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1 world
wə:ld1) (the planet Earth: every country of the world.) jorda2) (the people who live on the planet Earth: The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.) folk, alle, (hele) verden3) (any planet etc: people from other worlds.) planet, verden4) (a state of existence: Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world; Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.) verden, tilværelse5) (an area of life or activity: the insect world; the world of the international businessman.) verden, rike6) (a great deal: The holiday did him a/the world of good.) meget (godt), alt7) (the lives and ways of ordinary people: He's been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.) hverdagslivet, den vanlige verden•- worldly- worldliness
- worldwide
- World Wide Web
- the best of both worlds
- for all the world
- out of this world
- what in the world? - what in the worldunivers--------verdensubst. \/wɜːld\/1) verden2) jord3) masse, mengdeall over the world over hele verden, i hele verden, verden overall the world eller the whole world hele verden alle menneskerthe animal world dyreriketas the world goes som det nå er i verden, som forholdene er nå, etter omstendighetenebe all the world to someone bety alt for noenbeat the world slå alle rekorder, stå i verdensklassenbe not long for his world ikke ha lenge igjen (å leve)be thrown\/turned (up)on the world kastes ut i verden være ensom i verdenbe the world for være i verdensklasse når det gjelderbe worlds apart være svært forskjelligebring someone into the world sette noen til verdencarry the world before oneself slå seg fram i verdencitizen of the world verdensborgercome down in the world bli fattigerecome into the world komme til verden, bli fødtcome up in the world komme seg frem i livetfor all the world as if akkurat som omfor all the world like på en prikk lik, akkurat somthe Fourth World den fjerde verden (urbefolkningene i den industrialiserte verden)from all over the world fra hele verdenget into the world komme ut i verdengive to the world offentliggjøre, publiserehow goes the world? hvordan står det til med deg?how\/what\/where in the world hvordan\/hva\/hvor i all verdenignorant of the world verdensfjernin the whole world i hele verden, på hele jordenin the world i all verden• why in the world did you not start earlier?a man of the world en verdensmannnot for the world ikke for alt i verdenout of this world ( hverdagslig) av en annen verdenround the world jorden rundtsee the world se seg omkring i verdenso goes the world slik går det her i verdenstart in\/begin the world begynne sin bane, begynne sin karrieretake the world as one finds it ta ting som de erthe best of both \/ all possible worlds det beste fra to verdener(all) the world and his wife Gud og hvermann, alle og enhverthink the world of somebody sette svært stor pris på noen, forgude noenthe wide world hele verdena world of en masse, uendelig mengde, himmelvidthe world, the flesh and the devil djevelen, verden og vårt eget kjødthe world to come\/be livet etter dettea world too wide alldeles for vid, alldeles for bredworld without end i evighetens evighetthe world's commerce verdenshandelenthe world's end verdens endeworld's fair eller world fair verdensutstilling -
2 part
pɑ:t
1. сущ.
1) а) доля, часть the (a) better part ≈ большая часть the better part of an hour ≈ большая часть часа, почти час to spend a part of ≈ потратить, потерять часть (чего-л.) ;
провести They spent the major part of their life in England. ≈ Они провели большую часть жизни в Англии. Respect is a very important part of any relationship. ≈ Уважение - очень важная часть любых отношений. Use turpentine and oil, two parts to one. ≈ Смешайте скипидар и масло в отношении два к одному. Syn: piece, portion, section, segment, subdivision Ant: entirety, entity, totality, unit, whole б) часть тела, член, орган It was a very severe accident and he lost part of his foot. ≈ Он попал в серьезную автомобильную катастрофу и потерял часть ноги. в) часть (книги), том, серия, выпуск Syn: passage г) деталь, часть automobile parts амер., motorcar parts брит. ≈ автомобильные детали defective part ≈ неисправная деталь spare parts ≈ запасные детали spare parts for military equipment ≈ запасные детали для военной техники This engine has only got three moving parts. ≈ У этого двигателя только три движущиеся части.
2) а) участие, доля в работе;
дело, обязанность It was not my part to interfere. ≈ Не мое было дело вмешиваться. to have part ≈ принимать участие, участвовать в чем-л. to take part ≈ принимать участие, участвовать в чем-л. б) роль to learn, memorize, study one's part ≈ выучить роль to understudy a part ≈ дублировать роль leading, major part ≈ главная, ведущая роль She had a bit part in the play. ≈ В этой пьесе она была занята в эпизодах. He offered her a large part in the play. ≈ Он предложил ей большую роль в пьесе. bit part ≈ эпизодическая роль speaking part ≈ роль со словами (в противоположность немой роли) walk-on part ≈ роль статиста play a part act a part в) муз. голос, партия г) сторона( в споре и т. п.) take the part of take part with д) амер. пробор( в волосах)
3) мн. края, местность
4) грам. часть, форма part of speech ≈ часть речи part of sentence ≈ член предложения ∙ part and parcel ≈ составная/неотъемлемая часть in good part ≈ без обиды;
благосклонно;
милостиво to take smth. in good part ≈ не обидеться in bad part, in evil part ≈ с обидой;
неблагосклонно to take smth. in bad part, to take smth. in evil part ≈ обидеться
2. нареч. частью, отчасти;
немного, несколько, частично The television producer today has to be part of news person, part educator. ≈ В настоящее время телекомментатор должен быть наполовину журналистом, наполовину преподавателем. Syn: rather
3. гл.
1) а) разделять(ся), отделять(ся), разрывать(ся) б) расступаться, раздвигать(ся) в) расчесывать, разделять на пробор г) расставаться, прощаться, разлучаться;
разг. расставаться с деньгами, платить
2) уст. делить (между кем-л.)
