminal offence jdn zu etw dat anstiften
    she must have \put up him up to it sie muss ihn dazu verleitet haben
    9. (resist)
    to \put up up opposition [or objections] widersprechen
    no one has yet \put up up any objections to the proposal bis jetzt hat sich noch niemand gegen den Vorschlag ausgesprochen
    to \put up up a struggle [or fight] kämpfen
    the villagers did not \put up up any resistance die Dorfbewohner leisteten keinen Widerstand
    II. vi (stay)
    to \put up up in a hotel/at sb's place in einem Hotel/bei jdm unterkommen
    to \put up up in a hotel/at sb's place for the night die Nacht in einem Hotel/bei jdm verbringen
    * * *
    A v/t
    1. hinauflegen, -stellen:
    put one’s legs up die Beine hochlegen
    2. hochschieben, -heben, -ziehen: → academic.ru/4885/back">back1 A 1, shutter A 1
    3. ein Bild, einen Vorhang etc aufhängen
    4. ein Plakat anschlagen
    5. sich das Haar hoch- oder aufstecken:
    put up one’s hair
    6. einen Schirm aufspannen
    7. aufstellen, errichten, erbauen:
    put up a tent ein Zelt aufschlagen oder aufbauen
    8. umg
    a) etwas aushecken
    b) etwas (hin)drehen, fingieren
    9. ein Gebet emporsenden
    10. eine Bitte etc vorbringen
    11. einen Gast (bei sich) aufnehmen, unterbringen, beherbergen
    12. weglegen, beiseitelegen
    13. aufbewahren
    14. ein-, verpacken ( beide:
    in in akk oder dat), zusammenlegen
    15. HIST sein Schwert etc in die Scheide stecken
    16. konservieren, einkochen, -machen
    17. THEAT ein Stück aufführen
    18. ein gutes Spiel etc zeigen, einen harten etc Kampf liefern, Widerstand leisten:
    19. (als Kandidaten) aufstellen
    20. Auktion: an-, ausbieten:
    put up for sale meistbietend verkaufen
    21. den Preis etc hinaufsetzen, erhöhen
    22. Wild aufjagen
    23. → banns
    24. bezahlen
    25. (ein)setzen (bei einer Wette etc)
    26. jemanden anstiften ( to sth zu etwas; to doing zu tun)
    a) jemanden informieren über (akk),
    b) jemandem einen Tipp geben für
    B v/i
    1. absteigen, sich einquartieren ( beide:
    at in dat, bei)
    2. (for) sich aufstellen lassen, kandidieren (für), sich bewerben (um)
    3. (be)zahlen ( for für)
    4. put up with sich abfinden mit, sich etwas gefallen lassen, ruhig hinnehmen:
    I’m not going to put up with it das werde ich mir nicht gefallen lassen
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) heben [Hand]; (erect) errichten [Gebäude, Denkmal, Gerüst, Zaun usw.]; bauen [Haus]; aufstellen [Denkmal, Gerüst, Leinwand, Zelt]; aufbauen [Zelt, Verteidigungsanlagen]; anbringen [Schild, Notiz usw.] (on an + Dat.); (fig.) aufbauen [Fassade]; abziehen [Schau]
    2) (display) anschlagen; aushängen
    3) (offer as defence) hochnehmen [Fäuste]; leisten [Widerstand, Gegenwehr]

    put up a struggle — sich wehren od. zur Wehr setzen

    4) (present for consideration) einreichen [Petition, Gesuch, Vorschlag]; (nominate) aufstellen
    6) (accommodate) unterbringen
    7) (increase) [he]raufsetzen, anheben [Preis, Miete, Steuer, Zins]
    8)
    2. intransitive verb
    1) (be candidate) kandidieren; sich aufstellen lassen
    2) (lodge) übernachten; sich einquartieren
    * * *
    v.
    anschlagen v.
    aufstellen v.
    bauen v.
    errichten v.

