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1 observation
observation [‚ɒbzə'veɪʃən]∎ the observation of nature l'observation f de la nature;∎ to be under observation (patient) être en observation; (by police) être surveillé par la police ou sous surveillance policière;∎ they are keeping the house under observation ils ont placé la maison sous surveillance;∎ this fact has not escaped his observation ce fait n'a pas échappé à sa vigilance∎ I have a few observations to make j'ai quelques remarques à faire(c) (perception) observation f;∎ to have great powers of observation avoir de grandes facultés d'observation►► observation aircraft avion m de reconnaissance;observation balloon ballon m d'observation;Railways observation car voiture f panoramique;observation deck terrasse f panoramique;observation point point m d'observation;Military observation post poste m d'observation;observation satellite satellite m d'observation;observation tower tour f de guet, mirador m;Medicine observation ward salle f d'observationUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > observation
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2 observation
noun1) no pl. Beobachtung, diebe [kept] under observation — beobachtet werden; (by police, detectives) observiert od. überwacht werden
* * *[ob-]1) (the act of noticing or watching: She is in hospital for observation.) die Beobachtung2) (a remark.) die Bemerkung* * *ob·ser·va·tion[ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃən, AM ˌɑ:bzɚˈ-]nto admit sb to hospital for \observation jdn zur Beobachtung ins Krankenhaus einweisento keep sb in hospital for \observation jdn zur Beobachtung im Krankenhaus behaltenunder \observation unter Beobachtungthe police have him under \observation die Polizei observiert ihnto keep/put sb/sth under [close] \observation jdn/etw [streng] überwachenpowers of \observation Beobachtungsgabe fto make an \observation [about sb/sth] eine Bemerkung [über jdn/etw] machen, sich akk [über jdn/etw] äußern* * *["ɒbzə'veISən]n1) Beobachtung fto keep sb/sth under observation — jdn/etw unter Beobachtung halten; (by police) jdn/etw überwachen or observieren (form)
he's in hospital for observation — er ist zur Beobachtung im Krankenhaus
to escape sb's observation — (von jdm) unbemerkt bleiben, jdm entgehen
2) (of rules, Sabbath) Einhalten nt3) (= remark) Bemerkung f, Äußerung fobservations on Kant — Betrachtungen über or zu Kant
his observations on the experiment — seine Versuchserläuterungen
* * *A s1. Beobachtung f:a) Überwachung fb) Wahrnehmung f:be under observation unter Beobachtung stehen;be in hospital under observation zur Beobachtung im Krankenhaus sein;fall under sb’s observation von jemandem bemerkt oder wahrgenommen werden;keep sb under observation jemanden beobachten (lassen);they kept her in hospital for observation sie behielten sie zur Beobachtung im Krankenhaus;take an observation SCHIFF das Besteck nehmen;period of observation Beobachtungszeitraum m2. Bemerkung f:final observation Schlussbemerkung4. → academic.ru/51041/observance">observance 1B adj Beobachtungs…, Aussichts…obs. abk1. obscure2. observation3. observatory4. obsolete* * *noun1) no pl. Beobachtung, diepowers of observation — Beobachtungsgabe, die
be [kept] under observation — beobachtet werden; (by police, detectives) observiert od. überwacht werden
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3 nature
['neɪtʃə]n1) природа- rich nature
- majestic nature
- ever-youthful nature
- virginal nature
- wild nature
- generous nature
- severe nature
- exuberant nature
- untrodden nature
- inexhaustible nature
- scanty nature
- riches of nature
- powers of nature
- return to nature
- observation of nature
- ordinary course of nature
- descriptions of nature
- changes in nature
- balance of nature
- resources of nature
- alone with nature
- nature of the north
- struggle against nature
- admire nature
- study nature
- imitate nature
- protect nature
- disturb the balance of nature
- paint from nature
- follow the laws of nature
- have a quick eye for the beauties of nature
- made by nature
- nature takes its own course
- nature awakes
- nature is carefully balanced2) натура, характер, нравIt is only human nature to do that. — Человеку свойственно так поступать.
It was not in his nature to complain (to tell lies, to give in). — Не в его характере было жаловаться (лгать, сдаваться).
- good nature- ill nature
- strong nature
- true nature
- kind nature
- human nature
- be shy by nature3) суть, основное свойство, характерThese problems are political in nature. — Это, по сути, политические проблемы.
- nature of electricity- nature of my work
- nature of the problem4) род, сорт- something of that nature
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4 Psychology
We come therefore now to that knowledge whereunto the ancient oracle directeth us, which is the knowledge of ourselves; which deserveth the more accurate handling, by how much it toucheth us more nearly. This knowledge, as it is the end and term of natural philosophy in the intention of man, so notwithstanding it is but a portion of natural philosophy in the continent of nature.... [W]e proceed to human philosophy or Humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate, or distributively; the other congregate, or in society. So as Human philosophy is either Simple and Particular, or Conjugate and Civil. Humanity Particular consisteth of the same parts whereof man consisteth; that is, of knowledges which respect the Body, and of knowledges that respect the Mind... how the one discloseth the other and how the one worketh upon the other... [:] the one is honored with the inquiry of Aristotle, and the other of Hippocrates. (Bacon, 1878, pp. 236-237)The claims of Psychology to rank as a distinct science are... not smaller but greater than those of any other science. If its phenomena are contemplated objectively, merely as nervo-muscular adjustments by which the higher organisms from moment to moment adapt their actions to environing co-existences and sequences, its degree of specialty, even then, entitles it to a separate place. The moment the element of feeling, or consciousness, is used to interpret nervo-muscular adjustments as thus exhibited in the living beings around, objective Psychology acquires an additional, and quite exceptional, distinction. (Spencer, 1896, p. 141)Kant once declared that psychology was incapable of ever raising itself to the rank of an exact natural science. The reasons that he gives... have often been repeated in later times. In the first place, Kant says, psychology cannot become an exact science because mathematics is inapplicable to the phenomena of the internal sense; the pure internal perception, in which mental phenomena must be constructed,-time,-has but one dimension. In the second place, however, it cannot even become an experimental science, because in it the manifold of internal observation cannot be arbitrarily varied,-still less, another thinking subject be submitted to one's experiments, comformably to the end in view; moreover, the very fact of observation means alteration of the observed object. (Wundt, 1904, p. 6)It is [Gustav] Fechner's service to have found and followed the true way; to have shown us how a "mathematical psychology" may, within certain limits, be realized in practice.... He was the first to show how Herbart's idea of an "exact psychology" might be turned to practical account. (Wundt, 1904, pp. 6-7)"Mind," "intellect," "reason," "understanding," etc. are concepts... that existed before the advent of any scientific psychology. The fact that the naive consciousness always and everywhere points to internal experience as a special source of knowledge, may, therefore, be accepted for the moment as sufficient testimony to the rights of psychology as science.... "Mind," will accordingly be the subject, to which we attribute all the separate facts of internal observation as predicates. The subject itself is determined p. 17) wholly and exclusively by its predicates. (Wundt, 1904,The study of