3) умирать Syn: die, pass away ∙ part from part over part with часть, доля - *s of a fraction доли дроби - the greater * of the population большая часть населения - in the early * of the week в начале недели - in * частично, частью - to pay in *s платить по частям - to contribute in * to smth. частично способствовать чему-либо - the best * of a week большая часть недели - during the early of the war в начале войны - the best * of a bottle of wine добрая половина бутылки вина - five *s of the whole пять частей от целого - in the hot * of the day в жаркое время дня - * of the house is to let сдается часть дома - it is a * of his functions это входит в его функции - it is no * of my intentions это не входит в мои намерения - in a greater * due to smth. в значительной степени обязан чему-либо - the most * большая часть - for the most * большей частью - the best * of smth. добрая половина чего-либо - to form a constituent * of smth. являться составной частью чего-либо - a corporate * of our own life неотъемлемая часть нашей жизни - to constitute a * of составлять часть чего-либо, являться компонентом чего-либо - to devote a * of one's time to smth., smb. посвятить часть своего времени чему-либо, кому-либо - English forms a * of the regular curriculum английский язык входит в учебную программу - he recieved * of his education in England он некоторое время обучался в Англии - the trip will occupy the better * of the year поездка займет добрую половину года - his failure was due in large * to his carelessness его неудача в основном объясняется небрежностью часть (единицы) ;
доля - an hour is the fourth * of the day час - одна двадцать четвертая часть суток - a seventh * одна седьмая - results accurate to one * in a million результаты с точностью до одной миллионной (редкое) группа, фракция участие (в работе) ;
обязанность, дело - to take * in smth. участвовать в чем-либо - to take * in conversation принимать участие в разговоре - I had no * in it я в этом не принимал участия - it was done without my taking * in it это было сделано без моего участия - it was not my * to interfere не мое было дело вмешиваться - to do one's * делать свое дело - to do one's * for world peace внести свой вклад в борьбу за мир во всем мире - to fail to perform one's * of a contract не выполнить свои обязательства по договору - each one did his * каждый выполнил то, что ему полагалось - to take * in the action( военное) принимать участие в бою часть (книги), том;
серия - the story appeared in *s рассказ публикуется в нескольких номерах (журнала, газеты) - Dickens's works were published in *s романы Диккенса печатались выпусками часть тела, орган, член - privy *s (эвфмеизм) половые органы - the inner *s of a human body внутренние органы человеческого тела роль - a weighty * весомая роль - to assign a * to smb. отводить роль кому-либо - to cast *s to actors давать роли актерам - he was excellent in the * of Hamlet он был великолепен в роли Гамлета - she knew her * well она хорошо знала свою роль - to play the * играть роль - he filled his * with great success он справился со своей ролью с большим успехом - they gave her small *s ей давали маленькие роли - conversation is like an orchestra in which each one should bear a * беседа подобна оркестру, в котором кажлый должен исполнять свою партию роль, значение - a building that plays many *s здание, которое используется для различных целей;
полифункциональное здание - in all this imagination played a large * во всем этом воображение сыграло большую роль - he played no * in this business он не имел к этому никакого отношения сторона (тж. в споре) - for my * с моей стороны, что касается меня - for my * I know nothing about him что касается меня, то я ничего о нем не знаю - there was no objection on the * of the author со стороны автора возражений не было - I have a personal * in it я лично заинтересован в этом - the second cousin on the * of the father двоюродный брат со стороны отца сторона, аспект - the annoying * of the matter is that... неприятная сторона этого дела в том... - to take smb.'s *, to take * with smb. стать на чью-либо сторону - he always takes his brother's * он всегда встает на сторону брата (юридическое) сторона (в процессе, договоре) край, местность - in foreign *s в чужих краях - we are form the same *s мы земляки - in these *s of the world в этих местах - from a very far * of the world из далекого уголка мира - the five *s of the world пять частей света - malaria-stricken *s of the country районы страны, где свирепствует малярия - the most densely populated and poverty stricken * of London наиболее густонаселенные и бедные районы Лондона - remote *s of the country отдаленные районы страны - the terrestrial *s of the world суша - I am a stranger in these *s я здесь чужестранец - he spent most of his life in foreign *s он провел большую часть своей жизни на чужбине( устаревшее) способности - a man of (good) *s способный человек (американизм) пробор в волосах (грамматика) часть, форма - * of speech часть речи - to be careful of one's *s of speech следить за своим языком - pricipal *s of a verb основные формы глагола (техническое) деталь, часть - spare *s запасные части - * name наименование детали - *s list спецификация запасных частей - allthe working *s are replaseable все рабочие части заменяемы (музыкальное) партия, голос - orchestral *s оркестровые партии - the tenor * партия тенора - to sing in three *s петь на три голоса (архитектура) 1/30 часть модуля > * and parcel составная часть > this is * and parcel of my subject это неотъемлемая часть моей темы > on the one *... on the other *... с одной стороны... с другой стороны... > to have neither * nor lot in smth. не иметь ничего общего с чем-либо > in good * благосклонно, милостиво, без обиды > in bad * неблагосклонно, с обидой > to take smth. in good * не обидеться > he took my advice in good * он с благодарностью принял мой совет > not to want any * of smth. отвергать что-либо;
отрицательно относиться к чему-либо > I want no * in it я не хочу иметь к этому никакого отношения;