    English-german dictionary > put up

  • 35 make\ out

    1. I
    1) they aren't as rich as they make out они совсем не так богаты, как стараются это представить
    2) how did you make out? каковы ваши успехи?; how are things making out? как идет дела?: give him another six months and see how he makes out дайте ему еще полгода и тогда посмотрите, как у неги пойдут дела; don't worry I'll make out не беспокойтесь, я справлюсь
    3) he is not such a fool (such a good lawyer, such a bad man, etc.) as some people make out, он не такой дурак и т. д., как некоторые люди полагают; as far as I (this reporter, the doctor, etc,) can make out... насколько я и т. д. могу судить...
    2. III
    4)
    make out smth. /smth. out/ we need two more eggs to make out a dozen до дюжины нам не хватает еще двух я яиц; we must put in some more poems and essays to make out a representative volume чтобы получился /был/ типичный для данного писателя (для этой школы и т. п.) том, нужно включить в него еще несколько стихотворений и очерков
    2)
    make out smth., smb. /smth.! smb. out/ make out the meaning of a phrase (a rule, etc.) понять значение фразы и т. д., разобраться в значении фразы и т. д., he couldn't make out her hand он не мог разобрать ее почерка; the boy had a hard time making out the problem мальчик с большим трудом разобрался в задаче /долго не мог понять задачу/; I can't make you out а) я вас не понимаю; б) не могу понять, что вы за человек
    3)
    make out smth., smb. /smth., smb. out/usually with can; I couldn't make out the design (her figure, the man in the cloak, the amount at the bottom of the page, etc.) я не мог рассмотреть орнамент и т. д., can you make out the island? ты видишь остров?
    4)
    make out smth. /smth. out/ make out a marketing list (our annual report, an application, etc.) составлять список покупок и т. д. I make out this form (an order for books, a questionnaire, etc.) заполните этот бланк или эту анкету и т. д., make out a certificate выписать свидетельство; make out a cheque (a bill) выписать чек (счет); make out, а сору (а record, etc.) сделать копию и т. д.
    3. IV
    1) make out smth. /smth. out/ in some manner usually in the interrogative coll. how do you make that out? почему вы так думаете?, откуда вы это взяли?
    2) make out smth., smb. /smth., smb. out/ in some manner I could barely /hardly, scarcely, just/ make out the expression on his face (the outline of the building, her figure, the running man, etc.) я едва мог рассмотреть или различить выражение его лица и т. д.
    4. V
    make out smb. /smb. out/ make me out a liar (a hypocrite, a cheat, an impostor, etc.) выставлять /представлять/ меня лгуном и т. д.
    5. VI
    make out smb. /smb. out/ as being of /having/ some quality make him out selfish (deceitful, guilty, ill, etc.) выставлять его эгоистичным и т. д.
    6. VII
    make out smb. /smb. out/ to be smb. make smb. out to be a liar (to be the one who broke the vase, to be a person of the highest character, etc.) выставлять кого-л. лжецом и т. д.; he makes himself out to be a famous scientist он выдает себя за известного ученого
    7. XI
    1) be made out that... it was made out that he had no business being there дело было представлено так, что он якобы не имел права там быть; be made out by smb. that... it was made out by his counsel that he was innocent адвокат /защитник/ представил дело так, что он невиновен
    2) || a case could be made out for Smith's release можно привести убедительные доводы или доказательства в пользу освобождения Смита; we do not consider that a case has been made out for reducing the tax on these goods мы считали, что не было приведено убедительных доводов в пользу необходимости. сокращения налога на эти товары
    3) be made out [to be] smb. he is made out [to be] a patriot (a hero, the best dancer ever, etc.) о нем отзываются как о патриоте и т. д., его считают патриотом и т. д.
