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(lack of problems)

  • 1 in the early 1960s the size and types of problems were limited both by the capacity of early computers and by the lack of algorithm technology for their solving

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > in the early 1960s the size and types of problems were limited both by the capacity of early computers and by the lack of algorithm technology for their solving

  • 2 if we have no long term plan to tackle the problem of ..., it is not because we lack the resources to overcome these problems, but because ...

      • если у нас и нет долгосрочного плана решения данной задачи, то это не из-за отсутствия возможностей решения этой проблемы, а потому...

    English-Russian dictionary of phrases and cliches for a specialist researcher > if we have no long term plan to tackle the problem of ..., it is not because we lack the resources to overcome these problems, but because ...

  • 3 smoothness

    noun, no pl.
    1) (evenness) Glätte, die
    2) (mildness) Weichheit, die
    3) (of movement) Geschmeidigkeit, die; (of machine operation, breathing) Gleichmäßigkeit, die
    4) (lack of problems) Reibungslosigkeit, die
    5) (derog.): (suavity) Glätte, die (abwertend)
    6) (coll.): (elegance) Schick, der
    7) (skill) Geschicklichkeit, die; Souveränität, die
    * * *
    noun die Glätte
    * * *
    smooth·ness
    [ˈsmu:θnəs]
    1. (evenness) Glätte f; silk Weichheit f; skin Glattheit f
    2. (lack of difficulty) problemloser Verlauf [o Ablauf
    3. (pleasant consistency) taste Milde f; texture Glätte f
    * * *
    ['smuːðnɪs]
    n
    1) (of texture etc) Glätte f; (of sea) Ruhe f; (of road, surface) Ebenheit f; (of skin) Glätte f, Weichheit f

    it has the smoothness of silk — es ist seidenweich

    2) (in consistency) (of paste) Sämigkeit f; (of sauce) Glätte f
    3) (of motion, flight, crossing) Ruhe f; (of gear change) Weichheit f; (of takeoff, landing) Sanftheit f; (of breathing, flow) Gleichmäßigkeit f; (of fit) Genauigkeit f
    4) (= ease of transition, functioning, relations) Reibungslosigkeit f
    5) (in taste of whisky etc) Weichheit f; (of coffee) Milde f
    6) (of style of writing, diction) Flüssigkeit f; (of tones) Sanftheit f
    7) (pej of manners, salesman) Glätte f; (of person) (aal)glatte Art (pej)
    * * *
    1. Glätte f (auch fig)
    2. glatter Fluss, Geschliffenheit f (einer Rede etc)
    3. Gewandtheit f (des Benehmens etc)
    4. Sanftheit f (der Stimme etc)
    5. Reibungslosigkeit f
    * * *
    noun, no pl.
    1) (evenness) Glätte, die
    2) (mildness) Weichheit, die
    3) (of movement) Geschmeidigkeit, die; (of machine operation, breathing) Gleichmäßigkeit, die
    4) (lack of problems) Reibungslosigkeit, die
    5) (derog.): (suavity) Glätte, die (abwertend)
    6) (coll.): (elegance) Schick, der
    7) (skill) Geschicklichkeit, die; Souveränität, die
    * * *
    n.
    Glätte f.

    English-german dictionary > smoothness

  • 4 smoothness

    noun lisura
    tr['smʊːðnəs]
    1 (softness) suavidad nombre femenino; (flatness) llaneza, lisura, uniformidad nombre femenino
    4 (flattery) zalamería
    smoothness ['smu:ðnəs] n
    : suavidad f
    n.
    • igualdad s.f.
    • labia s.f.
    • lisura s.f.
    • llanura s.f.
    • melosidad s.f.
    • mónita s.f.
    • suavidad s.f.
    • tersura s.f.
    ['smuːðnɪs]
    N
    1) [of hair] suavidad f ; [of skin] suavidad f, tersura f
    2) [of road, surface] lo llano; [of stone] lisura f
    3) [of sea, lake] tranquilidad f, calma f
    4) [of paste, sauce] homogeneidad f
    5) [of landing] la suavidad, lo suave; [of flight, crossing, journey] lo poco accidentado
    6) (=ease) [of transition, takeover] lo poco conflictivo
    7) [of flavour, whisky, cigar, voice, sound] suavidad f
    8) [of style, prose] fluidez f
    9) pej [of person, manners] zalamería f

    English-spanish dictionary > smoothness

  • 5 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, Eventually
       Just 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)
       Many 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 Form
       The 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 Formation
       It 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 Contexts
       Even 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)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       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 Intelligence
       The 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 Propositions
       In 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

  • 6 want

    wont
    1. verb
    1) (to be interested in having or doing, or to wish to have or do (something); to desire: Do you want a cigarette?; She wants to know where he is; She wants to go home.) querer; desear
    2) (to need: This wall wants a coat of paint.) necesitar, precisar, requerir
    3) (to lack: This house wants none of the usual modern features but I do not like it; The people will want (= be poor) no longer.) carecer (de); pasar miseria/necesidad

    2. noun
    1) (something desired: The child has a long list of wants.) deseo
    2) (poverty: They have lived in want for many years.) pobreza, miseria
    3) (a lack: There's no want of opportunities these days.) falta, ausencia; escasez
    •
    - want ad
    - want for
    want1 n falta / necesidad
    want2 vb
    1. querer
    what do you want to do? ¿qué quieres hacer?
    2. necesitar
    3. deber
    you don't want to do it like that! ¡no deberías hacerlo así!
    wanted se busca / se necesita
    tr[wɒnt]
    1 (lack) falta, carencia
    2 (desire, need) necesidad nombre femenino
    3 (poverty) miseria, indigencia
    1 (gen) querer
    ■ what do you want to drink? ¿qué quieres beber?
    ■ how much do you want for the bike? ¿cuánto pides por la bici?
    ■ what more do you want? ¿qué más quieres?
    2 familiar (need) necesitar
    4 formal use (lack) necesitar, carecer de, faltar
    5 (require to be present) buscar, requerir la presencia de; (seek, hunt) buscar
    6 (desire) desear, querer
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be in want estar necesitado,-a
    not to want to know (about something) no querer saber nada de algo
    to want some doing exigir mucho esfuerzo
    want ad SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL anuncio pequeño
    want ['wɑnt, 'wɔnt] vt
    1) lack: faltar
    2) require: requerir, necesitar
    3) desire: querer, desear
    want n
    1) lack: falta f
    2) destitution: indigencia f, miseria f
    3) desire, need: deseo m, necesidad f
    v.
    • carecer v.
    • carecer de v.
    • desear v.
    • estar necesitado v.
    • faltar v.
    • necesitar v.
    • querer v.
    (§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)
    n.
    • apuro s.m.
    • carencia s.f.
    • carestía s.f.
    • deseo s.m.
    • escasez s.f.
    • falta s.f.
    • laceria s.f.
    • menester s.m.
    • necesidad s.f.
    • pobreza s.f.

    I
    1. wɔːnt, wɒnt
    1)
    a) (require, desire) querer*

    (it's) just what I('ve) always wanted! — (set phrase) (es) justo lo que quería!

    the boss wants you — el jefe te quiere ver or quiere hablar contigo

    he's wanted on the phone — hay una llamada para él, lo llaman por teléfono

    does he want the book back? — ¿quiere que le devuelvan (or le devolvamos etc) el libro?

    to want to + INF — querer* + inf

    to want somebody/something to + INF — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

    what do you want me to do? — ¿qué quieres que haga?

    to want somebody/something -ING — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

    b) \<\<police\>\> buscar*

    he is wanted for murder/for questioning — lo buscan por asesinato/para interrogarlo

    how much does she want for the picture? — ¿cuánto pide por el cuadro?

    d) \<\<person\>\> ( sexually) desear
    2) ( need) necesitar

    gardener wanted — se necesita or se precisa jardinero


    2.
    vi ( lack) (frml) (usu with neg)

    you/they will want for nothing — no te/les faltará nada


    II
    1) c u (requirement, need) necesidad f

    to be in want of something — tener* necesidad de algo

    2) u (lack, absence) falta f, carencia f (frml)

    if she doesn't become champion, it won't be for want of trying — si no llega a ser campeona, no será porque no lo haya intentado

    3) u (destitution, penury) miseria f, indigencia f
    [wɒnt]
    1. VT
    1) (=desire, wish for)

    I want my mummy! — ¡quiero que venga mi mamá!

    I don't want you interfering! — ¡no quiero que te entrometas!

    • I've always wanted a car like this — siempre he querido un coche como este

    • we only want the best/what's best for you — solo queremos lo mejor para ti

    • what do you want for your birthday? — ¿qué quieres por tu cumpleaños?

    • what I want from a computer is... — lo que quiero de un ordenador es...

    • she was everything he wanted in a woman — era todo lo que él quería en una mujer

    • food was the last thing I wanted — comida era lo último que quería

    • I know when I'm not wanted — sé muy bien cuando sobro or estoy de más

    • where do you want the table? — ¿dónde quieres que pongamos la mesa?

    • what does he want with/of me? — ¿qué quiere de mí?

    • I want my son alive — quiero a mi hijo vivo

    • you want her back, don't you? — quieres que vuelva, ¿no?

    • I want him dead! — ¡lo quiero muerto!

    • I want her sacked! — ¡quiero que se la despida!, ¡quiero que la despidan!

    • the last thing we want is for them to feel obliged to help — lo último que queremos es que se sientan obligados a ayudar

    • without wanting to sound big-headed, I think I'll succeed — no quiero parecer engreído pero pienso que voy a tener éxito

    • I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings/cause them any problems — no quisiera herir sus sentimientos/causarles ningún problema

    2) (=ask for) [+ money] querer, pedir

    • she wants £500 for the car — quiere or pide 500 libras por el coche

    how much do you want for it? — ¿cuánto quiere or pide?

    • you don't want much! — iro ¡anda que no pides nada! iro

    3) (=seek) [police] buscar

    wanted: general maid — se necesita asistenta

    • he is wanted for robbery — se le busca por robo

    • you're wanted in the kitchen — te buscan en la cocina

    • you're wanted on the phone — te llaman al teléfono

    4) (=need, require) [person] necesitar

    children want lots of sleep — los niños necesitan or requieren muchas horas de sueño

    this car wants cleaning — a este coche le hace falta una limpieza, a este coche hay que limpiarlo

    • that's the last thing I want! * — ¡solo me faltaba eso! *

    • you want to be more careful when you're driving — tienes que tener más cuidado al conducir

    you want to see his new boat! — ¡tienes que ver su nuevo barco!

    • what you want is a good hiding — lo que necesitas or te hace falta es una buena paliza *

    what do you want with a house that size? — ¿para qué quieres una casa tan grande?

    5) (=lack)

    • the contract wants only her signature — al contrato solo le falta su firma

    2. VI
    1) (=wish, desire) querer

    • I want for you to be happy — (US) quiero que seas feliz

    2) (=lack)

    • they will not want for money or food — no les faltará ni dinero ni comida

    waste 3., 1)
    3. N
    1) (=lack) falta f

    • for want of sth — (at beginning of clause) a falta de algo; (at end of clause) por falta de algo

    for want of anything better to do, I decided to go home — a falta de algo mejor que hacer, decidí irme a casa

    for want of a better word — a/por falta de una palabra más apropiada

    he never did become a minister, but it was not for want of trying — nunca llegó a ministro, pero no fue por falta de intentarlo

    2) (=need) necesidad f

    • she had servants to attend to her every want — tenía sirvientes que atendían todas y cada una de sus necesidades

    • my wants are few — necesito poco

    • to be in want of sth — necesitar algo

    3) (=poverty) necesidad f, penuria f

    • to be in want — estar necesitado

    to live in want — pasar necesidades, vivir en la penuria

    4.
    CPD

    want ad * N — (US) anuncio m clasificado

    * * *

    I
    1. [wɔːnt, wɒnt]
    1)
    a) (require, desire) querer*

    (it's) just what I('ve) always wanted! — (set phrase) (es) justo lo que quería!

    the boss wants you — el jefe te quiere ver or quiere hablar contigo

    he's wanted on the phone — hay una llamada para él, lo llaman por teléfono

    does he want the book back? — ¿quiere que le devuelvan (or le devolvamos etc) el libro?

    to want to + INF — querer* + inf

    to want somebody/something to + INF — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

    what do you want me to do? — ¿qué quieres que haga?

    to want somebody/something -ING — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

    b) \<\<police\>\> buscar*

    he is wanted for murder/for questioning — lo buscan por asesinato/para interrogarlo

    how much does she want for the picture? — ¿cuánto pide por el cuadro?

    d) \<\<person\>\> ( sexually) desear
    2) ( need) necesitar

    gardener wanted — se necesita or se precisa jardinero


    2.
    vi ( lack) (frml) (usu with neg)

    you/they will want for nothing — no te/les faltará nada


    II
    1) c u (requirement, need) necesidad f

    to be in want of something — tener* necesidad de algo

    2) u (lack, absence) falta f, carencia f (frml)

    if she doesn't become champion, it won't be for want of trying — si no llega a ser campeona, no será porque no lo haya intentado

    3) u (destitution, penury) miseria f, indigencia f

    English-spanish dictionary > want

  • 7 problem

    'probləm
    1) (a difficulty; a matter about which it is difficult to decide what to do: Life is full of problems; (also adjective) a problem child.) problema
    2) (a question to be answered or solved: mathematical problems.) problema
    •
    - problematic
    problem n problema
    no problem! ¡ningún problema! / ¡no hay problema!
    tr['prɒbləm]
    1 problema nombre masculino
    ■ no problem! ¡no hay problema!, ¡ningún problema!
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to get to the root of a problem llegar a la raíz de un problema
    problem child niño,-a difícil
    problem page consultorio (sentimental)
    problem ['prɑbləm] adj
    : difícil
    : problema m
    adj.
    • difícil adj.
    n.
    • problema s.m.
    'prɑːbləm, 'prɒbləm
    a) ( difficulty) problema m

    I'm having problems deciding — no acabo de decidirme, me está costando decidirme

    no problem! — (colloq) no hay problema!

    what's the problem? — ¿qué pasa?, ¿algún problema?

    that's their problem — es cosa suya; (before n) <family, child> difícil

    b) ( Math) problema m
    ['prɒblǝm]
    1.
    N (gen) (also Math) problema m

    what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

    • he has a drink problem — tiene problemas con la bebida, bebe demasiado

    • she has a serious drug problem — tiene graves problemas con las drogas

    • the real problem for the police is the lack of funding — el verdadero problema de la policía es la escasez de fondos

    • he shouldn't have a or any problem finding a job — no le será difícil encontrar trabajo

    • health problems — problemas mpl de salud

    • to have a heart problem — tener problemas de corazón

    • the housing problem — el problema de la vivienda

    • no problem! * — (=of course) ¡claro!, ¡cómo no!; (=it doesn't matter) ¡no importa!, ¡no hay problema!

    • the problem of how to fund education — el problema de cómo financiar la enseñanza

    • to have a weight problem — tener problemas de peso

    • the problem with men is that... — lo malo de los hombres es que...