мне это совершенно не подходит разделять, отделять, делить на части - the island *s the river into two branches остров делит реку на два рукава - a smile *ed her lips ее губы раскрылись в улыбке - a strait *s the island from the mainland пролив отделяет остров от материка - the strain *ed the rope веревка порвалась от напряжения разделяться, отделяться;
разъединяться - our roads * here здесь наши пути расходятся - the crowd *ed and let him pass толпа расступилась и дала ему пройти - the clouds *ed тучи разошлись - the policemen *ed the crowd полицейские заставили толпу расступиться разлучать, разъединять - the lovers were *ed любовники были разлучены - till death do us * (возвышенно) пока смерть нас не разлучит (часто from) разлучаться, расставаться - iet us * friends расстанемся друзьями - to * in anger разойтись, обозлившись друг на друга - to * from one's native shore покидать родные берега - we'll * no more мы больше никогда не расстанемся - I *ed from him at the railway station я расстался с ним на вокзале разнимать - to * fighters разнимать дерущихся расчесывать на пробор (волосы) - * one's hair in the middle расчесывать волосы на прямой пробор отличать, выделять( что-либо) - to * error from crime отличать ошибку от преступления (разговорное) расставаться (с чем-либо) - I would not * with it for the world я ни за что с этим не расстанусь - to * with money расставаться с деньгами - he is a difficult man to * from his cash из него не выжмешь и гроша платить - the lodger rarely *ed before Monday жилец редко платил раньше понедельника - he won't * он не заплатит - he is unwilling to * он не любит платить умирать (устаревшее) делить (между кем-либо) - to * the booty делить добычу - to * rice among the poor раздавать рис беднякам (морское) срываться с якоря - to * with the cable расклепывать (и вытравливать) якорную цепь > to * company( with) разъехаться;
расстаться;
поссориться, прекратить дружбу;
разойтись во мнениях > on that question I * company with you по этому вопросу мы с вами расходимся во мнениях > to * brass rags with smb. (сленг) порвать с кем-либо (дружбу, отношения) > a fool and his money are soon *ed (пословица) у дурака деньги долго не держатся частью;
отчасти;
частично be ~ of быть частью component ~ составная часть constituent ~ составная часть declaration ~ вчт. раздел описаний it was not my ~ to interfere не мое было дело вмешиваться;
to do one's part делать свое дело;
сделать свое дело finished ~ обработанная деталь ~ сторона (в споре и т. п.) ;
for my part с моей стороны, что касается меня;
on the part (of smb.) с (чьей-л.) стороны fractional ~ мантисса ~ архит. 1/30 часть модуля;
to have neither part nor lot (in smth.) не иметь ничего общего( с чем-л.) ~ разг. расставаться (с деньгами и т. п.) ;
платить;
he won't part он не заплатит ~ pl края, местность;
in foreign parts в чужих краях;
in these parts в этих местах, здесь;
in all parts of the world повсюду в мире, во всем мире in good ~ без обиды;
благосклонно;
милостиво;
in bad (или evil) part с обидой;
неблагосклонно ~ pl края, местность;
in foreign parts в чужих краях;
in these parts в этих местах, здесь;
in all parts of the world повсюду в мире, во всем мире in good ~ без обиды;
благосклонно;
милостиво;
in bad (или evil) part с обидой;
неблагосклонно ~ часть, доля;
for the most part большей частью;
in part частично, частью;
one's part in a conversation (чье-л.) высказывание в разговоре in ~ частично ~ pl края, местность;
in foreign parts в чужих краях;
in these parts в этих местах, здесь;
in all parts of the world повсюду в мире, во всем мире integral ~ неотъемлемая часть integrated ~ составная часть it was not my ~ to interfere не мое было дело вмешиваться;
to do one's part делать свое дело;
сделать свое дело ~ разделять(ся) ;
отделять(ся) ;
расступаться;
разрывать(ся) ;
разнимать;
разлучать(ся) ;
let us part friends расстанемся друзьями machine ~ деталь машины ~ pl уст. способности;
a man of (good) parts способный человек ~ сторона (в споре и т. п.) ;
for my part с моей стороны, что касается меня;
on the part (of smb.) с (чьей-л.) стороны ~ часть, доля;
for the most part большей частью;
in part частично, частью;
one's part in a conversation (чье-л.) высказывание в разговоре part грам.: part of speech часть речи;
part of sentence член предложения ~ выделять ~ группа ~ уст. делить (между кем-л.) ;
part from расстаться (или распрощаться) (с кем-л.) ~ делить на части ~ деталь ~ доля ~ запасная часть ~ pl края, местность;
in foreign parts в чужих краях;
in these parts в этих местах, здесь;
in all parts of the world повсюду в мире, во всем мире ~ отделять ~ отличать ~ муз. партия, голос ~ амер. пробор (в волосах) ~ разделять(ся) ;
отделять(ся) ;
расступаться;
разрывать(ся) ;
разнимать;
разлучать(ся) ;
let us part friends расстанемся друзьями ~ разделять ~ разг. расставаться (с деньгами и т. п.) ;
платить;
he won't part он не заплатит ~ расчесывать, разделять на пробор ~ роль ~ серия ~ pl уст. способности;
a man of (good) parts способный человек ~ сторона (в споре и т. п.) ;
for my part с моей стороны, что касается меня;
on the part (of smb.) с (чьей-л.) стороны ~ сторона ~ сторона в договоре ~ сторона в процессе ~ сторона в споре ~ умирать ~ участие, доля в работе;
обязанность, дело;
to take (или to have) part (in smth.) участвовать (в чем-л.) ~ участие в переговорах ~ фракция ~ частичный, неполный ~ часть (книги), том, серия, выпуск ~ часть, доля, участие ~ часть, доля;
for the most part большей частью;
in part частично, частью;
one's part in a conversation (чье-л.) высказывание в разговоре ~ часть ~ архит. 1/30 часть модуля;
to have neither part nor lot (in smth.) не иметь ничего общего (с чем-л.) ~ часть тела, член, орган;
the (privy) parts половые органы ~ частью, отчасти;
частично ~ экземпляр ~ уст. делить (между кем-л.) ;
part from расстаться (или распрощаться) (с кем-л.) ~ with = part from ~ of act раздел закона part грам.: part of speech часть речи;
part of sentence член предложения part грам.: part of speech часть речи;
part of sentence член предложения ~ of world часть света ~ with = part from ~ with отдавать, передавать( что-л.) ~ with отпускать( прислугу) with: part ~ расставаться ~ часть тела, член, орган;
