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Only The Strong

  • 1 only the chairman's strong control was able to impart some sense of seriousness to the meeting

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > only the chairman's strong control was able to impart some sense of seriousness to the meeting

  • 2 the chain is only as strong as its weakest link

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the chain is only as strong as its weakest link

  • 3 the touch

    сущ.; SK, DT
    Парапсихологическая способность на основе интуиции, которая могла проявлятся в разных формах, наиболее распространёнными из которых были ясновидение и телепатия. Эти способности специально воспитывались и развивались у Стрелков. Наиболее сильным даром «прикосновения» обладали Ален Джонс (член первого ка-тета Роланда) и Джейк Чеймберз.

    Then he left, standing on the porch for a moment to verify he still had the Bar K to himself. Of course he did. Yet for a blink or two, there at the end, he’d felt uneasy—almost as though he’d been scented. By some sort of In-World telepathy, mayhap. / There is such; you know it. The touch, it’s called. — Потом вышел из бункера, постоял на крыльце, дабы убедиться, что на ранчо “Полоса К”, кроме него, по-прежнему никого нет. Разумеется, не было. Однако на мгновение-другое ему стало как-то не по себе, он словно почувствовал, что его засекли. Может, с помощью какого-то неведомого ему шестого чувства. / Оно существует, ты это знаешь. Дар, так оно называется. (ТБ 4)

    “Dan-dinh—where did you hear that, Jake?” / “Never did. Picked it up from your mind, I think.” Jake added hastily: “I don’t go snooping in there, or anything like that, but sometimes stuff just comes. Most of it isn’t very important, I don’t think, but sometimes there are phrases.” / <…> / “Yes.” That he hadn’t been concentrating on, and he would have felt better had Jake not known of it. But the boy was strong in the touch, and Roland believed him when he said he hadn’t been snooping. At least not on purpose. — Дан-дин… где ты это слышал, Джейк? / – Нигде. Думаю, почерпнул из твоей головы, – тут Джейк торопливо добавил. – Специально я туда не залезал, будь уверен, но иногда что-то мне перепадает. Обычно всякая ерунда, но бывает, и какие-то фразы. / <…> / – Да, – вот на этом он не сосредотачивался, даже предпочел бы, чтобы Джейк об этом не узнал. Но в прикосновениях мальчику, похоже, уже не было равных, и Роланд верил его словам о том, что он не залезает в чужих головах. Во всяком случае, специально. (ТБ 5)

    “Not Andy,” Roland repeated. It was just a feeling, but his feelings were his version of the touch. “There’s time to think about it, Pere… and we’ll think, too.” — Не Энди, – повторил Роланд. Он ориентировался на свою интуицию, а интуиция, как известно, сродни прикосновениям. – Еще есть время подумать об этом, отец… и мы тоже подумаем. (ТБ 5)

    Однако эти способности могли быть и другого плана, например, что-то наподобие «наложения рук» с разной целью, умение быстро, по наитию находить нужную вещь, вещие сны и прочие, какие обычно называют шестым чувством.

    Now she went to the foot of her bed, knelt, and passed one hand over the earth floor there. Lines appeared in the sour dirt as she did. They formed a square. She pushed her fingers into one of these lines; it gave before her touch. She lifted the hidden panel (hidden in such a way that no one without the touch would ever be able to uncover it), revealing a compartment perhaps a foot square and two feet deep. — Теперь она подошла к изножью кровати, встала на колени и сделала пасс рукой над земляным полом. Под её ладонью в затхлой земле проявились линии, определившиеся в квадрат. Она сунула пальцы вдоль одной из линий, которая разошлась от такого контакта. Приподняла скрытую там дощечку (скрытую таким образом, что никто не смог бы её открыть, не обладая даром прикосновения), под которой оказалось небольшое углубление размером около фута по каждой стороне и двух футов в глубину. (ТБ 4)

    “I hate that noise,” Alain said. He sounded morose and sleepy. In fact, he had been troubled by odd dreams and premonitions all night—things which, of the three of them, only he was prey to. Because of the touch, perhaps—with him it had always been strong. — Ненавижу я этот шум, – пробормотал Ален. Но в действительности его тревожили странные сны, которые донимали его всю ночь. Из всех троих снились они только ему. Из-за дара, возможно, только его природа наградила шестым чувством. (ТБ 4)

    Aye,” she said, “pie for the bumbler, too, as I’m sure he’s Arthur Eld in disguise and will reward me with jewels and gold and the healing touch.” — Ага, ушастик-путаник тоже получит пирог. Я уверена, что на самом деле он – Артур Эльдский, который, вернув себе человеческий облик, вознаградит меня драгоценными камнями, золотом и даром врачевания. (ТБ 5)