    2.
    CPD

    problem area N — (=place) zona f problemática; (fig) área m problemática

    travel insurance is another potential problem area — el seguro de viaje es otra área problemática, el seguro de viaje es otro posible problema

    problem case N — (Med, Sociol) caso m difícil

    problem child N — niño(-a) m / f problemático(-a)

    problem family N — familia f con problemas

    problem page N — consultorio m sentimental

    problem play N — drama m de tesis

    problem solving N — resolución f de problemas

    * * *
    ['prɑːbləm, 'prɒbləm]
    a) ( difficulty) problema m

    I'm having problems deciding — no acabo de decidirme, me está costando decidirme

    no problem! — (colloq) no hay problema!

    what's the problem? — ¿qué pasa?, ¿algún problema?

    that's their problem — es cosa suya; (before n) <family, child> difícil

    b) ( Math) problema m

    English-spanish dictionary > problem

  • 8 Consciousness

       Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.
    ... Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless. (T. Nagel, 1979, pp. 165-166)
       This approach to understanding sensory qualia is both theoretically and empirically motivated... [;] it suggests an effective means of expressing the allegedly inexpressible. The "ineffable" pink of one's current visual sensation may be richly and precisely expressed as a 95Hz/80Hz/80Hz "chord" in the relevant triune cortical system. The "unconveyable" taste sensation produced by the fabled Australian health tonic Vegamite might be poignantly conveyed as a 85/80/90/15 "chord" in one's four channeled gustatory system.... And the "indescribably" olfactory sensation produced by a newly opened rose might be quite accurately described as a 95/35/10/80/60/55 "chord" in some six-dimensional space within one's olfactory bulb. (P. M. Churchland, 1989, p. 106)
       One of philosophy's favorite facets of mentality has received scant attention from cognitive psychologists, and that is consciousness itself: fullblown, introspective, inner-world phenomenological consciousness. In fact if one looks in the obvious places... one finds not so much a lack of interest as a deliberate and adroit avoidance of the issue. I think I know why. Consciousness appears to be the last bastion of occult properties, epiphenomena, and immeasurable subjective states-in short, the one area of mind best left to the philosophers, who are welcome to it. Let them make fools of themselves trying to corral the quicksilver of "phenomenology" into a respectable theory. (Dennett, 1978b, p. 149)
       When I am thinking about anything, my consciousness consists of a number of ideas.... But every idea can be resolved into elements... and these elements are sensations. (Titchener, 1910, p. 33)
       A Darwin machine now provides a framework for thinking about thought, indeed one that may be a reasonable first approximation to the actual brain machinery underlying thought. An intracerebral Darwin Machine need not try out one sequence at a time against memory; it may be able to try out dozens, if not hundreds, simultaneously, shape up new generations in milliseconds, and thus initiate insightful actions without overt trial and error. This massively parallel selection among stochastic sequences is more analogous to the ways of darwinian biology than to the "von Neumann" serial computer. Which is why I call it a Darwin Machine instead; it shapes up thoughts in milliseconds rather than millennia, and uses innocuous remembered environments rather than noxious real-life ones. It may well create the uniquely human aspect of our consciousness. (Calvin, 1990, pp. 261-262)
       To suppose the mind to exist in two different states, in the same moment, is a manifest absurdity. To the whole series of states of the mind, then, whatever the individual, momentary successive states may be, I give the name of our consciousness.... There are not sensations, thoughts, passions, and also consciousness, any more than there is quadruped or animal, as a separate being to be added to the wolves, tygers, elephants, and other living creatures.... The fallacy of conceiving consciousness to be something different from the feeling, which is said to be its object, has arisen, in a great measure, from the use of the personal pronoun I. (T. Brown, 1970, p. 336)
       The human capacity for speech is certainly unique. But the gulf between it and the behavior of animals no longer seems unbridgeable.... What does this leave us with, then, which is characteristically human?.... t resides in the human capacity for consciousness and self-consciousness. (Rose, 1976, p. 177)
       [Human consciousness] depends wholly on our seeing the outside world in such categories. And the problems of consciousness arise from putting reconstitution beside internalization, from our also being able to see ourselves as if we were objects in the outside world. That is in the very nature of language; it is impossible to have a symbolic system without it.... The Cartesian dualism between mind and body arises directly from this, and so do all the famous paradoxes, both in mathematics and in linguistics.... (Bronowski, 1978, pp. 38-39)
       It seems to me that there are at least four different viewpoints-or extremes of viewpoint-that one may reasonably hold on the matter [of computation and conscious thinking]:
       A. All thinking is computation; in particular, feelings of conscious awareness are evoked merely by the carrying out of appropriate computations.
       B. Awareness is a feature of the brain's physical action; and whereas any physical action can be simulated computationally, computational simulation cannot by itself evoke awareness.
       C. Appropriate physical action of the brain evokes awareness, but this physical action cannot even be properly simulated computationally.
       D. Awareness cannot be explained by physical, computational, or any other scientific terms. (Penrose, 1994, p. 12)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Consciousness

  • 9 such

    1. adjective
    1) (of the same kind as that already mentioned or being mentioned: Animals that gnaw, such as mice, rats, rabbits and weasels are called rodents; He came from Bradford or some such place; She asked to see Mr Johnson but was told there was no such person there; I've seen several such buildings; I've never done such a thing before; doctors, dentists and such people.) tal(es), así, semejante, de este tipo
    2) (of the great degree already mentioned or being mentioned: If you had telephoned her, she wouldn't have got into such a state of anxiety; She never used to get such bad headaches (as she does now).) tal; así de (malos, i2etc/i2)
    3) (of the great degree, or the kind, to have a particular result: He shut the window with such force that the glass broke; She's such a good teacher that the headmaster asked her not to leave; Their problems are such as to make it impossible for them to live together any more.) tal; tan/tanto
    4) (used for emphasis: This is such a shock! They have been such good friends to me!) tal, tan

    2. pronoun
    (such a person or thing, or such persons or things: I have only a few photographs, but can show you such as I have; This isn't a good book as such (= as a book) but it has interesting pictures.) lo que; como tal
    - such-and-such
    - such as it is
    such adj pron
    1. tal / semejante
    how could you do such a thing? ¿cómo podrías hacer una cosa así?
    there is no such thing as fairies! ¡las hadas no existen!
    2. tan / tanto
    it was such a good film! ¡era una película tan buena!
    there were such a lot of people! ¡había tanta gente!
    such as como / por ejemplo
    tr[sʌʧ]
    1 (of that sort) tal, semejante
    2 (so much, so great) tal, tanto,-a
    1 (so very) tan
    ■ it was such a boring film that... era una película tan aburrida que...
    ■ the disaster was such that... el desastre fue tal que...
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    as such (strictly speaking) propiamente dicho 2 (that way) como tal
    in such a way that... de tal manera que...
    such as (like, for example) como
    such as? ¿por ejemplo?
    such is life! ¡así es la vida!
    such ['sʌʧ] adv
    1) so: tan
    such tall buildings: edificios tan grandes
    2) very: muy
    he's not in such good shape: anda un poco mal
    3)
    such that : de tal manera que
    such adj
    : tal
    there's no such thing: no existe tal cosa
    in such cases: en tales casos
    animals such as cows and sheep: animales como vacas y ovejas
    such pron
    1) : tal
    such was the result: tal fue el resultado
    he's a child, and acts as such: es un niño, y se porta como tal
    2) : algo o alguien semejante
    books, papers and such: libros, papeles y cosas por el estilo
    adj.
    • así adj.
    • semejante adj.
    • tal adj.
    adj.indef.
    • tal adj.indef.
    pron.
    • semejante pron.
    • tal pron.

    I sʌtʃ
    1)
    a) (emphasizing degree, extent) tal (+ noun); tan (+ adj)

    I woke up with such a headache — me levanté con tal dolor de cabeza...

    such a charming girl! — qué chica más or tan encantadora!

    she gave me such a look! — me miró de una manera...!

    such... (that) — tal/tan... que

    I was in such pain (that) I couldn't sleep — tenía tanto or tal dolor que no pude dormir

    such... as — tan... como

    2)
    a) (of this, that kind) tal

    such children are known as... — a dichos or a tales niños se los conoce como...

    such a journey would take weeks — un viaje así or como ése llevaría semanas

    b) ( unspecified) tal

    until such time as we are notified — (frml) hasta (el momento en) que se nos notifique


    II
    1)

    such is life — (set phrase) así es la vida (fr hecha)

    snakes, lizards and such — serpientes, lagartijas y cosas por el estilo

    b)

    many modern inventions, such as radar... — muchos inventos modernos, (tales) como el radar...

    I've read many of his books - such as? — he leído muchos de sus libros - ¿(como) por ejemplo?

    c)

    as such — como tal/tales

    2)
    a)

    such as, such... as — (frml)

    b) (indicating lack of quantity, quality)

    the evidence, such as it is, seems to... — las pocas pruebas que hay parecen...

    3) (of such a kind, extent, degree)

    such that — tal... que

    the pain was such that I screamed — fue tal el dolor or fue tan grande el dolor, que grité

    [sʌtʃ]
    1.
    ADJ (=of that kind) tal; (=so much) tanto

    did you ever see such a thing? — ¿has visto alguna vez cosa semejante?, ¿se vio jamás tal cosa?

    it caused such trouble that... — dio lugar a tantos disgustos que...

    such an honour! — ¡tanto honor!

    in such cases — en tales casos, en semejantes casos

    such is not the case — frm la cosa no es así

    such a plan is most unwise — un proyecto así es poco aconsejable, un proyecto de ese tipo no es aconsejable

    • writers such as Updike, such writers as Updike — autores como Updike

    this is my car such as it is — aunque valga poco, es mi coche

    such as? — ¿por ejemplo?

    • such is life — así es la vida

    • there's no such thing — no existe tal cosa

    • the Gautier case was such a one — el caso Gautier era de ese tipo

    • some such idea — algo por el estilo

    2.
    ADV tan
    3.
    PRON los que, las que

    • may all such perish! — ¡mueran cuantos hay como él!

    • rabbits and hares and such — conejos y liebres y tal

    • as such, and as such he was promoted — y así fue ascendido

    there are no trees as such — no hay árboles propiamente dichos, no hay árboles que digamos

    • we know of none such — no tenemos noticias de ninguno así

    * * *

    I [sʌtʃ]
    1)
    a) (emphasizing degree, extent) tal (+ noun); tan (+ adj)

    I woke up with such a headache — me levanté con tal dolor de cabeza...

    such a charming girl! — qué chica más or tan encantadora!

    she gave me such a look! — me miró de una manera...!

    such... (that) — tal/tan... que

    I was in such pain (that) I couldn't sleep — tenía tanto or tal dolor que no pude dormir

    such... as — tan... como

    2)
    a) (of this, that kind) tal

    such children are known as... — a dichos or a tales niños se los conoce como...

    such a journey would take weeks — un viaje así or como ése llevaría semanas

    b) ( unspecified) tal

    until such time as we are notified — (frml) hasta (el momento en) que se nos notifique


    II
    1)

    such is life — (set phrase) así es la vida (fr hecha)

    snakes, lizards and such — serpientes, lagartijas y cosas por el estilo

    b)

    many modern inventions, such as radar... — muchos inventos modernos, (tales) como el radar...

    I've read many of his books - such as? — he leído muchos de sus libros - ¿(como) por ejemplo?

    c)

    as such — como tal/tales

    2)
    a)

    such as, such... as — (frml)

    b) (indicating lack of quantity, quality)

    the evidence, such as it is, seems to... — las pocas pruebas que hay parecen...

    3) (of such a kind, extent, degree)

    such that — tal... que

    the pain was such that I screamed — fue tal el dolor or fue tan grande el dolor, que grité

    English-spanish dictionary > such

  • 10 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 11 Intelligence

       There is no mystery about it: the child who is familiar with books, ideas, conversation-the ways and means of the intellectual life-before he begins school, indeed, before he begins consciously to think, has a marked advantage. He is at home in the House of intellect just as the stableboy is at home among horses, or the child of actors on the stage. (Barzun, 1959, p. 142)
       It is... no exaggeration to say that sensory-motor intelligence is limited to desiring success or practical adaptation, whereas the function of verbal or conceptual thought is to know and state truth. (Piaget, 1954, p. 359)
       ntelligence has two parts, which we shall call the epistemological and the heuristic. The epistemological part is the representation of the world in such a form that the solution of problems follows from the facts expressed in the representation. The heuristic part is the mechanism that on the basis of the information solves the problem and decides what to do. (McCarthy & Hayes, 1969, p. 466)
       Many scientists implicitly assume that, among all animals, the behavior and intelligence of nonhuman primates are most like our own. Nonhuman primates have relatively larger brains and proportionally more neocortex than other species... and it now seems likely that humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas shared a common ancestor as recently as 5 to 7 million years ago.... This assumption about the unique status of primate intelligence is, however, just that: an assumption. The relations between intelligence and measures of brain size is poorly understood, and evolutionary affinity does not always ensure behavioral similarity. Moreover, the view that nonhuman primates are the animals most like ourselves coexists uneasily in our minds with the equally pervasive view that primates differ fundamentally from us because they lack language; lacking language, they also lack many of the capacities necessary for reasoning and abstract thought. (Cheney & Seyfarth, 1990, p. 4)
       Few constructs are asked to serve as many functions in psychology as is the construct of human intelligence.... Consider four of the main functions addressed in theory and research on intelligence, and how they differ from one another.
       1. Biological. This type of account looks at biological processes. To qualify as a useful biological construct, intelligence should be a biochemical or biophysical process or at least somehow a resultant of biochemical or biophysical processes.
       2. Cognitive approaches. This type of account looks at molar cognitive representations and processes. To qualify as a useful mental construct, intelligence should be specifiable as a set of mental representations and processes that are identifiable through experimental, mathematical, or computational means.
       3. Contextual approaches. To qualify as a useful contextual construct, intelligence should be a source of individual differences in accomplishments in "real-world" performances. It is not enough just to account for performance in the laboratory. On [sic] the contextual view, what a person does in the lab may not even remotely resemble what the person would do outside it. Moreover, different cultures may have different conceptions of intelligence, which affect what would count as intelligent in one cultural context versus another.
       4. Systems approaches. Systems approaches attempt to understand intelligence through the interaction of cognition with context. They attempt to establish a link between the two levels of analysis, and to analyze what forms this link takes. (Sternberg, 1994, pp. 263-264)
       High but not the highest intelligence, combined with the greatest degrees of persistence, will achieve greater eminence than the highest degree of intelligence with somewhat less persistence. (Cox, 1926, p. 187)
       There are no definitive criteria of intelligence, just as there are none for chairness; it is a fuzzy-edged concept to which many features are relevant. Two people may both be quite intelligent and yet have very few traits in common-they resemble the prototype along different dimensions.... [Intelligence] is a resemblance between two individuals, one real and the other prototypical. (Neisser, 1979, p. 185)
       Given the complementary strengths and weaknesses of the differential and information-processing approaches, it should be possible, at least in theory, to synthesise an approach that would capitalise upon the strength of each approach, and thereby share the weakness of neither. (Sternberg, 1977, p. 65)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Intelligence

  • 12 spirit

    'spirit
    1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) espíritu
    2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; (also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) espíritu
    3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) valor
    •
    - spiritedly
    - spirits
    - spiritual
    - spiritually
    - spirit level
    1. espíritu / alma
    2. licor
    tr['spɪrɪt]
    1 SMALLCHEMISTRY/SMALL alcohol nombre masculino
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    spirit lamp lámpara de alcohol
    ————————
    tr['spɪrɪt]
    1 (soul) espíritu nombre masculino, alma; (ghost) fantasma nombre masculino
    3 (force, vigour) vigor nombre masculino, energía; (personality) carácter nombre masculino; (courage) valor nombre masculino; (vitality, liveliness) ánimo, vitalidad nombre femenino
    ■ try as they might, they couldn't break his spirit por mucho que lo intentaran, no pudieron quebrantarle el espíritu
    4 (mood, attitude) espíritu nombre masculino, humor nombre masculino
    5 (central quality, real or intended meaning) espíritu nombre masculino, sentido
    1 (mood, feelings) moral f sing, humor m sing
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    in spirit en espíritu
    that's the spirit! ¡eso es!, ¡así me gusta!
    the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak las intenciones son buenas, pero la carne es débil
    to enter into the spirit of things meterse en el ambiente
    to raise somebody's spirits subirle la moral a alguien
    the Holy Spirit el Espíritu Santo
    spirit ['spɪrət] vt
    to spirit away : hacer desaparecer
    1) : espíritu m
    body and spirit: cuerpo y espíritu
    2) ghost: espíritu m, fantasma m
    3) mood: espíritu m, humor m
    in the spirit of friendship: en el espíritu de amistad
    to be in good spirits: estar de buen humor
    4) enthusiasm, vivacity: espíritu m, ánimo m, brío m
    5) spirits npl
    : licores mpl
    n.
    • acero s.m.
    • alcohol s.m.
    • aliento s.m.
    • alma s.f.
    • bebida alcohólica s.f.
    • brío s.m.
    • coraje s.m.
    • esfuerzo s.m.
    • espectro s.m.
    • espíritu s.m.
    • fogosidad s.f.
    • genio s.m.
    • humor s.m.
    • licor s.m.
    • sangre s.m.
    • temple s.m.
    • ánimo s.m.