the (privy) parts половые органы parts: parts: materials and ~ материалы и комплектующие изделия to play (или to act) a ~ играть роль to play (или to act) a ~ притворяться real ~ вещественная часть replacement ~ запасная деталь replacement ~ запасная часть replacement ~ сменная деталь residential ~ заселенная часть substantial ~ важная часть to take (smth.) in good ~ не обидеться;
to take (smth.) in bad (или evil) part обидеться to take (smth.) in good ~ не обидеться;
to take (smth.) in bad (или evil) part обидеться ~ участие, доля в работе;
обязанность, дело;
to take (или to have) part (in smth.) участвовать (в чем-л.) take ~ принимать участие take ~ участвовать to take the ~ (of smb.), to take ~ (with smb.) стать на (чью-л.) сторону take: to ~ part участвовать, принимать участие to take the ~ (of smb.), to take ~ (with smb.) стать на (чью-л.) сторону -
3 Philosophy
And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive ScienceIn the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- ControlIn his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy
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4 Artificial Intelligence
In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, EventuallyJust as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the ProgramMany problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)[AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract FormThe basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory FormationIt is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular ContextsEven if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial IntelligenceThe primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary PropositionsIn artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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5 come
1. past tense - came; verb1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) venir2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) llegar3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) venir4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) suceder5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) llegar a6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) subir a, ser
2. interjection(expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) ¡vamos!- comer- coming
- comeback
- comedown
- come about
- come across
- come along
- come by
- come down
- come into one's own
- come off
- come on
- come out
- come round
- come to
- come to light
- come upon
- come up with
- come what may
- to come
come vb venircome here please ven aquí, por favordo you want to come with me? ¿quieres ir conmigo?tr[kʌm]1 (gen) venir■ you must come and visit us! ¡tienes que venir a visitarnos!■ can you come to dinner on Saturday? ¿puedes venir a cenar el sábado?■ are you coming? ¿(te) vienes?■ can I come with you? ¿puedo ir contigo?■ coming! ¡ya voy!2 (arrive) llegar■ what time does he come home? ¿a qué hora llega a casa?3 (occupy place, position) llegar4 (reach) llegar5 (happen) suceder■ it came to pass that... sucedió que...■ how did you come to live here? ¿cómo es que vives aquí?6 (be available) venir, suministrarse7 (become) hacerse9 slang (have orgasm) correrse1 (behave, play the part) hacerse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcome again? ¿cómo?, ¿qué?come off it! ¡venga ya!, ¡anda ya!come what may pase lo que paseto be as... as they come ser lo más... que hayto come (in the future) venidero,-ato come a long way (progress) progresar muchoto come and go ir y venirto come as a shock/surprise to somebody ser un susto/sorpresa para alguiento come clean confesar, cantarto come down in the world venir a menosto come down on somebody's side ponerse de parte de alguiento come easily to somebody resultarle fácil a alguiento come in handy / come in useful ser útil, resultar útil, venir biento come into being nacer, ver la luzto come into fashion ponerse de modato come into force entrar en vigorto come into the world nacer, ver la luzto come of age llegar a la mayoría de edadto come out in favour of something / come out against something declararse a favor de algo / declararse en contra de algoto come to an end acabar, terminar, tocar a su finto come to nothing llegar a nada, quedar en nada, quedar en agua de borrajasto come true hacerse realidadto have it coming (to one) tenérselo merecidoto see something coming ver algo venirto take life as it comes aceptar la vida tal y como se presentawhen it comes to... en cuanto a...1) approach: venir, aproximarsehere they come: acá vienen2) arrive: venir, llegar, alcanzarthey came yesterday: vinieron ayer3) originate: venir, provenirthis wine comes from France: este vino viene de Francia4) amount: llegar, ascenderthe investment came to two million: la inversión llegó a dos millones5)to come clean : confesar, desahogar la conciencia6)to come into acquire: adquirirto come into a fortune: heredar una fortuna7)to come off succeed: tener éxito, ser un éxito8)to come out : salir, aparecer, publicarse9)to come to revive: recobrar el conocimiento, volver en síto come to pass happen: acontecerto come to terms : llegar a un acuerdointerj.• ven interj.• venga interj.p.p.(Participio pasivo de "to come")v.(§ p.,p.p.: came, come) = ir v.(§pres: voy, vas...) subj: vay-, imp: ib-, pret: fu-•)• llegar v.• ocurrir v.• provenir v.(§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos), pret: -vin-, fut: -vendr-•)• venir v.(§pres: vengo, vienes...venimos), pret: vin-, fut: vendr-•)kʌm
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1)a) (advance, approach, travel) venir*have you come far? — ¿vienes de lejos?
as I was coming up/down the stairs — cuando subía/bajaba (por) las escaleras
we've come a long way since... — ( made much progress) hemos avanzado mucho desde que...; ( many things have happened) ha llovido mucho desde que...
come and get it! — (colloq) a comer!
b) (be present, visit, accompany) venir*can I come with you? — ¿puedo ir contigo?, ¿te puedo acompañar?
to come as something: Sue's coming as a clown — Sue va a venir (vestida) de payaso
2)a) ( arrive)what time are you coming? — ¿a qué hora vas a venir?