    Cuthbert patted Roland’s face with no result. Alain pushed him aside, knelt, and took the gunslinger’s hands. He had never used the touch this way, but had been told it was possible—that one could reach another’s mind, in at least some cases. / Roland! Roland, wake up! Please! We need you! / At first there was nothing. Then Roland stirred, muttered, and pulled his hands out of Alain’s. — Катберт похлопал Роланда по щеке. Безрезультатно. Ален оттолкнул его, опустился на колени, взял руки стрелка в свои. Он никогда не использовал свой дар для того, чтобы помочь человеку прийти в себя, но ему говорили, что такое возможно: в некоторых случаях дар позволяет проникнуть в разум другого. / Роланд! Роланд, проснись! Пожалуйста! Ты нам нужен! / Поначалу ответная реакция напрочь отсутствовала. Потом Роланд шевельнулся, что-то пробормотал, выдернул руки из пальцев Алена. (ТБ 4)

    English-Russian dictionary of neologisms from a series of books by Stephen King "Dark Tower" > the touch

  • 4 the primrose path

    книжн.
    1) путь наслаждений, стезя утех [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

    Ophelia: "I shall the effect of this good lesson keep As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whilst like a puff'd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act I, sc. 3) — Офелия: "Я сохраню, как сторожа души, Урок твой добрый. Только, милый брат, Не будь как грешный пастырь, что другим Указывает к небу путь тернистый, А сам, беспечный и пустой гуляка, Идет тропой утех, Забыв свои советы. " (перевод М. Лозинского)

    The Sheriff: "...There is also a strong feeling among the men of this town that a line should be drawn between those that are straight wives and mothers and those that are... taking the primrose path." (B. Shaw, ‘The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet’) — Шериф: "...Мужчины нашего города убеждены, что должно делаться различие между добродетельными женами и матерями и теми женщинами, которые... избрали путь порока."

    ‘I know I'd never trust Martha with any secret of mine, and poor old Harry had to take up with that woman in New York just to have someone to confide in, to talk to.’ ‘There was more to it than that, though, wasn't there. Morris?’ ‘Well, of course I assume so. You mean the primrose path of dalliance. Yes, that too.’ (J. O'Hara, ‘The Lockwood Concern’, book I) — - И я никогда бы не доверил Марте никакой тайны. Вот бедняге Харри и пришлось пойти на связь с той женщиной из Нью-Йорка. Ему просто нужна была собеседница. - Но ведь там был и другой интерес, а, Моррис? - Разумеется, был, насколько я могу судить. Вы имеете в виду плотские утехи. Да. Было и это.

    Nine months and more he'd been at Rollo's and he was still only a mechanic. It had been a primrose path at first, promising to lead him to all kinds of opportunities for advancement. Then things had turned tough, his road thorny. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting’, ch. XVI) — Десятый месяц он служит у Ролло, а все еще на должности простого механика. Вначале путь его был усыпан розами, впереди мерещилось повышение за повышением. Потом вдруг застопорило, и путь этот стал тернистым.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > the primrose path

  • 5 not the only pebble on the beach

    ≈ на этом (на нём, на ней и т. д.) свет клином не сошёлся

    Boanerges: "...Though as an old Republican I have no respect for the Majesty as a King, I have a great respect for him as a Strong Man. But he is not the only pebble on the beach. Why not have done with this superstition of monarchy, and bring the British Commonwealth into line with all the other great Powers today as a republic?" (B. Shaw, ‘The Apple Cart’, act II) — Бонерджес: "...Хотя, как старый республиканец, я не испытываю уважения к его величеству как к королю, я уважаю его как сильного человека. Но он не единственный кандидат в диктаторы. Почему бы нам не разделаться с монархическими предрассудками и не привести Британскую империю в соответствие со всеми остальными великими державами, то есть учредить республиканский образ правления?"

    He often forgot that she was Egyptian, and he ought to be reminded occasionally that the English weren't the only pebbles on the beach. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Last Exile’, ch. XLIX) — Джолли часто забывал, что Элен тоже египтянка, и время от времени приходилось ему напоминать, что на англичанах свет клином не сошелся.

