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1 I think none the worse of him if

I think none the worse of him if...

não faço pior juízo dele se...

English-Portuguese dictionary > I think none the worse of him if
2 none the less

Adv

1. फिर\none the lessभी

It is not cheap but I think we should buy it none the less.

English-Hindi dictionary > none the less
3 ♦ worse

♦ worse (1) /wɜ:s/
A a.

1 (compar. di bad) peggiore; peggio: The film was much ( o far) worse than I expected, il film è stato assai peggiore di quel che mi aspettavo; He's a worse student than his brother, come studente è peggio di suo fratello; He's worse than you at soccer, a calcio gioca peggio di te; This road is worse than the one we've left, questa strada è peggio di quella che abbiamo lasciato; to get worse, peggiorare; stare peggio; to make things worse, peggiorare la situazione

2 (compar. di ill) (solo pred.) peggio, peggiorato ( di salute): He was much worse than he thought, stava molto peggio di quello che pensava; I'm feeling worse today, oggi mi sento peggio: The patient is getting worse and worse, il malato peggiora di continuo

B n.

– the worse, il peggio; la cosa peggiore: Worse was yet to come ( o to follow), il peggio doveva ancora venire; Things are going from bad to worse, le cose stanno andando di male in peggio

● to be the worse for wear, ( di un indumento, ecc.) essere consunto (o logoro, liso, sgualcito, ecc.) per l'uso; (fig.) essere malandato, compromesso: This old coat is the worse for wear, questo vecchio cappotto ha ormai fatto le sue battaglie; Her reputation is a bit worse for wear, la sua reputazione è ormai un po' compromessa □ to be worse off, essere in peggiori condizioni (finanziarie); stare peggio ( a soldi) □ All the worse, tanto peggio! □ to change for the worse, cambiare in peggio; peggiorare □ a change for the worse, un mutamento in peggio □ to have the worse, avere la peggio □ to have the worse to tell, non avere ancora detto il peggio □ worse luck!, tanto peggio! □ to be none the worse for, non risentire per niente di: He's none the worse for the car accident, non ha risentito per niente dell'incidente in macchina □ to put sb. to the worse, avere la meglio su q.; battere, sconfiggere q. □ so much the worse!, tanto peggio! □ Worse couldn't happen, di peggio non poteva capitarmi!
♦ worse (2) /wɜ:s/
avv. (compar. di badly, ill)

peggio; in modo peggiore: You're playing worse than ever, stai giocando peggio che mai; My car is running much worse than before, la mia automobile va molto peggio di prima

● for better or worse, nella buona e nella cattiva sorte; nel bene e nel male □ none the worse, ugualmente; lo stesso: I'll love you none the worse if you speak frankly, se parli con franchezza, ti vorrò bene lo stesso □ to think none the worse of sb., avere sempre stima di q.; non aver perso la stima di q.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ worse
4 worse

((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) melhorar/piorar

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[wə:s] n o pior. • adj 1 (compar de bad, evil, ill) pior. 2 inferior. 3 mais, mais intenso. 4 mais mau, mais maligno. 5 em pior estado. am I the worse for it? / estou pior assim (em piores condições)? • adv pior. the storm raged worse in our village / o temporal desabou com mais violência sobre nossa aldeia. a change for the worse uma mudança para pior. farther and far worse por muito pior. for better for worse para tempos bons ou maus, na felicidade ou na infelicidade. from bad to worse de mal a pior. he/it is not the worse for it não lhe fez mal algum, não está pior por isso, não sofreu por isso. he was the worse for drink ele estava bastante embriagado. I think none the worse of him if... não faço pior juízo dele se... (not) to be worse (não) estar pior (em pior estado ou situação, em piores circunstâncias). no worse não pior. someone’s bark is worse than their bite o diabo não é tão feio como se pinta. ( so much) the worse tanto pior. the later the worse quanto mais tarde, pior. the trousers are little/ much the worse for use as calças estão pouco/muito usadas. to become worse piorar, tornar-se pior. to be none the worse for não ser prejudicado, não sofrer dano. they were none the worse for him / não sofreram prejuízo ou dano algum por causa dele. to get worse piorar. to make matters worse tornar as coisas piores. worse and worse cada vez pior. worse cannot be told coisa pior não se pode narrar. worse luck! infelizmente! worse off em pior situação, mais pobre. he is worse off than he was / ele está passando pior, está em pior situação que antes. your hands would not be worse for a wash não lhe faria mal algum se você lavasse as mãos.

English-Portuguese dictionary > worse
5 better

1. adjective compar. of
academic.ru/31746/good">good 1. besser

something better — etwas Besseres

do you know of anything better? — kennst du etwas Besseres?

that's better — so ist's schon besser

better and better — immer besser

better still, let's phone — oder noch besser: Rufen wir doch an

be much better — (recovered) sich viel besser fühlen

he is much better today — es geht ihm heute schon viel besser

get better — (recover) gesund werden

be getting better — auf dem Wege der Besserung sein

I am/my ankle is getting better — mir/meinem Knöchel geht es besser

so much the better — um so besser

she is none/much the better for it — das hat ihr nichts/sehr genützt

my/his better half — (joc.) meine/seine bessere Hälfte (scherzh.)

[for] the better part of an hour — fast eine ganze Stunde; see also all 3.
2. adverb compar. of
well II 2.

1) (in a better way) besser

2) (to a greater degree) mehr

I like Goethe better than Schiller — ich mag Goethe lieber als Schiller

he is better liked than Carter — er ist beliebter als Carter

3)

you ought to know better than to... — du solltest es besser wissen und nicht...

you'd better not tell her — Sie erzählen es ihr besser nicht

I'd better be off now — ich gehe jetzt besser

hadn't you better ask first? — sollten Sie nicht besser zuerst fragen?

you'd better! — das will ich aber auch hoffen; see also better off
3. noun
1) Bessere, das

get the better of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas unterkriegen (ugs.)

exhaustion got the better of him — Erschöpfung übermannte ihn

be a change for the better — eine vorteilhafte Veränderung sein

for better or for worse — was immer daraus werden wird

I thought better of it — ich habe es mir anders überlegt

2) in pl.

one's betters — Leute, die über einem stehen od. die einem überlegen sind
4. transitive verb
1) (surpass) übertreffen

2) (improve) verbessern

better oneself — (rise socially) sich verbessern

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['betə]
comparative; = good

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bet·ter¹

[ˈbetəʳ, AM ˈbet̬ɚ]

I. adj inv comp of good

1. (superior) besser

\better luck next time vielleicht klappt's ja beim nächsten Mal fam

\better than nothing besser als nichts

it's \better that way es ist besser so

she is much \better at tennis than I am sie spielt viel besser Tennis als ich

far \better weit besser

▪ to be \better for sb/sth für jdn/etw besser sein

to be no \better than one should be kein Heiliger/keine Heilige sein

2. (healthier) besser

I'm much \better now mir geht's schon viel besser

he's no \better sein Zustand hat sich [noch immer] nicht gebessert

to get \better sich akk erholen

3. (most)

the \better part der größte Teil

the \better part of an hour fast eine Stunde [lang]

4.

▶ \better the devil you know than the devil you don't know ( prov) von zwei Übeln wählt man besser dasjenige, das man bereits kennt

▶ discretion is the \better part of valour ( prov) Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste prov fam

▶ to go one \better noch einen draufsetzen fam

▶ \better late than never ( saying) besser spät als nie

▶ \better safe than sorry ( saying) Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht prov

II. adv comp of well

1. (in superior manner) besser; like lieber, mehr

she did much \better in her second exam sie schnitt in ihrer zweiten Prüfung viel besser ab

there is nothing I like \better than lying in bed on a Sunday morning ich mag nichts lieber als an einem Sonntagmorgen im Bett zu liegen

some questions are \better left unanswered manche Fragen sollten besser unbeantwortet bleiben

or \better still... oder noch besser...

2. (to a greater degree) mehr

she is much \better-looking than her brother sie sieht viel besser als ihr Bruder aus

you had \better go home now es wäre besser, wenn Sie jetzt nach Hause gingen

to think \better of sth sich dat etw anders überlegen

I think \better of him ich habe jetzt eine bessere Meinung von ihm

III. n no pl

1. (improvement) Bessere nt

I have not seen \better this year ich habe dieses Jahr nichts Besseres gesehen

to change for the \better sich akk zum Guten wenden

to expect \better of sb was Besseres von jdm erwarten

all [or so much] the \better umso besser

you'll be all the \better for a good holiday ein schöner Urlaub wird dir [richtig] gut tun

2. ( hum old)

▪ one's \betters pl Leute, die über einem stehen

our elders and \betters ältere Leute mit mehr [Lebens]erfahrung

3.

▶ to do sth for \better or [for] worse etw ungeachtet seiner möglichen Folgen tun

▶ for \better, for worse (in marriage ceremony) in Freud und Leid

▶ to get the \better of sb über jdn die Oberhand gewinnen

IV. vt

▪ to \better sth etw verbessern

▪ to \better oneself (improve social position) sich akk verbessern; (further one's knowledge) sich akk weiterbilden

bet·ter²

[ˈbetəʳ, AM ˈbet̬ɚ]

n jd, der eine Wette abschließt

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I ['betə(r)]
n
Wetter(in) m(f) II
1. adj comp
besser; route, way also günstiger
he's much better — es geht ihm viel besser

the patient/his foot is getting better — dem Patienten/seinem Fuß geht es schon viel besser

I hope you get better soon — hoffentlich sind Sie bald wieder gesund

better and better — immer besser

that's better! (approval) — so ist es besser!; (relief etc)

to be better than one's word — mehr tun, als man versprochen hat

it couldn't be better — es könnte gar nicht besser sein

I couldn't be better — es könnte mir gar nicht besser gehen

I am none the better for it —

she is no better than she ought to be — sie ist auch keine Heilige

the better part of an hour/my money/our trip — fast eine Stunde/fast mein ganzes Geld/fast die ganze Reise

it would be better to go early — es wäre besser, früh zu gehen

you would be better to go early — Sie gehen besser früh

to go one better — einen Schritt weiter gehen; (in offer) höher gehen

this hat has seen better days — dieser Hut hat auch schon bessere Tage gesehen (inf)

2. adv comp of well

1) besser; like lieber, mehr; enjoy mehr

they are better off than we are — sie sind besser dran als wir

he is better off where he is — für ihn ist es besser, da zu sein, wo er ist, er ist besser dran, wo er ist (inf)

you would do better or be better advised to go early — Sie sollten lieber früh gehen

to think better of it — es sich (dat)

I didn't think any better of him for that — deswegen hielt ich auch nicht mehr von ihm

See:

→ know, late

2)

