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1 argue
['ɑːgjuː]гл.1) спорить, препираться, ссоритьсяI am not going to argue with you. — Я не собираюсь спорить с тобой.
One night we started arguing about / over who hadn't wiped the kitchen counter. — Однажды вечером мы начали спорить о том, кто должен был вытереть стол на кухне.
Syn:2)а) спорить, обсуждать ( в полемике)to argue a problem / a case / a question — обсуждать, рассматривать проблему, дело, вопрос
He argued the point in his Ph.D. thesis at Yale in 1933. — Он развивал этот тезис в своей докторской диссертации, написанной в Йельском университете в 1933 г.
Citing an old Virginia law, he argued the matter in court. — Ссылаясь на один старый закон, принятый в штате Вирджиниа, он обратился по этому поводу в суд.
б) спорить, вести полемикуIn the meantime, in another federal court they're still arguing over who actually owns the rights. — Тем временем, в другом федеральном суде всё ещё идёт спор о том, кому в действительности принадлежат авторские права.
•Syn:to argue against smth. — приводить доводы против (чего-л.)
to argue for / in favour of smth. — приводить доводы в пользу (чего-л.)
The next speaker will argue against the plan. — Следующий оратор выступит против этого плана.
4) утверждатьWhat do you say to those who argue that affirmative action does more harm than good? — Что вы скажете тем, кто считает, что позитивная дискриминация приносит больше вреда, чем пользы?
Syn:5)а) (argue smb. into doing smth.) убеждать кого-л. делать что-л.б) (argue smb. out of doing smth.) отговаривать кого-л. делать что-л.He argued her out of leaving. — Он убедил её не уезжать.
•Syn:6) свидетельствовать, показывать; доказывать, служить доказательствомthe data argued against the hypothesis that… — данные свидетельствовали против гипотезы о том, что…
Their clothes argue poverty. — Их одежда говорит о бедности.
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