    That she was only a kid... Not old enough to realize she wasn't the only pebble on the beach. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting at War’, ch. XIII) — Жюли просто девчонка... Сосунок, а воображает, что кроме нее нет девушек на свете.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > not the only pebble on the beach

  • 6 put in the cooler

    амер.
    разг.≈ отложить в долгий ящик

    ...the resolution will be "put in the cooler" for the time, and only released if public pressure gets too strong. (DA) —...резолюция будет спрятана в долгий ящик, пока общественное давление не заставит снова к ней вернуться.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > put in the cooler

  • 7 OTS

    1) Спорт: Only The Strong
    4) Юридический термин: Office of Thrift Supervision
    5) Бухгалтерия: off-the shelf (software package)
    6) Грубое выражение: Obligatory Tit Shot
    7) Музыка: Open Theme Standard
    9) Телекоммуникации: Om Tat Sat
    10) Сокращение: Office of Technical Support (USPS Procurement), One-man Operated Ticketing System, opportunities to see, out of service, Object Time System
    11) Вычислительная техника: Object Transaction Service (CORBA), Office TeleSystem (OA), object transaction service
    12) Нефть: oil to surface, нефть, поступающая на поверхность (oil to surface), отдел технического обслуживания (office of technical services)
    14) Космонавтика: orbital test satellite
    18) Нефтегазовая техника система обучения операторов (Operator Training System)
    19) Нефть и газ: operator training system

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > OTS

  • 8 Historical Portugal

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

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  • 9 Computers

       The brain has been compared to a digital computer because the neuron, like a switch or valve, either does or does not complete a circuit. But at that point the similarity ends. The switch in the digital computer is constant in its effect, and its effect is large in proportion to the total output of the machine. The effect produced by the neuron varies with its recovery from [the] refractory phase and with its metabolic state. The number of neurons involved in any action runs into millions so that the influence of any one is negligible.... Any cell in the system can be dispensed with.... The brain is an analogical machine, not digital. Analysis of the integrative activities will probably have to be in statistical terms. (Lashley, quoted in Beach, Hebb, Morgan & Nissen, 1960, p. 539)
       It is essential to realize that a computer is not a mere "number cruncher," or supercalculating arithmetic machine, although this is how computers are commonly regarded by people having no familiarity with artificial intelligence. Computers do not crunch numbers; they manipulate symbols.... Digital computers originally developed with mathematical problems in mind, are in fact general purpose symbol manipulating machines....
       The terms "computer" and "computation" are themselves unfortunate, in view of their misleading arithmetical connotations. The definition of artificial intelligence previously cited-"the study of intelligence as computation"-does not imply that intelligence is really counting. Intelligence may be defined as the ability creatively to manipulate symbols, or process information, given the requirements of the task in hand. (Boden, 1981, pp. 15, 16-17)
       The task is to get computers to explain things to themselves, to ask questions about their experiences so as to cause those explanations to be forthcoming, and to be creative in coming up with explanations that have not been previously available. (Schank, 1986, p. 19)
       In What Computers Can't Do, written in 1969 (2nd edition, 1972), the main objection to AI was the impossibility of using rules to select only those facts about the real world that were relevant in a given situation. The "Introduction" to the paperback edition of the book, published by Harper & Row in 1979, pointed out further that no one had the slightest idea how to represent the common sense understanding possessed even by a four-year-old. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 102)
       A popular myth says that the invention of the computer diminishes our sense of ourselves, because it shows that rational thought is not special to human beings, but can be carried on by a mere machine. It is a short stop from there to the conclusion that intelligence is mechanical, which many people find to be an affront to all that is most precious and singular about their humanness.
       In fact, the computer, early in its career, was not an instrument of the philistines, but a humanizing influence. It helped to revive an idea that had fallen into disrepute: the idea that the mind is real, that it has an inner structure and a complex organization, and can be understood in scientific terms. For some three decades, until the 1940s, American psychology had lain in the grip of the ice age of behaviorism, which was antimental through and through. During these years, extreme behaviorists banished the study of thought from their agenda. Mind and consciousness, thinking, imagining, planning, solving problems, were dismissed as worthless for anything except speculation. Only the external aspects of behavior, the surface manifestations, were grist for the scientist's mill, because only they could be observed and measured....
       It is one of the surprising gifts of the computer in the history of ideas that it played a part in giving back to psychology what it had lost, which was nothing less than the mind itself. In particular, there was a revival of interest in how the mind represents the world internally to itself, by means of knowledge structures such as ideas, symbols, images, and inner narratives, all of which had been consigned to the realm of mysticism. (Campbell, 1989, p. 10)
       [Our artifacts] only have meaning because we give it to them; their intentionality, like that of smoke signals and writing, is essentially borrowed, hence derivative. To put it bluntly: computers themselves don't mean anything by their tokens (any more than books do)-they only mean what we say they do. Genuine understanding, on the other hand, is intentional "in its own right" and not derivatively from something else. (Haugeland, 1981a, pp. 32-33)
       he debate over the possibility of computer thought will never be won or lost; it will simply cease to be of interest, like the previous debate over man as a clockwork mechanism. (Bolter, 1984, p. 190)
       t takes us a long time to emotionally digest a new idea. The computer is too big a step, and too recently made, for us to quickly recover our balance and gauge its potential. It's an enormous accelerator, perhaps the greatest one since the plow, twelve thousand years ago. As an intelligence amplifier, it speeds up everything-including itself-and it continually improves because its heart is information or, more plainly, ideas. We can no more calculate its consequences than Babbage could have foreseen antibiotics, the Pill, or space stations.
       Further, the effects of those ideas are rapidly compounding, because a computer design is itself just a set of ideas. As we get better at manipulating ideas by building ever better computers, we get better at building even better computers-it's an ever-escalating upward spiral. The early nineteenth century, when the computer's story began, is already so far back that it may as well be the Stone Age. (Rawlins, 1997, p. 19)
       According to weak AI, the principle value of the computer in the study of the mind is that it gives us a very powerful tool. For example, it enables us to formulate and test hypotheses in a more rigorous and precise fashion than before. But according to strong AI the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind; rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states. And according to strong AI, because the programmed computer has cognitive states, the programs are not mere tools that enable us to test psychological explanations; rather, the programs are themselves the explanations. (Searle, 1981b, p. 353)
       What makes people smarter than machines? They certainly are not quicker or more precise. Yet people are far better at perceiving objects in natural scenes and noting their relations, at understanding language and retrieving contextually appropriate information from memory, at making plans and carrying out contextually appropriate actions, and at a wide range of other natural cognitive tasks. People are also far better at learning to do these things more accurately and fluently through processing experience.
       What is the basis for these differences? One answer, perhaps the classic one we might expect from artificial intelligence, is "software." If we only had the right computer program, the argument goes, we might be able to capture the fluidity and adaptability of human information processing. Certainly this answer is partially correct. There have been great breakthroughs in our understanding of cognition as a result of the development of expressive high-level computer languages and powerful algorithms. However, we do not think that software is the whole story.
       In our view, people are smarter than today's computers because the brain employs a basic computational architecture that is more suited to deal with a central aspect of the natural information processing tasks that people are so good at.... hese tasks generally require the simultaneous consideration of many pieces of information or constraints. Each constraint may be imperfectly specified and ambiguous, yet each can play a potentially decisive role in determining the outcome of processing. (McClelland, Rumelhart & Hinton, 1986, pp. 3-4)