animal psychology may be approached from two different points of view. We may set out from the notion of a kind of comparative physiology of mind, a universal history of the development of mental life in the organic world. Or we may make human psychology the principal object of investigation. Then, the expressions of mental life in animals will be taken into account only so far as they throw light upon the evolution of consciousness in man.... Human psychology... may confine itself altogether to man, and generally has done so to far too great an extent. There are plenty of psychological text-books from which you would hardly gather that there was any other conscious life than the human. (Wundt, 1907, pp. 340-341)The Behaviorist began his own formulation of the problem of psychology by sweeping aside all medieval conceptions. He dropped from his scientific vocabulary all subjective terms such as sensation, perception, image, desire, purpose, and even thinking and emotion as they were subjectively defined. (Watson, 1930, pp. 5-6)According to the medieval classification of the sciences, psychology is merely a chapter of special physics, although the most important chapter; for man is a microcosm; he is the central figure of the universe. (deWulf, 1956, p. 125)At the beginning of this century the prevailing thesis in psychology was Associationism.... Behavior proceeded by the stream of associations: each association produced its successors, and acquired new attachments with the sensations arriving from the environment.In the first decade of the century a reaction developed to this doctrine through the work of the Wurzburg school. Rejecting the notion of a completely self-determining stream of associations, it introduced the task ( Aufgabe) as a necessary factor in describing the process of thinking. The task gave direction to thought. A noteworthy innovation of the Wurzburg school was the use of systematic introspection to shed light on the thinking process and the contents of consciousness. The result was a blend of mechanics and phenomenalism, which gave rise in turn to two divergent antitheses, Behaviorism and the Gestalt movement. The behavioristic reaction insisted that introspection was a highly unstable, subjective procedure.... Behaviorism reformulated the task of psychology as one of explaining the response of organisms as a function of the stimuli impinging upon them and measuring both objectively. However, Behaviorism accepted, and indeed reinforced, the mechanistic assumption that the connections between stimulus and response were formed and maintained as simple, determinate functions of the environment.The Gestalt reaction took an opposite turn. It rejected the mechanistic nature of the associationist doctrine but maintained the value of phenomenal observation. In many ways it continued the Wurzburg school's insistence that thinking was more than association-thinking has direction given to it by the task or by the set of the subject. Gestalt psychology elaborated this doctrine in genuinely new ways in terms of holistic principles of organization.Today psychology lives in a state of relatively stable tension between the poles of Behaviorism and Gestalt psychology.... (Newell & Simon, 1963, pp. 279-280)As I examine the fate of our oppositions, looking at those already in existence as guide to how they fare and shape the course of science, it seems to me that clarity is never achieved. Matters simply become muddier and muddier as we go down through time. Thus, far from providing the rungs of a ladder by which psychology gradually climbs to clarity, this form of conceptual structure leads rather to an ever increasing pile of issues, which we weary of or become diverted from, but never really settle. (Newell, 1973b, pp. 288-289)The subject matter of psychology is as old as reflection. Its broad practical aims are as dated as human societies. Human beings, in any period, have not been indifferent to the validity of their knowledge, unconcerned with the causes of their behavior or that of their prey and predators. Our distant ancestors, no less than we, wrestled with the problems of social organization, child rearing, competition, authority, individual differences, personal safety. Solving these problems required insights-no matter how untutored-into the psychological dimensions of life. Thus, if we are to follow the convention of treating psychology as a young discipline, we must have in mind something other than its subject matter. We must mean that it is young in the sense that physics was young at the time of Archimedes or in the sense that geometry was "founded" by Euclid and "fathered" by Thales. Sailing vessels were launched long before Archimedes discovered the laws of bouyancy [ sic], and pillars of identical circumference were constructed before anyone knew that C IID. We do not consider the ship builders and stone cutters of antiquity physicists and geometers. Nor were the ancient cave dwellers psychologists merely because they rewarded the good conduct of their children. The archives of folk wisdom contain a remarkable collection of achievements, but craft-no matter how perfected-is not science, nor is a litany of successful accidents a discipline. If psychology is young, it is young as a scientific discipline but it is far from clear that psychology has attained this status. (Robinson, 1986, p. 12)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Psychology
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5 Psychoanalysis
[Psychoanalysis] seeks to prove to the ego that it is not even master in its own house, but must content itself with scanty information of what is going on unconsciously in the mind. (Freud, 1953-1974, Vol. 16, pp. 284-285)Although in the interview the analyst is supposedly a "passive" auditor of the "free association" narration by the subject, in point of fact the analyst does direct the course of the narrative. This by itself does not necessarily impair the evidential worth of the outcome, for even in the most meticulously conducted laboratory experiment the experimenter intervenes to obtain the data he is after. There is nevertheless the difficulty that in the nature of the case the full extent of the analyst's intervention is not a matter that is open to public scrutiny, so that by and large one has only his own testimony as to what transpires in the consulting room. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that this is not a question about the personal integrity of psychoanalytic practitioners. The point is the fundamental one that no matter how firmly we may resolve to make explicit our biases, no human being is aware of all of them, and that objectivity in science is achieved through the criticism of publicly accessible material by a community of independent inquirers.... Moreover, unless data are obtained under carefully standardized circumstances, or under different circumstances whose dependence on known variables is nevertheless established, even an extensive collection of data is an unreliable basis for inference. To be sure, analysts apparently do attempt to institute standard conditions for the conduct of interviews. But there is not much information available on the extent to which the standardization is actually enforced, or whether it relates to more than what may be superficial matters. (E. Nagel, 1959, pp. 49-50)3) No Necessary Incompatibility between Psychoanalysis and Certain Religious Formulationshere would seem to be no necessary incompatibility between psychoanalysis and those religious formulations which locate God within the self. One could, indeed, argue that Freud's Id (and even more Groddeck's It), the impersonal force within which is both the core of oneself and yet not oneself, and from which in illness one become[s] alienated, is a secular formation of the insight which makes religious people believe in an immanent God. (Ryecroft, 1966, p. 22)Freudian analysts emphasized that their theories were constantly verified by their "clinical observations."