I had better go — ich gehe jetzt wohl besser

you'd better do what he says —

I'd better answer that letter soon — ich beantworte den Brief lieber or besser bald

I won't touch it – you'd better not! — ich fasse es nicht an – das will ich dir auch geraten haben

3. n

1)

one's betters (socially also) — Höhergestellte pl, höher Gestellte pl

that's no way to talk to your betters — man muss immer wissen, wen man vor sich (dat) hat

respect for one's betters — Achtung f Respektspersonen gegenüber

2)

(= person, object) the better — der/die/das Bessere

3)

it's a change for the better —

to think ( all) the better of sb — (um so) mehr von jdm halten

all the better, so much the better — umso besser

it would be all the better for a drop of paint — ein bisschen Farbe würde Wunder wirken

the bigger/sooner the better — je größer/eher, desto besser

it's done now, for better or worse — so oder so, es ist geschehen

for better, for worse (in marriage ceremony) — in Freud und Leid

to get the better of sb (person) — jdn unterkriegen (inf); (illness) jdn erwischen (inf); (problem etc) jdm schwer zu schaffen machen

4. vt
(= improve on) verbessern; (= surpass) übertreffen
5. vr
(= increase one's knowledge) sich weiterbilden; (in social scale) sich verbessern
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better¹ [ˈbetə(r)]

A (komp von good) adj

1. besser:

I am better es geht mir (gesundheitlich) besser;

I am none the better for it das hilft mir auch nicht;

he’s no better than a cheat er kommt einem Betrüger gleich;

she’s no better than she should be euph sie ist nicht gerade eine Heilige;

it is no better than it should be man konnte nicht mehr erwarten;

be better than one’s word mehr tun, als man versprochen hat;

get better

a) besser werden, sich bessern, SPORT sich steigern,

b) sich erholen;

my ( oder the) better half hum meine bessere Hälfte; → luck A 1, part A 1, safe A 1, self A 1

2. größer:

(up)on better acquaintance bei näherer Bekanntschaft

B s

1. (das) Bessere, (das) Vorzüglichere:

for better for worse

a) in Freud und Leid, in guten wie in schlechten Tagen (Trauformel),

b) was auch (immer) geschieht;

I expected better ich habe (etwas) Besseres erwartet; → change B 1, C 1, turn¹ A 8 b

2. Vorteil m:

get the better of

a) die Oberhand über jemanden gewinnen, jemanden besiegen oder ausstechen,

b) etwas überwinden;

his emotions got the better of him seine Gefühle gingen mit ihm durch

3. pl Vorgesetzte pl, (im Rang) Höherstehende pl, (finanziell) Bessergestellte pl:

his betters die ihm (geistig etc) Überlegenen

C (komp von well¹) adv

1. besser:

better off

a) besser dran,

b) (finanziell) bessergestellt;

think better of it sich eines Besseren besinnen, es sich anders überlegen;

so much the better desto besser;

you had better (US umg you better) go es wäre besser, du gingest;

you had better (US umg you better) not! lass das lieber sein!; → able 1, know B

2. mehr:

better loved;

better than 10 miles über oder mehr als 10 Meilen;

go sb one better jemanden (noch) übertreffen; → like² A

D v/t

1. Beziehungen, Lebensbedingungen, einen Rekord etc verbessern

2. übertreffen

3. den Spieleinsatz erhöhen

4. better o.s.

a) sich (finanziell) verbessern,

b) sich weiterbilden

E v/i besser werden, sich (ver)bessern

better² [ˈbetə(r)] s Wettende(r) m/f(m), Wetter(in)

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1. adjective compar. of
good 1. besser

something better — etwas Besseres

do you know of anything better? — kennst du etwas Besseres?

that's better — so ist's schon besser

better and better — immer besser

better still, let's phone — oder noch besser: Rufen wir doch an

be much better — (recovered) sich viel besser fühlen

he is much better today — es geht ihm heute schon viel besser

get better — (recover) gesund werden

be getting better — auf dem Wege der Besserung sein

I am/my ankle is getting better — mir/meinem Knöchel geht es besser

so much the better — um so besser

she is none/much the better for it — das hat ihr nichts/sehr genützt

my/his better half — (joc.) meine/seine bessere Hälfte (scherzh.)

[for] the better part of an hour — fast eine ganze Stunde; see also all 3.
2. adverb compar. of
well II 2.

1) (in a better way) besser

2) (to a greater degree) mehr

I like Goethe better than Schiller — ich mag Goethe lieber als Schiller

he is better liked than Carter — er ist beliebter als Carter

3)

you ought to know better than to... — du solltest es besser wissen und nicht...

you'd better not tell her — Sie erzählen es ihr besser nicht

I'd better be off now — ich gehe jetzt besser

hadn't you better ask first? — sollten Sie nicht besser zuerst fragen?

you'd better! — das will ich aber auch hoffen; see also better off
3. noun
1) Bessere, das

get the better of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas unterkriegen (ugs.)

exhaustion got the better of him — Erschöpfung übermannte ihn

be a change for the better — eine vorteilhafte Veränderung sein

for better or for worse — was immer daraus werden wird

I thought better of it — ich habe es mir anders überlegt

2) in pl.

one's betters — Leute, die über einem stehen od. die einem überlegen sind
4. transitive verb
1) (surpass) übertreffen

2) (improve) verbessern

better oneself — (rise socially) sich verbessern

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adj.

besser adj. v.

besser werden ausdr.

bessern v.

verbessern v.

English-german dictionary > better
6 worse

1. adjective compar. of
academic.ru/5024/bad">bad 1. schlechter; schlimmer [Schmerz, Krankheit, Benehmen]

things could not/could be worse — es kann nicht mehr schlimmer kommen/es könnte schlimmer sein

the food is bad, and the service worse — das Essen ist schlecht und die Bedienung noch schlechter

he's getting worse — mit ihm wird es schlimmer; (his health) ihm geht es schlechter

be worse than useless — [Sache:] mehr als unbrauchbar sein; [Person:] ein hoffnungsloser Fall sein

somebody is [none] the worse for something — jemandem geht es wegen etwas [nicht] schlechter

worse and worse — immer schlechter/schlimmer

to make matters worse,... — zu allem Übel...

it could have been worse — es hätte schlimmer sein od. kommen können

worse luck! — so ein Pech!; see also drink 1. 3); wear 1. 1)
2. adverb compar. of
badly schlechter; schlimmer, schlechter [sich benehmen]

worse and worse — immer schlechter/schlimmer; see also better 3. 1); off 1. 7)
3. noun
Schlimmeres

she might do worse than settle for that job — es wäre bestimmt kein Fehler, wenn sie sich für die Stelle entschiede

go from bad to worse — immer schlimmer werden

or worse — oder noch Schlimmeres

worse still — schlimmer noch

a change for the worse — eine Wende zum Schlechteren

take a turn for the worse — sich verschlechtern; [Krankheit:] sich verschlimmern

nobody will think any the worse of you — niemand wird deswegen schlechter von dir denken

there is worse to come — es kommt noch schlimmer; see also worst 3. 1)

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((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) sich verbessern,...schlimmern

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worse

[wɜ:s, AM wɜ:rs]

I. adj inv comp of bad

1. (not as good) schlechter; (more difficult, unpleasant) schlimmer, ärger

stop, I can't take any \worse! hör auf, ich kann nicht noch mehr ertragen!

\worse luck! ( fam) so ein Pech [o fam Mist]!

that only makes matters \worse das macht alles nur noch schlimmer

and to make matters \worse... und was alles noch schlimmer macht,...

it could have been [or come] \worse es hätte schlimmer sein [o kommen] können

▪ to be \worse than... schlechter/schlimmer sein als...

2. MED (sicker) schlechter, schlimmer

he's [got] \worse es geht ihm schlechter

my cold seems to be getting \worse meine Erkältung scheint schlimmer zu werden [o sich zu verschlimmern

3.

▶ [a bit] the \worse for drink ( dated fam) beschwipst

▶ to be [all] the \worse for sb für jdn schlimme Folgen haben

▶ \worse things have happened at sea! es gibt Schlimmeres!

▶ so much the \worse for sb um so schlimmer für jdn

▶ sb is none the \worse for sth jdm tut es um etw akk nicht leid

you would be none the \worse for some basic manners, young man! etwas Benehmen würde Ihnen nicht schaden, junger Mann!

▶ [a bit] the \worse for wear ( fam) [ziemlich] mitgenommen, abgenutzt, abgenützt SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR

II. adv inv comp of badly

1. (less well) schlechter; (more seriously) schlimmer

he did \worse than he was expecting in the exams er schnitt beim Examen schlechter als erwartet ab

you could do a lot \worse than marry her dir kann doch gar nichts Besseres passieren, als sie zu heiraten

▪ to be \worse off [than...] schlechter dran sein [als...]

to get \worse and \worse immer schlechter werden, sich akk immer mehr verschlechtern

2. (to introduce statement)

even \worse,... was noch schlimmer ist,...

III. n no pl

1. (condition)

▪ the \worse das Schlechtere

to change for the \worse schlechter werden, sich akk verschlechtern [o verschlimmern], sich akk zum Schlechten verändern

2. (circumstance) Schlimmeres nt

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[wɜːs]
1. adj comp
schlechter; (morally, with bad consequences) schlimmer, ärger
it gets worse and worse —

the patient is worse than he was yesterday — dem Patienten geht es schlechter als gestern

the patient is getting worse — der Zustand des Patienten verschlechtert sich or wird schlechter

and to make matters worse — und zu allem Übel

his "corrections" only made it worse — er hat alles nur verschlimmbessert

it could have been worse — es hätte schlimmer kommen können

worse luck! — (so ein) Pech!

it will be the worse for you — das wird für dich unangenehme Folgen haben

so much the worse for him — umso schlimmer

to be the worse for drink — betrunken sein

he's none the worse for it — er hat sich nichts dabei getan, es ist ihm nichts dabei passiert

you'll be none the worse for some work — etwas Arbeit wird dir nicht schaden

I don't think any the worse of you for it — ich halte deswegen aber nicht weniger von dir

worse things happen at sea (inf) — es könnte schlimmer sein

2. adv comp
schlechter
it hurts worse — es tut mehr weh

to be worse off than... — schlechter dran sein als... (inf), in einer schlechteren Lage sein als...