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  • 10 Artificial Intelligence

       In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)
       Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)
       Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....
       When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)
       4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually
       Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)
       What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)
       The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)
       9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form
       The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:
        Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."
        Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)
       Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)
       Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)
       The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)
        14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation
       It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)
       We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.
       Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.
       Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.
    ... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)
       Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)
        16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts
       Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)
       Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence
       The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.
       The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)
       The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....
       AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)
        21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions
       In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)
       Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)
       Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)
       The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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  • 11 man

    1. noun
    , pl. men
    1) no art., no pl. (human being, person) Mensch, der; (the human race) der Mensch

    what can a man do? — was kann man tun?

    every man for himself — rette sich, wer kann

    any man who... — wer...; jeder, der...

    [all] to a man — allesamt

    the man in or (Amer.) on the street — der Mann auf der Straße

    the rights of man — die Menschenrechte

    2) (adult male, individual male) Mann, der

    every man, woman, and child — ausnahmslos jeder od. alle

    the [very] man for something — der richtige Mann od. der Richtige für etwas

    make a man out of somebody — (fig.) einen Mann aus jemandem machen

    a man of property/great strength — ein vermögender/sehr kräftiger Mann

    men's clothing/outfitter — Herrenkleidung, die/Herrenausstatter, der

    be man enough to... — Manns genug sein, um zu...