    I 'spɪrət, 'spɪrɪt
    1)
    a) u (life force, soul) espíritu m

    the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — a pesar de las buenas intenciones, la carne es débil

    b) c ( Occult) espíritu m
    2) c ( person) persona f
    3) u (vigor, courage) espíritu m, temple m

    this horse/child has plenty of spirit — este caballo/esta niña tiene mucho brío

    4) (mental attitude, mood) (no pl) espíritu m

    the party/Christmas spirit — el espíritu festivo/navideño

    that's the spirit! — así se hace!, así me gusta!

    to be in good spirits — estar* animado, tener* la moral alta

    to be in high spirits — estar* muy animado or de muy buen humor

    his spirits fell — se desanimó or se desmoralizó

    6) spirits plural ( alcohol) bebidas fpl alcohólicas ( de alta graduación), licores mpl

    II

    to spirit something away — hacer* desaparecer algo como por arte de magia

    the prisoner was spirited away during the night — el prisionero desapareció or se esfumó durante la noche como por arte de magia

    ['spɪrɪt]
    1. N
    1) (=soul, inner force) espíritu m

    • I'll be with you in spirit — estaré contigo en espíritu

    2) (=ghost, supernatural being) espíritu m

    evil spirit — espíritu m maligno

    3) (=courage) espíritu m ; (=liveliness) ímpetu m, energía f

    • to break sb's spirit — quebrantar el espíritu a algn

    • they lack spirit — les falta espíritu

    • a woman of spirit — una mujer con espíritu or brío

    • show some spirit! — ¡anímate!

    • to do sth with spirit — hacer algo con energía

    4) (=attitude, mood) espíritu m

    • community spirit — civismo m

    • they wish to solve their problems in a spirit of cooperation — quieren resolver sus problemas con espíritu de cooperación

    • he refused to enter into the spirit of things — se negó a entrar en ambiente

    • festive spirit — espíritu m festivo

    • in a spirit of friendship — con espíritu de amistad

    • generosity of spirit — bondad f de espíritu

    • a spirit of optimism — un espíritu optimista

    • public spirit — civismo m

    • to take sth in the right/ wrong spirit — interpretar bien/mal algo

    • that's the spirit! — ¡así me gusta!, ¡ánimo!

    fighting 4., team 4.
    5) (=essence) [of agreement, law] espíritu m

    • the spirit of the age/the times — el espíritu de la época/de los tiempos

    • the spirit of the law — el espíritu de la ley

    6) (=person) alma f

    the leading or moving spirit in the party — el alma del partido, la figura más destacada del partido

    • she was a free spirit — era una persona sin convencionalismos

    kindred
    7) spirits
    a) (=state of mind)

    • to be in good spirits — tener la moral alta

    • to be in high spirits — estar animadísimo, estar muy alegre

    it was just a case of youthful high spirits — no fue más que una demostración típica del comportamiento impetuoso de la juventud

    • I tried to keep his spirits up — intenté animarlo or darle ánimos

    • to lift or raise sb's spirits — levantar el ánimo or la moral a algn

    • to be in low spirits — tener la moral baja, estar bajo de moral

    • my spirits rose somewhat — se me levantó un poco el ánimo or la moral

    b) (=alcohol) licores mpl

    spirits of wine — espíritu m de vino

    8) (Chem) alcohol m
    2.
    VT (=take)

    to spirit sth away — llevarse algo como por arte de magia, hacer desaparecer algo

    3.
    CPD

    spirit duplicator N — copiadora f al alcohol

    spirit gum N — cola f de maquillaje

    spirit lamp N — lamparilla f de alcohol

    spirit level N — nivel m de burbuja

    spirit stove N — infernillo m de alcohol

    * * *

    I ['spɪrət, 'spɪrɪt]
    1)
    a) u (life force, soul) espíritu m

    the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — a pesar de las buenas intenciones, la carne es débil

    b) c ( Occult) espíritu m
    2) c ( person) persona f
    3) u (vigor, courage) espíritu m, temple m

    this horse/child has plenty of spirit — este caballo/esta niña tiene mucho brío

    4) (mental attitude, mood) (no pl) espíritu m

    the party/Christmas spirit — el espíritu festivo/navideño

    that's the spirit! — así se hace!, así me gusta!

    to be in good spirits — estar* animado, tener* la moral alta

    to be in high spirits — estar* muy animado or de muy buen humor

    his spirits fell — se desanimó or se desmoralizó

    6) spirits plural ( alcohol) bebidas fpl alcohólicas ( de alta graduación), licores mpl

    II

    to spirit something away — hacer* desaparecer algo como por arte de magia

    the prisoner was spirited away during the night — el prisionero desapareció or se esfumó durante la noche como por arte de magia

    English-spanish dictionary > spirit

  • 13 trained

    adjective ((negative untrained) having had teaching: She's a trained nurse; a well-trained dog.) diplomado; cualificado, capacitado; (animal) adiestrado
    tr[treɪnd]
    1 (worker - skilled) calificado,-a, cualificado,-a; (- qualified) graduado,-a, diplomado,-a
    2 (animal) amaestrado,-a, adiestrado,-a
    3 (voice, ear) educado,-a
    adj.
    • adiestrado, -a adj.
    • amaestrado, -a adj.
    • domésticado, -a adj.
    • enseñado, -a adj.
    • entendido, -a adj.
    • entrenado, -a adj.
    • maestro, -a adj.
    • sabio, -a adj.
    treɪnd
    a) <worker/personnel> calificado (esp AmL), cualificado (Esp)

    a trained teacher — un profesor titulado or diplomado or (AmL tb) recibido

    b) <seal/elephant> amaestrado, adiestrado; < dog> entrenado
    c) <ear/voice> educado
    [treɪnd]
    ADJ
    1) [teacher, nurse] titulado; [worker, staff] cualificado; [animal] (for task) adiestrado; (to do tricks) amaestrado

    she is a trained singer — ha recibido formación de cantante, ha estudiado canto

    a well-trained army — un ejército disciplinado, un ejército bien entrenado

    2) [eye, ear, voice] educado
    * * *
    [treɪnd]
    a) <worker/personnel> calificado (esp AmL), cualificado (Esp)

    a trained teacher — un profesor titulado or diplomado or (AmL tb) recibido

    b) <seal/elephant> amaestrado, adiestrado; < dog> entrenado
    c) <ear/voice> educado

    English-spanish dictionary > trained

  • 14 what

    (whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) pase lo que pase, sea lo que sea
    what1 adj
    1. qué
    what time is it? ¿qué hora es?
    what cheese shall I buy? ¿qué queso compro?
    what is your address? ¿cuál es tu dirección?
    2. qué
    what a lovely dress! ¡qué vestido más mono!
    what about...? ¿qué tal...? / ¿qué te parece...?
    what about a cup of tea? ¿qué tal una taza de té?
    what2 pron
    1. qué
    2. lo que
    did you hear what he said? ¿has oído lo que ha dicho?
    tr[wɒt]
    ■ what time is it? ¿qué hora es?
    ■ what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?
    ■ what kind of music do you like? ¿qué tipo de música te gusta?
    ■ what film did you see? ¿qué película viste?
    ■ what a man! ¡qué hombre!
    ■ what a smart car! ¡qué coche más chulo!
    ■ what a pity! ¡qué lástima!
    ■ what beautiful flowers! ¡qué flores más preciosas!
    4 (all the) todo,-a
    ■ what is it? ¿qué es?
    ■ what do you do? ¿a qué te dedicas?
    ■ what are you doing? ¿qué haces?
    ■ what's your name? ¿cómo te llamas?
    ■ what's that for? ¿para qué sirve eso?
    ■ what does this word mean? ¿qué significa esta palabra?
    ■ what does she look like? ¿cómo es ella?
    ■ what did he say? ¿qué dijo?
    3 lo que
    1 ¡cómo!
    ■ what! you've lost it! ¡cómo! ¡lo has perdido!
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and what not y tal, cosas por el estilo
    guess what? ¿sabes qué?
    or what? ¿o qué?
    to give somebody what for darle a alguien su merecido
    to know what's what saber de qué va la cosa, estar al tanto
    what about...? ¿qué tal...?, ¿qué te parece...?
    ■ what about Friday? ¿qué tal el viernes?
    ■ what about the cat? ¿y el gato qué?
    ■ what about that drink you owe me? ¿qué hay de la copa que me debes?
    ■ what about seeing a film? ¿qué te parece ver una película?
    what for? (why) ¿por qué? 2 (for what purpose) ¿para qué?
    what if...? ¿y si...?
    ■ what if there's no answer? ¿y si no contestan?
    what is it? (what's wrong?) ¿qué pasa? 2 (definition) ¿qué es?
    what of it? ¿y qué?
    what with... and... entre... y..., con lo de... y...
    ■ what with the wedding, the fire and everything con lo de la boda, el incendio y todo
    what's more y además
    what ['hwɑt, 'hwʌt] adv
    1) how: cómo, cúanto
    what he suffered!: ¡cómo sufría!
    2)
    what with : entre
    what with one thing and another: entre una cosa y otra
    what adj
    what more do you want?: ¿qué más quieres?
    what color is it?: ¿de qué color es?
    what an idea!: ¡qué idea!
    3) any, whatever: cualquier
    give what help you can: da cualquier contribución que puedas
    what pron
    what happened?: ¿qué pasó?
    what does it cost?: ¿cuánto cuesta?
    I don't know what to do: no sé que hacer
    do what I tell you: haz lo que te digo
    3)
    what for why: porqué
    4)
    what if : y si
    what if he knows?: ¿y si lo sabe?
    adj.
    • cuál adj.
    pron.
    • cuál pron.
    • que pron.
    • qué pron.

    I hwɑːt, wɒt
    1) ( in questions) qué

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

    what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

    what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

    what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

    what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

    what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

    I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

    what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

    or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

    are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

    so what? — ¿y qué?

    what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

    3)

    (do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

    (I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

    b) ( relative use) lo que

    I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) qué

    what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

    what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

    what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

    she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

    c) (all of the, any)

    what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

    what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

    2) ( in exclamations) qué

    what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

    what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

    [wɒt]
    1. PRONOUN
    a)
    In direct questions, what can generally be translated by qué with an accent: qué

    what do you want now? — ¿qué quieres ahora?

    what's in here? — ¿qué hay aquí dentro?

    what is it now? — y ahora ¿qué?

    what does he owe his success to?, to what does he owe his success? — frm ¿a qué debe su éxito?

    what's a tractor, Daddy? — ¿qué es un tractor, papá?

    what are capers? — ¿qué son las alcaparras?

    Only use [¿qué es...?]/[¿qué son...?] to translate [what is]/[are] when asking for a [definition]. In other contexts use [¿cuál es?]/[¿cuáles son?]:

    what's the capital of Finland? — ¿cuál es la capital de Finlandia?

    what's her telephone number? — ¿cuál es su número de teléfono?

    what were the greatest problems? — ¿cuáles eran los mayores problemas?

    However, not all expressions with [what] should be translated literally. Some require [qué] used adjectivally:

    what is the difference? — ¿qué diferencia hay?

    what are your plans? — ¿qué planes tienes?

    what's the Spanish for "pen"? — ¿cómo se dice "pen" en español?

    what's your name? — ¿cómo te llamas?

    b) (=how much) cuánto

    what will it cost? — ¿cuánto va a costar?

    what does it weigh? — ¿cuánto pesa?

    what's nine times five? — ¿cuánto es nueve por cinco?

    c) (=what did you say) cómo, qué

    what? I didn't catch that — ¿cómo? or ¿qué?, no he entendido eso

    what did you say? — ¿cómo or qué dices?, ¿qué has dicho?, ¿qué dijiste? (LAm)

    d) (Brit) † (as question tag) verdad

    it's getting late, what? — se está haciendo tarde ¿no? or ¿verdad?

    a)
    In most cases, translate the pronoun what using either qué with an accent or lo que without an accent: qué, lo que

    • he asked her what she thought of it — le preguntó qué or lo que pensaba de ello

    Use [cuál era]/[cuáles son] {etc} instead of [lo que era]/[lo que son] {etc} if [what was]/[are] {etc} does not relate to a definition:

    • please explain what you saw — por favor, explique qué or lo que vio

    can you explain what's happening? — ¿me puedes explicar (qué es) lo que está pasando?

    • do you know what's happening? — ¿sabes qué or lo que está pasando?

    I don't know what's happening — no sé qué está pasando, no sé (qué es) lo que está pasando

    • tell me what happened — cuéntame qué or lo que ocurrió

    b) (=how much) cuánto
    4) (relative use) lo que

    I've no clothes except what I'm wearing — no tengo ropa, aparte de lo que llevo puesto

    what it is to be rich and famous! — ¡lo que es ser rico y famoso!

    and what have you {or}3} what not * y qué sé yo qué más, y qué sé yo cuántas cosas más to give sb what for * regañar a algn know what

    it was full of cream, jam, chocolate and I don't know what — estaba lleno de nata, mermelada, chocolate y no sé cuántas cosas más

    you know what? I think he's drunk — creo que está borracho, ¿sabes?

    I know what, let's ring her up — se me ocurre una idea, vamos a llamarla por teléfono

    to know what's what * saber cuántas son cinco * or what? *

    do you want it or what? — ¿lo quieres o qué?

    are you coming or what? — entonces ¿vienes o no?

    I mean, is this sick, or what? — vamos, que es de verdadero mal gusto, ¿o no?

    is this luxury or what? — esto sí que es lujo, ¿eh?

    say what you like,... digas lo que digas,..., se diga lo que se diga,.... so what? * ¿y qué?

    so what if it does rain? — ¿y qué, si llueve?

    so what if he is gay? — ¿y qué (pasa) si es gay?, ¿y qué importa que sea gay?