I could do a lot worse than accept their offer — es wäre bestimmt kein Fehler, wenn ich das Angebot annähme

3. n
Schlechtere(s) nt; (morally, with regard to consequences) Schlimmere(s) nt
there is worse to come — es kommt noch schlimmer

it's changed for the worse — es hat sich zum Schlechteren gewendet

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worse [wɜːs; US wɜrs]

A adj (komp von bad¹, evil, ill)

1. schlechter, schlimmer ( beide auch MED), übler, ärger:

worse and worse immer schlechter oder schlimmer;

the worse desto schlimmer;

so much ( oder all) the worse umso schlimmer;

that only made matters worse das machte es nur noch schlimmer;

make it worse (Redew) um das Unglück vollzumachen;

he is worse than yesterday es geht ihm schlechter als gestern;

worse still was noch schlimmer ist; → luck A 1, wear¹ C 3

2. schlechter gestellt:

(not) be the worse for (nicht) schlecht wegkommen bei, (keinen) Schaden erlitten haben durch, (nicht) schlechter gestellt sein wegen;

he is none the worse for it es ist ihm dabei nichts passiert;

you would be none the worse for a walk ein Spaziergang würde dir gar nichts schaden;

be the worse for drink betrunken sein

B adv schlechter, schlimmer, ärger:

none the worse nicht schlechter;

be worse off schlechter daran sein;

you could do worse than get a haircut du könntest dir ruhig mal die Haare schneiden lassen

C s Schlechteres n, Schlimmeres n:

worse followed Schlimmeres folgte;

if worse comes to worse schlimmstenfalls;

have ( oder get) the worse den Kürzer(e)n ziehen, schlechter wegkommen; → bad¹ B 1, better¹ B 1, change B 1, C 1 turn¹ A 8 b

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1. adjective compar. of
bad 1. schlechter; schlimmer [Schmerz, Krankheit, Benehmen]

things could not/could be worse — es kann nicht mehr schlimmer kommen/es könnte schlimmer sein

the food is bad, and the service worse — das Essen ist schlecht und die Bedienung noch schlechter

he's getting worse — mit ihm wird es schlimmer; (his health) ihm geht es schlechter

be worse than useless — [Sache:] mehr als unbrauchbar sein; [Person:] ein hoffnungsloser Fall sein

somebody is [none] the worse for something — jemandem geht es wegen etwas [nicht] schlechter

worse and worse — immer schlechter/schlimmer

to make matters worse,... — zu allem Übel...

it could have been worse — es hätte schlimmer sein od. kommen können

worse luck! — so ein Pech!; see also drink 1. 3); wear 1. 1)
2. adverb compar. of
badly schlechter; schlimmer, schlechter [sich benehmen]

worse and worse — immer schlechter/schlimmer; see also better 3. 1); off 1. 7)
3. noun
Schlimmeres

she might do worse than settle for that job — es wäre bestimmt kein Fehler, wenn sie sich für die Stelle entschiede

go from bad to worse — immer schlimmer werden

or worse — oder noch Schlimmeres

worse still — schlimmer noch

a change for the worse — eine Wende zum Schlechteren

take a turn for the worse — sich verschlechtern; [Krankheit:] sich verschlimmern

nobody will think any the worse of you — niemand wird deswegen schlechter von dir denken

there is worse to come — es kommt noch schlimmer; see also worst 3. 1)

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adj.

schlechter adj.

schlimmer adj.

English-german dictionary > worse
7 better

̈ɪˈbetə держащий пари лучший;
лучшее - one's *s высшие по положению, вышестоящие лица;
старшие - to change for the * измениться к лучшему > to think the * of smb быть высокого мнения о ком-л > for * or worse в счастье и в несчастье, в радости и в горе лучший;
высший - one's * feelings лучшие чувства более подходящий, более выгодный - you are a * man for this job than I am ты больше подходишь для этой работы, чем я лучше - I am * today мне сегодня лучше - are you feeling any *? вы себя лучше чувствуете? больший - the * part of smth. большая часть чего-л, большинство - I haven't been there for the * part of twenty years я не был там почти двадцать лет > * sort выдающиуся люди > no * than ничуть не лучше > to do * than one's word сделать больше обещанного > no * than she should be (эвфмеизм) она не отличается строгостью поведения лучше - he does it * than I do он делает это лучше меня в большей степени;
больше - I like him * than his brother он мне нравится больше, чем его брат - * than a pound больше фунта полнее;
основательнее;
сильнее - he is * loved than ever его лябят сильнее, чем когда-либо - to be * off жить лучше (материально) - he is * off now that he has a new job теперь. когда у него новая работа, он лучше обеспечен - to go one * превзойти - he tried to go us one * by bidding twice as much for it он пытался одолеть нас, увеличив ставки вдвое > to think * of smth. передумать, изменить мнение > I know * меня не проведешь > * late than never лучше поздно, чем никогда > the sooner the * чем скорее, тем лучше улучшать;
исправлять;
совершенствовать - he never *ed his earlier works он никогда не исправлял свои ранние произведения улучшаться;
исправляться - the situation has *ed since yesterday со вчерашнего дня положение выправилось получить повышение;
продвинуться( по службе) - in a few years he had *ed himself considerably by his talents and industry за несколько лет он значительно продвинулся по службе благодаря своим способностям и трудолюбию превосходить, превышать - the other classes cannot * our grades другие классы не могут обогнать нас в учебе
to think ~ (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.) ;
передумать;
all the better, so mush the better тем лучше

to be ~ off быть богаче;
to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного

to be ~ off быть богаче;
to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного word: to be as good as one's ~ сдержать слово;
to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного

better держащий пари ~ (сравн. ст. от well), лучше;
больше ~ (сравн. ст. от good) лучший ~ превзойти, превысить ~ улучшать(ся) ;
поправлять(ся) ;
исправлять(ся) ;
to better oneself получить повышение (по службе) ~ чувствующий себя лучше;
I am better я чувствую себя лучше, мне лучше bettor: bettor =better

the ~ half разг. дражайшая половина, жена

the ~ hand преимущество, перевес, превосходство;
no better than a fool просто дурак

~ off богатый ~ off состоятельный

~ улучшать(ся) ;
поправлять(ся) ;
исправлять(ся) ;
to better oneself получить повышение (по службе)

the ~ part большинство

for ~ for worse что бы ни случилось;
на горе и радость

to get the ~ (of smb.) получить преимущество (над кем-л.), взять верх, победить

~ чувствующий себя лучше;
I am better я чувствую себя лучше, мне лучше

twice as long and ~ более чем вдвое длиннее;
I know better меня не проведешь

never ~ разг. как нельзя лучше;
you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...;
none the better (for) ничуть не лучше

the ~ hand преимущество, перевес, превосходство;
no better than a fool просто дурак

never ~ разг. как нельзя лучше;
you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...;
none the better (for) ничуть не лучше

one's ~s более компетентные или осведомленные люди one's ~s вышестоящие лица

to think ~ (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.) ;
передумать;
all the better, so mush the better тем лучше

to think ~ (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.) ;
передумать;
all the better, so mush the better тем лучше

twice as long and ~ более чем вдвое длиннее;
I know better меня не проведешь

you had ~ go вам бы лучше пойти;
you'd better believe it амер. разг. можете быть уверены

never ~ разг. как нельзя лучше;
you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...;
none the better (for) ничуть не лучше

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > better
8 less

1. adjective
weniger

of less value/importance/account or note — weniger wertvoll/wichtig/bedeutend

his chances are less than mine — seine Chancen sind geringer als meine

for less time — kürzere Zeit

the pain is getting less — der Schmerz lässt nach

less talking, please — etwas mehr Ruhe, bitte
2. adverb
weniger

I think less/no less of him after what he did — ich halte nicht mehr so viel/nicht weniger von ihm, seit er das getan hat

less and less — immer weniger

less and less [often] — immer seltener

less so — weniger

the less so because... — um so weniger, als od. weil...

even or still/far or much less — noch/viel weniger
3. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
weniger

less and less — immer weniger

the less said [about it] the better — je weniger man darüber sagt, um so besser

in less than no time — (joc.) in Null Komma nichts (ugs.)

less of that! — (coll.) Schluss damit!

less of your cheek! — (coll.) sei nicht so frech!
4. preposition
(deducting)

ten less three is seven — zehn weniger drei ist sieben

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[les] 1. adjective
((often with than) not as much (as): Think of a number less than forty; He drank his tea and wished he had put less sugar in it; The salary for that job will be not less than $30,000.) weniger
2. adverb
(not as much or to a smaller extent: I like her less every time I see her; You should smoke less if you want to remain healthy.) weniger
3. pronoun
(a smaller part or amount: He has less than I have.) weniger
4. preposition
(minus: He earns $280 a week less $90 income tax.) abzüglich

- academic.ru/42527/lessen">lessen
- lesser 5. adverb
(less: the lesser-known streets of London.) weniger

- the less... the less/more
- no less a person than
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less

[les]

I. adv comp of little

1. (to a smaller extent) weniger

you should work more and talk \less du solltest mehr arbeiten und weniger reden

getting out of bed in summer is \less difficult than in winter im Sommer fällt das Aufstehen leichter als im Winter

I think of him \less as a colleague and more as a friend ich betrachte ihn eher als Freund denn als Kollegen

\less of your cheek! sei nicht so frech!

he listened \less to the answer than to Kate's voice er hörte weniger auf die Antwort als auf Kates Stimme

the \less... the better je weniger..., umso besser

the \less said about this unpleasant business the better je weniger über diese unerfreuliche Sache geredet wird, umso besser

much [or far] [or a lot] \less complicated viel einfacher

\less expensive/happy/sad billiger/unglücklicher/glücklicher

the more..., the \less... je mehr..., desto weniger...

the more she hears about the place, the \less she wants to go there je mehr sie über den Ort erfährt, desto weniger will sie hin

▪ no \less a/an...:

that this is a positive stereotype makes it no \less a stereotype dass das ein positives Vorurteil ist, ändert nichts daran, dass es ein Vorurteil ist

\less and \less immer weniger

she phones me \less and \less sie ruft mich immer weniger an

his uncle is \less and \less able to look after himself sein Onkel kann immer weniger für sich sorgen

2. (not the least bit)

▪ \less than... kein bisschen...

\less than accurate/fair/just/happy nicht gerade genau/fair/gerecht/glücklich

it is little \less than disgraceful that he refused to keep his promises es ist mehr als schändlich, dass er seine Versprechen nicht eingehalten hat

3.

▶ in \less than no time ( hum fam) im Nu fam, in null Komma nichts fam

we'll have the pizzas delivered in \less than no time wir liefern die Pizzas in null Komma nichts

you stir the ingredients together, pop it in the oven and in \less than no time, it's ready mischen Sie die Zutaten, schieben Sie die Masse in den Ofen und schon ist es fertig

▶ much [or still] \less... ( form) geschweige denn..., viel weniger...

at the age of fourteen I had never even been on a train, much \less an aircraft mit 14 war ich noch nie mit dem Zug gefahren, geschweige denn geflogen

what woman would consider a date with him, much \less a marriage? welche Frau würde mit ihm ausgehen, geschweige denn, ihn heiraten

▶ no \less ( also iron) niemand geringerer

who should arrive at the party but the Prime Minister, no \less! und wer war wohl auch auf der Party? der Premierminister, höchstpersönlich!