    something sorts out or separates the men from the boys — (coll.) an etwas (Dat.) zeigt sich, wer ein ganzer Kerl ist und wer nicht

    be one's own man — seine eigenen Vorstellungen haben

    men's toilet — Herrentoilette, die

    ‘Men’ — "Herren"

    my [good] man — mein Guter

    3) (husband) Mann, der
    4) (Chess) Figur, die; (Draughts) Stein, der
    5) (coll.): (as int. of surprise or impatience, as mode of address) Mensch! (salopp)
    6) (type of man) Mann, der; Typ, der

    a man of the people/world/of action — ein Mann des Volkes/von Welt/der Tat

    7) (manservant) Diener, der
    2. transitive verb,
    - nn- bemannen [Schiff, Spill]; besetzen [Büro, Stelle usw.]; bedienen [Telefon, Geschütz]; [Soldaten:] Stellung beziehen in (+ Dat.) [Festung]; mit Personal besetzen [Fabrik]
    * * *
    [mæn] 1. plural - men; noun
    1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) der Mann
    2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) der Mensch
    3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) der Mann
    4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) Mensch!
    5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) der Soldat
    6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) die Figur
    2. verb
    (to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) bemannen
    - academic.ru/114908/-man">-man
    - manhood
    - mankind
    - manly
    - manliness
    - manned
    - man-eating
    - man-eater
    - manhandle
    - manhole
    - man-made
    - manpower
    - manservant
    - mansized
    - mansize
    - manslaughter
    - menfolk
    - menswear
    - as one man
    - the man in the street
    - man of letters
    - man of the world
    - man to man
    - to a man
    * * *
    [mæn]
    I. n
    <pl men>
    1. (male adult) Mann m
    \man's bicycle Herrenfahrrad nt
    men's clothing Herrenkleidung f
    men's shoes/gloves Herrenschuhe/-handschuhe pl
    the men's [room] die Herrentoilette, SCHWEIZ a. Männer-WC nt fam
    the men in [grey] suits die so genannten Herren im grauen Anzug (gesichtslose, aber einflussreiche Geschäftsleute)
    a \man-to- \man talk ein Gespräch nt unter Männern
    a \man's voice eine Männerstimme [o männliche Stimme]
    dirty old \man ( pej fam) alter Lustmolch pej, alte Drecksau pej sl
    \man to \man von Mann zu Mann
    to talk [as] \man to \man offen [o ein offenes Wort] miteinander reden
    2. (brave person) Mann m
    be [or act like] a \man! sei ein Mann!
    she's more of a \man than anyone of them sie hat mehr Mumm in den Knochen als sie alle fam
    to be \man enough [to do sth] Manns genug sein[, etw zu tun]
    to be only half a \man nur ein halber Mann sein
    to make a \man [out] of sb einen Mann aus jdm machen
    sth separates [or sorts out] the men from the boys ( fam) an etw dat zeigt sich, wer ein ganzer Kerl
    to take sth like a \man etw wie ein [richtiger] Mann ertragen
    3. (person) Mensch m
    all men are equal alle Menschen sind gleich
    \man overboard! Mann über Bord!
    our \man in Washington unser Mann in Washington
    a \man could do a lot with 20,000 euros mit 20.000 Euro könnte man viel anfangen
    every \man, woman, and child ausnahmslos jeder, alle
    to be sb's right-hand \man jds rechte Hand sein
    every \man for himself jeder für sich akk
    to be one's own \man sein eigener Herr sein
    as one \man wie ein Mann
    as one \man, the delegates made for the exit geschlossen gingen die Delegierten hinaus
    to a [or the last] \man bis auf den letzten Mann
    to a \man, we were enthusiastic about the idea wir waren allesamt begeistert von der Idee
    4. no pl, no art (mankind) der Mensch, die Menschheit
    this is one of the most dangerous substances known to \man das ist eine der gefährlichsten Substanzen, die bisher bekannt sind
    the dog is \man's best friend der Hund ist des Menschen bester Freund
    Heidelberg \man der Heidelbergmensch
    the rights of \man die Menschenrechte
    5. (particular type)
    he is a \man of his word er ist jemand, der zu seinem Wort steht, er steht zu seinem Wort
    he's not a \man to... er ist nicht der Mensch [o Typ], der...
    she's the right/wrong \man for the job sie ist die Richtige/Falsche für diesen Job
    if you're looking for an expert he's your \man wenn Sie einen Fachmann suchen, ist er genau der Richtige [für Sie]
    you've come to the right \man da sind Sie bei mir richtig
    he's not a drinking \man er ist kein großer Trinker
    I'm not a gambling \man ich mache mir nichts aus Glücksspielen
    Ian is an Oxford \man (is from) Ian kommt aus Oxford; (attended university) Ian hat in Oxford studiert
    he's a loyal Labour \man er ist ein treuer Anhänger der Labour-Partei
    Billy is a \man about town Billy weiß immer, was in der Stadt so los ist
    to be a \man of action ein Mann der Tat sein
    a \man of the cloth ein Mann m Gottes
    a \man Friday ein treuer Helfer
    to be a family \man ein Familienmensch m sein
    a \man of God ( form: a clergyman) ein Mann m Gottes; (a saint) ein Heiliger
    the \man of the house der Herr des Hauses
    to be a ladies' \man ein Charmeur m [o Frauenheld m] sein
    a \man of letters writer ein Schriftsteller m [o Literat m]; scholar ein Gelehrter m
    the \man of the match BRIT SPORT der Held des Tages
    to be \man of the moment der richtige Mann am richtigen Ort sein
    the \man in the moon der Mann im Mond
    the \man on the Clapham omnibus BRIT der Durchschnittsbürger
    to be a \man of the people ein Mann m des Volkes sein
    to be a \man of straw ein Hochstapler m sein
    the \man in the street der kleine Mann
    to be a \man of the world ein Mann m von Welt sein
    the inner \man das Innere
    the odd \man out der Außenseiter
    he is the odd \man out of the three because... er ist der Außenseiter unter den dreien, weil...
    6. (soldier, worker)
    ▪ men pl Männer pl, Leute pl
    the expedition was made up of 100 officers and men die Expedition bestand aus 100 Offizieren und einfachen Soldaten
    7. ( fam: form of address) Mann m fam, Mensch m fam
    give me that, \man! gib das her, Mann! fam
    my good \man! mein lieber Mann! fam
    hey, old \man! he, alter Junge! fam
    8. ( old: servant) Diener m
    9. ( fam: husband) Mann m; (boyfriend) Freund m, Typ m sl
    to live as \man and wife wie Mann und Frau zusammenleben
    10. (in board games) [Spiel]figur f; (in draughts) [Spiel]stein m
    11. no pl AM (sl)
    ▪ the \man (the boss) der Boss fam; (white people) die Weißen pl; (the police) die Bullen pl pej fam
    12.
    ▶ \man's best friend der beste Freund des Menschen
    ▶ \man and boy ( dated) das ganze Leben lang, von Kindesbeinen an
    ▶ you can't keep a good \man down ( prov) er/sie lässt sich nicht unterkriegen
    ▶ \man proposes, God disposes ( prov) der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt prov
    II. interj ( fam: to emphasize) Mensch fam, Mann fam; (in enthusiasm) Mann fam, Manometer fam; (in anger) Mann fam; (complaining) Menno Kindersprache, na geh' ÖSTERR Kindersprache
    \man, we had a good time! Mann, haben wir uns amüsiert! fam
    III. vt
    <- nn->
    1. (be present)
    \man the pumps! alle Mann an die Pumpen!
    to \man the barricades/a fortress die Barrikaden/eine Festung besetzen
    to \man a gun/phone ein Geschütz/Telefon bedienen
    2. (staff)
    to \man a fortress/a picket eine Stellung/einen Streikposten besetzen
    to \man a ship ein Schiff bemannen
    * * *
    [mn]
    1. n pl men
    1) (= adult male) Mann m