after a while, you'll come to a crossroads — al cabo de un rato, llegarás a un cruce
I'm coming, I won't be a moment — enseguida voy
to come about something — venir* por algo
to come for something/somebody — venir* a buscar algo/a alguien, venir* a por algo/alguien (Esp)
b)to come and go — ir* y venir*
Presidents come and go, the problems remain the same — los presidentes cambian pero los problemas son siempre los mismos
3)a) (occur in time, context)b) (as prep) parac)to come — ( in the future) (as adv)
in years to come — en años venideros, en el futuro
4) (extend, reach) (+ adv compl) llegar*5) ( be gained)it'll come, just keep practicing — ya te va a salir or lo vas a lograr; sigue practicando
driving didn't come easily to me — aprender a manejar or (Esp) conducir no me fue or no me resultó fácil
6) (be available, obtainable) (+ adv compl) venir*to come with something: the car comes with the job el coche te lo dan con el trabajo; it comes with instructions viene con or trae instrucciones; these watches don't come cheap estos relojes no son nada baratos; he's as silly as they come — es de lo más tonto que hay
7) (+ adv compl)a) (in sequence, list, structure)b) (in race, competition) llegar*to come first — ( in a race) llegar* el primero; ( in an exam) quedar or salir* el primero
c) ( be ranked) estar*8)a) ( become) (+ adj compl)b) ( reach certain state)to come to + inf — llegar* a + inf
how do you come to be here? — ¿cómo es que estás aquí?
I could have done it yesterday, come to think of it — lo podría haber hecho ayer, ahora que lo pienso
9) ( have orgasm) (colloq) venirse* or (Esp) correrse or (AmS) acabar (arg)10) (in phrases)come, come! — vamos, vamos!, dale! (CS fam)
come again? — (colloq) ¿qué? or (AmL fam) ¿qué qué?
how come? — (colloq) ¿cómo?
how come you didn't know? — ¿cómo es que no sabías?
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vt (BrE)Phrasal Verbs:- come by- come in- come of- come off- come on- come out- come to- come up[kʌm] (pt came) (pp come)1. VI1) (gen) venir; (=arrive) llegarwhen did he come? — ¿cuándo llegó?
(I'm) coming! — ¡voy!, ¡ya voy!
he came running/dashing etc in — entró corriendo/volando etc
the day/time will come when... — ya llegará el día/la hora (en) que...
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we'll come after you — te seguiremos•
come and see us soon — ven a vernos pronto•
it may come as a surprise to you... — puede que te asombre or (LAm) extrañe...•
to come for sth/sb — venir por or (LAm) pasar por algo/algn•
to come from — (=stem from) [word, custom] venir de, proceder de, provenir de; (=originate from) [person] ser deshe has just come from London — acaba de venir or (LAm) regresar de Londres
where do you come from? — ¿de dónde eres?
I don't know where you're coming from — (US) * no alcanzo a comprender la base de tu argumento
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to come and go — ir y venirthe picture comes and goes — (TV) un momento tenemos imagen y al siguiente no
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it never came into my mind — no pasó siquiera por mi mente•
we came to a village — llegamos a un puebloit came to me that there was a better way to do it — se me ocurrió que había otra forma mejor de hacerlo
when it comes to choosing, I prefer wine — si tengo que elegir, prefiero vino
when it comes to mathematics... — en cuanto a or en lo que se refiere a las matemáticas...
•
when your turn comes — cuando llegue tu turno•
they have come a long way — (lit) han venido desde muy lejos; (fig) han llegado muy lejos•
come with me — ven conmigo2) (=have its place) venirwork comes before pleasure — primero el trabajo, luego la diversión
3) (=happen) pasar, ocurrir•
how does this chair come to be broken? — ¿cómo es que esta silla está rota?•
how come? * — ¿cómo es eso?, ¿cómo así?, ¿por qué?how come you don't know? * — ¿cómo es que no lo sabes?
•
no good will come of it — de eso no saldrá nada buenothat's what comes of being careless — eso es lo que pasa or ocurre por la falta de cuidado
•
no harm will come to him — no le pasará nada•
come what may — pase lo que pase4) (=be, become)now I come to think of it — ahora que lo pienso, pensándolo bien
it came to pass that... — liter aconteció que...
•
those shoes come in two colours — esos zapatos vienen en dos colores•
it comes naturally to him — lo hace sin esfuerzo, no le cuesta nada hacerlo•
it'll all come right in the end — al final, todo se arreglará5) ** (=have orgasm) correrse (Sp) ***, acabar (LAm) ***6) (in phrases)•
come again? * — ¿cómo (dice)?•
he's as good as they come — es bueno como él solo•
they don't come any better than that — mejores no los hay•
to come between two people — (=interfere) meterse or entrometerse entre dos personas; (=separate) separar a dos personas•
come, come! — ¡vamos!•
the new ruling comes into force next year — la nueva ley entra en vigor el año que viene•
if it comes to it — llegado el caso•
oh, come now! — ¡vamos!•
I could see it coming — lo veía venir•
come to that... — si vamos a eso...•
in (the) years to come — en los años venideros2.VTdon't come that game with me! * — ¡no me vengas con esos cuentos!
that's coming it a bit strong — eso me parece algo exagerado, no es para tanto
- come at- come by- come in- come of- come off- come on- come out- come to- come upCOME, GO Although c ome and venir usually imply motion towards the speaker while go and ir imply motion away from them, there are some differences between the two languages. In English we sometimes describe movement as if from the other person's perspective. In Spanish, this is not the case. ► For example when someone calls you:
I'm coming Ya voy ► Making arrangements over the phone or in a letter:
I'll come and pick you up at four Iré a recogerte a las cuatro
Can I come too? ¿Puedo ir yo también?
Shall I come with you? ¿Voy contigo? ► So, use ir rather than venir when going towards someone else or when joining them to go on somewhere else. ► Compare:
Are you coming with us? (viewed from the speaker's perspective) ¿(Te) vienes con nosotros? For further uses and examples, see come, go* * *[kʌm]
1.