Peter cooked dinner — fillet steak and champagne, no \less Peter kochte das Abendessen — Filetsteak und Champagner, nur das Beste

▶ no \less... than... kein geringerer/kein geringeres/keine geringere... als...

no \less an occasion than their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary kein geringerer Anlass als ihr 25. Hochzeitstag

II. adj

1. comp of little weniger

I had \less money than I thought ich hatte weniger Geld als ich dachte

I eat \less chocolate and fewer biscuits than I used to ich esse weniger Schokolade und Kekse als früher

the \less time spent here, the better je weniger Zeit man hier verbringt, umso besser

2. (non-standard use of fewer) weniger

the trees have produced \less apples this year die Bäume tragen heute weniger Äpfel

short hair presents \less problems than long hair kurzes Haar verursacht weniger Probleme als langes

3. ( old: lower in rank, less important) jünger

▪ ... the L\less der Jüngere

James the L\less Jakobus der Jüngere

III. pron indef

1. (smaller amount) weniger

she is aged 40 or \less sie ist 40 oder jünger

he only has $10 but she has even \less! er hat nur 10 Dollar, sie noch weniger

I've been trying to eat \less ich versuche, weniger zu essen

a little/lot \less etwas/viel weniger

that's too much — could I have a little \less? das ist zu viel — könnte ich etwas weniger haben?

▪ to be/do \less of sth:

I've been seeing \less of her lately ich sehe sie in letzter Zeit weniger

\less of a problem ein geringeres Problem

storage is \less of a problem than it used to be die Lagerung ist heute ein kleineres Problem als früher

▪ \less than... weniger als...

we had walked \less than three kilometres when Robert said he wanted to rest wir hatten noch keine drei Kilometer hinter uns, als Robert eine Pause machen wollte

ready in \less than an hour in weniger als einer Stunde fertig

2. non-standard (fewer) weniger

he doesn't have many enemies but she has even \less er hat nicht viele Feinde, sie noch viel weniger

▪ \less than... weniger als...

a population of \less than 200,000 weniger als 200.000 Menschen

3.

▶ to be little \less than sth fast schon etw sein

it was little \less than disgraceful es war fast schon eine Schande

his speech was so full of bad jokes and misinformation that it was little \less than an embarrassment seine Rede war so voll mit schlechten Scherzen und falscher Information, dass es fast schon peinlich war

▶ no \less than... nicht weniger als..., bestimmt...

no \less than 1000 guests/people were at the party es waren nicht weniger als [o bestimmt] 1000 Gäste/Leute auf der Party

IV. prep

▪ \less sth minus [o abzüglich] einer S. gen

the total of £30, \less the £5 deposit you've paid insgesamt macht es 30 Pfund, abzüglich der 5 Pfund Anzahlung, die Sie geleistet haben

£900,000 \less tax 900.000 Pfund brutto

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[les]
1. adj, adv, n
weniger
of less importance — von geringerer Bedeutung, weniger bedeutend

less noise, please! — nicht so laut, bitte!

no less a person than the bishop — kein Geringerer als der Bischof

he did it in less time — er hat es in kürzerer Zeit or schneller getan

to grow less — weniger werden

his problem is less one of money than of enthusiasm — sein Problem ist weniger das Geld als vielmehr mangelnde Begeisterung

less and less — immer weniger

she saw him less and less (often) — sie sah ihn immer seltener

a sum less than £1 — eine Summe unter £ 1

it's nothing less than disgraceful/than a disaster — es ist wirklich eine Schande/ein Unglück nt

this is nothing less than blackmail —

it was little less than blackmail — das war schon fast Erpressung, das war so gut wie Erpressung

he was less frightened than angry — er war nicht so sehr ängstlich, sondern eher ärgerlich

less beautiful — nicht so schön

less quickly —

he works less than I ( do) — er arbeitet weniger als ich

still or even less — noch weniger

none the less — trotzdem, nichtsdestoweniger

I didn't find the film any the less interesting — ich fand den Film nicht weniger interessant

I don't love her any the less — ich liebe sie nicht weniger

their apology did not make him any the less angry — ihre Entschuldigung konnte seinen Ärger nicht besänftigen

can't you let me have it for less? — können Sie es mir nicht etwas billiger lassen?

I hope you won't think (any the) less of me — ich hoffe, du denkst nicht schlecht von mir

less of that! — komm mir nicht so!

x is less than/not less than 10 (Math) — x ist kleiner/kleiner (oder) gleich 10

2. prep
weniger; (COMM) abzüglich
a year less 4 days — ein Jahr weniger 4 Tage

6 less 4 is 2 — 6 weniger or minus 4 ist 2

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less [les]

A adv (komp von little) weniger, in geringerem Maße oder Grad:

less known weniger bekannt;

less noisy leiser;

less and less immer weniger;

still ( oder much) less noch viel weniger, geschweige denn;

the less so as (dies) umso weniger, als;

less than smooth alles andere als glatt;

we expected nothing less than wir erwarteten alles eher als; → none Bes Redew

B adj (komp von little)

1. geringer, kleiner, weniger:

in a less degree in geringerem Grad oder Maß;

of less value von geringerem Wert;

he has less money er hat weniger Geld;

in less time in kürzerer Zeit;

no less a man than Churchill kein Geringerer als Churchill

2. jünger (obs außer in):

James the Less BIBEL Jakobus der Jüngere

C s weniger, eine kleinere Menge oder Zahl, ein geringeres (Aus)Maß:

less is sometimes more weniger ist manchmal mehr;

it was less than five dollars es kostete weniger als fünf Dollar;

in less than no time im Nu;

do with less mit weniger auskommen;

for less billiger;

little less than robbery so gut wie oder schon fast Raub;

no less than nicht weniger als;

nothing less than

a) zumindest,

b) geradezu

D präp

1. weniger, minus:

five less two;

less interest abzüglich (der) Zinsen

2. ausgenommen

* * *
1. adjective
weniger

of less value/importance/account or note — weniger wertvoll/wichtig/bedeutend

his chances are less than mine — seine Chancen sind geringer als meine

for less time — kürzere Zeit

the pain is getting less — der Schmerz lässt nach

less talking, please — etwas mehr Ruhe, bitte
2. adverb
weniger

I think less/no less of him after what he did — ich halte nicht mehr so viel/nicht weniger von ihm, seit er das getan hat

less and less — immer weniger

less and less [often] — immer seltener

less so — weniger

the less so because... — um so weniger, als od. weil...

even or still/far or much less — noch/viel weniger
3. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
weniger

less and less — immer weniger

the less said [about it] the better — je weniger man darüber sagt, um so besser

in less than no time — (joc.) in Null Komma nichts (ugs.)

less of that! — (coll.) Schluss damit!

less of your cheek! — (coll.) sei nicht so frech!
4. preposition
(deducting)

ten less three is seven — zehn weniger drei ist sieben

* * *

adj.

kleiner adj.

wenig adj.

weniger adj.

English-german dictionary > less
9 Knowledge

   1) To Exist Is to Be Perceived

   It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it into question may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction. For, what are the forementioned objects but things we perceive by sense? and what do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations? and is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived? (Berkeley, 1996, Pt. I, No. 4, p. 25)

   2) Abstract Science or Demonstration Is a More Perfect Species of Knowledge

   It seems to me that the only objects of the abstract sciences or of demonstration are quantity and number, and that all attempts to extend this more perfect species of knowledge beyond these bounds are mere sophistry and illusion. As the component parts of quantity and number are entirely similar, their relations become intricate and involved; and nothing can be more curious, as well as useful, than to trace, by a variety of mediums, their equality or inequality, through their different appearances.

   But as all other ideas are clearly distinct and different from each other, we can never advance farther, by our utmost scrutiny, than to observe this diversity, and, by an obvious reﬂection, pronounce one thing not to be another. Or if there be any difficulty in these decisions, it proceeds entirely from the undeterminate meaning of words, which is corrected by juster definitions. That the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the other two sides cannot be known, let the terms be ever so exactly defined, without a train of reasoning and enquiry. But to convince us of this proposition, that where there is no property, there can be no injustice, it is only necessary to define the terms, and explain injustice to be a violation of property. This proposition is, indeed, nothing but a more imperfect definition. It is the same case with all those pretended syllogistical reasonings, which may be found in every other branch of learning, except the sciences of quantity and number; and these may safely, I think, be pronounced the only proper objects of knowledge and demonstration. (Hume, 1975, Sec. 12, Pt. 3, pp. 163-165)

   3) Knowledge Derives from Two Fundamental Sources of the Mind

   Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (the ability to receive impressions), the second is the power to know an object through these representations (spontaneity in the production of concepts).

   Through the first, an object is given to us; through the second, the object is thought in relation to that representation.... Intuition and concepts constitute, therefore, the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. Both may be either pure or empirical.... Pure intuitions or pure concepts are possible only a priori; empirical intuitions and empirical concepts only a posteriori. If the receptivity of our mind, its power of receiving representations in so far as it is in any way affected, is to be called "sensibility," then the mind's power of producing representations from itself, the spontaneity of knowledge, should be called "understanding." Our nature is so constituted that our intuitions can never be other than sensible; that is, it contains only the mode in which we are affected by objects. The faculty, on the other hand, which enables us to think the object of sensible intuition is the understanding.... Without sensibility, no object would be given to us; without understanding, no object would be thought. Thoughts without content are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind. It is therefore just as necessary to make our concepts sensible, that is, to add the object to them in intuition, as to make our intuitions intelligible, that is to bring them under concepts. These two powers or capacities cannot exchange their functions. The understanding can intuit nothing, the senses can think nothing. Only through their union can knowledge arise. (Kant, 1933, Sec. 1, Pt. 2, B74-75 [p. 92])

   4) The Means by Which Metaphysics Can Be Perfected as a Science

   Metaphysics, as a natural disposition of Reason is real, but it is also, in itself, dialectical and deceptive.... Hence to attempt to draw our principles from it, and in their employment to follow this natural but none the less fallacious illusion can never produce science, but only an empty dialectical art, in which one school may indeed outdo the other, but none can ever attain a justifiable and lasting success. In order that, as a science, it may lay claim not merely to deceptive persuasion, but to insight and conviction, a Critique of Reason must exhibit in a complete system the whole stock of conceptions a priori, arranged according to their different sources-the Sensibility, the understanding, and the Reason; it must present a complete table of these conceptions, together with their analysis and all that can be deduced from them, but more especially the possibility of synthetic knowledge a priori by means of their deduction, the principles of its use, and finally, its boundaries....