    (I'll) tell you what se me ocurre una idea, tengo una idea what about

    what about me? — y yo ¿qué?

    what about next week? — ¿qué te parece la semana que viene?

    "your car..." - "what about it?" * — -tu coche... -¿qué pasa con mi coche?

    what about going to the cinema? — ¿qué tal si vamos al cine?, ¿y si vamos al cine?

    what about lunch, shall we go out? — ¿y para comer? ¿salimos fuera? or ¿qué tal si salimos fuera?

    what about people who haven't got cars? — ¿y la gente que no tiene coche?

    what for? (=why) ¿por qué?; (=to what purpose) ¿para qué?

    what are you doing that for? — ¿por or para qué haces eso?

    what's that button for? — ¿para qué es ese botón?

    what if...? ¿y si...?

    what if this doesn't work out? — ¿y si esto no funciona?

    what if he says no? — ¿y si dice que no?

    what of

    but what of the political leaders? — pero, ¿y qué hay de los líderes políticos?

    what of it? * — y eso ¿qué importa?

    what's... what's it like? (asking for description) ¿cómo es?; (asking for evaluation) ¿qué tal es?

    what's their new house like? — ¿cómo es su nueva casa?

    what's his first novel like? — ¿qué tal es su primera novela?

    what will the weather be like tomorrow? — ¿qué tal tiempo va a hacer mañana?

    and what's more... y, además,... what's that? (asking about sth) ¿qué es eso?; (=what did you say?) ¿qué has dicho?

    what's that to you? * — ¿eso qué tiene que ver contigo?, ¿a ti qué te importa? *

    what's worse

    and what's worse... — y lo que es peor...

    what with

    what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state — entre la tensión y la falta de sueño me encontraba fatal

    2. ADJECTIVE

    what dress shall I wear? — ¿qué vestido me pongo?

    what colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?

    • she asked me what day she should come — me preguntó qué día tenía que venir

    • he explained what ingredients are used — explicó qué ingredientes se usan

    • what good would that do? — ¿de qué serviría eso?

    • do you know what music they're going to play? — ¿sabes qué música van a tocar?

    • did they tell you what time they'd be arriving? — ¿te dijeron a qué hora llegarían?

    I gave him what money/coins I had — le di todo el dinero/todas las monedas que tenía

    Remember to put an accent on qué in exclamations as well as in direct and indirect questions:

    what a nuisance! — ¡qué lata!

    what a fool I was! — ¡qué tonto fui!

    what an ugly dog! — ¡qué perro más or tan feo!

    what a lot of people! — ¡qué cantidad de gente!

    what an excuse! — iro ¡buen pretexto!, ¡vaya excusa!

    3.
    EXCLAMATION ¡qué!

    what! you sold it! — ¿qué? ¡lo has vendido!

    what! you expect me to believe that! — ¿qué? ¿esperas que me crea eso?

    what! he can't be a spy! — ¿qué? ¿cómo va a ser un espía?

    you told him what? — ¿que le has dicho qué?

    "he's getting married" - "what!" — se casa - ¿cómo dices?

    you what?

    "I'm going to be an actress" - "you what?" * — -voy a hacerme actriz -¿cómo or qué dices?

    I'm going to have a baby - you what? — -voy a tener un niño -¡¿que vas a tener un qué?!

    * * *

    I [hwɑːt, wɒt]
    1) ( in questions) qué

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

    what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

    what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

    what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

    what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

    what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

    I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

    what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

    or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

    are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

    so what? — ¿y qué?

    what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

    3)

    (do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

    (I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

    b) ( relative use) lo que

    I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) qué

    what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

    what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

    what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

    she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

    c) (all of the, any)

    what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

    what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

    2) ( in exclamations) qué

    what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

    what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

    English-spanish dictionary > what

  • 15 have

    1. transitive verb,
    pres. he has, p.t. & p.p. had
    1) (possess) haben

    I have it! — ich hab's[!]

    and what have you — (coll.) und so weiter

    2) (obtain) bekommen

    let's not have any... — lass uns... vermeiden

    come on, let's have it! — (coll.) rück schon raus damit! (ugs.)

    3) (take) nehmen
    4) (keep) behalten; haben
    5) (eat, drink, etc.)

    have breakfast/dinner/lunch — frühstücken/zu Abend/zu Mittag essen

    6) (experience) haben [Spaß, Vergnügen]
    7) (suffer) haben [Krankheit, Schmerz, Enttäuschung, Abenteuer]; (show) haben [Güte, Freundlichkeit, Frechheit]
    8) (engage in)
    9) (accept)
    10) (give birth to) bekommen
    11) (coll.): (swindle)

    I was had — ich bin [he]reingelegt worden (ugs.)

    ever been had! — da bist du ganz schön reingefallen (ugs.)

    12) (know)

    I have it on good authority that... — ich weiß es aus zuverlässiger Quelle, dass...

    13) (as guest)
    14) (summon)

    he had me into his office — er hat mich in sein Büro beordert

    15) (in coll. phrases)

    you've had it now — (coll.) jetzt ist es aus (ugs.)

    this car/dress has had it — (coll.) dieser Wagen/dieses Kleid hat ausgedient

    2. auxiliary verb,

    I have/I had read — ich habe/hatte gelesen

    I have/I had gone — ich bin/war gegangen

    having seen him — (because) weil ich ihn gesehen habe/hatte; (after) wenn ich ihn gesehen habe/nachdem ich ihn gesehen hatte

    if I had known... — wenn ich gewusst hätte...

    2) (cause to be)

    have something made/repaired — etwas machen/reparieren lassen

    have the painters in — die Maler haben

    have a tooth extracted — sich (Dat.) einen Zahn ziehen lassen

    3)

    she had her purse stolen — man hat ihr das Portemonnaie gestohlen

    4) (expr. obligation)

    I only have to do the washing-up — ich muss nur noch den Abwasch machen

    I have only to see him to feel annoyed — ich brauche ihn nur zu sehen, und ich ärgere mich

    3. noun
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/33887/have_off">have off
    - have on
    - have out
    * * *
    (to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed: If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.) in Reserve halten
    * * *
    [hæv, həv]
    <has, had, had>
    1. (forming past tenses)
    he has never been to Scotland before er war noch nie zuvor in Schottland
    we had been swimming wir waren schwimmen gewesen
    I've heard that story before ich habe diese Geschichte schon einmal gehört
    I wish I'd bought it ich wünschte, ich hätte es gekauft
    \have we been invited? — yes we \have sind wir eingeladen worden? — ja, sind wir
    I've passed my test — \have you? congratulations! ich habe den Test bestanden — oh, wirklich? herzlichen Glückwunsch!
    they still hadn't had any news sie hatten immer noch keine Neuigkeiten
    she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen
    he had a window smashed es wurde ihm eine Scheibe eingeschlagen
    3. (render)
    ▪ to \have sth done etw tun lassen
    to \have one's hair cut/done/dyed sich dat die Haare schneiden/machen/färben lassen
    4. (must)
    ▪ to \have [or \have got] to do sth etw tun müssen
    what time \have we got to be there? wann müssen wir dort sein?
    do I \have to? muss ich [das] wirklich?
    5. ( form: if)
    had I/she/he etc. done sth,... hätte ich/sie/er etc. etw getan,..., wenn ich/sie/er etc. etw getan hätte,...
    if only I'd known this wenn ich das nur gewusst hätte
    <has, had, had>
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben
    he's got green eyes er hat grüne Augen; (own) etw haben [o besitzen]
    I don't have [or haven't got] a car ich habe [o besitze] kein Auto
    do you have a current driving licence? haben Sie einen gültigen Führerschein?
    she has a degree in physics sie hat einen Hochschulabschluss in Physik
    to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] the time (know the time) die Uhrzeit haben, wissen, wie spät [o wie viel Uhr] es ist; (have enough time) Zeit haben
    \have you got the time? kannst du mir die Uhrzeit sagen?
    will you \have time to finish the report today? reicht es Ihnen, den Bericht heute noch zu Ende zu schreiben?
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth illness, symptom etw haben
    to \have cancer/polio Krebs/Polio haben, an Krebs/Polio erkrankt sein
    to \have a cold erkältet sein, eine Erkältung haben
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben
    at least she had the good sense to turn the gas off zumindest war sie so schlau, das Gas abzudrehen
    he had the gall to tell me that I was fat! hat er doch die Frechheit besessen, mir zu sagen, ich sei dick!
    to \have the decency to do sth die Anständigkeit besitzen, etw zu tun
    to \have the honesty to do sth so ehrlich sein, etw zu tun
    to \have patience/sympathy Geduld/Mitgefühl haben
    I \haven't any sympathy for this troublemaker ich empfinde keinerlei Mitleid mit diesem Unruhestifter
    to \have a bath/shower ein Bad/eine Dusche nehmen, baden/duschen
    to \have a nap [or ( fam) snooze] ein Schläfchen [o fam Nickerchen] machen
    to \have a party eine Party machen
    to \have a swim schwimmen
    to \have a talk with sb mit jdm sprechen; (argue) sich akk mit jdm aussprechen
    to \have a try es versuchen
    I'd like to \have a try ich würde es gern einmal probieren
    to \have a walk spazieren gehen, einen Spaziergang machen
    5. (consume)
    ▪ to \have sth etw zu sich dat nehmen
    I'll \have the trout, please ich hätte gern die Forelle
    I haven't had shrimps in ages! ich habe schon ewig keine Shrimps mehr gegessen!
    \have a cigarette/some more coffee nimm doch eine Zigarette/noch etwas Kaffee
    we're having sausages for lunch today zum Mittagessen gibt es heute Würstchen
    to \have a cigarette eine Zigarette rauchen
    to \have lunch/dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen
    we're having a wonderful time in Venice wir verbringen eine wundervolle Zeit in Venedig
    we didn't \have any difficulty finding the house wir hatten keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, das Haus zu finden
    we'll soon \have rain es wird bald regnen
    let's not \have any trouble now! bloß kein Ärger jetzt!
    to \have fun/luck Spaß/Glück haben
    \have a nice day/evening! viel Spaß!; (to customers) einen schönen Tag noch!
    7. (receive)
    I've just had a letter from John ich habe gerade erst einen Brief von John erhalten
    okay, let's \have it! okay, her [o rüber] damit! fam
    to let sb \have sth back jdm etw zurückgeben
    to \have news of sb Neuigkeiten von jdm erfahren
    my mother's having the children to stay die Kinder bleiben bei meiner Mutter
    we had his hamster for weeks wir haben wochenlang für seinen Hamster gesorgt
    they've got Ian's father staying with them Ians Vater ist bei ihnen zu Besuch
    thanks for having us danke für Ihre Gastfreundschaft
    to \have sb back (resume relationship) jdn wieder [bei sich dat] aufnehmen
    they solved their problems, and she had him back sie haben ihre Probleme gelöst und sie ist wieder mit ihm zusammen
    to \have sb to visit jdn zu [o auf] Besuch haben
    to \have visitors Besuch haben
    9. (feature)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben
    the new model has xenon headlights das neue Modell ist mit Xenon-Scheinwerfern ausgestattet
    10. (exhibit)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben [o aufweisen]
    this wine has a soft, fruity flavour dieser Wein schmeckt weich und fruchtig
    11. (comprise)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben
    a week has 7 days eine Wochen hat [o geh zählt] 7 Tage
    12. (have learned)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth etw haben
    to \have [a little] French/German Grundkenntnisse in Französisch/Deutsch haben
    13. (think)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth idea, plan, reason, suggestion etw haben
    \have you reason to think he'll refuse? ( form) haben Sie Grund zur Annahme, dass er ablehnen wird?
    14. (be obliged)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth to do etw tun müssen
    you simply \have to see this film! diesen Film musst du dir unbedingt anschauen!
    to \have a child ein Kind bekommen
    my mother was 18 when she had me meine Mutter war 18, als ich geboren wurde
    to be having a baby (be pregnant) ein Baby bekommen, schwanger sein
    to have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] the radio/TV on das Radio/den Fernseher anhaben fam
    to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sth ready (finish) etw fertig haben; (to hand) etw bereit haben
    17. (induce)
    ▪ to \have sb do sth jdn [dazu] veranlassen, etw zu tun
    ▪ to \have sb/sth doing sth jdn/etw dazu bringen, etw zu tun
    the film soon had us crying der Film brachte uns schnell zum Weinen
    Guy'll \have it working in no time Guy wird es im Handumdrehen zum Laufen bringen
    18. (request)
    ▪ to \have sb do sth jdn [darum] bitten, etw zu tun
    I'll \have the secretary run you off a copy for you ich werde von der Sekretärin eine Kopie für Sie anfertigen lassen
    19. (find)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth jdn/etw [gefunden] haben
    20. (place)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth somewhere jdn/etw irgendwo haben
    she had her back to me sie lag/saß/stand mit dem Rücken zu mir
    21. (hold)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb/sth by sth:
    she had the dog by the ears sie hielt den Hund fest an den Ohren
    to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb by the throat jdn bei [o an] der Kehle [o Gurgel] gepackt haben
    22. (fam!: have sex with)
    ▪ to \have sb mit jdm Sex haben
    how many men have you had? wie viele Männer hast du gehabt?
    23. ( fam: deceive)
    £80 for a CD? you've been had! 80 Pfund für eine CD? dich hat man ganz schön übern Tisch gezogen! fam
    24. ( fam: confound)
    ▪ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS \have got] sb jdn in Verlegenheit bringen
    the GNP of Greece? you \have me there das BSP von Griechenland? da hab ich nicht den leisesten Schimmer fam
    25. esp AM ( fam: indulge)
    ▪ to \have oneself sth sich dat etw gönnen [o genehmen]
    I think I'm going to have myself an ice cream Ich glaub', ich gönne mir ein Eis
    don't worry about it anymore — just go and have yourself a nice little holiday mach dir mal keine Gedanken mehr darüber — genieße erstmal deinen Urlaub
    26.
    ▶ to not \have any [of it] ( fam) nichts von etw dat wissen wollen
    ▶ to not \have sb/sth doing sth nicht erlauben [o zulassen], dass jd/etw etw tut
    ▶ to \have done with sth mit etw dat fertig sein
    ▶ to \have [got] it (find answer)
    we \have it! wir haben es!
    ▶ to \have it that... (claim)
    rumour has it that... es geht das Gerücht [um], dass...
    ▶ to have had it ( fam: be broken) hinüber sein fam, ausgedient haben; (be tired) fix und fertig sein fam; (be in serious trouble) dran fam [o sl geliefert] sein
    if she finds out, you've had it! wenn sie es herausfindet, bist du dran [o ist der Ofen aus]! fam
    ▶ to have had it with sb/sth ( fam) von jdm/etw die Nase [gestrichen] voll haben fam, jdn/etw satthaben
    I've had it with his childish behaviour! sein kindisches Benehmen steht mir bis hier oben!
    ▶ there's none to be had of sth etw ist nicht zu bekommen [o fam aufzutreiben]
    there's no real Italian cheese to be had round here man bekommt hier nirgendwo echten italienischen Käse
    ▶ to not \have sth (not allow) etw nicht zulassen, [jdm] etw nicht abnehmen wollen
    I won't \have it! kommt nicht infrage [o fam in die Tüte]!
    I'm not having any squabbling in this house ich toleriere in diesem Haus keine Zankerei
    I'm not having your behaviour spoil my party ich werde mir meine Feier durch dein Benehmen nicht verderben lassen
    I wont have you insult my wife ich lasse es nicht zu, dass Sie meine Frau beleidigen
    ▶ to \have [or esp BRIT, AUS\have got] nothing on sb ( fam: be less able) gegen jdn nicht ankommen, mit jdm nicht mithalten können; (lack evidence) nichts gegen jdn in der Hand haben, keine Handhabe gegen jdn haben
    he's a good player, but he's got nothing on his brother er spielt gut, aber seinem Bruder kann er noch lange nicht das Wasser reichen
    ▶ and what \have you ( fam) und wer weiß was noch fam
    III. NOUN
    ( fam)
    ▪ the \haves pl die gut Betuchten fam, die Reichen
    the \haves and the \have-nots die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen
    * * *
    [hv] pret, ptp had, 3rd pers sing present has When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a dream, have a good time, look up the noun.
    1. AUXILIARY VERB
    1) habenThe verb haben is the auxiliary used with most verbs to form past tenses in German. For important exceptions see (b).

    to have seen/heard/eaten — gesehen/gehört/gegessen haben

    I have/had seen — ich habe/hatte gesehen

    I have not/had not or I haven't/I hadn't seen him — ich habe/hatte ihn nicht gesehen

    had I seen him, if I had seen him — hätte ich ihn gesehen, wenn ich ihn gesehen hätte

    having said that he left — nachdem or als er das gesagt hatte, ging er Note the tenses used in the following:

    I have lived or have been living here for 10 years/since January — ich wohne or lebe schon 10 Jahre/seit Januar hier

    2) seinThe verb sein is used with verbs of motion, eg. gehen, fahren, or verbs implying development, eg. wachsen, and to form past tenses.

    to have gone/run — gegangen/gelaufen sein

    3)

    in tag questions etc you've seen her, haven't you? — du hast sie gesehen, oder nicht?

    you haven't seen her, have you? — du hast sie nicht gesehen, oder?

    you haven't seen her – yes, I have — du hast sie nicht gesehen – doch or wohl (inf)

    you've made a mistake – no, I haven't — du hast einen Fehler gemacht – nein(, hab ich nicht)

    you've dropped your book – so I have — dir ist dein Buch hingefallen – stimmt or tatsächlich

    have you been there? if you have/haven't... — sind Sie schon mal da gewesen? wenn ja/nein or nicht,...