... It was precisely this fact-that they always fitted, that they were always confirmed-which in the eyes of their admirers constituted the strongest argument in favour of these theories. It began to dawn on me that this apparent strength was in fact their weakness.... It is easy to obtain confirmations or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmation. (Popper, 1968, pp. 3435)5) Psychoanalysis Is Not a Science But Rather the Interpretation of a Narrated HistoryPsychoanalysis does not satisfy the standards of the sciences of observation, and the "facts" it deals with are not verifiable by multiple, independent observers.... There are no "facts" nor any observation of "facts" in psychoanalysis but rather the interpretation of a narrated history. (Ricoeur, 1974, p. 186)6) Some of the Qualities of a Scientific Approach Are Possessed by PsychoanalysisIn sum: psychoanalysis is not a science, but it shares some of the qualities associated with a scientific approach-the search for truth, understanding, honesty, openness to the import of the observation and evidence, and a skeptical stance toward authority. (Breger, 1981, p. 50)[Attributes of Psychoanalysis:]1. Psychic Determinism. No item in mental life and in conduct and behavior is "accidental"; it is the outcome of antecedent conditions.2. Much mental activity and behavior is purposive or goal-directed in character.3. Much of mental activity and behavior, and its determinants, is unconscious in character. 4. The early experience of the individual, as a child, is very potent, and tends to be pre-potent over later experience. (Farrell, 1981, p. 25)Our sceptic may be unwise enough... to maintain that, because analytic theory is unscientific on his criterion, it is not worth discussing. This step is unwise, because it presupposes that, if a study is not scientific on his criterion, it is not a rational enterprise... an elementary and egregious mistake. The scientific and the rational are not co-extensive. Scientific work is only one form that rational inquiry can take: there are many others. (Farrell, 1981, p. 46)Psychoanalysts have tended to write as though the term analysis spoke for itself, as if the statement "analysis revealed" or "it was analyzed as" preceding a clinical assertion was sufficient to establish the validity of what was being reported. An outsider might easily get the impression from reading the psychoanalytic literature that some standardized, generally accepted procedure existed for both inference and evidence. Instead, exactly the opposite has been true. Clinical material in the hands of one analyst can lead to totally different "findings" in the hands of another. (Peterfreund, 1986, p. 128)The analytic process-the means by which we arrive at psychoanalytic understanding-has been largely neglected and is poorly understood, and there has been comparatively little interest in the issues of inference and evidence. Indeed, psychoanalysts as a group have not recognized the importance of being bound by scientific constraints. They do not seem to understand that a possibility is only that-a possibility-and that innumerable ways may exist to explain the same data. Psychoanalysts all too often do not seem to distinguish hypotheses from facts, nor do they seem to understand that hypotheses must be tested in some way, that criteria for evidence must exist, and that any given test for any hypothesis must allow for the full range of substantiation/refutation. (Peterfreund, 1986, p. 129)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Psychoanalysis
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6 Memory
To what extent can we lump together what goes on when you try to recall: (1) your name; (2) how you kick a football; and (3) the present location of your car keys? If we use introspective evidence as a guide, the first seems an immediate automatic response. The second may require constructive internal replay prior to our being able to produce a verbal description. The third... quite likely involves complex operational responses under the control of some general strategy system. Is any unitary search process, with a single set of characteristics and inputoutput relations, likely to cover all these cases? (Reitman, 1970, p. 485)[Semantic memory] Is a mental thesaurus, organized knowledge a person possesses about words and other verbal symbols, their meanings and referents, about relations among them, and about rules, formulas, and algorithms for the manipulation of these symbols, concepts, and relations. Semantic memory does not register perceptible properties of inputs, but rather cognitive referents of input signals. (Tulving, 1972, p. 386)The mnemonic code, far from being fixed and unchangeable, is structured and restructured along with general development. Such a restructuring of the code takes place in close dependence on the schemes of intelligence. The clearest indication of this is the observation of different types of memory organisation in accordance with the age level of a child so that a longer interval of retention without any new presentation, far from causing a deterioration of memory, may actually improve it. (Piaget & Inhelder, 1973, p. 36)4) The Logic of Some Memory Theorization Is of Dubious Worth in the History of PsychologyIf a cue was effective in memory retrieval, then one could infer it was encoded; if a cue was not effective, then it was not encoded. The logic of this theorization is "heads I win, tails you lose" and is of dubious worth in the history of psychology. We might ask how long scientists will puzzle over questions with no answers. (Solso, 1974, p. 28)We have iconic, echoic, active, working, acoustic, articulatory, primary, secondary, episodic, semantic, short-term, intermediate-term, and longterm memories, and these memories contain tags, traces, images, attributes, markers, concepts, cognitive maps, natural-language mediators, kernel sentences, relational rules, nodes, associations, propositions, higher-order memory units, and features. (Eysenck, 1977, p. 4)The problem with the memory metaphor is that storage and retrieval of traces only deals [ sic] with old, previously articulated information. Memory traces can perhaps provide a basis for dealing with the "sameness" of the present experience with previous experiences, but the memory metaphor has no mechanisms for dealing with novel information. (Bransford, McCarrell, Franks & Nitsch, 1977, p. 434)7) The Results of a Hundred Years of the Psychological Study of Memory Are Somewhat DiscouragingThe results of a hundred years of the psychological study of memory are somewhat discouraging. We have established firm empirical generalisations, but most of them are so obvious that every ten-year-old knows them anyway. We have made discoveries, but they are only marginally about memory; in many cases we don't know what to do with them, and wear them out with endless experimental variations. We have an intellectually impressive group of theories, but history offers little confidence that they will provide any meaningful insight into natural behavior. (Neisser, 1978, pp. 12-13)A schema, then is a data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are schemata representing our knowledge about all concepts; those underlying objects, situations, events, sequences of events, actions and sequences of actions. A schema contains, as part of its specification, the network of interrelations that is believed to normally hold among the constituents of the concept in question. A schema theory embodies a prototype theory of meaning. That is, inasmuch as a schema underlying a concept stored in memory corresponds to the mean ing of that concept, meanings are encoded in terms of the typical or normal situations or events that instantiate that concept. (Rumelhart, 1980, p. 34)Memory appears to be constrained by a structure, a "syntax," perhaps at quite a low level, but it is free to be variable, deviant, even erratic at a higher level....Like the information system of language, memory can be explained in part by the abstract rules which