   This much is certain: he who has once tried criticism will be sickened for ever of all the dogmatic trash he was compelled to content himself with before, because his Reason, requiring something, could find nothing better for its occupation. Criticism stands to the ordinary school metaphysics exactly in the same relation as chemistry to alchemy, or as astron omy to fortune-telling astrology. I guarantee that no one who has comprehended and thought out the conclusions of criticism, even in these Prolegomena, will ever return to the old sophistical pseudo-science. He will rather look forward with a kind of pleasure to a metaphysics, certainly now within his power, which requires no more preparatory discoveries, and which alone can procure for reason permanent satisfaction. (Kant, 1891, pp. 115-116)

   5) Knowledge Is Only Real in the Form of System

   Knowledge is only real and can only be set forth fully in the form of science, in the form of system. Further, a so-called fundamental proposition or first principle of philosophy, even if it is true, it is yet none the less false, just because and in so far as it is merely a fundamental proposition, merely a first principle. It is for that reason easily refuted. The refutation consists in bringing out its defective character; and it is defective because it is merely the universal, merely a principle, the beginning. If the refutation is complete and thorough, it is derived and developed from the nature of the principle itself, and not accomplished by bringing in from elsewhere other counter-assurances and chance fancies. It would be strictly the development of the principle, and thus the completion of its deficiency, were it not that it misunderstands its own purport by taking account solely of the negative aspect of what it seeks to do, and is not conscious of the positive character of its process and result. The really positive working out of the beginning is at the same time just as much the very reverse: it is a negative attitude towards the principle we start from. Negative, that is to say, in its one-sided form, which consists in being primarily immediate, a mere purpose. It may therefore be regarded as a refutation of what constitutes the basis of the system; but more correctly it should be looked at as a demonstration that the basis or principle of the system is in point of fact merely its beginning. (Hegel, 1910, pp. 21-22)

   6) Knowledge, Action, and Evaluation Are Interconnected

   Knowledge, action, and evaluation are essentially connected. The primary and pervasive significance of knowledge lies in its guidance of action: knowing is for the sake of doing. And action, obviously, is rooted in evaluation. For a being which did not assign comparative values, deliberate action would be pointless; and for one which did not know, it would be impossible. Conversely, only an active being could have knowledge, and only such a being could assign values to anything beyond his own feelings. A creature which did not enter into the process of reality to alter in some part the future content of it, could apprehend a world only in the sense of intuitive or esthetic contemplation; and such contemplation would not possess the significance of knowledge but only that of enjoying and suffering. (Lewis, 1946, p. 1)

   7) The Evolution of Knowledge

   "Evolutionary epistemology" is a branch of scholarship that applies the evolutionary perspective to an understanding of how knowledge develops. Knowledge always involves getting information. The most primitive way of acquiring it is through the sense of touch: amoebas and other simple organisms know what happens around them only if they can feel it with their "skins." The knowledge such an organism can have is strictly about what is in its immediate vicinity. After a huge jump in evolution, organisms learned to find out what was going on at a distance from them, without having to actually feel the environment. This jump involved the development of sense organs for processing information that was farther away. For a long time, the most important sources of knowledge were the nose, the eyes, and the ears. The next big advance occurred when organisms developed memory. Now information no longer needed to be present at all, and the animal could recall events and outcomes that happened in the past. Each one of these steps in the evolution of knowledge added important survival advantages to the species that was equipped to use it.

   Then, with the appearance in evolution of humans, an entirely new way of acquiring information developed. Up to this point, the processing of information was entirely intrasomatic.... But when speech appeared (and even more powerfully with the invention of writing), information processing became extrasomatic. After that point knowledge did not have to be stored in the genes, or in the memory traces of the brain; it could be passed on from one person to another through words, or it could be written down and stored on a permanent substance like stone, paper, or silicon chips-in any case, outside the fragile and impermanent nervous system. (Csikszentmihalyi, 1993, pp. 56-57)

Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Knowledge
10 better

{'betə}
I. 1. по-добър, по-подходящ
2. по-голям
the BETTER part по-голямата част, мнозинството, повечето
for BETTER (or) for worse за добро или за зло. каквото и да се случи
she is no BETTER than she should be тя e жена със съмнително поведение, не е стока
II. adv cравн. cm. от well по-добре (и здравословно), по-хубаво, повече
all the BETTER, so much the BETTER толкова по-добре
to be BETTER off по-охолен/по-заможен/по-богат съм
had/I'd BETTER по-добре/най-разумно би било да
III. 1. one's BETTERs по-възрастните, по-опитните, по-високопоставените
2. to get the BETTER of надхитрявам, надвивам, побеждавам. вземам връх
IV. 1. подобрявам (се) /поправям (се) /възстановявам (се) здравословно
2. надминавам
to BETTER oneself подобрявам си материалното/общественото и пр. положение
V. n човек, който се басира/обзалага (на състезаниня и пр.)

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{'betъ} a сравн. cm. от good 1. по-добър, по-подходящ; 2. по-г(2) adv cравн. cm. от well по-добре (и здравословно); по-ху{3} n 1. o.'s betters по-възрастните, по-опитните, по-високопост{4} v 1. подобрявам (се)/поправям (се)/възстановявам(се) зд{5} {'bеtъ} n човек, който се басира/обзалага (на сьстезаниня

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1 a по-добър; по-здрав;for BETTER or for worse за добро или лошо;for the BETTER part of an hour почти един час;be BETTER than one's word правя повече отколкото съм обещал;one's BETTER half съпруга, половина;get the BETTER of надхитрявам; надвивам, вземам връх над;he is none the BETTER for it това не го ползува никак;go one BETTER отивам още по-далеч;I know BETTER не съм толкова глупав, не можеш да ме излъжеш;think BETTER of вземам друго решение, не помислям вече да;2 adv по-добре; повече;all the BETTER, so much the BETTER толкова по-добре;you hat BETTER go по-добре да отидеш;get BETTER оздравявам, оправям се;3 v поправям, подобрявам;BETTER oneself постъпвам на по-добра работа;better; a сравн. cm. от good 1. по-добър, по-подходящ; 2. по-голям; the better part по-голямата

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1. all the better, so much the better толкова по-добре 2. for better (or) for worse за добро или за зло. каквото и да се случи 3. had/i'd better по-добре/най-разумно би било да 4. i. по-добър, по-подходящ 5. ii. adv cравн. cm. от well по-добре (и здравословно), по-хубаво, повече 6. iii. one's betters по-възрастните, по-опитните, по-високопоставените 7. iv. подобрявам (се) /поправям (се) /възстановявам (се) здравословно 8. she is no better than she should be тя e жена със съмнително поведение, не е стока 9. the better part по-голямата част, мнозинството, повечето 10. to be better off по-охолен/по-заможен/по-богат съм 11. to better oneself подобрявам си материалното/общественото и пр. положение 12. to get the better of надхитрявам, надвивам, побеждавам. вземам връх 13. v. n човек, който се басира/обзалага (на състезаниня и пр.) 14. надминавам 15. по-голям
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better[´betə] (ср. степен от good, well) I. adj 1. по-добър, по-подходящ; 2. по-голям; the \better part по-голямата част, мнозинство, повече; • the \better sort по-видни хора; the \better classes висшето съсловие, буржоазията; the \better hand предимство, преимущество, превъзходство; o.'s \better half разг. съпруга, жена, невеста, булка, разг., ирон. благоверната; "половинка"; to be \better than o.'s word правя повече, отколкото съм обещал; for \better or worse за добро или за зло (лошо); каквото и да се случи; take for \better or worse женя се, оженвам се, задомявам се, сключвам брак, прен. свивам гнездо; деля радости и скърби; to go one \better отивам още по-далеч; надминавам, по-добър съм; II. adv по-добре (и здравословно); по-хубаво, повече; all the \better (so much the \better) толкова по-добре; none the \better не по-добре, с нищо по-добре; he is none the \better for it на него от това не му е по-леко, това не го ползва (не го топли), това не му върши работа; you'd be all the \better for за вас би било добре (не би било зле); to think \better of 1) променям мнението (решението) си, вземам друго решение; 2) съставям си по-добро мнение за; 3) разубеждавам се, разколебавам се, обезверявам се, променям мнението си; she came on every ride the \better to instruct her pupils тя идваше на всяка езда, за да може по-добре да инструктира учениците си; to think all the \better of имам още по-добро мнение за; to get \better подобрявам се; I know \better знам много добре, не можеш да ме излъжеш, не съм (толкова) глупав; never \better разг. никога по-добре; \better to do parents по-богатите родители; you had ( you'd) (с inf без to)\better по-добре би било да; you'd \better believe разг. можете да бъдете уверен; twice as long and \better повече от два пъти по-дълго; \better late than never по-добре късно, отколкото никога; (харесвам) повече; (предпочитам) пред; I like wine \better than beer предпочитам вино пред бира; III. n: o.'s \betters по-видни, по-високопоставени, по-възрастни хора; a change for the \better промяна за добро; to get the \better of надхитрям, изхитрям, изигравам, измамвам; побеждавам, вземам връх, надвивам; IV. v 1. подобрявам (се), поправям (се); възстановявам се (здравословно); 2. надминавам, изпреварвам; превъзхождам, надраствам; 3.: to \better o.s. постъпвам на по-добра работа; достигам по-високо положение; изучвам (се), школувам, добивам опит. V [´betə] n човек, който се обзалага.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > better
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{les}
I. a сравн. cm. от little за брой, количество и степен по-малък
of LESS value/importance с по-малка стойност, от по-малко значение
no LESS a person than the Prime Minister (не друг, а) самият министър-председател
II. n по-малко количество/брой/време и пр.
he is LESS of a fool than he looks не e толкова глупав, колкото изглежда
LESS of your nonsense! стига с твоите глупости! it is nothing LESS than monstrous това e просто чудовищно
I expected no LESS from you очаквах това от теб
to see LESS of someone по-рядко виждам някого
III. adv сравн. cm. от little по-малко, не толкова
he was LESS frightened than his brother той не се уплаши толкова, колкото брат му
I was the LESS surprised as I had been warned не бях толкова изненадан, тъй като бях предупреден
the LESS you worry about it, the better колкото по-малко се тревожиш за това, толкоба по-добре
I don't think any the LESS of him because of his failure не го ценя по-малко заради неуспеха му
he won no LESS than USD 100/USD 100, no LESS, in the lottery той спечели цели 100 долара на лотарията
they fought with no LESS daring than skill те се биха колкото умело, толкова и храбро
much/even/still LESS още по-малко
none the LESS въпреки това, никак, не по-малко
he was LESS than honest in his replies не беше съвсем честен в отговорите си