    I have seen a ghost – have you? — ich habe ein Gespenst gesehen – wahrhaftig or tatsächlich?

    I've lost it – you haven't! (disbelieving) — ich habe es verloren – nein!

    2. MODAL AUXILIARY VERB
    __diams; to have to do sth (= to be obliged) etw tun müssen

    I have (got esp Brit) to do it — ich muss es tun or machen

    I don't have to do it — ich muss es nicht tun, ich brauche es nicht zu tun

    you didn't have to tell her — das mussten Sie ihr nicht unbedingt sagen, das hätten Sie ihr nicht unbedingt sagen müssen or brauchen

    he doesn't have to work — er braucht nicht zu arbeiten, er muss nicht arbeiten

    3. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1) = possess haben

    have you (got esp Brit) or do you have a car? — hast du ein Auto?

    to have something/nothing to do — etwas/nichts zu tun haben

    I have (got esp Brit) work/a translation to do — ich habe zu arbeiten/eine Übersetzung zu erledigen

    I must have more time —

    she has (got esp Brit) blue eyes — sie hat blaue Augen

    what time do you have? (US) — wie viel Uhr hast du? (inf), wie spät hast du es?

    2) = receive, obtain, get haben

    I have it on good authority that... — ich habe aus zuverlässiger Quelle gehört or erfahren, dass...

    I must have something to eat — ich brauche etwas zu essen, ich muss dringend etwas zu essen haben

    there are no newspapers to be had —

    please let me have your address I'll let you have it for £50 — geben Sie mir bitte Ihre Adresse ich gebe es dir für £ 50

    3)

    = eat, drink, take to have breakfast — frühstücken

    to have lunch/dinner — zu Mittag/Abend essen

    will you have a drink/cigarette? — möchten Sie etwas zu trinken/eine Zigarette?

    what will you have? – I'll have the steak — was möchten or hätten Sie gern(e)? – ich hätte or möchte gern das Steak

    he had a cigarette/drink/steak —

    have another one — nimm noch eine/einen/eines; (drink) trink noch einen; (cigarette) rauch noch eine

    4) = catch, hold (gepackt) haben

    me by the throat/the hair — er hatte or hielt mich am Hals/bei den Haaren gepackt

    him where I want him —

    5)

    = suffer from he has diabetes — er ist zuckerkrank, er hat Zucker (inf)

    6)

    = experience to have a pleasant evening — einen netten Abend verbringen

    to have a good time — Spaß haben, sich amüsieren

    7) = hold, organize party geben, machen; meeting abhalten
    8)

    = go for to have a walk — einen Spaziergang machen, spazieren gehen

    9)

    = give birth to to have a child or baby —

    she is having a baby in April she had twins — sie bekommt or kriegt (inf) im April ein Kind sie hat Zwillinge bekommen or geboren or gekriegt (inf)

    10)

    = cause to be I had him in such a state that... — er war in einer solchen Verfassung, dass...

    he had the police baffled —

    11)

    = maintain, insist as he has it, Paul is guilty — er besteht darauf, dass Paul schuldig ist

    as he had it, Paul isn't guilty — er wollte nichts davon hören, dass Paul schuldig ist

    has it —

    as the Bible/Shakespeare has it — wie es in der Bibel/bei Shakespeare steht

    12)

    = refuse to allow in negative sentences I won't have this nonsense — dieser Unsinn kommt (mir) nicht infrage or in Frage!

    I won't have this sort of rudeness! —

    I won't have him insulted —

    I won't have him insult his mother — ich lasse es nicht zu, dass er seine Mutter beleidigt

    13) = wish mögen

    which one will you have? —

    as fate would have it,... — wie es das Schicksal so wollte,...

    what would you have me do? — was wollen Sie, dass ich mache?

    14) set structures __diams; to have sth done = request, order etw tun lassen

    to have one's hair cut — sich (dat) die Haare schneiden lassen

    to have a suit made — sich (dat) einen Anzug machen lassen

    have it mended — geben Sie es in Reparatur, lassen Sie es reparieren

    he had his arm broken — er hat/hatte einen gebrochenen Arm

    I'll have you know... — Sie müssen nämlich wissen...

    I had my friends turn against me — ich musste es erleben, wie or dass sich meine Freunde gegen mich wandten

    she soon had them all reading and writing — dank ihres Engagements konnten alle schon bald lesen und schreiben __diams; to have had it

    if I miss the last bus, I've had it — wenn ich den letzten Bus verpasse, bin ich geliefert (inf) or ist der Ofen aus (inf) __diams; let him have it! (inf) gibs ihm! (inf) __diams; have it your own way machen Sie es or halten Sie es, wie Sie wollen __diams; to be had ( inf

    * * *
    have [hæv; unbetont həv, əv]
    A s
    1. the haves and the have-nots die Begüterten und die Habenichtse, die Reichen und die Armen
    2. Br umg Trick m
    B v/t prät und pperf had [hæd], 2. sg präs obs hast [hæst], 3. sg präs has [hæz], obs hath [hæθ], 2. sg prät obs hadst [hædst]
    1. allg haben, besitzen:
    he has a house (a friend, a good memory);
    we can’t have everything man kann nicht alles haben;
    you have my word for it ich gebe Ihnen mein Wort darauf;
    I had the whole road to myself ich hatte die ganze Straße für mich allein;
    I wouldn’t have it if you gave it to me das nähme ich nicht (mal) geschenkt; → get B 10 a
    2. haben, erleben:
    we had a fine time wir hatten viel Spaß, wir hatten es schön
    3. a) ein Kind bekommen
    b) ZOOL Junge werfen
    4. behalten:
    can I have it?; → honor B 2
    5. Gefühle, einen Verdacht etc haben, hegen
    6. Nachrichten etc erhalten, bekommen ( beide:
    from von):
    (not) to be had (nicht) zu haben, (nicht) erhältlich
    7. (erfahren) haben:
    I have it from reliable sources ich habe es aus verlässlicher Quelle (erfahren);
    I have it from my friend ich habe oder weiß es von meinem Freund
    8. Speisen etc zu sich nehmen, einnehmen, essen oder trinken etc:
    I had a glass of sherry ich trank ein Glas Sherry;
    have another sandwich nehmen Sie noch ein Sandwich!;
    what will you have? was nehmen Sie?;
    have a cigar eine Zigarre rauchen; → breakfast A, dinner 1, etc
    9. haben, ausführen, (mit)machen:
    have a discussion eine Diskussion haben oder abhalten; → look A 1, try A 1, walk A 3, wash A 1
    10. können, beherrschen:
    she has no French sie kann nicht oder kein Französisch;
    have sth by heart etwas auswendig können
    11. (be)sagen, behaupten:
    he will have it that … er behauptet steif und fest, dass …;
    astrology has it that Taureons are … der Astrologie zufolge sind Stiere …; → rumor A 1
    12. sagen, ausdrücken:
    as Byron has it wie Byron sagt
    13. umg erwischt haben:
    he had me there da hatte er mich (an meiner schwachen Stelle) erwischt, da war ich überfragt
    14. Br umg jemanden reinlegen:
    you have been had man hat dich reingelegt oder übers Ohr gehauen
    15. haben, dulden:
    I will not ( oder won’t) have it ich dulde es nicht, ich will es nicht (haben);
    I won’t have it mentioned ich will nicht, dass es erwähnt wird;
    he wasn’t having any umg er ließ sich auf nichts ein;
    thank you for having us bes Br vielen Dank für die schöne Zeit bei Ihnen; → none Bes Redew
    16. haben, erleiden:
    they had broken bones sie erlitten Knochenbrüche;
    he had a shock er bekam einen Schock
    17. (vor inf) müssen:
    he will have to do it er wird es tun müssen;
    we have to obey wir haben zu oder müssen gehorchen;
    it has to be done es muss getan werden; → get B 10 b
    18. (mit Objekt und pperf) lassen:
    I had a suit made ich ließ mir einen Anzug machen;
    they had him shot sie ließen ihn erschießen
    19. mit Objekt und pperf zum Ausdruck des Passivs:
    he had a son born to him ihm wurde ein Sohn geboren;
    I’ve had some money stolen mir ist Geld gestohlen worden
    20. (mit Objekt und inf) (veran)lassen:
    have them come here at once lass sie sofort hierherkommen;
    I had him sit down ich ließ ihn Platz nehmen
    21. (mit Objekt und inf) es erleben, dass:
    I had all my friends turn against me ich erlebte es oder ich musste es erleben, dass sich alle meine Freunde gegen mich wandten
    22. ( nach will oder would mit akk und inf):
    I would have you to know it ich möchte, dass Sie es wissen
    23. würde, täte ( mit as well, rather, better, best etc):
    I had rather go than stay ich möchte lieber gehen als bleiben;
    you had best go du tätest am besten daran, zu gehen;
    he better had das wäre das Beste(, was er tun könnte)
    C v/i
    1. obs eilen:
    have after sb jemandem nacheilen
    2. have at obs zu Leibe rücken (dat), sich hermachen über (akk)
    3. they had until July 3 sie hatten bis zum 3. Juli Zeit
    4. I have to ich muss;
    do you have to? muss das sein?
    D v/aux
    1. haben:
    I have seen ich habe gesehen
    2. sein:
    I have been ich bin gewesen Besondere Redewendungen: have and hold JUR US innehaben, besitzen;
    I have it! ich habs! (ich habe die Lösung gefunden);
    a) er ist reingefallen,
    b) er hat sein Fett (seine Strafe) weg,
    c) er ist erledigt (auch tot) my car has had it umg mein Wagen ist im Eimer;
    let sb have it es jemandem (tüchtig) geben oder besorgen, jemanden fertigmachen umg;
    I didn’t know he had it in him ich wusste gar nicht, dass er dazu fähig ist oder dass er das Zeug dazu hat;
    I have nothing against him personally ich habe nichts gegen ihn persönlich;
    a) jemandem in keiner Weise überlegen sein,
    b) nichts gegen jemanden in der Hand haben, jemandem nichts anhaben können have it (all) over sb umg jemandem (haushoch) überlegen sein;
    he has it over me that … umg er ist mir insofern voraus, als …;
    have what it takes das Zeug dazu haben; → do1 B 9
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    pres. he has, p.t. & p.p. had
    1) (possess) haben

    I have it! — ich hab's[!]

    and what have you — (coll.) und so weiter

    2) (obtain) bekommen

    let's not have any... — lass uns... vermeiden

    come on, let's have it! — (coll.) rück schon raus damit! (ugs.)

    3) (take) nehmen
    4) (keep) behalten; haben
    5) (eat, drink, etc.)

    have breakfast/dinner/lunch — frühstücken/zu Abend/zu Mittag essen

    6) (experience) haben [Spaß, Vergnügen]
    7) (suffer) haben [Krankheit, Schmerz, Enttäuschung, Abenteuer]; (show) haben [Güte, Freundlichkeit, Frechheit]
    10) (give birth to) bekommen
    11) (coll.): (swindle)

    I was had — ich bin [he]reingelegt worden (ugs.)

    12) (know)

    I have it on good authority that... — ich weiß es aus zuverlässiger Quelle, dass...

    15) (in coll. phrases)

    you've had it now — (coll.) jetzt ist es aus (ugs.)

    this car/dress has had it — (coll.) dieser Wagen/dieses Kleid hat ausgedient

    2. auxiliary verb,

    I have/I had read — ich habe/hatte gelesen

    I have/I had gone — ich bin/war gegangen

    having seen him — (because) weil ich ihn gesehen habe/hatte; (after) wenn ich ihn gesehen habe/nachdem ich ihn gesehen hatte

    if I had known... — wenn ich gewusst hätte...

    have something made/repaired — etwas machen/reparieren lassen

    have a tooth extracted — sich (Dat.) einen Zahn ziehen lassen

    3)
    4) (expr. obligation)

    I have only to see him to feel annoyed — ich brauche ihn nur zu sehen, und ich ärgere mich

    3. noun
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (a) temperature expr.
    fiebern v. (take) pity on someone expr.
    mit jemandem Mitleid haben ausdr. (to possess) v.
    besitzen v. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: had)
    = bekommen v.
    haben v.
    (§ p.,pp.: hatte, gehabt)

    English-german dictionary > have

  • 16 arise

    VI
    1. उठना
    Many questions arose in his mind
    They arose before dawn and left for the forests.
    Many difficulties are arising due to negligence of officials
    2. खड़ा\ariseहोना
    Many problems arise due to lack of proper co-ordination

    English-Hindi dictionary > arise

  • 17 pointed

    adjective

    pointed arch — Spitzbogen, der

    2) (fig.) (sharply expressed) unmissverständlich; deutlich; (ostentatious) demonstrativ
    * * *
    adjective (having a sharp end: a pointed nose; pointed shoes.) Spitz-...
    * * *
    point·ed
    [ˈpɔɪntɪd, AM -t̬ɪd]
    1. (with sharp point) spitz
    2. (emphatic) pointiert geh
    \pointed criticism scharfe Kritik
    \pointed question unverblümte Frage
    \pointed remark spitze Bemerkung
    \pointed reminder eindrückliche Erinnerung
    * * *
    ['pɔIntɪd]
    adj
    1) (= sharp) stick, roof, chin, nose, shoes spitz; window, arch spitzbogig

    a stick with a sharply pointed end —

    the pointed windows in the old church — die Spitzbogenfenster in der alten Kirche

    2) (= incisive) wit, criticism scharf
    3) (= obvious in intention) remark, comment scharf, spitz; reference unverblümt; question gezielt; look spitz; absence, gesture, departure ostentativ

    her pointed lack of interest in my problems — ihr ostentatives or betontes Desinteresse an meinen Problemen

    that was rather pointed — das war ziemlich deutlich

    * * *
    pointed [ˈpɔıntıd] adj (adv pointedly)
    1. spitz(ig)
    2. spitz (zulaufend), zugespitzt:
    pointed arch ARCH Spitzbogen m;
    pointed file Spitzfeile f;
    pointed style gotischer Stil, Spitzbogenstil m
    3. fig scharf, pointiert (Stil, Bemerkung), anzüglich
    4. fig treffend, deutlich
    5. fig ostentativ
    * * *
    adjective

    pointed arch — Spitzbogen, der

    2) (fig.) (sharply expressed) unmissverständlich; deutlich; (ostentatious) demonstrativ
    * * *
    adj.
    gespitzt adj.
    gezeigt adj.