    4) be made out in some manner the outline of the house (the ship, the spire, the figure, etc.) could just /hardly, barely/ be made out очертания дома и т. д. были едва различимы; be made out from somewhere his speech could scarcely /barely, hardly/ be made out from the balcony (from the fifth row, from afar, etc.) с балкона и т. д. его речь была едва слышна; the expression of his face could not be made out in half-light (in the gloom, in the mist, ill the darkness, etc.) в полутьме и т. д. нельзя было рассмотреть выражение его лица
    5) be made out in some manner be made out clearly (quickly, etc.) быть составленным /быть заполненным/ четко и т. д.; be made out in some quantity applications ( orders, forms, etc.) have to be made out in triplicate (in duplicate, in a number of copies, etc.) заявления и т. д. пишутся в трех экземплярах и т. д.
    8. XIII
    make out to be in some state he made out to be ill он притворился больным
    9. XVI
    coll. make out with smb., smth. how are you making out with Mary? как у вас дела с Мэри?; how did you make out with your interview? как у вас прошло интервью?; you made out well with the dinner (with the party, with your speech, etc.) обед и т. д. вам удался; we must try to make out with what we have надо попытаться обойтись тем, что у нас есть; make out in smth. how are you making out in your new job (in the office, etc.)? как у вас дела с новой работой и т. д.?; make out on smth. make out on a small wage обходиться небольшой зарплатой, жить на небольшую зарплату
    10. XXI1
    1) || make out a case for /in favour of/ (against) smth. приводить доказательства или доводы в пользу (против) чего-л.; make out a strong case for reform (in favour of an increase in salary, etc.) находить убедительные доводы в пользу реформ и т. д.
    2) make out smth. /smth. out/ from smth. I couldn't make anything out from these facts из этих фактов я не мог ничего понять; he tried to make out something from the tangled mazes of history and legend он пытался разобраться в лабиринте исторических событий и легенд
    3) make out smth., smb. /smth., smb. out/ т some place make out an inscription on a wall (a signature at the foot of a letter, a date in a manuscript, etc.) разобрать надпись на стене и т. д.; make out an outline of a house in the distance (a ship near the horizon, a spire in the darkness, etc.) различить очертания дома вдали и т. д.; make out a dim figure in the mist смутно видеть фигуру сквозь туман /в тумане/; I couldn't make her out in the dark hall я не видел ее в этом темном холле; make out smth., smb. /smth., smb. out/ with smth. you can make it out with a telescope это можно увидеть в телескоп; I couldn't make her out even with opera-glasses я даже в бинокль не видел ее
    4) make out smth. /smth. out/ for smth., smb. make out an application for a licence подать /написать/ заявление на получение прав; make out a list for the grocer составить список того, что надо купить в бакалее; make out a cheque for L 10 выписать чек на десять фунтов; make out smth. /smth. out/ to smb., smth. make out a cheque to him (to the firm, etc.) выписать чек на его имя /на него/ и т. д., make out a pass to him and his wife выписать /дать/ пропуск ему и его жене; make out smth. /smth. out/ in some quantity make this document out in duplicate оформите этот документ в двух экземплярах
    11. XXV
    1) make out that... he made out that he had been badly treated (that we were to blame, that they were friends of ours, etc.) он представил дело так, будто с ним плохо обращались и т. д., you can't make out that we haven't tried to help you вы не можете сказать, что мы не пытались ним помочь; let's make out that we are wrecked on a desert island давайте вообразим /представим себе/, что в результате кораблекрушения мы оказались на необитаемом острове
    2) make out what... (why..., who..., etc.) I can't make out what he wants (what it's all about, why he left, who that man was, when they intend to return, etc.) никак не пойму, что он хочет и т. д., all I can make out is that he will come все, что я понял, так это то, что он придет
    3) make out whether... (who..., etc.) I can't make out whether this figure is a three or an eight не могу разобрать, какая это цифра, три или восемь?; from the voice he could make out who the stranger was по голосу он понял или догадался, кто был этот незнакомец