    this incident made a man out of him — dieses Ereignis hat ihn zum Mann gemacht

    I'm only half a man without you — ohne dich bin ich nur ein halber Mensch

    he took it like a man — er hat es wie ein Mann or mannhaft ertragen

    man and boy — von Kindheit/Jugend an

    the man in the street — der Mann auf der Straße, der kleine Mann

    man of God — Mann m Gottes

    you're a man about town, you know where... (Brit) — du kennst dich aus, du weißt, wo...

    as one man to another —

    well done, that man! — gut gemacht, alter Junge! (inf)

    to be man enough (to do sth) — Manns genug sein(, etw zu tun)

    man's bicycle/jacket — Herrenfahrrad nt/-jacke

    old man (dated) — alter Junge (dated) or Knabe (dated)

    See:
    → good
    2) (= human race also Man) der Mensch, die Menschen
    3) (= person) man

    no man — keiner, niemand

    any man who believes that... — wer das glaubt,...

    that man Jones —

    as one man — geschlossen, wie ein Mann

    4)

    (= type) the right/wrong man — der Richtige/Falsche

    you've come to the right man — da sind or liegen (inf) Sie bei mir richtig

    he's not the man to make a mistake like that — so etwas würde ihm bestimmt nicht passieren

    he's not a man to... — er ist nicht der Typ, der...

    it's got to be a local man — es muss jemand von hier or aus dieser Gegend sein

    he's a leg/tit man (inf) — er steht bei Frauen vor allem auf Beine/Titten (inf)

    5) (inf interj) Mensch (inf), Mann (inf)

    you can't do that, man — Mensch or Mann, das kannst du doch nicht machen!

    fantastic, man! see you, man! — klasse, Mann! (inf) bis später

    are you coming with us, man? — du, kommst du noch mit?