    English-german dictionary > pointed

  • 18 understanding

    1. adjective
    (able to sympathize) verständnisvoll

    you could be a bit more understanding — du könntest etwas mehr Verständnis zeigen

    2. noun
    1) (agreement) Verständigung, die

    reach an understanding with somebody — sich mit jemandem verständigen

    on the understanding that... — unter der Voraussetzung, dass...

    on the clear understanding that... — (condition) unter der ausdrücklichen Bedingung, dass...

    2) (intelligence) Verstand, der
    3) (insight, comprehension) Verständnis, das (of, for für)

    my understanding of the matter is that she has won — so wie ich es verstehe, hat sie gewonnen

    * * *
    adjective ((of a person) good at knowing how other people feel; sympathetic: an understanding person; Try to be more understanding!) verständnisvoll
    * * *
    under·stand·ing
    [ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ, AM -ɚˈ-]
    I. n
    1. no pl (comprehension) Verständnis nt
    my \understanding of the agreement is that... ich fasse die Abmachung so auf, dass...
    to arrive at an \understanding schließlich zu einer Einsicht kommen
    to be beyond sb's \understanding über jds Verständnis hinausgehen
    ▪ to not have any \understanding of sth keinerlei Ahnung von etw dat haben
    she doesn't have any \understanding of politics sie versteht nichts von Politik
    2. (agreement) Übereinkunft f
    to come to [or reach] an \understanding zu einer Übereinkunft kommen
    a tacit \understanding ein stillschweigendes Abkommen
    3. no pl (harmony) Verständigung f
    a spirit of \understanding eine verständnisvolle Atmosphäre
    4. no pl (condition) Bedingung f
    ▪ to do sth on the \understanding that... etw unter der Bedingung machen, dass...
    5. no pl ( form: intellect) Verstand m
    II. adj ( approv) verständnisvoll
    * * *
    ["ʌndə'stndɪŋ]
    1. adj
    verständnisvoll

    he asked me to be understanding — er bat mich um Verständnis

    2. n
    1) (= intelligence) Auffassungsgabe f; (= knowledge) Kenntnisse pl; (= comprehension, sympathy) Verständnis nt

    because of his complete lack of understanding for the problems — da ihm jedes Verständnis für die Probleme fehlte

    my understanding of the situation is that... — ich verstehe die Situation so, dass...

    his conduct is beyond human understanding —

    it was my understanding that... — ich nahm an or ich war der Meinung, dass...

    2) (= agreement) Abmachung f, Vereinbarung f, Verständigung f

    a degree of understanding — eine gewisse Übereinstimmung, ein gewisses Einvernehmen

    3) (= assumption) Voraussetzung f

    on the understanding that... — unter der Voraussetzung, dass...

    * * *
    A s
    1. Verstehen n
    2. Verstand m:
    a) Intelligenz f
    b) PHIL Intellekt m
    3. Verständnis n (of für):
    with understanding verständnisvoll
    4. (gutes etc) Einvernehmen ( between zwischen dat)
    5. Verständigung f, Vereinbarung f, Übereinkunft f, Abmachung f:
    come to an understanding with sb zu einer Einigung mit jemandem kommen oder gelangen, sich mit jemandem verständigen
    6. Klarstellung f
    7. Bedingung f:
    on the understanding that … unter der Bedingung oder Voraussetzung, dass …
    8. Auslegung f, Interpretation f
    B adj (adv understandingly)
    1. verständnisvoll, verstehend
    2. verständig, gescheit
    * * *
    1. adjective
    (able to sympathize) verständnisvoll
    2. noun
    1) (agreement) Verständigung, die

    on the understanding that... — unter der Voraussetzung, dass...

    on the clear understanding that... — (condition) unter der ausdrücklichen Bedingung, dass...

    2) (intelligence) Verstand, der
    3) (insight, comprehension) Verständnis, das (of, for für)

    my understanding of the matter is that she has won — so wie ich es verstehe, hat sie gewonnen

    * * *
    adj.
    verständig adj. n.
    Einvernehmen n.
    Verstand -¨e m.
    Verstehen n.
    Verständigung f.
    Verständnis n.

    English-german dictionary > understanding

  • 19 have

    [hæv, həv] aux vb <has, had, had>
    1)
    he has never been to Scotland before er war noch nie zuvor in Schottland gewesen;
    we had been swimming wir waren schwimmen gewesen;
    I've heard that story before ich hab' diese Geschichte schon einmal gehört;
    I wish I'd bought it ich wünschte, ich hätte es gekauft;
    \have we been invited? - yes we \have sind wir eingeladen worden? - ja, sind wir;
    I've passed my test - \have you? congratulations! ich habe den Test bestanden - oh, wirklich? herzlichen Glückwunsch!;
    they still hadn't had any news sie hatten immer noch keine Neuigkeiten
    2) (experience, suffer)
    to \have sth done etw erleiden [o erfahren];
    she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen;
    she had a window smashed es wurde ihr eine Scheibe eingeschlagen;
    ( cause to be done) etw machen [o ( fam) tun] lassen;
    we \have the house painted every three years wir lassen alle drei Jahre das Haus streichen;
    to \have one's hair cut/ done/ dyed sich dat die Haare schneiden/machen/färben lassen
    3) had sb known [sth],... ( form) hätte jd [das] gewusst,...;
    had I known you were coming, I'd \have made dinner wenn ich gewusst hätte, dass ihr kommt, dann hätte ich Abendbrot gemacht vt <has, had, had>
    1) (own, possess)
    to \have [or (esp Brit, Aus) \have got] sth etw haben;
    she's got two brothers sie hat zwei Brüder;
    to \have a car/ dog ein Auto/einen Hund haben;
    to \have a degree/ qualification einen Abschluss/eine Qualifikation haben;
    to \have [a little] French/ German (dated) Grundkenntnisse pl in Französisch/Deutsch haben;
    to \have a job einen Arbeitsplatz haben;
    to \have a [current] driving licence einen gültigen Führerschein haben
    2) ( suffer) illness, symptom etw haben;
    to \have cancer/ polio Krebs/Polio haben, an Krebs/Polio erkrankt sein ( geh)
    to \have a cold erkältet sein, eine Erkältung haben;
    to \have a headache/ toothache Kopfschmerzen pl [o ( fam) Kopfweh nt]; /Zahnschmerzen pl [o ( fam) Zahnweh nt] haben
    3) ( display) etw haben [o ( form) aufweisen];
    I haven't any sympathy for this troublemaker ich empfinde keinerlei Mitleid mit diesem Unruhestifter;
    at least she had the good sense to turn the gas off zumindest war sie so schlau, das Gas abzudrehen;
    he had the gall to tell me that I was fat! hat er doch die Frechheit besessen, mir zu sagen, ich sei dick!;
    to \have the decency to do sth die Anständigkeit besitzen, etw zu tun;
    to \have blue eyes/ a big nose blaue Augen/eine große Nase haben;
    to \have the honesty to do sth so ehrlich sein, etw zu tun;
    to \have patience/ sympathy Geduld/Mitgefühl haben; idea, plan, reason, suggestion etw haben ( form);
    \have you reason to think he'll refuse? haben Sie Grund zur Annahme, dass er ablehnen wird?;
    (quality of food, wine) etw haben [o ( form) aufweisen];
    this wine has a soft, fruity flavour dieser Wein schmeckt weich und fruchtig;
    to \have sth to do etw tun [o erledigen] müssen;
    I've got several texts to edit before Wednesday ich muss vor Mittwoch noch einige Texte redigieren
    to \have a bath [or wash] / shower ( fam) ein Bad/eine Dusche nehmen ( geh), baden/duschen;
    to \have a nap [or snooze] ein Schläfchen [o Nickerchen] machen;
    to \have a party eine Fete veranstalten;
    to \have a swim schwimmen;
    to \have a talk with sb mit jdm sprechen;
    ( argue) sich akk mit jdm aussprechen;
    to \have a try es versuchen;
    I'd like to \have a try ich würde es gern einmal probieren;
    to \have a walk spazieren gehen, einen Spaziergang machen
    5) (eat, drink)
    to \have sth etw zu sich dat nehmen;
    I'll \have the trout, please ich hätte gern die Forelle;
    I haven't had shrimps in ages! ich habe schon ewig keine Shrimps mehr gegessen!;
    \have some more coffee nimm doch noch etwas Kaffee;
    we've got sausages for lunch today zum Mittagessen gibt es heute Würstchen;
    to \have lunch/ dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen
    to \have a child ein Kind bekommen;
    my mother had three boys before she had me meine Mutter hat drei Jungen bekommen, bevor ich geboren wurde;
    to be having a baby ( be pregnant) ein Baby bekommen, schwanger sein
    7) ( receive)
    I've just had a letter from John ich habe gerade erst einen Brief von John erhalten;
    to \have news of sb Neuigkeiten von jdm erfahren;
    my mother's having the children to stay next week die Kinder bleiben nächste Woche bei meiner Mutter;
    we had his hamster for weeks wir haben wochenlang für seinen Hamster gesorgt;
    they've got Ian's father staying with them Ians Vater ist bei ihnen zu Besuch;
    to \have visitors Besuch haben;
    to \have sb to visit jdn zu [o auf] Besuch haben;
    to \have sb back ( resume relationship) jdn wieder [bei sich dat] aufnehmen;
    they solved their problems, and she had him back sie haben ihre Probleme gelöst und sie ist wieder mit ihm zusammen;
    to let sb \have sth back jdm etw zurückgeben
    8) ( prepare)
    to \have sth ready etw fertig haben;
    to \have dinner/ lunch ready das Abendessen/Mittagessen fertig haben
    to \have sb/ sth do sth jdn/etw [dazu] veranlassen, etw zu tun;
    to \have sb do sth jdn darum bitten, etw zu tun;
    I'll \have the secretary run you off a copy for you ich werde von der Sekretärin eine Kopie für Sie anfertigen lassen;
    I'll \have Bob give you a ride home ich werde Bob bitten, dich nach Hause zu fahren;
    to \have sb doing sth jdn dazu bringen, etw zu tun;
    the film soon had us crying der Film brachte uns schnell zum Weinen;
    Guy'll \have it working in no time Guy wird es im Handumdrehen zum Laufen bringen
    we're having a wonderful time in Venice wir verbringen eine wundervolle Zeit in Venedig;
    we didn't \have any difficulty finding the house wir hatten keinerlei Schwierigkeiten, das Haus zu finden;
    she had her car stolen last week man hat ihr letzte Woche das Auto gestohlen;
    \have a nice day/evening! viel Spaß!;
    ( said to departing customers) einen schönen Tag noch!;
    to \have fun/ luck Spaß/Glück haben
    to \have [or \have got] to do sth etw tun müssen;
    what time \have we got to be there? wann müssen wir dort sein?;
    do we \have to finish this today? müssen wir das heute fertig bekommen?;
    I'm not going back there unless I absolutely \have to ich gehe nicht dorthin zurück, wenn ich nicht unbedingt muss;
    come on now, put your toys away - oh, Dad, do I \have to? komm jetzt, leg deine Spielsachen weg - oh, Papa, muss ich wirklich?
    to \have sb mit jdm Sex haben;
    he asked me how many men I'd had er fragte mich, wie viele Männer ich gehabt habe
    13) (fam: trick)
    to \have sb jdn auf den Arm nehmen [o ( fam) verkohlen] [o ( fam) veräppeln];
    PHRASES:
    to \have nothing on sb (fam: not be as talented) gegen jdn nicht ankommen, mit jdm nicht mithalten können;
    he's a good player, but he's got nothing on his brother er spielt gut, aber seinem Bruder kann er noch lange nicht das Wasser reichen;
    ( lack evidence) nichts gegen jdn in der Hand haben, keine Handhabe gegen jdn haben;
    to \have the time ( know what the time is) die Uhrzeit haben, wissen, wie spät [o wie viel Uhr] es ist;
    \have you got the time? kannst du mir die Uhrzeit sagen?;
    ( have enough time) Zeit haben;
    will you \have time to finish the report today? reicht es Ihnen, den Bericht heute noch zu Ende zu schreiben?;
    to not \have any [of it] ( fam) nichts von etw dat wissen wollen ( fam)
    the girls tried to explain everything but Mrs Jones wasn't having any of it die Mädchen wollten alles erklären, aber Mrs. Jones wollte nichts davon hören;
    to not \have sth ( not allow) etw nicht zulassen;
    I won't \have it! kommt nicht in Frage [o ( fam) in die Tüte] !;
    ( not believe) etw nicht glauben wollen, [jdm] etw nicht abnehmen wollen;
    I kept telling him you were French, but he wouldn't \have it ich habe ihm die ganze Zeit gesagt, dass du Franzose bist, aber er hat es nicht glauben wollen;
    to not \have sth/sb doing sth nicht erlauben [o ( geh) zulassen], dass etw/jd etw tut;
    I can't \have you doing the hoovering in my house, you're my guest! ich kann doch nicht zulassen, dass du bei mir staubsaugst, du bist schließlich mein Gast!;
    to \have done with sth mit etw dat fertig sein;
    to \have it in for sb ( fam) es auf jdn abgesehen haben ( fam), jdn auf dem Kieker haben (sl, fam)
    to \have it in one das Zeug[s] zu etw dat haben;
    her speech was really funny, I didn't think she had it in her! ihre Rede war echt witzig, ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sie das Zeug dazu hat!;
    to \have had it (fam: be broken) hinüber sein ( fam), ausgedient haben;
    the old vacuum cleaner has had it der alte Staubsauger hat den Geist aufgegeben;
    ( be in serious trouble) geliefert [o (sl) dran] sein ( fam)
    if she finds out about what you've done, you've \have it! wenn sie herausfindet, was du getan hast, ist der Ofen aus! ( fam)
    to \have had it with sb/ sth ( fam) von jdm/etw die Nase [gestrichen] voll haben ( fam), jdn/etw satthaben;
    I've had it with his childish behaviour! sein kindisches Benehmen steht mir bis hier oben!;
    there's none to be had of sth etw ist nicht zu bekommen [o ( fam) aufzutreiben];
    there's no real Italian cheese to be had round here man bekommt hier nirgendwo echten italienischen Käse n ( fam);
    the \haves pl die gut Betuchten, die Reichen;
    the \haves and the \have-nots die Besitzenden und die Besitzlosen