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{les} I. а сравн. cm. от littleЄ за брой, количество и степен по(2) {les} adv сравн. cm. от little" по-малко; не толкова; he was

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1 a по-малък;2 adv по-малко; none the LESS въпреки това;less; I. а сравн. cm. от littleЄ за брой, количество и степен по-малък; of less value/importance

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1. he is less of a fool than he looks не e толкова глупав, колкото изглежда 2. he was less frightened than his brother той не се уплаши толкова, колкото брат му 3. he was less than honest in his replies не беше съвсем честен в отговорите си 4. he won no less than $100/$100, no less, in the lottery той спечели цели 100 долара на лотарията 5. i don't think any the less of him because of his failure не го ценя по-малко заради неуспеха му 6. i expected no less from you очаквах това от теб 7. i was the less surprised as i had been warned не бях толкова изненадан, тъй като бях предупреден 8. i. a сравн. cm. от little за брой, количество и степен по-малък 9. ii. n по-малко количество/брой/време и пр 10. iii. adv сравн. cm. от little по-малко, не толкова 11. less of your nonsense! стига с твоите глупости! it is nothing less than monstrous това e просто чудовищно 12. much/even/still less още по-малко 13. no less a person than the prime minister (не друг, а) самият министър-председател 14. none the less въпреки това, никак, не по-малко 15. of less value/importance с по-малка стойност, от по-малко значение 16. the less you worry about it, the better колкото по-малко се тревожиш за това, толкоба по-добре 17. they fought with no less daring than skill те се биха колкото умело, толкова и храбро 18. to see less of someone по-рядко виждам някого
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less [les] I. adj (сравн. ст. от little) по-малък; to grow \less намалявам се; no \less a person than... не друг, а самият...; the \less time is taken, the better колкото по-бързо, толкова по-добре; nobody \less than a bishop will do for the wedding никой с ранг по-малък от епископ не е подходящ да извърши венчавката; II. prep минус, без; III. adv по-малко; my head aches \less now сега главата ме боли по-слабо; IV. n по-малко (количество); \less of a fool than he looks не толкова глупав, колкото изглежда; none the \less въпреки това; though lame he is none the \less active макар и куц, той е много подвижен; • he will take nothing \less than five shillings не приема ни стотинка по-малко от пет шилинга; it was nothing \less than criminal това е просто престъпно; I expected no \less from you от тебе друго и не очаквах; Napoleon the L. малкият Наполеон; the remark was s.th. \less than polite забележката далеч не беше учтива.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > less
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[̈ɪˈbetə]

to think better (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.); передумать; all the better, so mush the better тем лучше to be better off быть богаче; to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного to be better off быть богаче; to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного word: to be as good as one's better сдержать слово; to be better than one's word сделать больше обещанного better держащий пари better (сравн. ст. от well), лучше; больше better (сравн. ст. от good) лучший better превзойти, превысить better улучшать(ся); поправлять(ся); исправлять(ся); to better oneself получить повышение (по службе) better чувствующий себя лучше; I am better я чувствую себя лучше, мне лучше bettor: bettor =better the better half разг. дражайшая половина, жена the better hand преимущество, перевес, превосходство; no better than a fool просто дурак better off богатый better off состоятельный better улучшать(ся); поправлять(ся); исправлять(ся); to better oneself получить повышение (по службе) the better part большинство for better for worse что бы ни случилось; на горе и радость to get the better (of smb.) получить преимущество (над кем-л.), взять верх, победить better чувствующий себя лучше; I am better я чувствую себя лучше, мне лучше twice as long and better более чем вдвое длиннее; I know better меня не проведешь never better разг. как нельзя лучше; you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...; none the better (for) ничуть не лучше the better hand преимущество, перевес, превосходство; no better than a fool просто дурак never better разг. как нельзя лучше; you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...; none the better (for) ничуть не лучше one's betters более компетентные или осведомленные люди one's betters вышестоящие лица to think better (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.); передумать; all the better, so mush the better тем лучше to think better (of smth.) переменить мнение (о чем-л.); передумать; all the better, so mush the better тем лучше twice as long and better более чем вдвое длиннее; I know better меня не проведешь you had better go вам бы лучше пойти; you'd better believe it амер. разг. можете быть уверены never better разг. как нельзя лучше; you'd be all the better (for) вам не мешало бы...; none the better (for) ничуть не лучше

English-Russian short dictionary > better
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les
1. adjective
((often with than) not as much (as): Think of a number less than forty; He drank his tea and wished he had put less sugar in it; The salary for that job will be not less than $30,000.) menos

2. adverb
(not as much or to a smaller extent: I like her less every time I see her; You should smoke less if you want to remain healthy.) menos

3. pronoun
(a smaller part or amount: He has less than I have.) menos

4. preposition
(minus: He earns $280 a week less $90 income tax.) menos

- lessen
- lesser
5. adverb
(less: the lesser-known streets of London.) menor

- the less... the less/more
- no less a person than

less adj adv pron menos

this is more expensive, the other one costs less éste es más caro, el otro cuesta menos

I've got less than you tengo menos que tú

less and less cada vez menos

less

tr[les]

adjective

1 menos

pronoun

1 menos

■ we see less of each other these days últimamente nos vemos menos

■ no less than two hundred people attended asistieron nada menos que doscientas personas

■ the less you eat, the less you'll spend cuánto menos comas, menos gastarás

■ it was no less a person than the Prince fue nada menos que el príncipe

adverb

1 menos

■ less and less cada vez menos

■ he was being less than sincere no fue nada sincero

preposition

1 menos

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

any the less menos

■ he made a mistake, but I don't think any the less of him for it cometió un error, pero no por eso lo respeto menos

much less menos aún

■ he can't drive, much less fly a plane no sabe conducir, ni mucho menos pilotar un avión

in less than no time dentro de un momento, en seguida

no less nada menos

nothing less than nada menos que

still less menos aún

to think (all) the less of somebody tener a alguien en menos consideración

less ['lɛs] adv comparative of little : menos

the less you know, the better: cuanto menos sepas, mejor

less and less: cada vez menos

less adj comparative of little : menos

less than three: menos de tres

less money: menos dinero

nothing less than perfection: nada menos que la perfección

less pron

: menos

I'm earning less: estoy ganando menos

less prep

: menos

one month less two days: un mes menos dos días

less

adj.

• menor adj.

adv.

• menos adv.

prep.

• menos prep.

I les
adjective ( comp of little I II) menos

less and less money — cada vez menos dinero

of less importance — de menor importancia

no less a person than the Queen — nada menos que la Reina, ni más ni menos que la Reina

II

pronoun ( comp of little II) menos

a sum of less than $1,000 — una suma inferior a los 1.000 dólares

III

adverb ( comp of little III) menos

I see them less often than I'd like — los veo menos de lo que me gustaría

the situation is no less serious than it was — la situación sigue siendo tan grave como antes

I was none the less grateful for it — no por ello te (or se etc) lo agradecí menos

IV

preposition menos

[les]
1.

ADJ (compar)
of little; menos
now we eat less bread — ahora comemos menos pan

she has less time to spare now — ahora tiene menos tiempo libre

of less importance — de menos importancia

St James the Less — Santiago el Menor

• no less a person than the bishop — no otro que el obispo, el mismísimo obispo

that was told me by the minister no less — eso me lo dijo el mismo ministro

2.

PRON menos

it's less than you think — es menos de lo que piensas

can't you let me have it for less? — ¿no me lo puedes dar en menos?

less than £1/a kilo/three metres — menos de una libra/un kiloes metros

at a price of less than £1 — a un precio inferior or menor a una libra

less than a week ago — hace menos de una semana

• a tip of £10, no less! — ¡una propina de 10 libras, nada menos!

• nothing less than — nada menos que

it's nothing less than a disaster — es un verdadero or auténtico desastre

• the less... the less... — cuanto menos... menos...

the less he works the less he earns — cuanto menos trabaja menos gana

the less said about it the better — cuanto menos se hable de eso mejor

3.

ADV menos

to go out less (often) — salir menos

you work less than I do — trabajas menos que yo

grief grows less with time — la pena disminuye a medida que pasa el tiempo

in less than an hour — en menos de una hora

it's less expensive than the other one — cuesta menos que el otro

• less and less — cada vez menos

• that doesn't make her any less guilty — no por eso es menos culpable

• even less, still less — todavía menos, menos aún

• the problem is less one of capital than of personnel — el problema más que de capitales es de personal

4.

PREP menos

the price less 10% — el precio menos 10 por ciento

the price less VAT — el precio excluyendo el IVA

a year less four days — un año menos cuatro días

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I [les]
adjective ( comp of little I II) menos

less and less money — cada vez menos dinero

of less importance — de menor importancia

no less a person than the Queen — nada menos que la Reina, ni más ni menos que la Reina

II

pronoun ( comp of little II) menos

a sum of less than $1,000 — una suma inferior a los 1.000 dólares

III

adverb ( comp of little III) menos

I see them less often than I'd like — los veo menos de lo que me gustaría

the situation is no less serious than it was — la situación sigue siendo tan grave como antes

I was none the less grateful for it — no por ello te (or se etc) lo agradecí menos

IV

preposition menos

English-spanish dictionary > less
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less [les]

comparative of little

1. adjective

pronoun

a. (in amount, size, degree) moins (de)

• less butter moins de beurre

• even less encore moins

• even less butter encore moins de beurre

• much less milk beaucoup moins de lait

• a little less cream un peu moins de crème

• less and less de moins en moins

• less and less money de moins en moins d'argent

• of less importance de moindre importance

• I have less time for reading j'ai moins le temps de lire

• can't you let me have it for less? vous ne pouvez pas me faire un prix ?

• less of your cheek! (inf) assez d'impertinence !

• less noise please! moins de bruit s'il vous plaît !