1)a) (advance, approach, travel) venir*have you come far? — ¿vienes de lejos?
as I was coming up/down the stairs — cuando subía/bajaba (por) las escaleras
we've come a long way since... — ( made much progress) hemos avanzado mucho desde que...; ( many things have happened) ha llovido mucho desde que...
come and get it! — (colloq) a comer!
b) (be present, visit, accompany) venir*can I come with you? — ¿puedo ir contigo?, ¿te puedo acompañar?
to come as something: Sue's coming as a clown — Sue va a venir (vestida) de payaso
2)a) ( arrive)what time are you coming? — ¿a qué hora vas a venir?
after a while, you'll come to a crossroads — al cabo de un rato, llegarás a un cruce
I'm coming, I won't be a moment — enseguida voy
to come about something — venir* por algo
to come for something/somebody — venir* a buscar algo/a alguien, venir* a por algo/alguien (Esp)
b)to come and go — ir* y venir*
Presidents come and go, the problems remain the same — los presidentes cambian pero los problemas son siempre los mismos
3)a) (occur in time, context)b) (as prep) parac)to come — ( in the future) (as adv)
in years to come — en años venideros, en el futuro
4) (extend, reach) (+ adv compl) llegar*5) ( be gained)it'll come, just keep practicing — ya te va a salir or lo vas a lograr; sigue practicando
driving didn't come easily to me — aprender a manejar or (Esp) conducir no me fue or no me resultó fácil
6) (be available, obtainable) (+ adv compl) venir*to come with something: the car comes with the job el coche te lo dan con el trabajo; it comes with instructions viene con or trae instrucciones; these watches don't come cheap estos relojes no son nada baratos; he's as silly as they come — es de lo más tonto que hay
7) (+ adv compl)a) (in sequence, list, structure)b) (in race, competition) llegar*to come first — ( in a race) llegar* el primero; ( in an exam) quedar or salir* el primero
c) ( be ranked) estar*8)a) ( become) (+ adj compl)b) ( reach certain state)to come to + inf — llegar* a + inf
how do you come to be here? — ¿cómo es que estás aquí?
I could have done it yesterday, come to think of it — lo podría haber hecho ayer, ahora que lo pienso
9) ( have orgasm) (colloq) venirse* or (Esp) correrse or (AmS) acabar (arg)10) (in phrases)come, come! — vamos, vamos!, dale! (CS fam)
come again? — (colloq) ¿qué? or (AmL fam) ¿qué qué?
how come? — (colloq) ¿cómo?
how come you didn't know? — ¿cómo es que no sabías?
2.
vt (BrE)Phrasal Verbs:- come by- come in- come of- come off- come on- come out- come to- come up -
6 top
I
1. top noun1) (the highest part of anything: the top of the hill; the top of her head; The book is on the top shelf.) cumbre, lo alto2) (the position of the cleverest in a class etc: He's at the top of the class.) a la cabeza, en primer lugar3) (the upper surface: the table-top.) lo alto de, sobre4) (a lid: I've lost the top to this jar; a bottle-top.) tapadera, (botella) tapón5) (a (woman's) garment for the upper half of the body; a blouse, sweater etc: I bought a new skirt and top.) blusa (corta), camiseta, top
2. adjective(having gained the most marks, points etc, eg in a school class: He's top (of the class) again.) mejor, primero
3. verb1) (to cover on the top: She topped the cake with cream.) cubrir, recubrir2) (to rise above; to surpass: Our exports have topped $100,000.) superar, sobrepasar3) (to remove the top of.) quitar la parte de encima•- topless- topping
- top hat
- top-heavy
- top-secret
- at the top of one's voice
- be/feel on top of the world
- from top to bottom
- the top of the ladderee
- top up
II top noun(a kind of toy that spins.) peonzatop1 adj1. superior / de más arriba / último2. más altotop2 n1. cima / cumbre / lo alto2. tapón / tapa3. parte de arriba4. camiseta / blusatr[tɒp]1 (highest/upper part) parte nombre femenino superior, parte nombre femenino de arriba, parte nombre femenino más alta■ an attic is the room at the top of a house el desván es el cuarto en la parte más alta de una casa3 (of mountain) cumbre nombre masculino4 (of tree) copa5 (surface) superficie nombre femenino■ who's the top of the organization? ¿quién es el jefe de la organización?8 (of list) cabeza■ who's at the top of the league? ¿quién encabeza la liga?■ what's top of the list? ¿qué es lo primero de la lista?9 (of car) capota11 (beginning) principio12 (gear) directa1 (highest) de arriba, superior, más alto,-a2 (best, highest, leading) mejor, principal■ only the top graduates get the top jobs sólo los mejores licenciados consiguen los mejores trabajos3 (highest, maximum) principal, máximo,-a1 (cover) cubrir, rematar2 (remove top of plant/fruit) quitar los rabillos4 (come first, head) encabezar5 (better, surpass, exceed) superar1 (of plant) hojas nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat the top of the tree figurative use en el cumbreat the top of one's voice a voz en gritoat top speed a toda velocidadfrom top to bottom de arriba abajofrom top to toe de cabeza a pieson top encima de, sobreon top of encima de■ do you get commission on top of your salary? ¿ganas una comisión además de tu sueldo?on top of it all / to top it all para colmoto be on top of the world estar en la gloria, estar contento,-a y felizto be over the top (excessive) ser demasiadoto blow one's top perder los estribosto come out on top salir ganandoto get on top of somebody agobiar a alguiento go over the top pasarsetop copy original nombre masculinotop dog gallitotop gear directatop hat chistera, sombrero de copa————————tr[tɒp]1 peonza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto sleep like a top dormir como un tronco, dormir como un lirón1) cover: cubrir, coronar2) surpass: sobrepasar, superar3) clear: pasar por encima detop adj: superiorthe top shelf: la repisa superiorone of the top lawyers: uno de los mejores abogadostop n1) : parte f superior, cumbre f, cima f (de un monte, etc.)to climb to the top: subir a la cumbre2) cover: tapa f, cubierta f3) : trompo m (juguete)4)on top of : encima dev.• desmochar v.• rematar v.adj.• cimera adj.• culminante adj.• máximo, -a adj.• superior adj.n.• baca s.f.• cabeza s.f.• cima s.f.• cofa s.f.• coronilla s.f.• cumbre s.f.• morra s.f.• moño s.m.• parte superior s.m.• peón s.m.• tapa s.f.• tapadera s.f.• tejadillo s.m.• tope s.m.• trompo s.m.• vértice s.m.• ápice s.m.tɑːp, tɒp