underlie it, but only in part. The rules provide a basic competence, but they do not fully determine performance. (Campbell, 1982, pp. 228, 229)When people think about the mind, they often liken it to a physical space, with memories and ideas as objects contained within that space. Thus, we speak of ideas being in the dark corners or dim recesses of our minds, and of holding ideas in mind. Ideas may be in the front or back of our minds, or they may be difficult to grasp. With respect to the processes involved in memory, we talk about storing memories, of searching or looking for lost memories, and sometimes of finding them. An examination of common parlance, therefore, suggests that there is general adherence to what might be called the spatial metaphor. The basic assumptions of this metaphor are that memories are treated as objects stored in specific locations within the mind, and the retrieval process involves a search through the mind in order to find specific memories....However, while the spatial metaphor has shown extraordinary longevity, there have been some interesting changes over time in the precise form of analogy used. In particular, technological advances have influenced theoretical conceptualisations.... The original Greek analogies were based on wax tablets and aviaries; these were superseded by analogies involving switchboards, gramophones, tape recorders, libraries, conveyor belts, and underground maps. Most recently, the workings of human memory have been compared to computer functioning... and it has been suggested that the various memory stores found in computers have their counterparts in the human memory system. (Eysenck, 1984, pp. 79-80)Primary memory [as proposed by William James] relates to information that remains in consciousness after it has been perceived, and thus forms part of the psychological present, whereas secondary memory contains information about events that have left consciousness, and are therefore part of the psychological past. (Eysenck, 1984, p. 86)Once psychologists began to study long-term memory per se, they realized it may be divided into two main categories.... Semantic memories have to do with our general knowledge about the working of the world. We know what cars do, what stoves do, what the laws of gravity are, and so on. Episodic memories are largely events that took place at a time and place in our personal history. Remembering specific events about our own actions, about our family, and about our individual past falls into this category. With amnesia or in aging, what dims... is our personal episodic memories, save for those that are especially dear or painful to us. Our knowledge of how the world works remains pretty much intact. (Gazzaniga, 1988, p. 42)The nature of memory... provides a natural starting point for an analysis of thinking. Memory is the repository of many of the beliefs and representations that enter into thinking, and the retrievability of these representations can limit the quality of our thought. (Smith, 1990, p. 1)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Memory
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7 merit
1. nounthere is no merit in doing that — es ist nicht [sehr] sinnvoll, das zu tun
2) (good feature) Vorzug, der2. transitive verbon his/its merits — nach seinen Vorzügen
* * *['merit] 1. noun1) (the quality of worth, excellence or praiseworthiness: He reached his present position through merit.) der Verdienst2) (a good point or quality: His speech had at least the merit of being short.) der Wert2. verb(to deserve as reward or punishment: Your case merits careful consideration.) verdienen- academic.ru/46296/meritorious">meritorious* * *mer·it[ˈmerɪt]I. nthe film has little artistic \merit der Film ist künstlerisch nicht besonders wertvollshe won her promotion on \merit sie ist aufgrund ihrer Leistung befördert wordento judge sb on his/her own \merit jdn nach seinem/ihrem Verdienst beurteilen3. (intrinsic nature)▪ \merits pl sachlicher Gehaltto consider a case on its own \merits eine Sache gesondert behandelnconsidered purely on its own \merits... für sich akk genommen...to judge sth on its own \merits etw für sich akk genommen beurteilenthe \merits of not smoking die Vorteile des NichtrauchensII. vtthis plan \merits careful attention dieser Plan verdient volle Aufmerksamkeit* * *['merɪt]1. n(= achievement) Leistung f, Verdienst nt; (= advantage) Vorzug mto look or inquire into the merits of sth — etw auf seine Vorteile or Vorzüge untersuchen
what are the particular merits of Greek drama? — wodurch zeichnet sich das griechische Drama besonders aus?
judged on one's own merits — ausschließlich nach Leistung( en) or Verdiensten beurteilt
I don't see any merit in being rich — ich betrachte Reichtum als kein besonderes Verdienst
he sees little merit in paying for research —
there's no particular merit in coming early — es ist keine besondere Leistung or kein besonderes Verdienst, früh zu kommen
to pass an exam with merit — ein Examen mit Auszeichnung bestehen
certificate of merit (Sch, Univ) — Urkunde für besonders gute Leistungen an Schule oder Universität
2. vtverdienen* * *merit [ˈmerıt]A s1. Verdienst n:a man of merit eine verdiente oder verdienstvolle Persönlichkeit;merit system POL US auf Fähigkeit allein beruhendes Anstellungs- und Beförderungssystem im öffentlichen Dienst;a) es ist wenig verdienstvoll, etwas zu tun,b) es hat wenig Wert oder Sinn, etwas zu tun;make a merit of sth sich etwas als Verdienst anrechnen2. a) Wert mb) Vorzug m, Pluspunkt m:work of merit bedeutendes Werk;of artistic merit von künstlerischem Wert;without merit wertlos; gehaltlos, nicht fundiert oder gültig, sachlich unbegründet;the observation had some merit an der Beobachtung war etwas dran;judge sth on its merits etwas aufgrund seiner Vorzüge beurteilen3. the merits pl JUR und fig die Hauptpunkte pl, die wesentlichen Gesichtspunkte pl, der sachliche Gehalt:on its own merits aufs Wesentliche gesehen, an und für sich betrachtet;consider a case on its merits JUR einen Fall nach materiell-rechtlichen Gesichtspunkten oder aufgrund des vorliegenden Tatbestandes behandeln;discuss sth on its merits eine Sache ihrem wesentlichen Inhalt nach besprechen;inquire into the merits of a case einer Sache auf den Grund gehenB v/t Lohn, eine Strafe etc verdienen* * *1. nounthere is no merit in doing that — es ist nicht [sehr] sinnvoll, das zu tun
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8 Unconscious
Prior to Descartes and his sharp definition of the dualism there was no cause to contemplate the possible existence of unconscious mentality as part of a separate realm of mind. Many religious and speculative thinkers had taken for granted factors lying outside but influencing immediate awareness.... Until an attempt had been made (with apparent success) to choose awareness as the defining characteristic of mind, there was no occasion to invent the idea of unconscious mind.... It is only after Descartes that we find, first the idea and then the term "unconscious mind" entering European thought. (Whyte, 1962, p. 25)If there are two realms, physical and mental, awareness cannot be taken as the criterion of mentality [because] the springs of human nature lie in the unconscious... as the realm which links the moments of human awareness with the background of organic processes within which they emerge. (Whyte, 1962, p. 63)he unconscious was no more invented by Freud than evolution was invented by Darwin, and has an equally impressive pedigree, reaching back to antiquity.... At the dawn of Christian Europe the dominant influence were the Neoplatonists; foremost among them Plotinus, who took it for granted that "feelings can be present without awareness of them," that "the absence of a conscious perception is no proof of the absence of mental activity," and who talked confidently of a "mirror" in the mind which, when correctly aimed, reflects the processes going on inside it, when aimed in another direction, fails to do so-but the process goes on all the same. Augustine marvelled at man's immense store of unconscious memories-"a spreading, limitless room within me-who can reach its limitless depth?"The knowledge of unconscious mentation had always been there, as can be shown by quotations from theologians like St. Thomas Aquinas, mystics like Jacob Boehme, physicians like Paracelsus, astronomers like Kepler, writers and poets as far apart as Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Montaigne. This in itself is in no way remarkable; what is remarkable is that this knowledge was lost during the scientific revolution, more particularly under the impact of its most influential philosopher, Rene Descartes. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)4) The Constructive Nature of Automatic Cognitive Functioning Argues for the Existence of Unconscious ActivityThe constructive nature of the automatic functioning argues the existence of an activity analogous to consciousness though hidden from observation, and we have therefore termed it unconscious. The negative prefix suggests an opposition, but it is no more than verbal, not any sort of hostility or incompatibility being implied by it, but simply the absence of consciousness. Yet a real opposition between the conscious and the unconscious activity does subsist in the limitations which the former tends to impose on the latter. (Ghiselin, 1985, p. 7)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Unconscious
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9 NOS
1) Медицина: nitric oxide synthase, неуточнённый (not otherwise specified), (not otherwise specified) БДУ (без дополнительных уточнений), NO-syntase, NO-синтаза, NO-synthase, Non Organ Specific, органонеспецифичный2) Американизм: National Ocean Service3) Военный термин: NATO Office of Security, Nine One Six, Non Operating System, night observation sight, night observation surveillance, night observation system, night operation system4) Техника: Now On Sale, nuclear operations safety, licensing and assessment, nuclear operations support5) Шутливое выражение: Never Offer Service7) Религия: Nation Of Saints8) Автомобильный термин: система закиси азота (Nitrous Oxide System, a registered trademark of Holley Performance Products), закись азота9) Сокращение: National Operational Satellite, Network Operation System, Night Observation Surveillance sight, Network OS10) Театр: Nature Off Stage11) Текстиль: Narrow Over The Shoulders12) Университет: National Open School13) Фото: National Ocean Survey (US)14) Онкология: Not otherwise specified (see ICDO)15) Связь: Network Operator Services16) Экология: National Ocean Survey17) Деловая лексика: New Original Stock, без дополнительного уточнения (not otherwise specified)18) Сетевые технологии: network operating system, сетевая операционная система19) Полимеры: not otherwise stated20) Автоматика: norm system21) НАТО: Служба безопасности НАТО22) Ebay. New Old Stock23) Чат: Nasty Original Stuff24) Программное обеспечение: Novell Operating System25) Единицы измерений: Non Otherwise Specified -
10 Nos
1) Медицина: nitric oxide synthase, неуточнённый (not otherwise specified), (not otherwise specified) БДУ (без дополнительных уточнений), NO-syntase, NO-синтаза, NO-synthase, Non Organ Specific, органонеспецифичный2) Американизм: National Ocean Service3) Военный термин: NATO Office of Security, Nine One Six, Non Operating System, night observation sight, night observation surveillance, night observation system, night operation system4) Техника: Now On Sale, nuclear operations safety, licensing and assessment, nuclear operations support5) Шутливое выражение: Never Offer Service7) Религия: Nation Of Saints8) Автомобильный термин: система закиси азота (Nitrous Oxide System, a registered trademark of Holley Performance Products), закись азота9) Сокращение: National Operational Satellite, Network Operation System, Night Observation Surveillance sight, Network OS10) Театр: Nature Off Stage11) Текстиль: Narrow Over The Shoulders12) Университет: National Open School13) Фото: National Ocean Survey (US)14) Онкология: Not otherwise specified (see ICDO)15) Связь: Network Operator Services16) Экология: National Ocean Survey17) Деловая лексика: New Original Stock, без дополнительного уточнения (not otherwise specified)18) Сетевые технологии: network operating system, сетевая операционная система19) Полимеры: not otherwise stated20) Автоматика: norm system21) НАТО: Служба безопасности НАТО22) Ebay. New Old Stock23) Чат: Nasty Original Stuff24) Программное обеспечение: Novell Operating System25) Единицы измерений: Non Otherwise Specified -
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1) Медицина: nitric oxide synthase, неуточнённый (not otherwise specified), (not otherwise specified) БДУ (без дополнительных уточнений), NO-syntase, NO-синтаза, NO-synthase, Non Organ Specific, органонеспецифичный2) Американизм: National Ocean Service3) Военный термин: NATO Office of Security, Nine One Six, Non Operating System, night observation sight, night observation surveillance, night observation system, night operation system4) Техника: Now On Sale, nuclear operations safety, licensing and assessment, nuclear operations support5) Шутливое выражение: Never Offer Service7) Религия: Nation Of Saints8) Автомобильный термин: система закиси азота (Nitrous Oxide System, a registered trademark of Holley Performance Products), закись азота9) Сокращение: National Operational Satellite, Network Operation System, Night Observation Surveillance sight, Network OS10) Театр: Nature Off Stage11) Текстиль: Narrow Over The Shoulders12) Университет: National Open School13) Фото: National Ocean Survey (US)14) Онкология: Not otherwise specified (see ICDO)15) Связь: Network Operator Services16) Экология: National Ocean Survey17) Деловая лексика: New Original Stock, без дополнительного уточнения (not otherwise specified)18) Сетевые технологии: network operating system, сетевая операционная система19) Полимеры: not otherwise stated20) Автоматика: norm system21) НАТО: Служба безопасности НАТО22) Ebay. New Old Stock23) Чат: Nasty Original Stuff24) Программное обеспечение: Novell Operating System25) Единицы измерений: Non Otherwise Specified -
12 paint
peɪnt
1. сущ.
1) а) рисование б) рисунок
2) а) краска;
окраска blob, speck of paint ≈ капля, пятно краски coat of paint ≈ слой краски to apply a second coat of paint ≈ наносить второй слой краски splash of paint ≈ пятно краски to apply, spread paint ≈ наносить, распределять краску to apply paint to a surface ≈ наносить краску на поверхность to daub paint ≈ мазать краской to daub paint on a wall ≈ мазать стену краской to dilute paint ≈ разводить краску to mix paints ≈ смешивать краски to scrape paint ≈ соскабливать краску to spread paint evenly ≈ ровно распределять краску to spray paint ≈ распылять краску to spray paint on a wall ≈ распылять краску по стене paint chips ≈ краска облетает paint peels ≈ краска сходит, слезает The paint was peeling on the window frames. ≈ На оконных рамах облезала краска. Wet paint! ≈ Осторожно, окрашено! They saw some large letters in white paint. ≈ Они увидели большие буквы, написанные белой краской. б) мн. краски a box of paints ≈ набор красок a set of (oil) paints ≈ набор (масляных) красок
3) а) румяна Syn: rouge б) грим, косметика, макияж Syn: make-up
4) пегий пони, пятнистая лошадь Syn: pinto
2. гл.
1) а) писать красками to paint a portrait in oils ≈ написать портрет масляными красками paint from nature Syn: depict, portray, delineate б) заниматься живописью в) расписывать красками (дом, стену, окно и т.д.) to paint a new window for the gallery ≈ расписать новое окно для галереи to paint a fence ≈ покрасить забор to paint a wall ≈ расписать стену Syn: colour
2) изображать, описывать The report paints a grim picture of life in this country. ≈ Репортаж рисует мрачную картину жизни в этой стране.
3) а) красить, покрывать краской Are you going to paint or varnish the wood-work? ≈ Ты собираешься красить или белить деревянные части дома? б) перен. украшать, раскрашивать Spring has painted these savage shores. ≈ Весна раскрасила эти дикие берега.