    6) (= employee, soldier etc) Mann m; (= servant) Bedienstete(r) m

    she has a man to do the garden — sie hat jemanden, der den Garten macht

    follow me, men! — mir nach, Leute!

    7) (CHESS) Figur f; (in draughts) Stein m
    2. vt
    ship bemannen; fortress, barricades, checkpoint besetzen; power station, pump, gun, telephone etc bedienen; pickets bewachen

    a fully manned ship —

    he left 10 soldiers behind to man the fortress man the guns/pumps! — er ließ 10 Soldaten als Besatzung für die Festung zurück an die Geschütze/Pumpen!

    the captain gave the signal to man the guns — der Kapitän gab das Zeichen zur Besetzung der Geschütze

    * * *
    man [mæn]
    A pl men [men] s
    1. Mensch m
    2. oft Man koll der Mensch, die Menschen pl, die Menschheit:
    the rights of man die Menschenrechte;
    the history of man die Menschheitsgeschichte
    3. Mann m:
    is your doctor a man or a woman? haben Sie einen Arzt od eine Ärztin?;
    man about town Lebemann;
    the man in (US a. on) the street der Mann auf der Straße, der Durchschnittsbürger, der gewöhnliche Sterbliche;
    a) Faktotum n,
    b) Allerweltskerl m;
    man of God Diener m Gottes;
    man of hono(u)r Ehrenmann;
    man of straw fig Strohmann;
    a) Mann von Welt,
    b) Mann mit (sexueller) Erfahrung;
    Man of Sorrows REL Schmerzensmann (Christus);
    he is a man of his word er steht zu seinem Wort;
    he is an Oxford man er hat in Oxford studiert;
    I have known him man and boy ich kenne ihn schon von Jugend auf;
    be one’s own man sein eigener Herr sein;
    he spoke to him as one man to another er sprach mit ihm von Mann zu Mann;
    the man Smith (besagter oder dieser) Smith;
    a man and a brother Br umg ein patenter Kerl;
    my good man! iron mein lieber Herr!;
    be man enough to do sth Manns genug sein, etwas zu tun;
    a five-man move (besonders Fußball) eine Kombination über fünf Stationen; → action 1, inner man, letter1 A 5 c, mark1 B 14 a
    4. weitS.
    a) Mann m, Person f
    b) jemand
    c) man:
    as a man als Mensch (schlechthin);
    a) irgendjemand,
    b) jedermann;
    be any man’s money für Geld (fast) alles tun;
    every man jeder(mann);
    few men nur wenige (Menschen);
    no man niemand;
    50 p per man 50 Pence pro Person oder Mann;
    what can a man do in such a case? was kann man da schon machen?;
    give a man a chance einem eine Chance geben;
    the Man US sl
    a) der Weiße,
    b) das ( besonders weiße) Establishment,
    c) die Bullen pl pej, die Polizei; → jack1 A 2
    5. Mann m:
    as one man wie ein Mann, geschlossen;
    on this question they were as one man in dieser Frage waren sich alle einig;
    man by man Mann für Mann, einer nach dem anderen;
    to a man bis auf den letzten Mann;
    man on! SPORT Hintermann!
    6. (Ehe)Mann m:
    man and wife Mann und Frau
    7. (der) (richtige) Mann, (der) Richtige:
    if you want a guide, he is your man;
    I am your man! ich bin Ihr Mann!;
    he is not the man to do it er ist nicht der richtige Mann dafür
    8. (wahrer oder echter oder richtiger) Mann:
    be a man! sei ein Mann!, reiß dich zusammen!
    9. koll die Männer pl, der Mann
    10. a) Diener m
    b) Angestellte(r) m
    c) Arbeiter m:
    11. MIL Mann m:
    a) Soldat m
    b) Matrose m
    c) pl Mannschaft f:
    man on leave Urlauber m;
    20 men zwanzig Mann
    12. (als int) auch man alive! Mensch!, Menschenskind!, Mann!:
    hurry up, man! Mensch, beeil dich!
    13. HIST Lehnsmann m, Untertan m
    14. Brettspiele: Stein m, (Schach) Figur f
    B v/t
    1. SCHIFF, MIL
    a) ein Schiff etc bemannen:
    b) eine Festung etc besetzen:
    2. einen Arbeitsplatz etc besetzen
    3. fig jemanden stärken:
    man o.s. sich ermannen oder aufraffen
    * * *
    1. noun
    , pl. men
    1) no art., no pl. (human being, person) Mensch, der; (the human race) der Mensch

    every man for himself — rette sich, wer kann

    any man who... — wer...; jeder, der...