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > make\ out

  • 36 measure

    1. noun
    1) Maß, das

    weights and measures — Maße und Gewichte

    for good measure — sicherheitshalber; (as an extra) zusätzlich

    give short/full measure — (in public house) zu wenig/vorschriftsmäßig ausschenken

    made to measure — pred. (Brit., lit. or fig.) maßgeschneidert

    2) (degree) Menge, die

    in some measure — in gewisser Hinsicht

    a measure of freedom/responsibility — ein gewisses Maß an Freiheit/Verantwortung (Dat.)

    3) (instrument or utensil for measuring) Maß, das; (for quantity also) Messglas, das; Messbecher, der; (for size also) Messstab, der; (fig.) Maßstab, der

    it gave us some measure of the problems — das gab uns eine Vorstellung von den Problemen

    beyond [all] measure — grenzenlos; über die od. alle Maßen adverb

    4) (Mus.): (time) Takt, der
    5) (step, law) Maßnahme, die; (Law): (bill) Gesetzesvorlage, die

    take measures to stop/ensure something — Maßnahmen ergreifen od. treffen, um etwas zu unterbinden/sicherzustellen

    2. transitive verb
    1) messen [Größe, Menge usw.]; ausmessen [Raum]

    measure somebody for a suit — [bei] jemandem Maß od. die Maße für einen Anzug nehmen

    2) (fig.): (estimate) abschätzen

    measure something [off] — etwas abmessen

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (have a given size) messen
    2) (take measurement[s]) Maß nehmen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/89057/measure_out">measure out
    * * *
    ['meʒə] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) das Meßgerät
    2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) das Maß
    3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) die Maßeinheit
    4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) die Maßnahme
    5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) ein gewisses Maß
    6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.)
    2. verb
    1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) messen
    2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) messen
    3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) messen
    4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) messen
    •
    - measurement
    - beyond measure
    - for good measure
    - full measure
    - made to measure
    - measure out
    - measure up
    * * *
    meas·ure
    [ˈmeʒəʳ, AM -ɚ]
    I. n
    1. (unit) Maß nt, Maßeinheit f
    a \measure of capacity ein Hohlmaß nt
    a \measure of length ein Längenmaß nt
    he poured himself a generous \measure of whiskey er schenkte sich einen großen Whisky ein
    2. ( fig: degree) Maß nt, Grad m
    there was a large \measure of agreement between us zwischen uns gab es ein hohes Maß an Übereinstimmung
    there was some \measure of truth in what he said an dem, was er sagte, war etwas Wahres dran
    in large \measure in hohem Maß, zum großen Teil
    in some \measure gewissermaßen, in gewisser Beziehung
    3. (measuring instrument) Messgerät nt; (ruler, yardstick) Messstab m; (container) Messbecher m, Messglas nt
    4. (indicator) Maßstab m
    examinations are not always the best \measure of students' progress Prüfungen sind nicht immer ein zuverlässiger Indikator für die Fortschritte der Schüler
    to be a \measure of sb's popularity ein Maßstab für jds Popularität sein
    5. usu pl (action) also LAW Maßnahme f
    the \measures we have taken are designed to prevent such accidents occurring in future die Maßnahmen, die wir ergriffen haben, sollen solche Unfälle in Zukunft verhindern
    \measures pl required Handlungsbedarf m
    6. POL (bill) gesetzliche Maßnahme, Bestimmung f, Verfügung f
    7. LIT (metre) Versmaß nt, Metrum nt
    8. AM MUS (bar) Takt m
    9. TYPO Satzbreite f
    10.
    ▶ beyond \measure über die [o alle] Maßen
    ▶ there are no half \measures with me ich mache keine halben Sachen
    ▶ to get [or take] the \measure of sb/sth (assess) jdn/etw einschätzen [o kennenlernen]; (understand) jdn/etw verstehen
    ▶ for good \measure (in addition) zusätzlich, noch dazu; (to ensure success) sicherheitshalber
    II. vt
    1. (find out size)
    ▪ to \measure sth etw [ab]messen
    to \measure sb for a dress/suit jds Maße für ein Kleid/einen Anzug nehmen
    to \measure sth in centimetres/pounds etw in Zentimetern/Pfund messen
    delays \measured by weeks are frustrating wochenlange Verspätungen sind frustrierend
    to \measure sb's heart rate jds Puls messen
    to \measure sb performance jds Leistung beurteilen
    to \measure a room ein Zimmer ausmessen
    2. (be certain size/quantity)
    ▪ to \measure sth etw betragen
    3.
    ▶ to \measure one's length [on the ground] auf die Schnauze [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. aufs Maul] fallen sl
    III. vi messen
    the box \measures 10cm by 10cm by 12cm der Karton misst 10 mal 10 mal 12 cm
    * * *
    ['meZə(r)]
    1. n
    1) (= unit of measurement) Maß(einheit f) nt