4) краситься, румяниться;
накладывать косметику She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips. ≈ Она прислонила зеркальце к сумочке и начала красить губы.
5) мед. смазывать to paint with iodine ≈ намазать йодом
6) разг. пить Each hotel we passed called forth the same observation: 'I guess I shall go in and paint'. ≈ Каждый отель, мимо которого мы проезжали, наводил на одну и ту же мысль: "Я полагаю, нужно зайти и выпить."
7) красиво лгать, водить в заблуждение ∙ paint in paint out to paint the town red ≈ устроить попойку, загулять to paint oneself into a corner ≈ загнать самого себя в угол;
поставить себя в безвыходное положение paint the lily краска - paste * густотертая краска - a fresh coat of * новый слой краски - wet *! осторожно, окрашено! (объявление) румяна;
грим - she has too much * on она очень сильно накрасилась краски - a box of *s ящик с красками украшательство, показуха, фальшь - it is mere * это все показное (медицина) наружное лекарство, которое наносят кисточкой или лопаткой > to take smb.'s * off чуть не погубить красить, раскрашивать;
расписывать - to * a fence покрасить забор - to * a wall расписать стену - to * a door green выкрасить дверь в зеленый цвет писать красками, заниматься живописью - to * a portrait in oils написать портрет масляными красками - to * from nature рисовать( писать) с натуры - to * scenery for a play написать декорации к пьесе описывать, изображать - to * in bright colours изображать яркими красками - to * smth. black изображать что-либо в мрачном свете - tp * smth. in rosy colours представлять что-либо в розовом свете - he is not so (as) black aas he is *ed не так уж он плох, как его изображают (разговорное) приукрашивать румяниться, краситься;
гримироваться( разговорное) пьянствовать( медицина) смазывать - to * with iodine намазать йодом > to * the lily заниматься бесплодным делом > to * the town red кутить, устроить кутеж( попойку) ;
загулять > to * oneself into a corner загнать самого себя в угол;
поставить себя в безвыходное положение ~ pl краски;
a box of paints набор красок paint красить, окрашивать;
расписывать (стену и т. п.) ~ краситься, румяниться;
paint in вписывать красками;
paint out закрашивать (надпись и т. п.) ~ краска;
окраска ~ pl краски;
a box of paints набор красок ~ описывать, изображать;
to paint in bright colours описывать яркими красками;
представить в розовом свете;
приукрасить ~ писать красками, заниматься живописью ~ вчт. раскрашивать ~ румяна ~ краситься, румяниться;
paint in вписывать красками;
paint out закрашивать (надпись и т. п.) ~ краситься, румяниться;
paint in вписывать красками;
paint out закрашивать (надпись и т. п.) to ~ the lily заниматься бесплодным делом;
to paint the town red устроить попойку, загулять to ~ the lily заниматься бесплодным делом;
to paint the town red устроить попойку, загулять town: to paint the ~ red sl предаваться веселью, кутить -
13 Epistemology
1) Beyond Psychophysiology and Sociology and History of Science There Is Nothing for Epistemology to DoIf we have psychophysiology to cover causal mechanisms, and the sociology and history of science to note the occasions on which observation sentences are invoked or dodged in constructing and dismantling theories, then epistemology has nothing to do. (Rorty, 1979, p. 225)But I think that at this point it may be more useful to say rather that epistemology still goes on, though in a new setting and a clarified status. Epistemology, or something like it, simply falls into place as a chapter of psychology and hence of natural science. It studies a natural phenomenon, viz, a physical human subject. This human subject is accorded a certain experimentally controlled input-certain patterns of irradiation in assorted frequencies, for instance-and in the fullness of time the subject delivers as output a description of the three-dimensional external world and its history. The relation between the meager input and the torrential output is a relation that we are prompted to study for somewhat the same reasons that always prompted epistemology; namely, in order to see how evidence relates to theory, and in what ways one's theory of nature transcends any available evidence. (Quine, quoted in Royce & Rozeboom, 1972, p. 18)3) The Assumption That Cognitive Psychology Has Epistemological Import Can Be ChallengedOnly the assumption, that one day the various taxonomies put together by, for example, Chomsky, Piaget, Leґvi-Strauss, Marx, and Freud will all flow together and spell out one great Universal Language of Nature... would suggest that cognitive psychology had epistemological import. But that suggestion would still be as misguided as the suggestion that, since we may predict everything by knowing enough about matter in motion, a completed neurophysiology will help us demonstrate Galileo's superiority to his contemporaries. The gap between explaining ourselves and justifying ourselves is just as great whether a programming language or a hardware language is used in the explanations. (Rorty, 1979, p. 249)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Epistemology
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14 Thinking
But what then am I? A thing which thinks. What is a thing which thinks? It is a thing which doubts, understands, [conceives], affirms, denies, wills, refuses, which also imagines and feels. (Descartes, 1951, p. 153)I have been trying in all this to remove the temptation to think that there "must be" a mental process of thinking, hoping, wishing, believing, etc., independent of the process of expressing a thought, a hope, a wish, etc.... If we scrutinize the usages which we make of "thinking," "meaning," "wishing," etc., going through this process rids us of the temptation to look for a peculiar act of thinking, independent of the act of expressing our thoughts, and stowed away in some particular medium. (Wittgenstein, 1958, pp. 41-43)Analyse the proofs employed by the subject. If they do not go beyond observation of empirical correspondences, they can be fully explained in terms of concrete operations, and nothing would warrant our assuming that more complex thought mechanisms are operating. If, on the other hand, the subject interprets a given correspondence as the result of any one of several possible combinations, and this leads him to verify his hypotheses by observing their consequences, we know that propositional operations are involved. (Inhelder & Piaget, 1958, p. 279)In every age, philosophical thinking exploits some dominant concepts and makes its greatest headway in solving problems conceived in terms of them. The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophers construed knowledge, knower, and known in terms of sense data and their association. Descartes' self-examination gave classical psychology the mind and its contents as a starting point. Locke set up sensory immediacy as the new criterion of the real... Hobbes provided the genetic method of building up complex ideas from simple ones... and, in another quarter, still true to the Hobbesian method, Pavlov built intellect out of conditioned reflexes and Loeb built life out of tropisms. (S. Langer, 1962, p. 54)Experiments on deductive reasoning show that subjects are influenced sufficiently by their experience for their