• we see less of her now nous la voyons moins souvent maintenant

► less than moins que ; (before a number) moins de

• I have less than you j'en ai moins que vous

• I need less than that il m'en faut moins que cela

• less than half the audience moins de la moitié de l'assistance

• in less than a month en moins d'un mois

• not less than one kilo pas moins d'un kilo

• a sum less than £100 une somme de moins de 100 livres

• it is less than perfect on ne peut pas dire que ce soit parfait

• in less than no time (inf) en un rien de temps► less... than moins... que

• I have less money than you j'ai moins d'argent que vous

• it took less time than I expected cela a pris moins de temps que je ne pensais

• we eat less bread than we used to nous mangeons moins de pain qu'avant► no less

• I think no less of him for that il n'est pas descendu dans mon estime pour autant

• he's bought a boat, no less (inf) il s'est payé un bateau, rien que ça (inf)

• I was told the news by the bishop, no less (inf) c'est l'évêque en personne, s'il vous plaît (inf), qui m'a appris la nouvelle► no less + than

• he has no less than four months' holiday a year il a au moins quatre mois de vacances par an

• it costs no less than £100 ça ne coûte pas moins de 100 livres

• with no less skill than enthusiasm avec non moins d'habileté que d'enthousiasme► nothing less than rien moins que

• he's nothing less than a thief c'est tout simplement un voleur

• it's nothing less than disgraceful le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est que c'est une honte

2. adverb

a. moins

• you must eat less il faut que vous mangiez moins

• we see each other less nowadays nous nous voyons moins ces derniers temps

• to grow less diminuer

• that's less important c'est moins important

• less and less de moins en moins

• even less encore moins

• less often moins souvent

► less... than

• it's less expensive than you think c'est moins cher que vous ne croyez

• the problem is less one of money than of personnel c'est moins un problème d'argent qu'un problème de personnel► no less... than

• she is no less intelligent than you elle n'est pas moins intelligente que vous► none the less

• he was none the less pleased to see me il n'en était pas moins content de me voir► the less...

• the less he works the less he earns moins il travaille, moins il gagne

• the less you worry about it the better moins vous vous ferez du souci à ce sujet, mieux ça vaudra

• the less said about it the better mieux vaut ne pas en parler

3. preposition

moins

• less 10% moins 10 %

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[les] 1.
(comparative of little) quantifier moins de

less beer — moins de bière

I have less money than him — j'ai moins d'argent que lui

of less importance — de moindre importance

to grow less — diminuer
2.
pronoun moins

I have less than you — j'en ai moins que toi

even less — encore moins

less than half — moins de la moitié

in less than three hours — en moins de trois heures

13 is less than 18 — 13 est plus petit que 18

a sum of not less than £1,000 — une somme qui s'élève au moins à 1000 livres sterling

he was less than helpful — il était loin d'être serviable

it's an improvement, but less of one than I had hoped — c'est un progrès, mais pas au point que j'aurais espéré

she's nothing less than a liar — elle n'est rien de moins qu'une menteuse

it's nothing less than a scandal! — c'est un véritable scandale!

they let me have it for less — ils me l'ont laissé pour moins

he's less of a fool than you think — il est moins bête que tu ne le penses

they will think all the less of her for it — ça va la faire descendre dans leur estime

£100 and not a penny less! — cent livres et pas un centime de moins!

the less said about it the better — moins on en parle, mieux ça vaut

people have been shot for less! — il y en a qui ont été tués pour moins que ça!
3.
adverb moins

I liked it less than you did — je l'ai moins aimé que toi

I dislike him no less than you — je ne l'aime pas plus que toi

it matters less than it did before — cela a moins d'importance qu'avant

she is no less qualified than you — elle n'est pas moins qualifiée que toi

it's less a village than a town — c'est plutôt une ville qu'un village

the more I see him, the less I like him — plus je le vois, moins je l'aime

no less than 85% — au moins 85%

they live in Kensington, no less! — ils habitent à Kensington, rien que ça!

no less a person than the emperor — l'empereur en personne

he was less offended than shocked — il était plus choqué qu'offensé
4.
preposition moins

less 15% discount — moins 15% de remise

less tax — avant impôts
5.
less and less adverbial phrase de moins en moins

English-French dictionary > less
15 less

les
1. прил.;
сравн. от little
1) меньший( о размере, продолжительности, числе и т. п.) in a less/lesser degree ≈ в меньшей степени of less importance ≈ менее важный the less world ≈ микрокосм no less a person than ≈ не кто иной, как сам (такой-то)
2) низший( по званию, положению, рангу)
3) младший less age ≈ несовершеннолетние
2. нареч. меньше, менее;
в меньшей степени less difficult ≈ менее тяжелый less developed ≈ слаборазвитый (о стране и т. п.) nothing less than ≈ вовсе не, далеко не none the less ≈ тем не менее
3. сущ.
1) меньшее количество, меньшая сумма и т. п. in less than no time ≈ в мгновение ока
2) что-л. незначительное, ничтожное
4. предл. без, минус, исключая, кроме All meat is sold less the bone. ≈ Все мясо продано кроме костей. Syn: without, minus, except compar от little меньший;
менее;
менее интенсивный, менее значительный и т. п. - to have * patience than... иметь меньше терпения, чем... - * noise, please! (по) тише, пожалуйста! - in * time скорее - of * magnitude менее крупный - to grow * уменьшиться - to find * difficulty встретить меньше затруднений меньший (с числами) - eight is two * than ten восемь на два меньше, чем десять менее важный;
младший;
второстепенный - no * a person than the manager сам управляющий, собственной персоной > far /much, still/ * гораздо /еще/ меньше, и того менее;
не говоря о том;
тем более > the baby can't even walk, much * run малышка не умеет даже ходить, а тем более бегать > nothing /no, little/ * than не менее чем;
по крайней мере;
не что иное, как;
положительно, прямо-таки > I expected nothing * than a reprimand я ожидал, по крайней мере, выговора > nothing * than monstrous положительно чудовищный > nothing * than madness настоящее безумие > his execution was nothing * than murder его казнь была не чем иным, как убийством > in * than no time в мгновение ока > may your shadow never be /grow/ * желаю успеха;
желаю вам здравствовать долгие годы > your shadow hasn't grown any * вы ни капельки не похудели;
вы ничуть не изменились > of two evils choose the * (пословица) из двух зол выбирай меньшее меньше, менее - to have * to eat хуже питаться - * clever than his brother не такой умный, как его брат - he was * hurt than frightened он не столько ушибся, сколько испугался - I cannot take * я не могу взять меньше для образования сравнит. ст. прилагательных и наречий: менее - * beautiful менее прекрасный - * intensely менее напряженно - * known менее известный > nothing * than отнюдь не, далеко не > the road was something * than smooth дорога была отнюдь не гладкая > none the * тем не менее > more or * более или менее;
до некоторой степени;
приблизительно > to think all the * of smb. иметь самое плохое мнение о ком-л. > any the * нисколько( с отрицанием) > Mary doesn't seem any the * healthy for all her work Мэри выглядит цветущей, хотя она очень много работает без - a year * three days год без трех дней less меньшее количество, меньшая сумма;
I cannot take less не могу взять меньше;
none the less тем не менее;
in less than no time в мгновение ока in a ~ (или lesser) degree в меньшей степени less меньшее количество, меньшая сумма;
I cannot take less не могу взять меньше;
none the less тем не менее;
in less than no time в мгновение ока less меньшее количество, меньшая сумма;
I cannot take less не могу взять меньше;
none the less тем не менее;
in less than no time в мгновение ока ~ prep без;
a year less three days год без трех дней ~ за вычетом ~ менее ~ менее значительный ~ менее интенсивный ~ меньшая сумма ~ меньше, менее;
в меньшей степени;
less known менее известный;
less developed слаборазвитый (о стране и т. п.) ~ меньшее количество ~ (сравн. ст. от little) меньший (о размере, продолжительности, числе и т. п.) ~ меньший ~ мат. минус ~ меньше, менее;
в меньшей степени;
less known менее известный;
less developed слаборазвитый (о стране и т. п.) ~ меньше, менее;
в меньшей степени;
less known менее известный;
less developed слаборазвитый (о стране и т. п.) ~ than or equal меньше или равно ~ than or equal to меньше или равно more or ~ более или менее more or ~ до некоторой степени more or ~ приблизительно more: ~ еще;
опять, снова;
once more еще раз;
more or less более или менее, приблизительно no ~ a person than никто иной, как сам (такой-то) less меньшее количество, меньшая сумма;
I cannot take less не могу взять меньше;
none the less тем не менее;
in less than no time в мгновение ока none: I am ~ the better for it мне от этого не легче;
none the less нисколько не меньше;
тем не менее of ~ importance менее важный ~ prep без;
a year less three days год без трех дней

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > less
16 worse

worse [wɜ:s]

1. adjective

comparative of bad ; of ill

   a. (in quality) [news, weather, smell, result] plus mauvais ( than que) pire ( than que)

• his essay is bad but yours is worse sa dissertation est mauvaise mais la vôtre est pire

• I'm bad at English, but worse at maths je suis mauvais en anglais et pire en maths

• business is worse than ever les affaires vont plus mal que jamais

• things could be worse! ça pourrait être pire !

• things couldn't be worse ça ne pourrait pas aller plus mal

• there are worse things than being unemployed il y a pire que d'être au chômage

• it looks worse than it is ça n'est pas aussi grave que ça en a l'air

• worse luck! (inf) hélas !

• and, what's worse,... et, qui pis est...

• to get worse [conditions] empirer ; [weather] se dégrader

• that would just make matters worse cela ne ferait qu'aggraver les choses

• he made matters worse (for himself) by refusing il a aggravé son cas en refusant

• and, to make matters worse, he... et pour ne rien arranger, il...

► the worse for sth

• he's none the worse for his fall sa chute ne lui a pas fait trop de mal

• to be the worse for drink ( = drunk) être ivre

• he was looking somewhat the worse for wear (inf) il n'était pas très frais► the worse of

• I won't think any the worse of you for it tu ne baisseras pas pour autant dans mon estime

   b. (in behaviour) pire

• you're worse than he is! tu es pire que lui !

• he is getting worse il ne s'améliore pas

   c. (in health) to be worse aller plus mal

• to feel worse se sentir plus mal

   d. ( = more harmful) smoking is worse for you than cholesterol le tabac est plus mauvais pour la santé que le cholestérol

2. adverb

comparative of badly ; of ill

   a. (in quality, behaviour) [sing, play] plus mal

• he did it worse than you did il l'a fait plus mal que toi

• you could do worse vous pourriez faire pire

• you could do worse than to accept accepter n'est pas ce que vous pourriez faire de pire

• and, worse,... et, qui pis est,...

• now I'm worse off than before maintenant, je suis moins bien loti qu'avant

► the worse of

• I won't think any the worse of you for it tu ne baisseras pas pour autant dans mon estime

   b. ( = more intensely) it hurts worse than ever ça fait plus mal que jamais

• the worse hit areas les régions fpl les plus touchées

3. noun

pire m

• I have worse to tell you il y a pire encore

• there's worse to come le pire est à venir

* * *
[wɜːs] 1.
adjective (comparative of bad)

1) (more unsatisfactory, unpleasant) pire

there's only one thing worse than — il n'y a qu'une chose qui soit pire que

the noise is worse — il y a plus de bruit

to get worse — [pressure, noise] augmenter; [conditions, weather] empirer

‘you missed the bus’ - ‘yes worse luck!’ — ‘tu as raté le bus’ - ‘oui pas de veine (colloq)!’