    beyond measure —

    See:
    → weight
    2) (= object for measuring) Maß nt; (graduated for length) Maßstab m; (graduated for volume) Messbecher m
    3) (= amount measured) Menge f

    to give sb full/short measure (barman) — richtig/zu wenig ausschenken; (grocer) richtig/zu wenig abwiegen

    for good measure — zur Sicherheit, sicherheitshalber

    ... and another one for good measure —... und noch eines obendrein

    4) (fig: yardstick) Maßstab m (of für)

    MacLeod's approval is the measure of a good whisky —

    please consider this as a measure of my esteem for... — bitte betrachten Sie dies als Ausdruck meiner Anerkennung für...

    it's a measure of his skill as a writer that... — seine schriftstellerischen Fähigkeiten lassen sich daran beurteilen, dass...

    5)

    (= extent) in some measure — in gewisser Hinsicht or Beziehung

    to a large measure, in large measure — in hohem Maße

    to get the measure of sb/sth — jdn/etw (richtig) einschätzen

    6) (= step) Maßnahme f

    to take measures to do sth — Maßnahmen ergreifen, um etw zu tun

    7) (POET) Versmaß nt
    8) (US MUS) Takt m
    9) (old: dance) Tanz m

    to tread a measure with sb — mit jdm ein Tänzchen wagen

    2. vt
    messen; length also abmessen; room also ausmessen; (= take sb's measurements) Maß nehmen bei; (fig) beurteilen, abschätzen; words abwägen
    3. vi
    messen

    what does it measure? — wie viel misst es?, wie groß ist es?

    * * *
    measure [ˈmeʒə(r); US auch ˈmeı-]
    A s
    1. Maß(einheit) n(f):
    cubic measure, solid measure Raum-, Kubikmaß;
    lineal measure, linear measure, long measure, measure of length Längenmaß;
    square measure, superficial measure Flächenmaß;
    2. fig (richtiges oder vernünftiges) Maß, Ausmaß n:
    beyond (all) measure über alle Maßen, grenzenlos;
    her joy was beyond measure ihre Freude kannte keine Grenzen;
    for good measure noch dazu, obendrein;
    a) in großem Maße, überaus,
    b) großenteils;
    in some measure, in a (certain) measure gewissermaßen, bis zu einem gewissen Grade;
    without measure ohne Maßen;
    set measures to Grenzen setzen (dat);
    know no measure kein Maß kennen
    3. Messen n, Maß n:
    (made) to measure nach Maß (gearbeitet);
    take the measure of sth etwas abmessen;
    take sb’s measure
    a) jemandem Maß nehmen ( for a suit für einen Anzug),
    b) auch get sb’s measure fig jemanden taxieren oder ab-, einschätzen;
    I have his measure ich habe ihn durchschaut; → made-to-measure
    4. Maß n, Messgerät n:
    weigh with two measures fig mit zweierlei Maß messen; → tape measure
    5. fig Maßstab m (of für):
    be a measure of sth einer Sache als Maßstab dienen;
    Man is the measure of all things der Mensch ist das Maß aller Dinge
    6. Anteil m, Portion f, gewisse Menge
    7. a) MATH Maß(einheit) n(f), Teiler m, Faktor m
    b) PHYS Maßeinheit f:
    2 is a measure of 4 2 ist Teiler von 4;
    measure of dispersion Streuungs-, Verteilungsmaß
    8. (abgemessener) Teil, Grenze f:
    set a measure to sth etwas begrenzen;
    the measure of my days BIBEL die Dauer meines Lebens
    9. LIT
    a) Silbenmaß n
    b) Versglied n
    c) Versmaß n, Metrum n
    10. MUS
    a) Takt(art) m(f)
    b) Takt m (als Quantität):
    c) Zeitmaß n, Tempo n
    d) Takt m, Rhythmus m
    e) Mensur f (bei Orgelpfeifen):
    tread ( oder trip) a measure obs tanzen ( with mit)
    11. poet Weise f, Melodie f
    12. pl GEOL Lager n, Flöz n
    13. CHEM Mensur f, Grad m (eines graduierten Gefäßes)
    14. TYPO Zeilen-, Satz-, Kolumnenbreite f
    15. Fechten: Mensur f, Abstand m
    16. Maßnahme f, -regel f, Schritt m:
    take measures Maßnahmen treffen oder ergreifen; → legal A 4
    17. JUR gesetzliche Maßnahme, Verfügung f
    B v/t
    1. (ver)messen, ab-, aus-, zumessen:
    measure one’s length fig der Länge nach oder längelang hinfallen;
    measure sb (be [ oder get] measured) for a suit jemandem Maß nehmen (sich Maß nehmen lassen) für einen Anzug
    a) ausmessen, die Ausmaße oder Grenzen bestimmen, ein Bergwerk markscheiden,
    b) harte Strafen etc verhängen
    3. fig ermessen
    4. (ab)messen, abschätzen ( beide:
    by an dat):
    measured by ( oder against) gemessen an
    5. beurteilen (by nach)
    6. vergleichen, messen ( beide:
    against, with mit):
    measure o.s. against sb;
    measure one’s strength with sb seine Kräfte mit jemandem messen;
    measure swords bes fig die Klingen kreuzen ( with mit)
    7. eine Strecke durchmessen, zurücklegen
    C v/i
    1. Messungen vornehmen
    2. messen, groß sein:
    it measures 7 inches es misst 7 Zoll, ist ist 7 Zoll lang
    a) die Ansprüche (gen) erfüllen, gut abschneiden im Vergleich zu,
    b) den Ansprüchen etc gewachsen sein,
    c) heranreichen an (akk)
    meas. abk
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Maß, das