    English-German students dictionary > have

  • 20 put

    1. III
    put smth.
    1) where have I put the ticket? куда я засунул /дел/ билет?
    2) put things (it, one's ideas, the case, etc.) излагать что-л. и т.д.; have a neat (brilliant, graceful, logical, clear, etc.) way of putting things [уметь] четко и т.д. излагать что-л.; as he put it как он выразился; as Horace puts it как об этом пишет Гораций, как это сказано у Горация; let me put my side of the case позвольте мне изложить мою точку зрения
    3) put a resolution предлагать резолюцию; put a motion (a proposal, etc.) выдвигать предложение и т.д.
    4) put a question задавать вопрос
    5) put smth. sport. put the shot (the weight, etc.) толкать ядро и т.д.
    2. IV
    1) put smth., smb. somewhere put a suitcase (a bag, a box, etc.) down опустить /положить или поставить на пол или на землю/ чемодан и т.д.; will you please put the reference book (the dictionary, the hat, specimens, etc.) here (over there, somewhere, back, etc.) пожалуйста, положите сюда и т.д. справочник и т.д.; put this chair there поставьте этот стул туда; put that dog down at once and don't touch it any more опусти собаку сейчас же и больше не трогай ее; did you put the swim-suits in? ты положил [в чемодан] /уложил/ купальные костюмы?; put the rubbish out выносить мусор; put out one's tongue высунуть /показать/ язык: put one's head out высунуть голову; put out a boat вывести лодку в море; now, children, you may put your hands down a теперь, дети, можете опустить руки; put smth. in some manner put one's things (books, one's clothes, etc.) together сложить /собрать/ свои вещи и т.д.; put the hands of a clock (the minute hand, the clock, etc.) back (forward) передвинуть /перевести/ стрелки часов и т.д. назад (вперед); put the clock back an hour перевести часы на час назад; that clock is fast, I'd better put it back five minutes эти часы спешат, пожалуй, я переведу их назад на пять минут; one can't put the clock back время нельзя повернуть назад: let's put two heads together давай подумаем вместе
    2) put smth. somewhere put one's interests (problems of health, science, etc.) first ставить собственные интересы и т.д. на первое место; put truth first заботиться прежде всего об истине; ставить истину во главу угла
    3) put smth., smb. in some state put things to rights a) привести все в порядок; б) все исправить; how can we put him at [his] ease? как мы можем его успокоить?
    4) put smth. in some manner put a case (ideas, a proposal, a matter, facts, things, the story, etc.) clearly (plainly, bluntly, forcibly, cleverly, etc.) излагать /выражать, формулировать/ дело /суть, обстоятельства дела/ и т.д. ясно и т.д.; the report puts the facts truthfully все факты, изложенные в донесении, соответствуют действительности; the teacher puts things convincingly учитель убедительно все объясняет или излагает; to put it briefly, his idea is that... коротко говоря, его мысль состоит в том, что...; to put it frankly, I don't саге for him откровенно /честно/ говоря, он мне не нравится; to say that I was frightened is putting it mildly мягко говоря, я испугался; I don't know how to put it я не знаю, как это выразить /как это сказать/; put it so as not to offend him скажите это так, чтобы он не обиделся
    5) put smth. somewhere put your name here, please распишитесь здесь, пожалуйста
    6) || put smb. back задержать кого-л.; the traffic jam put us back a whole hour пробка на дороге задержала нас на целый час
    3. VI
    put smth. to some state put a watch (a clock) right (wrong) поставить часы правильно (неправильно); put a clock (a watch) fast (slow) отрегулировать часы так, чтобы они шли быстрее (медленнее); put things /the matter/ right исправить положение вещей /дел/; his short note put everything right его короткая записка поставила все на свои места; he put everything wrong он все испортил: the teacher put the boy right учитель поправил ребенка /объяснил ребенку, в чем его ошибка/
    4. VII
    put smth., smb. to do smth. put dishes to drain поставить посуду сушиться; put towels to dry повесить полотенца сушиться; put her to wash dishes (the girl to take care of the children, him to mind the furnace, etc.) поручить ей мыть посуду и т.д.; he put me to work peeling potatoes он посадил меня чистить картошку
    5. XI
    1) be put on (in, under, etc.) smth. the books were put on the shelf (on the table, under the tarpaulin, etc.) книги положили на полку и т.д.; the parcels were put in a bag свертки /посылки и т.п./ были уложены в мешок; every little thing must be put in its right place каждую даже самую маленькую вещичку надо класть на [свое] место
    2) be put to (into, in, out of, etc.) smth. be put (in)to jail /gaol/ быть посаженным /заключенным/ в тюрьму; be put into quarantine быть отправленным /помещенным, посаженным/ в /на/ карантин; the refugees were put in the hostel беженцев разместили в общежитии; he was put to bed его уложили спать; the boy was put out of the room for being impudent мальчика вывели из комнаты за дерзкое поведение; he was put out of the court его удаляли из зала суда; be put in some manner the new boys were put together in one dormitory новичков поместили вместе в одной спальне; he has more sense than all the rest put together у него больше здравого смысла, чем у всех остальных, вместе взятых; he thought he knew more than all his teachers put together он считал, что знает больше своих учителей, вместе взятых
    3) be put on (to) smth. the notice was put on the front page извещение /объявление/ поместили /напечатали/ на первой странице /полосе/; it's time the child was put to school пора определить ребенка в школу; be put on an army pay-roll быть зачисленным на армейское довольствие
    4) be put into smth. the work that has been put into it количество труда, вложенного в это [дело]
    5) be put to (into, in, etc.) smth. be put to use использовать; the uses to which his invention can (may) be put возможные способы /виды/ применения /использования/ его изобретения; be put into practice найти [практическое] применение; the law was put into force закон был введен в действие; he is put to every kind of work его ставят на всякую работу, его используют на разной работе; she was put in (to) service ее отдали в прислуги; the land was put into /under/ turnips участок был засеян репой
    6) be put into (in, out of, etc.) smth. be is soon put into a passion (into a rage, into despair, etc.) его можно быстро привести в состояние возбуждения и т.д.; the dog was put out of pain a) собаке сняли боль; б) собаку умертвили /усыпили/, чтобы она не мучилась; you will be put in funds in due time [денежные] средства вам предоставят в надлежащее время; be put in some manner all the clocks and watches were put back (forward) an hour on Saturday night в субботу вечером все часы были переведены на час назад (вперед); the wedding was put forward to June 3d свадьбу перенесли на третье июня; the meeting was put back for a week собрание отложили на неделю || be [hard] put to it оказаться в трудном /затруднительном/ положении; surprising what he can do when he's put to it просто удивительно, что только он ни сделает, когда нужно; you will be hard put to it to find a pleasanter place than this (to find a substitute, to get the needed sum, to pay his debts, etc.) [вам будет] трудно найти более приятное место, чем это и т.д.; be hard put to it financially находиться в затруднительном материальном положении; any doubt on this point can be easily put at rest любые сомнения на этот счет можно легко развеять
    7) be put to (on, into, in, out of) smth. I have been put to great inconvenience мне это было крайне неудобно; I have been put to great expense меня это ввело в большей расход; be put to the vote быть поставленным на голосование; the motion was put to the vote это предложение было поставлено на голосование; he's already been put to death его уже казнили; he was put on trial a) его предали суду; б) его взяли [на работу] с испытательным сроком; the company will be put in liquidation фирма будет закрыта; he was again put on the same treatment with the same good result ему провели повторный курс лечения, и результат снова оказался хорошим; be put on sale быть выпущенным в продажу; be put in (to) circulation пустить в обращение; only a few copies of the book were put in (to) circulation всего несколько экземпляров книги поступило в продажу; soon buses will be put into service on these routes вскоре по этим маршрутам будут пущены автобусы; these old freight cars have been put out of operation эти старые товарные вагоны сняты с эксплуатации /с линии/; the gun was put out of action орудие было выведено из строя; I had specimen pages put into type я сдал пробные страницы в набор
    8) be put to smth. the enemy was soon put to flight неприятель был вскоре обращен в бегство; he was put to his trump cards его заставили козырять /пойти с козырей/
    9) be put through smth. the bill was put through Congress last week законопроект был проведен через конгресс /был утвержден конгрессом/ на прошлой неделе
    10) be put at smth. the height of this hill is put at 200 metres считают /говорят/, что высота этого холма равна двумстам метрам; it is roughly put at I 5 это приблизительно равняется пяти фунтам
    11) be put in some manner be clearly (well, badly, etc.) put быть ясно и т.д. выраженным /изложенным/; а good story (an anecdote, a witticism, a jest, a joke, etc.) well put интересный, хорошо преподнесенный рассказ и т.д.; the case was cleverly put обстоятельства дела были умно /толково/ изложены; the compliment was clumsily put комплимент был сделан неуклюже; it was finely (gracefully, logically, etc.) put by this author об этом тонко и т.д. сказано /это тонко и т.д. сформулировано/ у данного автора; be put in a few words быть выраженным /высказанным/ несколькими словами
    12) be put to smb. the question was put to the chairman of the meeting (to the committee, to the management, etc.) вопрос был задан председателю собрания и т.д.
    13) be put on smb., smth. dues were put on cattle на крупный рогатый скот был введен налог; embargo has been put on the ship and cargo на корабль и груз было наложено эмбарго; be put under smth. the paper has been put under ban газета была запрещена
    14) be put (up)on smth. be put upon the stage быть поставленным на сцене; this opera was put on the air эта опера была поставлена на радио; an incident sufficiently interesting to merit being put on record этот случай вполне заслуживает того, чтобы его записать
    6. XVI
    put down (up, into, to, for, etc.) some place put down (up) the river двигаться /плыть/ вниз (вверх) по реке; put for home двигаться /направляться/ домой; the ship (the boat, etc.) put back to the shore (to harbour, to port, etc.) корабль и т.д. вернулся /повернул/ к берегу и т.д.; the ship put to Odessa судно шло в Одессу; the ship put out of Odessa судно отплыло из Одессы; the yacht put into Malta for stores (for repairs, etc.) яхта зашла на Мальту, чтобы пополнить [свои] запасы и т.д.; put to sea выйти в море; put to sea in one's yacht отправиться в морское путешествие на собственной яхте
    7. XVIII
    1) || put oneself in smb.'s place /position/ ставить себя на чье-л. место; put yourself in my place поставь себя на мое место
    2) put oneself over smb. coll. put oneself over an audience быть принятым публикой, добиться успеха /завоевать популярность/ у публики
    8. XXI1
    1) put smth. (up)on (into, in, etc.) smth. put a letter on the table (one's hat on a chair, jewels in a safe, a book down upon the desk, the key in his pocket, a manuscript back in its place, one's clothes into the case, etc.) положить письмо на стол и т.д.; put a bottle on the table (a vase upon the mantlepiece, flowers in water, etc.) поставить бутылку на стол и т.д.; put a thing in its right place положить /поставить/ вещь на место; put a kettle on fire поставить чайник на огонь; put the dress in the cupboard повесить платье в шкаф; put a bandage on smb.'s knee накладывать повязку на колено; put one's hand on smb.'s shoulder положить руку. кому-л. на плечо; put one's arms about smb.'s neck обнять кого-л. за шею, обвить чью-л. шею руками; put one's head on the pillow положить голову на подушку; he put an асе on my king он покрыл моего короля тузом; put smb. on (to) smth. put the baby on the bed положите ребенка на кровать; put a player [back] to his former position вернуть игрока на прежнее место
    2) put smb. in some place put smb. in the chair поставить /назначить/ кого-л. председателем; put smb. in the shade оттеснить кого-л. на второй /на задний/ план; put smb. over (under) smb., smth. they put over him a man six years younger than himself они поставили над ним человека на шесть лет моложе него; put a colonel over a division назначить полковника командиром дивизии; they put me under him меня поставили под его начало; put smb., smth. above (before, etc.) smb., smth. he puts Keats above Byron as a poet как поэта он ставит Китса выше Байрона; he puts honour before riches честь для него важнее богатства; put a critic high among other critics ценить /ставить/ данного критика выше всех других; put smth. (up)on smb., smth. put the blame (obligations, hopes, etc.) (up)on smb. возлагать вину и т.д. на кого-л.; he put the blame on me он свалил все на меня; the obligations he had put on us обязательства, которые он на нас возложил; put one's hopes (up)on their talks (oa his decision, on chance, etc.) возлагать надежды на их переговоры и т.д.; put smth. in smb., smth. put confidence /faith, trust/ in smb. верить /доверять/ кому-л.; he puts his faith in reason он верит в силу разума; put no faith in smb.'s assertions не верить чьим-л. утверждениям; put smth. to smth. he puts her failure to lack of experience (to her ignorance, to their refusal, etc.) он относит ее провал за счет неопытности и т.д.; put their conduct to custom объяснять их поведение обычаем; put their success to her credit поставить их успех ей в заслугу || put a wrong construction on smth. а) неправильно понимать или толковать что-л.; б) истолковывать что-л. в худшую сторону; put smb. in possession of smth. ввести кого-л. во владение чем-л.; put difficulties in smb.'s way ставить /чинить/ препятствия кому-л.; put smb., smth. in (to) smb.'s hands доверить кого-л., что-л. кому-л.; put the child in (to) their hands отдать ребенка в их руки; will you put the matter in (to) my hands? не поручите ли вы мне это дело?; put yourself in (to) my hands доверьтесь мне; put smb. in charge of smth. поручить кому-л. руководство чем-л., возложить на кого-л. ответственность за что-л.; put smb. under smb.'s care /under smb.'s charge/ поручить кого-л. чьим-л. заботам; 1 shall put myself under a doctor's care я обращусь к врачу и буду делать то, что он велит; put smth. at smb.'s service предоставить что-л. в чье-л. распоряжение
    3) put smth. in (to) (up, down, etc.) smth. puta letter in (to) an envelope (some money in one's purse, a coin into her pocket, a stick of chewing-gum into her mouth, jewels into a box, papers in the drawer, garbage down a chute, etc.) положить письмо в конверт и т.д.; put a key in a lock (a candle into a candlestick, etc.) вставить ключ в замок и т.д.; he put his hands in (to) his pockets он засунул руки в карманы; put those things in a handbag положите все эти вещи в сумочку; put a letter in a mailbox (a halfpenny into a slot, etc.) опустить /бросить/ письмо в [почтовый] ящик и т.д.; I put a coin in a slot-machine я опустил монету в автомат; put some water in a jug налить воды в кувшин; put sugar in (to) [one's] tea класть сахар в чай; put milk in (to) one's tea наливать /добавлять/ молока себе в чай; put poison in smth. подмешать яду во что-л.; put smth. up the chimney засунуть что-л. в печную трубу; put eau-de-Cologne upon a handkerchief надушите [носовой] платок одеколоном; put seeds into ground засеять поле; put a spoke in smb.'s wheel ставить кому-л. палки в колеса; put smth. into (through) smb., smth. put d knife into smb. зарезать кого-л.; put a bullet through smb. застрелить кого-л.; put a bullet (a knife, etc.) through a wall вогнать пулю и т.д. в стену; put a bullet through one's head пустить себе пулю в лоб, застрелиться; put one's fist through a pane of glass /through a window/ разбить кулаком окно || put one's pen (pencil) through a word (through a line, through a paragraph, etc.) вычеркнуть /вымарать/ слово и т.д.; put smb. in (to) (on) smth. put smb. in a spare room in a hostel поместить /поселить/ кого-л. в свободной комнате общежития; put smb. in prison /into jail/ отправить /заключить/ кого-л. в тюрьму; put smb. in hospital (into a madhouse, etc.) поместить кого-л. в больницу и т.д.; I will put you on the bus я вас [провожу и] посажу на автобус; put smth., smb. out of smth. put one's head out of the window высунуться из окна; put disorderly people out of a meeting вывести /удалять/ хулиганов с собрания