reasoning to differ from that described by a purely deductive system, whilst experiments on inductive reasoning lead to the view that an understanding of the strategies used by adult subjects in attaining concepts involves reference to higher-order concepts of a logical and deductive nature. (Bolton, 1972, p. 154)There are now machines in the world that think, that learn and create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until-in the visible future-the range of problems they can handle will be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied. (Newell & Simon, quoted in Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 138)But how does it happen that thinking is sometimes accompanied by action and sometimes not, sometimes by motion, and sometimes not? It looks as if almost the same thing happens as in the case of reasoning and making inferences about unchanging objects. But in that case the end is a speculative proposition... whereas here the conclusion which results from the two premises is an action.... I need covering; a cloak is a covering. I need a cloak. What I need, I have to make; I need a cloak. I have to make a cloak. And the conclusion, the "I have to make a cloak," is an action. (Nussbaum, 1978, p. 40)It is well to remember that when philosophy emerged in Greece in the sixth century, B.C., it did not burst suddenly out of the Mediterranean blue. The development of societies of reasoning creatures-what we call civilization-had been a process to be measured not in thousands but in millions of years. Human beings became civilized as they became reasonable, and for an animal to begin to reason and to learn how to improve its reasoning is a long, slow process. So thinking had been going on for ages before Greece-slowly improving itself, uncovering the pitfalls to be avoided by forethought, endeavoring to weigh alternative sets of consequences intellectually. What happened in the sixth century, B.C., is that thinking turned round on itself; people began to think about thinking, and the momentous event, the culmination of the long process to that point, was in fact the birth of philosophy. (Lipman, Sharp & Oscanyan, 1980, p. xi)The way to look at thought is not to assume that there is a parallel thread of correlated affects or internal experiences that go with it in some regular way. It's not of course that people don't have internal experiences, of course they do; but that when you ask what is the state of mind of someone, say while he or she is performing a ritual, it's hard to believe that such experiences are the same for all people involved.... The thinking, and indeed the feeling in an odd sort of way, is really going on in public. They are really saying what they're saying, doing what they're doing, meaning what they're meaning. Thought is, in great part anyway, a public activity. (Geertz, quoted in J. Miller, 1983, pp. 202-203)Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 17)What, in effect, are the conditions for the construction of formal thought? The child must not only apply operations to objects-in other words, mentally execute possible actions on them-he must also "reflect" those operations in the absence of the objects which are replaced by pure propositions. Thus, "reflection" is thought raised to the second power. Concrete thinking is the representation of a possible action, and formal thinking is the representation of a representation of possible action.... It is not surprising, therefore, that the system of concrete operations must be completed during the last years of childhood before it can be "reflected" by formal operations. In terms of their function, formal operations do not differ from concrete operations except that they are applied to hypotheses or propositions [whose logic is] an abstract translation of the system of "inference" that governs concrete operations. (Piaget, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 237)[E]ven a human being today (hence, a fortiori, a remote ancestor of contemporary human beings) cannot easily or ordinarily maintain uninterrupted attention on a single problem for more than a few tens of seconds. Yet we work on problems that require vastly more time. The way we do that (as we can observe by watching ourselves) requires periods of mulling to be followed by periods of recapitulation, describing to ourselves what seems to have gone on during the mulling, leading to whatever intermediate results we have reached. This has an obvious function: namely, by rehearsing these interim results... we commit them to memory, for the immediate contents of the stream of consciousness are very quickly lost unless rehearsed.... Given language, we can describe to ourselves what seemed to occur during the mulling that led to a judgment, produce a rehearsable version of the reaching-a-judgment process, and commit that to long-term memory by in fact rehearsing it. (Margolis, 1987, p. 60)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Thinking
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15 habit
['hæbɪt]n1) обыкновение, привычкаDon't make a habit of it. — Не возводи это в привычку. /Не допускайте, чтобы это стало вашей привычкой.
It has become a habit with him. — У него это вошло в привычку.
He made it a habit to have a light breakfast. — У него стало привычкой легко завтракать.
I'm trying to cure myself of the habit. — Я стараюсь отделаться от этой привычки.
He is very simple in his habits. — У него простые привычки.
- bad habit- foolish habit
- good habits
- deeply rooted habit
- cigarette habit
- silly habit
- habit of order
- habit of keen observation
- scientific habit of mind
- queer habit of the Indians
- force of habit is strong
- change of living habits
- from force of habit
- from habit
- have healthy habits
- have a clean habit
- give up drop
- change one's habits
- cure smb of the habit of sitting up late
- be in the habit of doing smth
- get into the habit of doing smth
- be in the habit of locking one's door at night
- be in the habit of getting up late on Sundays
- do smth out of habit
- catch the habit from foreigners
- encourage thrifty habits
- have slovenly habits
- pick up nasty habits
- get over this evil habit
- get rid of a habit
- overcome this evil habit
- break smb of this dangerous habit
- stick to one's old habit
- throw aside boyish habits
- train students to research habits
- inoculate correct language habits
- break the child of his habit of biting his hails
- guard smb against the habit of doing smth
- get into the habit of saving money
- fall into form the habit of walking to his office and back
- cure bad habits in speech2) (обыкновенно pl) обычай, образ жизни, привычкиHis inward habits. — Его внутренний духовный мир.
Old habits are always the most difficult to abolish. — Всегда самое трудное - покончить со старыми обычаями.
The habit is not easily broken. — От обычаев/привычек не легко отказаться.
This habit grew upon him. — Он оказался во власти этой привычки.
Don't let him get into the habit of taking drugs. — Не давай ему привыкать пользоваться наркотиками.
A complete change of living habits. — Полное изменение привычных условий жизни.
- national habits and prejudicesHabit is second nature. — ◊ Обычай сильней закона. /Привычка - вторая натура.