    for good measure — sicherheitshalber; (as an extra) zusätzlich

    give short/full measure — (in public house) zu wenig/vorschriftsmäßig ausschenken

    made to measure — pred. (Brit., lit. or fig.) maßgeschneidert

    2) (degree) Menge, die

    a measure of freedom/responsibility — ein gewisses Maß an Freiheit/Verantwortung (Dat.)

    3) (instrument or utensil for measuring) Maß, das; (for quantity also) Messglas, das; Messbecher, der; (for size also) Messstab, der; (fig.) Maßstab, der

    beyond [all] measure — grenzenlos; über die od. alle Maßen adverb

    4) (Mus.): (time) Takt, der
    5) (step, law) Maßnahme, die; (Law): (bill) Gesetzesvorlage, die

    take measures to stop/ensure something — Maßnahmen ergreifen od. treffen, um etwas zu unterbinden/sicherzustellen

    2. transitive verb
    1) messen [Größe, Menge usw.]; ausmessen [Raum]

    measure somebody for a suit — [bei] jemandem Maß od. die Maße für einen Anzug nehmen

    2) (fig.): (estimate) abschätzen

    measure something [off] — etwas abmessen

    3. intransitive verb
    2) (take measurement[s]) Maß nehmen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (music) n.
    Takt -e (Musik) m. n.
    Maß -e (Mathematik) n.
    Maß -e n.
    Maßeinheit f.
    Maßnahme -n f.
    Metrum n.
    Takt -e m. v.
    messen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: maß, gemessen)
    vermessen v.