    4) put smth., smb. in (to) (on) smth. put smb. in /on/ the list включить кого-л. в список; put these books in the catalogue включите эти книги в каталог; put a child in a special school отдать ребенка в специальную школу; put an ad in a paper поместить объявление в газете; put all his pieces for children (all his poems together, etc.) in one volume соберите /включите/ все его пьесы для детей и т.д. в один [отдельный] том; put fresh troops into the field вводить в бой свежие войска; put smth. under smth. put a field under wheat засеять поле пшеницей
    5) put smth. in (to) smth. put [one's] money (capital, etc.) in (to) a bank (in business, into land, into property, In an undertaking, into a company, into real estate, etc.) вкладывать [свои] деньги и т.д. в банк и т.д.; put one's savings into securities превращать /вкладывать/ свои сбережения в ценные бумаги; put much work into this display (many weeks into this work, many hours in this paper, etc.) вложить много труда в эту выставку и т.д.; I put much time into this design я затратил много времени, чтобы создать этот узор; put words into smb.'s mouth вложить слова в чьи-л. уста; put a word or two into smb.'s ear [about smth.] шепнуть кому-л. пару слов [о чем-л.]; put new ideas into smb.'s head внушить кому-л. новые идеи; good actors know how to put emotion into their spoken words хорошие /настоящие/ актеры умеют выразить чувства словами; you must put more nerve into your part вы должны играть эту роль более темпераментно; put smth. on smb., smth. put all one's money (a dollar, etc.) on a horse (on the favourite) ставить все свои деньги на лошадь (на фаворита); put a bet on the game делать ставку в азартной игре; put smth. into smb. put new life into a person вселять новую надежду /жизнь/ в человека; put smth., smb. out of smth. put the idea (a thing, this man, etc.) out of one's head /out of one's mind/ выбросить эту мысль и т.д. из головы; put it out of sight уберите это с глаз долой
    6) put smth. to (on) smth. put a new handle to a knife приделать новую рукоятку /ручку/ к ножу; I am afraid you forgot to put a stamp on your letter боюсь, что вы забыли наклеить марку на свое письмо; will you please put a patch on these trousers положите, пожалуйста, заплату на эти брюки, залатайте, пожалуйста, эти брюки; put the roof on the house покрыть дом крышей; put smth. in some piece put a cross at the bottom (one's signature on top, etc.) поставить крест внизу и т.д.
    7) put smth. oner (ой) smth., smb. put gold (silver, etc.) [leaf] over smth. покрывать что-л. золотом и т.д.; put a ring on a finger (a dress on a mannequin,. two socks on one foot, a coat on her shoulders, a new suit on him, etc.) надеть кольцо на палец и т.д.; put a net over a lion набросить на льва сеть; put a saddle on a horse оседлать лошадь; put smb. into smth. put a child into a sailor suit одеть ребенка в матросский костюмчик /в матроску/
    8) put smth. to (against) smth. put a glass to one's lips /one's lips to one's glass/ (a handkerchief to one's nose, a light to a fire, a match to a cigarette, etc.) поднести стакан к губам и т.д.; put one's hand to one's head приложить руку ко лбу; put one's eye to a telescope (to opera-glasses, to a spyglass, to a keyhole, etc.) посмотреть в телескоп и т.д.; he put a flower against her hair он приложил цветок к ее волосам; put one's lips to smb.'s ear сказать что-л. на ухо/шепнуть что-л./ кому-л. || put smb. in touch with smb., smth. связать кого-л. с кем-л., чем-л.; I'll try to put you in touch with them попробую связать вас с ними
    9) put smth. in (to) smth. put a plan in action проводить в жизнь план; put a plan in execution приводить план в исполнение; put a law in force /into operation/ вводить закон в действие; put a reform into effect провести реформу; put an order into effect выполнять приказ; put a principle into practice осуществлять какой-л. принцип; put one's knowledge to practical use применять свои знания на практике; put the money to a good use хорошо /разумно/ использовать деньги; put smth. in evidence выставлять /предъявлять/ что-л. как свидетельство; put smb. to smth. put smb. to work определять кого-л. на работу; put smb. to business приставить кого-л. к делу; put smb. to a trade отдать /определить/ кого-л. в учение; he put me to work at once он сразу же дал /поручил/ мне работу
    10) put smb. into (in, to, out of, on) some state put smb. into a rage привести кого-л. в ярость; put smb. into a fright напугать/перепугать/ кого-л.; put smb. in fear of his life заставить кого-л. дрожать за свою жизнь; put smb. into a state of anxiety разволновать кого-л., привести кого-л. в волнение; put smb. into a flutter привести кого-л. в нервное состояние, взбудоражить кого-л.; put smb. in doubt вызвать у кого-л. сомнение; put smb. to shame пристыдить кого-л.; put smb. to the blush заставить кого-л. покраснеть; put smb. in a good humour привести кого-л. в хорошее настроение /в хорошее расположение духа/; he always manages to put me in the wrong ему всегда удается показать, что я неправ; put smb. into a state of hypnosis загипнотизировать кого-л.; put smb. to bed уложить кого-л. спать; put smb. to sleep a) навевать сон кому-л.; by singing she put the baby back to sleep ребенок снова заснул под ее песенку; б) усыпить /убить/ кого-л.; we had to put the old dog to sleep нам пришлось усыпить старого пса; the doctor put the patient to bed for six weeks врач уложил больного в постель /прописал больному постельный режим/ на шесть недель; put smb. on diet посадить кого-л. на диету; put the patient on a milk diet прописать /назначить/ больному молочную диету; put smb. out of temper вывести кого-л. из себя; put smb. out of patience вывести кого-л. из терпения; put smb. out of humour испортить кому-л. настроение; put smb. out of suspense успокоить кого-л.; put smb. out of countenance привести кого-л. в замешательство, смутить кого-л.; put the poor man out of misery избавить несчастного [человека] от страданий; put smb. out of employment лишать кого-л. работы; put smb. out of business разорить кого-л.; put smth. in (into, out of) some state put one's room (one's dress, one's affairs, the house, etc.) in order привести свою комнату и т.д. в порядок; put manuscripts in order for publication подготовить рукописи к изданию; I want to put my report into shape я хочу привести в порядок /отредактировать/ свой доклад; put figures into the form of diagrams представить /дать/ цифры в форме диаграмм; put data into tabular form привести данные в табличной форме; put names in alphabetical order расположить фамилии в алфавитном порядке; put the piano in tune настроить рояль; put a country in a state of defence подготовить страну к обороне; put a machine out of order /out of gear/ сломать машину; put a bus out of service снять автобус с линии; put a warship out of action вывести военный корабль из боя || put smb. in mind of smth., smb. напоминать кому-л. что-л., кого-л.; this put me in mind of my youth (of his promise, of her sister, etc.) это напомнило мне мою юность и т.д.; put smth., smb. on its, on one's legs again снова поставить что-л., кого-л. на ноги; he tried to put the firm on its legs again он попробовал вдохнуть в фирму новую жизнь
    11) put smb. to smth. put smb. to inconvenience причинять кому-л. неудобство; I am putting you to a good deal of trouble я доставляю /причиняю/ вам массу хлопот; you have put me to great /heavy/ expense вы ввели меня в большие расходы; put smb. to torture пытать кого-л., подвергать кого-л. пыткам; put smb. to trial возбуждать против кого-л. дело в суде; предать кого-л. суду; put smb. to death казнить кого-л.; put smth. to smth., smb. put an end /a stop/ (a check, etc.) to smth. положить конец чему-л., прекратить что-л.; the news put an end to our hopes это известие лишило нас надежды; put an end to smb. покончить с кем-л., ликвидировать кого-л.; put an end to oneself /to one's life/ покончить жизнь самоубийством; put an end to a practice прекратить практику; put smb. in smth. put smb. in an unpleasant position /in a fix, in a hole/ поставить кого-л. в неприятное или затруднительное положение; put smb., smth. through (on, to, etc.) smth. put them through a course of English обязать их прослушать курс английского языка /пройти подготовку по английскому языку/; put smb. through an ordeal подвергать кого-л. тяжелому испытанию; put smb. through a severe /stiff/ cross-examination устроить кому-л. суровый перекрестный допрос; put smb. through it coll. задать кому-л. жару; put goods on (in) the market /to sale, into circulation/ выпустить товар в продажу; he put the car through some tests он несколько раз проверял /испытывал/ машину; put smb., smth. to the test подвергать кого-л., что-л. испытанию; проверять кого-л., что-л. || put smth. to the vote ставить вопрос на голосование; put a motion (a proposal, a matter, a resolution, a decision, etc.) to the vote ставить предложение и т.д. на голосование; put the painting on exhibition выставить картину для обозрения; put smb. under arrest арестовать кого-л.; put pressure on smth., smb. оказывать давление на что-л., кого-л.; they put it over us coll. они нас провели, они обвели нас вокруг пальца
    12) put smb., smth. to (in, into) smth. put the enemy (an army, the gang, thieves, etc.) to flight обратить неприятеля и т.д. в бегство; put an engine in motion /into operation/ включить мотор; put a piece of mechanism in motion /into operation/ приводить в движение механизм; put new cars into service ввести в эксплуатацию новые машины; put smth. into production (into circulation, etc.) пускать что-л. в производство и т.д.
    13) put smb. on smth. put smb. on his mettle заставить кого-л. проявить себя с лучшей стороны /проявить рвение/; your presence will put him on his best behaviour ваше присутствие заставит его проявить себя с лучшей стороны или вести себя самым лучшим образом; put smb. on his guard заставить кого-л. насторожиться; put smb. through smth. put a horse through his paces заставлять лошадь показать, что она умеет
    14) put smth., smb. (in)to (on, over, across, etc.) smth. put a ship /the rudder/ (in)to port /harbour/ направить корабль в порт; put a fleet to sea направить флот в море; put a satellite into orbit [around the earth] вывести спутник на околоземную орбиту; put a horse's head towards home повернуть /направить/ лошадь домой; put smb. on the right road a) показать кому-л. правильную дорогу; б) направить кого-л. на правильный путь; put smb. on the wrong scent направить кого-л. по ложному следу; put smb. across /over/ the river переправить кого-л. на другой берег [реки]
    15) put smth. at smth. put the distance at 5 miles считать, что расстояние равно пяти милям; they put the circulation at 60 000 они решили установить тираж в шестьдесят тысяч экземпляров; put the rent at a certain sum of money определять размер квартплаты; I put his income at t 6000 a year я думаю, что его годовой доход составляет шесть тысяч фунтов; he puts the time at about 11 он полагает, что сейчас около одиннадцати [часов]; I should put it at i 50 я бы оценил это в пятьдесят фунтов; I would put her age at not more than sixty я бы не дал ей больше шестидесяти лет || put a price on smth. назначать цену на что-л.; put a price on a painting назначить цену на картину; he put too high a price on the book он очень дорого запросил за книгу; put value on smth. ценить что-л.; I put high value on his friendship я очень высоко ценю его дружбу; what value do you put on his advice? как вы относитесь к его советам?
    16) put smth. on (in, etc.) smth. put one's proposals (one's ideas, one's thoughts, one's impressions, etc.) on paper излагать свои предложения и т.д. в письменной форме /в письменном виде, на бумаге/; put smth. in black and white написать что-л. черным по белому; he put his feelings (his ideas, his fancies, etc.) in (to) words он выразил свои чувства и т.д. словами; can you put that in simpler words? не можете ли вы сказать это попроще?; he wanted to go but couldn't put his wish into words он хотел уйти, но не знал, как сказать об этом; put a question in a clearer light сформулировать вопрос точнее /яснее/; let me put it in another way позвольте мне сказать об этом иначе;put smth. to /before/ smb. put it to him nicely скажите ему об этом деликатно /мягко/; you must your case before the commission вы должны свое дело изложить комиссии; when I put it to him he... a) когда я изложил ему это, он...; б) когда я предложил ему это, он...; put smth. in (to) smth. put smth. in (to) some language переводить что-л. на какой-л. язык; put a poem (a work, a novel, a story, a passage, etc.) into French (into German, into English, etc.) перевести стихотворение и т.д. на французский и т.д. язык; how would you put it in French (in Danish, in English, etc.)? как вы это скажете /как это будет/ по-французски и т.д. ?
    17) put smth. before (to) smth., smb. put a matter before a meeting (before a board, before the court, etc.) поставить вопрос на рассмотрение собрания и т.д.; put this case before a tribunal предложить суду рассмотреть этот вопрос; put a proposal before a committee внести предложение в комиссию; put one's grievances before the management изложить администрации свои претензии; I want to put my proposal before you я хочу, чтобы вы выслушали /обсудили, обдумали/ мое предложение; I shall put your suggestion to the board at the next meeting я сообщу о вашем предложении на следующем собрании правления; put smth. in (to) smth. put the questions in (to) writing пришлите или изложите вопросы в письменной форме
    18) put smth. to smb. put a question to smb. задать кому-л. вопрос; put a riddle to smb. загадать кому-л. загадку
    19) put smth. in (to, on, under, etc.) smth. put the amount in the receipt (in the expenditure, etc.) указать количество в квитанции и т.д.; put this sum to my account запишите эту сумму на мой счет; put words into blanks /into blank spaces/ заполните пропуски; put one's name /one's signature/ under a document (to a will, on the dotted line, etc.) подписывать документ и т.д., ставить свою подпись под документом и т.д.; put one's initials to a document diplom. парафировать документ; put one's seal to a document (to a will, etc.) поставить печать под документом и т.д.; put a mark /а tick/ against smb.'s name поставить галочку против чьей-л. фамилии; put macron over a vowel поставить знак долготы над гласной буквой; put markers on packages пометить тюки
    20) put smth. on smth., smb. put a tax (duties, customs, etc.) on these articles облагать такие предметы налогом и т.д.; put a tax on imports (on luxuries, on cigarettes, etc.) облагать ввозимые товары налогом и т.д.; put heavy dues on cattle обкладывать скот высоким налогом || put a veto on /to/ smth. наложить вето на /запретить/ что-л.; put these customs under taboo запретить эти обычаи
    21) put smth. on the stage put a play ("Othello", etc.) on the stage поставить какую-л. пьесу и т.д. на сцене
    22) put smb. to smb. put a cow to a bull /а bull to a cow/ agric. спаривать корову с быком
    9. XXII
    1) put smth. into doing smth. put energy into finishing a task приложить энергию /усилия/ к завершению работы
    2) put smb. to doing smth. put a boy to shoemaking определить /отдать/ мальчика в учение к сапожнику
    3) put smb. to doing smth. I put her to setting the table я заставил ее накрыть на стол
    10. XXVIII2
    put it to smb. that... I put it to you that you were (not) there at the time (that you were after no good, that you have committed it, that you were a boy at the time, that you knew the signature was forged, etc.) law я заявляю, что вы там были (не были) в то время

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