2) (more serious, severe) pire ( than que)

it looks worse than it is! — ça a l'air pire que ça ne l'est en vérité!

it couldn't be worse! — ça ne pourrait pas être pire!

and what is worse, she doesn't care — et le pire, c'est que ça lui est égal

to go from bad to worse — aller de pire en pire

to get worse (and worse) — [illness, conflict] s'aggraver; [patient] aller de plus en plus mal

to be made worse — être aggravé (by par)

you'll only make things ou it worse! — tu ne feras qu'empirer les choses!

and to make matters worse, he lied — et pour ne rien arranger, il a menti

3) ( of lower standard) pire ( than que)

to be even worse at languages — être encore plus mauvais en langues

4) (more unwell, unhappy)

he's getting worse — il va plus mal

the cough is getting worse — la toux empire

to feel worse — ( more ill) se sentir plus malade; ( more unhappy) aller moins bien

his death made me feel worse — sa mort m'a démoralisé encore plus

he is none the worse for the experience — il ne se porte pas plus mal après cette expérience

so much the worse for them! — tant pis pour eux!

5) ( more inappropriate)

he couldn't have chosen a worse place to meet — il n'aurait pas pu choisir un lieu de rendez-vous moins approprié

the decision couldn't have come at a worse time — la décision n'aurait pas pu arriver à un moment plus inopportun
2.
noun

there is worse to come — ce n'est pas encore le pire

to change for the worse — empirer

things took a turn for the worse — les choses ont empiré
3.
adverb (compar de badly)

1) (more unsatisfactorily, incompetently) moins bien ( than que)

to behave worse — se conduire plus mal

she could do worse than follow his example — ce ne serait pas si mal si elle suivait son exemple

2) (more seriously, severely) [cough, bleed, vomit] plus

worse still — pire encore

English-French dictionary > worse
17 worse

worse [wɜ:s]

pire ⇒ 1 (a), 3 plus mauvais ⇒ 1 (a) plus mal ⇒ 1 (b), 2 (a) moins bien ⇒ 2 (a)

1 adjective (compar of bad)

(a) (not as good, pleasant as) pire, plus mauvais;

∎ I'm a worse player than he is je joue plus mal que lui;

∎ you're bad at French but he's worse tu es mauvais en français mais il est plus mauvais que toi;

∎ the news is even worse than we expected les nouvelles sont encore plus mauvaises que nous ne pensions;

∎ your writing is worse than mine votre écriture est pire que la mienne;

∎ my writing is bad, but yours is worse j'écris mal, mais vous, c'est pire;

∎ things are worse than you imagine les choses vont plus mal que vous l'imaginez;

∎ it could have been worse! ça aurait pu être pire!;

∎ I lost my money, and worse still or and what's worse, my passport j'ai perdu mon argent, et ce qui est plus grave, mon passeport;

∎ worse than before/than ever pire qu'avant/que jamais;

∎ how are things? - no worse than before comment ça va? - pas plus mal qu'avant;

∎ the rain is worse than ever il pleut de plus en plus;

∎ worse than useless complètement inutile;

∎ to get or to grow worse empirer, s'aggraver;

∎ to get worse and worse aller de mal en pis;

∎ conditions got worse les conditions se sont aggravées ou détériorées;

∎ his drug problem got worse son problème de drogue ne s'est pas arrangé;

∎ things will get worse before they get better les choses ne sont pas près de s'améliorer;

∎ his memory is getting worse sa mémoire est de moins en moins bonne;

∎ you're only making things or matters worse vous ne faites qu'aggraver les choses;

∎ she's only making things or matters worse for herself elle ne fait qu'aggraver son cas;

∎ and, to make matters worse, he swore at the policeman et pour tout arranger, il a insulté le policier;

∎ to make things worse, I lost my camera et pour tout arranger, j'ai perdu mon appareil photo;

∎ there's nothing worse than arriving too early il n'y a rien de pire que d'arriver trop tôt;

∎ worse things happen at sea! on a vu pire!, ce n'est pas la fin du monde!;

∎ familiar worse luck! quelle poisse!

(b) (in health) plus mal;

∎ I feel worse je me sens encore plus mal ou encore moins bien;

∎ her headache got worse son mal de tête s'est aggravé;

∎ you'll only get worse if you go out in this awful weather ton état ne peut que s'aggraver si tu sors par ce temps

(c) (idioms)

∎ this carpet is looking rather the worse for wear cette moquette est plutôt défraîchie;

∎ he's looking/feeling rather the worse for wear (tired, old) il n'a pas l'air/il ne se sent pas très frais; (drunk) il a l'air/il se sent plutôt éméché; (ill) il n'a pas l'air/il ne se sent pas très bien;

∎ he was rather the worse for drink il était plutôt éméché

2 adverb (compar of badly)

(a) (less well) plus mal, moins bien;

∎ he behaved worse than ever il ne s'est jamais aussi mal conduit;

∎ he is worse off than before (in worse situation) sa situation a empiré; (even poorer) il est encore plus pauvre qu'avant;

∎ you could or you might do worse than (to) marry him l'épouser, ce n'est pas ce que vous pourriez faire de pire;

∎ she doesn't think any the worse of her for it elle ne l'en estime pas moins pour ça

(b) (more severely → snow, rain) plus fort;

∎ the noise went on worse than ever le vacarme a repris de plus belle

3 noun

pire m;

∎ there's worse to come, worse is to come (in situation) le pire est à venir; (in story) il y a pire encore;

∎ worse was to follow le pire était encore à venir;

∎ I have seen worse j'en ai vu bien d'autres, j'ai vu pire;

∎ there's been a change for the worse les choses se sont aggravées;

∎ to take a turn for the worse (health, situation) se détériorer, se dégrader;

∎ the economy has taken a turn for the worse la situation économique s'est aggravée;

∎ the patient has taken a turn for the worse l'état du patient s'est aggravé;

∎ American if worse comes to worse au pire, dans le pire des cas

4 none the worse adjective

pas plus mal;

∎ he's apparently none the worse for his drinking session last night il n'a pas l'air de se ressentir de sa beuverie d'hier soir;

∎ the little girl is none the worse for the experience la petite fille ne se ressent pas de son expérience

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > worse
18 Artificial Intelligence

   1) Programs and the Complexity of Human Mental Processes

   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)

   2) Artificial Intelligence Is an Engineering Discipline

   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)

   3) A Sceptical View of Artificial Intelligence

   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)

   5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the Program

   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)

   6) The Meaning of a Symbolic Description

   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)

   7) The Principle of Artificial Intelligence

   [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)

   8) Artificial Intelligence Recognizes the Need for Knowledge in Its Systems

   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)

    10) There Are Many Types of Reasoning

   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)

    11) Programs Are Beginning to Do Things That Critics Have Asserted to Be Impossible

   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)

    12) The Synthesis of Man and Machine

   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)

    13) The Thesis of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)

   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)

    15) Four Kinds of Artificial Intelligence

   We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.

   ♦ Nonpsychological 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.

   ♦ Weak Psychological AI

   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.

   ♦ Strong Psychological AI

... 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)

   ♦ Suprapsychological AI

   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)

    17) Form and Content Are Not Fundamentally Different

   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)

    20) Mathematical Logic Provides the Basis for Theory in AI

   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)

    22) Definitions of Artificial Intelligence

   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)

    23) The Computer Can Not Be a Model of the Mind

   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)

    24) Computers Will Not Always Be Inferior to Human Brains

   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)

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19 worse ***

[wɜːs]
1. adj

comp of bad, peggiore

worse than — peggio or peggiore di

the situation is worse than we expected — la situazione è peggiore di quanto ci aspettassimo

it was even worse than mine — era anche peggiore del mio

it's worse than ever — è peggio che mai

it could have been worse! — poteva andare peggio!

he was the worse for drink fam — aveva un po' bevuto

he is none the worse for it — non ha avuto brutte conseguenze

to get worse; grow worse — peggiorare

it gets worse and worse — va peggiorando (sempre di più)

in March the weather will get worse — in marzo il tempo peggiorerà

so much the worse for you! — tanto peggio per te!

I've got to work this weekend, worse luck — devo lavorare questo fine settimana, sfortunatamente

2. adv

comp of badly, peggio

I'm feeling worse — mi sento peggio

she's behaving worse than ever — si comporta peggio che mai

I don't think any the worse of you — non per questo ti stimo meno

I won't think any the worse of you (for having done) — non ti stimerò di meno (per aver fatto)

you might do worse than (to) marry him — sposare lui non è il male peggiore

3. n

peggio

a change for the worse — un cambiamento in peggio, un peggioramento

worse followed — a questo seguì il peggio

there is worse to come — il peggio deve ancora venire

English-Italian dictionary > worse ***
20 wise

wise [waɪz]

1 adjective

(a) (learned, judicious) sage;

∎ a wise man un sage;

∎ you'd be wise to take my advice vous seriez sage de suivre mes conseils;

∎ do you think it's wise to invite his wife? crois-tu que ce soit prudent d'inviter sa femme?

(b) (clever, shrewd) habile, astucieux;

∎ a wise move (in board games) un coup habile ou astucieux;

∎ the president made a wise move in dismissing the attorney general le président a été bien avisé de renvoyer le ministre de la Justice;

∎ it's always easy to be wise after the event c'est toujours facile d'avoir raison après coup;

∎ the Three Wise Men les Rois Mages mpl;

∎ to be none the wiser ne pas être plus avancé;

∎ do it while he's out, he'll be none the wiser fais-le pendant qu'il est sorti et il n'en saura rien;

∎ familiar to be wise to sth être au courant de qch;

∎ I'm wise to you or to your schemes je sais ce que tu manigances;

∎ familiar to get wise to sb percer qn à jour;

∎ familiar you'd better get wise to what's going on vous feriez bien d'ouvrir les yeux sur ce qui se passe;

∎ familiar to put sb wise to sth avertir qn de qch^□ ;

∎ familiar to put sb wise to sb prévenir qn contre qn^□

2 noun

literary (way) manière f, façon f;

∎ he is in no wise or not in any wise satisfied with his new position il n'est point ou aucunement satisfait de son nouveau poste

►► familiar wise guy malin(igne) m,f;

∎ don't be a wise guy! ne fais pas le malin!;

∎ OK, wise guy, what would you do? OK, gros malin, qu'est-ce que tu ferais?

➲ wise up familiar

1 intransitive verb

∎ he'd better wise up! il ferait bien de se mettre dans le coup!;

∎ to wise up to sb voir qn sous son vrai jour^□ ;

∎ to wise up to sth se rendre compte de qch^□ ;

∎ she finally wised up to the fact that she'd never be a great musician elle a enfin compris qu'elle ne serait jamais une grande musicienne^□

2 separable transitive verb

American mettre dans le coup

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