    English-german dictionary > measure

  • 37 improvement

    1) (the state or act of improving or being improved: There has been a great improvement in her work; The patient's condition shows some improvement.) mejora
    2) (something which improves, or adds beauty, value etc: I've made several improvements to the house.) mejora
    improvement n mejora / mejoría
    to be an improvement on... ser mejor que...
    tr[ɪm'prʊːvmənt]
    1 (gen) mejora, mejoramiento; (in health) mejoría
    2 (in knowledge) perfeccionamiento
    3 (increase) aumento
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    ■ it's certainly an improvement on the old one ciertamente, es un una mejoría respecto al antiguo
    improvement [ɪm'pru:vmənt] n
    : mejoramiento m, mejora f
    n.
    • abono s.m.
    • adelantamiento s.m.
    • aumento s.m.
    • bonificación s.f.
    • enmienda s.f.
    • medra s.f.
    • mejora s.f.
    • mejoramiento s.m.
    • mejoría s.f.
    • perfeccionamiento s.m.
    • progreso s.m.
    • reforma s.f.
    ɪm'pruːvmənt
    mass & count noun (in design, situation) mejora f; ( in health) mejoría f

    you're getting better, but there's still plenty of room for improvement — has mejorado pero todavía puedes mejorar mucho más

    to be an improvement ON something — ser* mejor que or superior a algo

    to make improvements — hacer* mejoras

    [ɪm'pruːvmǝnt]
    1.
    N (in quality) mejora f, mejoramiento m (in de); (=increase) aumento m (in de); (=progress) progresos mpl (in en); [of the mind] cultivo m ; (Med) mejoría f

    to make improvements to — [+ property] hacer mejoras en

    2.
    CPD

    improvement grant N — subvención f para modernizar (una casa etc)

    * * *
    [ɪm'pruːvmənt]
    mass & count noun (in design, situation) mejora f; ( in health) mejoría f

    you're getting better, but there's still plenty of room for improvement — has mejorado pero todavía puedes mejorar mucho más

    to be an improvement ON something — ser* mejor que or superior a algo

    to make improvements — hacer* mejoras

    English-spanish dictionary > improvement

  • 38 get up

    1) (to (cause to) get out of bed: I got up at seven o'clock; Get John up at seven o'clock.) stå op; vække
    2) (to stand up.) rejse sig
    3) (to increase (usually speed).) øge
    4) (to arrange, organize or prepare (something): We must get up some sort of celebration for him when he leaves.) arrangere
    * * *
    1) (to (cause to) get out of bed: I got up at seven o'clock; Get John up at seven o'clock.) stå op; vække
    2) (to stand up.) rejse sig
    3) (to increase (usually speed).) øge
    4) (to arrange, organize or prepare (something): We must get up some sort of celebration for him when he leaves.) arrangere

    English-Danish dictionary > get up

  • 39 put up

    1) (to raise (a hand etc).) løfte
    2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) bygge; opføre
    3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) sætte op
    4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) sætte op
    5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) kæmpe en brav kamp
    6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) skaffe
    7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) have boende
    * * *
    1) (to raise (a hand etc).) løfte
    2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) bygge; opføre
    3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) sætte op
    4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) sætte op
    5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) kæmpe en brav kamp
    6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) skaffe
    7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) have boende

    English-Danish dictionary > put up

  • 40 fold

    I [fəʊld]
    1) (crease) (in fabric, paper) piega f.
    2) geogr. avvallamento m.
    3) geol. piega f.

    to increase twofold, threefold — raddoppiare, triplicare

    II 1. [fəʊld]
    1) (crease) piegare [paper, shirt]; chiudere (piegando) [ chair]; piegare, chiudere [ umbrella]; ripiegare, chiudere [ wings]
    2) (intertwine) congiungere [ hands]

    he folded his arms across his chest — incrociò le braccia sul petto, si mise a braccia conserte