I
1)a) ( highest part) parte f superior or de arriba; ( of mountain) cima f, cumbre f, cúspide f; ( of tree) copa f; ( of page) parte f superior; ( of head) coronilla fhis name is at the top of the list — su nombre es el primero de la lista or encabeza la lista
off the top of one's head: I can't think of any of them off the top of my head — no se me ocurre ninguno en este momento
b) (BrE) ( of road) final m2) ( of hierarchy) (highest rank, position)3)a) ( upper part)the top of the milk — (BrE) crema que se acumula en el cuello de la botella de leche
to float/rise to the top — salir* a la superficie
b) (rim, edge) borde m4) ( Clothing)a blue top — una blusa (or un suéter or un top etc) azul
5)he's getting a bit thin on top — (colloq) se está quedando calvo or (AmC, Méx fam) pelón or (CS fam) pelado
to come out on top — salir* ganando
6)it's just been one thing on top of another — ha sido una cosa detrás de otra or una cosa tras otra
to feel on top of the world — estar* contentísimo
and on top of it all o on top of all that, she lost her job — y encima or para colmo or como si esto fuera poco, se quedó sin trabajo
7)over the top — ( exaggerated) (esp BrE colloq)
8) (cover, cap - of jar, box) tapa f, tapón m (Esp); (- of pen) capuchón m, capucha f; ( cork) tapón mto blow one's top — (colloq) explotar (fam)
9) top (gear) (BrE Auto) directa f10) ( spinning top) trompo m, peonza f; sleep II
II
adjective (before n)1)a) ( uppermost) <layer/shelf> de arriba, superior; <step/coat of paint> último; < note> más altob) ( maximum) <speed/temperature> máximo, tope2)a) ( best)to be top quality — ser* de primera calidad
b) ( in ranked order)our top priority is... — nuestra prioridad absoluta es...
the Top 40 — ( Mus) los 40 discos más vendidos, ≈los 40 principales ( en Esp)
c) (leading, senior) <scientists/chefs> más destacado
III
1.
- pp- transitive verb1) (exceed, surpass) \<\<offer/achievement\>\> superarunemployment topped the 3 million mark — el índice de desempleo superó or rebasó los 3 millones
to top it all — para coronarlo, para colmo, (más) encima
2) ( beat) (AmE)the Tigers topped the Mariners 6-2 — (AmE) los Tigers se impusieron a los Mariners por 6 a 2
3) ( head) \<\<list/league\>\> encabezar*4) ( cover) \<\<column/building\>\> rematar, coronartopped with chocolate/cheese — con chocolate/queso por encima
2.
v refl1) ( surpass oneself) (AmE colloq) superarse2) ( commit suicide) (BrE sl) matarse, suicidarse•Phrasal Verbs:- top off- top out- top up
I [tɒp]1. N1) (=highest point, peak) cumbre f, cima f ; [of hill] cumbre f ; [of tree] copa f ; [of head] coronilla f ; [of building] remate m ; [of wall] coronamiento m ; [of wave] cresta f ; [of stairs, ladder] lo alto; [of page] cabeza f ; [of list, table, classification] cabeza f, primer puesto m, primera posición fto reach the top, make it to the top — [of career etc] alcanzar la cumbre (del éxito)
•
the men at the top — (fig) los que mandan•
executives who are at the top of their careers — ejecutivos que están en la cumbre de sus carreras•
top of the charts — (Mus) el número uno•
to be at the top of the class — (Scol) ser el/la mejor de la claseblow II, 1., 3)•
top of the range — (Comm) lo mejor de la gama2) (=upper part) parte f superior, parte f de arriba; [of bus] piso m superior; [of turnip, carrot, radish] rabillo m, hojas fpl3) (=surface) superficie foil comes or floats or rises to the top — el aceite sube a la superficie
4) (=lid) [of pen, bottle, jar] tapa f, cubierta f, tapón m5) (=blouse) blusa fpyjama top — parte f de arriba del pijama
6) (Brit)(Aut) = top gear7) (US) (Aut) capota f8) (Naut) cofa f9)on top — encima, arriba
to be on top — estar encima; (fig) (=winning etc) llevar ventaja, estar ganando
seats on top! — (on bus) ¡hay sitio arriba!
let's go up on top — (Naut) vamos a (subir a) cubierta
thin on top * — con poco pelo, medio calvo
on top of — sobre, encima de
on top of (all) that — (=in addition to that) y encima or además de (todo) eso
on top of which — y para colmo, más encima
to be/get on top of things — estar/ponerse a la altura de las cosas
- come out on top- be/feel on top of the world10)tops: it's (the) tops * — es tremendo *, es fabuloso *
11) (in phrases)this proposal is really over the top — (Brit) esta propuesta pasa de la raya
to go over the top — (Mil) lanzarse al ataque (saliendo de las trincheras); (Brit) * (fig) pasarse (de lo razonable), desbordarse
•
he doesn't have much up top * — (=stupid) no es muy listo que digamos; (=balding) tiene poco pelo, se le ven las ideas *she doesn't have much up top * — (=flat-chested) está lisa (basilisa) *
speaking off the top of my head, I would say... — hablando así sin pensarlo, yo diría que...