- Eastern habits of thought
- regular a man of steady habits
- man of expensive habits
- man of sober habits
- man of spendthrift habits
- person of easy-going habits
- observe the right habits of living
- take up western habits of life
- adopt European habits
- alter or root up fixed habits
- maintain habits once formed
- know habits of wild animals•USAGE:(1.) Русские словосочетания привыкнуть, иметь обыкновение что-либо делать, иметь привычку к чему-либо передаются предложной конструкцией имени существительного habit с последующим герундием: He has a nervous habit of biting his nails. У него привычка нервно кусать ногти. He is in the habit of answering letters at once. - Он привык отвечать на письма сразу. She is trying to get out of the habit of sitting up late. Она старается отделаться от привычки поздно ложиться спать. В такой же предложно-герундиальной конструкции обычно употребляются существительные hope, idea, thought: I hate the idea of moving. Мне ненавистна сама мысль о переезде. (2.) Русские существительные привычки, обычаи соответствуют английским habit 2. и custom. Существительное habit 2. употребляется для описания черт поведения отдельного человека и в значении "обычай, образ жизни" обычно употребляется в форме множественного числа: to have the right habits of living - вести правильный образ жизни; to take up Western habits of life (of thought) - воспринять западный образ жизни (мышления). Существительное custom обозначает традиции народа, обычаи страны, связанные с историей, религией, особыми обстоятельствами и т. п.: Old English customs. Старинные английские традиции. It is the custom to take flowers or chocolates when visiting a patient in hospital. Принято приносить цветы или конфеты при посещении больного в больнице -
16 close
1. v закрыватьclose down — закрывать, прекращать работу
2. a закрытый; ограниченный; замкнутыйclose season — время, когда охота запрещена;
3. n огороженное стеной место4. n обыкн. соборная площадь; огороженная территорияbreach of close — нарушение владения, неправомерный заход на территорию чужого владения
5. n площадка для игр6. n шотл. ход со двора7. n тупик8. a замкнутый, уединённыйto keep oneself close — держаться замкнуто; жить уединённо
9. a тайный, скрытый10. a скрытный, сдержанный11. a строго охраняемыйclose guarding — плотное держание, строгая опека
12. v закрываться13. v эл. замыкать14. v мор. задраиватьhis attitude closed the door to further negotiations — его позиция отрезала путь к дальнейшим переговорам
15. n конец; заключение, завершение16. n закрытие, окончание работы17. n муз. каданс18. v заканчивать, завершать; заключать19. v заканчиваться; завершаться20. v договариватьсяto close a bargain — договориться, заключить сделку
21. v принятьI offered him six pounds and he closed with it — я предложил ему шесть фунтов, и он согласился
22. v воен. войти в соприкосновение23. a близкий; находящийся недалеко; расположенный недалекоclose pass — пролёт на небольшом расстоянии, близкий пролёт
close set — тесно расположенный; сплошной
24. a близкий, интимный25. a тесный, близкий26. a плотный, компактный; тесный27. a хорошо пригнанный; плотный28. a облегающий29. a сжатый30. a краткий и содержательный31. a убористыйclose print — убористая печать, плотный набор
32. a душный, спёртый33. a тщательный; подробный34. a точный35. a скупой, скаредный36. a почти равныйclose vote — почти равное количество голосов «за» и «против»
37. a разг. трудно достающийся, ограниченный38. a разг. скуповатый39. a разг. арх. строгий, суровый40. a разг. редк. вязкий; нелетучий41. a разг. спорт. осторожный42. a разг. кино. крупный43. adv близкоclose at hand — близко, рядом, под рукой; рукой подать
close prices — цены, близкие по уровню
44. adv коротко45. v подходить близко, сближаться, смыкатьсяthe ship sank and the water closed over it — корабль затонул, и воды сомкнулись над ним
46. v спорт. воен. сомкнутьwe must close the ranks to secure peace — мы должны сплотиться, чтобы обеспечить мир
Синонимический ряд:1. accurate (adj.) accurate; exact; faithful; full; lifelike; meticulous; minute; precise; rigorous; scrupulous; strict2. akin (adj.) akin; similar3. attentive (adj.) attentive; keen; vigilant4. confined (adj.) compact; confined; confining; congested; cramped; crowded; dense; firm; impenetrable; narrow; packed; restricted; solid; thick5. intimate (adj.) attached; bosom; chummy; confidential; dear; devoted; familiar; friendly; intimate; physical; trusted6. near (adj.) a stone's throw; adjacent; adjoining; immediate; imminent; impending; near; near at hand; near-at-hand; nearby; neighboring; neighbouring; nigh; proximate7. oppressive (adj.) airless; breathless; heavy; muggy; oppressive; stifling; stivy; stuffy; suffocating; sultry; sweltering; unventilated; warm8. painstaking (adj.) assiduous; concentrated; constant; earnest; fixed; intense; intent; painstaking9. silent (adj.) close-lipped; closemouthed; close-mouthed; close-tongued; dumb; incommunicative; inconversable; reserved; reticent; secretive; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; speechless; taciturn; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; uncommunicative; withdrawn; wordless10. stingy (adj.) cheap; cheeseparing; closefisted; close-fisted; costive; hardfisted; hardhanded; ironfisted; mean; mingy; miserly; narrow-fisted; narrowhearted; niggard; niggardly; parsimonious; penny-pinching; penny-wise; penurious; pinching; pinchpenny; save-all; scrimpy; scrimy; stingy; tightfisted; ungenerous; ungiving11. tight (adj.) taut; tense; tight12. court (noun) atrium; court; courtyard; enclosure; quad; quadrangle; yard13. end (noun) adjournment; cease; cessation; closing; closure; completion; conclusion; consummation; desistance; desuetude; discontinuance; discontinuation; end; ending; finale; finish; last; period; stop; termination; terminus; windup; wrap-up14. joining (noun) connection; joining; junction; union15. adjourn (verb) adjourn; recess16. close in on (verb) approach; close in on; come closer; come together; draw near; narrow; near17. complete (verb) cease; complete; conclude; consummate; culminate; determine; do; end; halt; terminate; ultimate; wind up; wrap up18. decrease (verb) abate; bate; decrease; diminish; drain away; dwindle; lessen; peak out; peter out; rebate; recede; reduce; taper; taper off19. fill (verb) barricade; block; choke; clog; congest; fill; jam; occlude; plug; stop; stop up; stopper20. hide (verb) block out; hide; obscure; obstruct; screen; shroud; shut off; shut out21. join (verb) bind; connect; finish; fuse; join; link; tie; unite22. meet (verb) assemble; cluster; collect; congregate; convene; converge; encounter; face; front; gather; get together; group; meet; muster23. shut (verb) bolt; enclose; fasten; latch; lock; put to; seal; secure; shut; slam24. at close hand (other) at close hand; hard; near; nearby; nighАнтонимический ряд:ample; away; begin; beginning; beyond; careless; detached; distant; far; frank; liberal; open; open-handed; patent; public; release; separate; spacious -
17 paint
[peɪnt] 1. сущ.1)а) рисованиеб) рисунок2) краска; окраска; раскраскаblob / speck of paint — капля, пятно краски
Wet paint! — Осторожно, окрашено!
The paint was peeling on the window frames. — На оконных рамах облезала краска.
- oil-based paintThey saw some large letters in white paint. — Они увидели большие буквы, написанные белой краской.
- grease paint
- paint stripper3)а) румянаSyn:б) грим, косметика, макияжSyn:4) пегий пони, пятнистая лошадьSyn:2. гл.1) рисовать, писать ( красками)2) изображать, описыватьThe report paints a grim picture of life in this country. — Репортаж рисует мрачную картину жизни в этой стране.
Syn:3) красить, покрывать краской, раскрашиватьAre you going to paint or varnish the wood-work? — Ты собираешься красить или лакировать деревянные части дома?
4) красить, румянить, украшатьShe propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips. — Она прислонила зеркальце к сумочке и начала красить губы.
5) мед. смазывать6) разг. пить, выпиватьEach hotel we passed called forth the same observation: "I guess I shall go in and paint". — Каждый отель, мимо которого мы проезжали, наводил на одну и ту же мысль: "Пора зайти и выпить".
7) красиво лгать, водить в заблуждение••to paint the town red — устроить попойку, загулять
to paint oneself into a corner — загнать самого себя в угол; поставить себя в безвыходное положение
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