    3) gastr. (add) mescolare, unire, incorporare ( into a)
    2.
    1) [ chair] chiudersi, essere pieghevole
    2) (fail) [ play] lasciare il cartellone; [ company] chiudere i battenti; [ project] fallire, andare in fumo; [ course] essere annullato
    •
    III [fəʊld]
    nome agr. ovile m.
    ••
    * * *
    I 1. [fould] verb
    1) (to double over (material, paper etc): She folded the paper in half.)
    2) (to lay one on top of another: She folded her hands in her lap.)
    3) (to bring in (wings) close to the body: The bird folded its wings.)
    2. noun
    1) (a doubling of one layer of material, paper etc over another: Her dress hung in folds.)
    2) (a mark made especially on paper etc by doing this; a crease: There was a fold in the page.)
    •
    - folder
    - folding     II [fould] noun
    (a place surrounded by a fence or wall, in which sheep are kept: a sheep fold.)
    * * *
    I [fəʊld] n
    Agr ovile m
    II [fəʊld]
    1. n
    (bend, crease) also Geol piega
    2. vt
    (gen) piegare, (wings) ripiegare
    3. vi
    (chair, table) piegarsi, (fam: fail: business venture) crollare, (play) chiudere
    •
    * * *
    fold (1) /fəʊld/
    n.
    1 piega; piegatura; segno di piega: the folds of a skirt, le pieghe di una gonna; a fold in a sheet of paper, una piega in un foglio di carta
    2 corrugamento; increspatura; piega; plica (anat.): a fold of skin, una piega della pelle; un rotolo di carne
    3 (geogr.) ondulazione; avvallamento; collinetta: a fold in the land, un'ondulazione del terreno
    5 spira ( di serpente, ecc.)
    6 (geol.) piega; corrugamento.
    fold (2) /fəʊld/
    n.
    1 ovile; addiaccio; stabbio
    2 (fig.: the fold) ovile: to return to the fold, tornare all'ovile; in the family fold, in seno alla famiglia
    3 (relig.) gregge (di anime); (i) fedeli (pl.).
    ♦ (to) fold (1) /fəʊld/
    A v. t.
    1 piegare; ripiegare: to fold a letter [a sheet], piegare una lettera [un lenzuolo]; to fold a tent, ripiegare una tenda; to fold down the corner of a page, piegare in giù l'angolo di una pagina; He folded the clothes into a bundle, fece un involto dei vestiti
    2 chiudere; ripiegare, raccogliere (ali, petali); incrociare ( le braccia); intrecciare ( le dita); unire ( le mani): The bird folded its wings, l'uccello chiuse le ali; with folded arms, a braccia conserte; She sat with folded hands, sedeva con le mani unite in grembo
    3 (con avv. o compl.) avviluppare; avvolgere: to fold st. in paper, avvolgere qc. nella carta; A scarf was folded around his neck, una sciarpa gli avvolgeva il collo; The cliffs were folded in fog, le scogliere erano avvolte dalla nebbia
    4 (con compl.) serrare, stringere ( fra le braccia, ecc.); to fold a child in one's arms, stringere un bambino fra le braccia; to fold sb. to one's breast, abbracciare q.
    5 (geol.) corrugare; piegare
    B v. i.
    1 ( di tavolo, sedia, ecc.) chiudersi; essere pieghevole: to fold flat, chiudersi e diventare piatto
    2 ( a carte = to fold one's cards) passare; non starci
    3 (comm., fam.) chiudere ( per difficoltà finanziarie); cessare l'attività; fallire
    4 ( sport) cedere; crollare
    5 (geol.) corrugarsi; piegarsi.
    (to) fold (2) /fəʊld/
    v. t.
    3 (agric.) stabbiare ( il terreno).
    * * *
    I [fəʊld]
    1) (crease) (in fabric, paper) piega f.
    2) geogr. avvallamento m.
    3) geol. piega f.

    to increase twofold, threefold — raddoppiare, triplicare

    II 1. [fəʊld]
    1) (crease) piegare [paper, shirt]; chiudere (piegando) [ chair]; piegare, chiudere [ umbrella]; ripiegare, chiudere [ wings]
    2) (intertwine) congiungere [ hands]

    he folded his arms across his chest — incrociò le braccia sul petto, si mise a braccia conserte

    3) gastr. (add) mescolare, unire, incorporare ( into a)
    2.
    1) [ chair] chiudersi, essere pieghevole
    2) (fail) [ play] lasciare il cartellone; [ company] chiudere i battenti; [ project] fallire, andare in fumo; [ course] essere annullato
    •
    III [fəʊld]
    nome agr. ovile m.
    ••

    English-Italian dictionary > fold

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