2. ADJ1) (=highest) [drawer, shelf] de arriba, más alto; [edge, side, corner] superior, de arriba; [floor, step, storey] último•
at the top end of the scale — en el extremo superior de la escalaat the top end of the range — (Comm) en el escalón más alto de la gama
2) (=maximum) [price] máximo•
at top speed — a máxima velocidad, a toda carrera3) (in rank etc) más importante•
a top executive — un(a) alto(-a) ejecutivo*, (-a)4) (=best, leading) mejorthe top 10/20/30 — (Mus) los 10/20/30 mejores éxitos, el hit parade de los 10/20/30 mejores
•
to come top — ganar, ganar el primer puesto5) (=final) [coat of paint] último•
the top layer of skin — la epidermis6) (=farthest) superior•
the top end of the field — el extremo superior del campo3.ADVtops * — (=maximum, at most) como mucho
4. VT1) (=form top of) [+ building] coronar; [+ cake] cubrir, recubrira cake topped with whipped cream — una tarta cubierta or recubierta de nata or (LAm) crema
2) (=be at top of) [+ class, list] encabezar, estar a la cabeza de•
to top the bill — (Theat) encabezar el reparto•
to top the charts — (Mus) ser el número uno de las listas de éxitos or de los superventas•
the team topped the league all season — el equipo iba en cabeza de la liga toda la temporada3) (=exceed, surpass) exceder, superarprofits topped £50,000 last year — las ganancias excedieron (las) 50.000 libras el año pasado
we have topped last year's takings by £200 — hemos recaudado 200 libras más que el año pasado, los ingresos exceden a los del año pasado en 200 libras
•
and to top it all... — y para colmo..., como remate..., y para rematar las cosas...•
how are you going to top that? — (joke, story etc) ¿cómo vas a superar eso?, te han puesto el listón muy alto4) [+ vegetables, fruit, plant] descabezar; [+ tree] desmochar5) (=reach summit of) llegar a la cumbre de6) ** (=kill) colgarto top o.s. — suicidarse
5.CPDtop banana * N — (US) pez m gordo *
top dog * N —
top dollar * N (esp US) —
top-drawerthe top drawer N — (fig) la alta sociedad, la crema
top dressing N — (Hort, Agr) abono m (aplicado a la superficie)
top floor N — último piso m
top gear N — (Brit) (Aut) directa f
in top gear — (four-speed box) en cuarta, en la directa; (five-speed box) en quinta, en la directa
top spin N — (Tennis) efecto m alto, efecto m liftado
top ten NPL (=songs) —
•
the top ten — el top diez, los diez primerostop thirty NPL —
•
the top thirty — el top treinta, los treinta primeros- top off- top up
II
[tɒp]N* * *[tɑːp, tɒp]
I
1)a) ( highest part) parte f superior or de arriba; ( of mountain) cima f, cumbre f, cúspide f; ( of tree) copa f; ( of page) parte f superior; ( of head) coronilla fhis name is at the top of the list — su nombre es el primero de la lista or encabeza la lista
off the top of one's head: I can't think of any of them off the top of my head — no se me ocurre ninguno en este momento
b) (BrE) ( of road) final m2) ( of hierarchy) (highest rank, position)3)a) ( upper part)the top of the milk — (BrE) crema que se acumula en el cuello de la botella de leche
to float/rise to the top — salir* a la superficie
b) (rim, edge) borde m4) ( Clothing)a blue top — una blusa (or un suéter or un top etc) azul
5)he's getting a bit thin on top — (colloq) se está quedando calvo or (AmC, Méx fam) pelón or (CS fam) pelado
to come out on top — salir* ganando
6)it's just been one thing on top of another — ha sido una cosa detrás de otra or una cosa tras otra
to feel on top of the world — estar* contentísimo
and on top of it all o on top of all that, she lost her job — y encima or para colmo or como si esto fuera poco, se quedó sin trabajo
7)over the top — ( exaggerated) (esp BrE colloq)
8) (cover, cap - of jar, box) tapa f, tapón m (Esp); (- of pen) capuchón m, capucha f; ( cork) tapón mto blow one's top — (colloq) explotar (fam)
9) top (gear) (BrE Auto) directa f10) ( spinning top) trompo m, peonza f; sleep II
II
adjective (before n)1)a) ( uppermost) <layer/shelf> de arriba, superior; <step/coat of paint> último; < note> más altob) ( maximum) <speed/temperature> máximo, tope2)a) ( best)to be top quality — ser* de primera calidad
b) ( in ranked order)our top priority is... — nuestra prioridad absoluta es...
the Top 40 — ( Mus) los 40 discos más vendidos, ≈los 40 principales ( en Esp)
c) (leading, senior) <scientists/chefs> más destacado
III
1.
- pp- transitive verb1) (exceed, surpass) \<\<offer/achievement\>\> superarunemployment topped the 3 million mark — el índice de desempleo superó or rebasó los 3 millones
to top it all — para coronarlo, para colmo, (más) encima
2) ( beat) (AmE)the Tigers topped the Mariners 6-2 — (AmE) los Tigers se impusieron a los Mariners por 6 a 2
3) ( head) \<\<list/league\>\> encabezar*4) ( cover) \<\<column/building\>\> rematar, coronartopped with chocolate/cheese — con chocolate/queso por encima
2.
v refl1) ( surpass oneself) (AmE colloq) superarse2) ( commit suicide) (BrE sl) matarse, suicidarse•Phrasal Verbs:- top off- top out- top up
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