    [all] to a man — allesamt

    the man in or (Amer.) on the street — der Mann auf der Straße

    2) (adult male, individual male) Mann, der

    every man, woman, and child — ausnahmslos jeder od. alle

    the [very] man for something — der richtige Mann od. der Richtige für etwas

    make a man out of somebody — (fig.) einen Mann aus jemandem machen

    a man of property/great strength — ein vermögender/sehr kräftiger Mann

    men's clothing/outfitter — Herrenkleidung, die/Herrenausstatter, der

    be man enough to... — Manns genug sein, um zu...

    something sorts out or separates the men from the boys — (coll.) an etwas (Dat.) zeigt sich, wer ein ganzer Kerl ist und wer nicht

    men's toilet — Herrentoilette, die

    ‘Men’ — "Herren"

    my [good] man — mein Guter

    3) (husband) Mann, der
    4) (Chess) Figur, die; (Draughts) Stein, der
    5) (coll.): (as int. of surprise or impatience, as mode of address) Mensch! (salopp)
    6) (type of man) Mann, der; Typ, der

    a man of the people/world/of action — ein Mann des Volkes/von Welt/der Tat

    7) (manservant) Diener, der
    2. transitive verb,
    - nn- bemannen [Schiff, Spill]; besetzen [Büro, Stelle usw.]; bedienen [Telefon, Geschütz]; [Soldaten:] Stellung beziehen in (+ Dat.) [Festung]; mit Personal besetzen [Fabrik]
    * * *
    n.
    (§ pl.: men)
    = Mann ¨-- m.
    Mannsbild n.

    English-german dictionary > man

  • 12 Empire, Portuguese overseas

    (1415-1975)
       Portugal was the first Western European state to establish an early modern overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean and perhaps the last colonial power to decolonize. A vast subject of complexity that is full of myth as well as debatable theories, the history of the Portuguese overseas empire involves the story of more than one empire, the question of imperial motives, the nature of Portuguese rule, and the results and consequences of empire, including the impact on subject peoples as well as on the mother country and its society, Here, only the briefest account of a few such issues can be attempted.
       There were various empires or phases of empire after the capture of the Moroccan city of Ceuta in 1415. There were at least three Portuguese empires in history: the First empire (1415-1580), the Second empire (1580-1640 and 1640-1822), and the Third empire (1822-1975).
       With regard to the second empire, the so-called Phillipine period (1580-1640), when Portugal's empire was under Spanish domination, could almost be counted as a separate era. During that period, Portugal lost important parts of its Asian holdings to England and also sections of its colonies of Brazil, Angola, and West Africa to Holland's conquests. These various empires could be characterized by the geography of where Lisbon invested its greatest efforts and resources to develop territories and ward off enemies.
       The first empire (1415-1580) had two phases. First came the African coastal phase (1415-97), when the Portuguese sought a foothold in various Moroccan cities but then explored the African coast from Morocco to past the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. While colonization and sugar farming were pursued in the Atlantic islands, as well as in the islands in the Gulf of Guinea like São Tomé and Príncipe, for the most part the Portuguese strategy was to avoid commitments to defending or peopling lands on the African continent. Rather, Lisbon sought a seaborne trade empire, in which the Portuguese could profit from exploiting trade and resources (such as gold) along the coasts and continue exploring southward to seek a sea route to Portuguese India. The second phase of the first empire (1498-1580) began with the discovery of the sea route to Asia, thanks to Vasco da Gama's first voyage in 1497-99, and the capture of strong points, ports, and trading posts in order to enforce a trade monopoly between Asia and Europe. This Asian phase produced the greatest revenues of empire Portugal had garnered, yet ended when Spain conquered Portugal and commanded her empire as of 1580.
       Portugal's second overseas empire began with Spanish domination and ran to 1822, when Brazil won her independence from Portugal. This phase was characterized largely by Brazilian dominance of imperial commitment, wealth in minerals and other raw materials from Brazil, and the loss of a significant portion of her African and Asian coastal empire to Holland and Great Britain. A sketch of Portugal's imperial losses either to native rebellions or to imperial rivals like Britain and Holland follows:
       • Morocco (North Africa) (sample only)
       Arzila—Taken in 1471; evacuated in 1550s; lost to Spain in 1580, which returned city to a sultan.
       Ceuta—Taken in 1415; lost to Spain in 1640 (loss confirmed in 1668 treaty with Spain).
       • Tangiers—Taken in 15th century; handed over to England in 1661 as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry to King Charles II.
       • West Africa
       • Fort/Castle of São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (in what is now Ghana)—Taken in 1480s; lost to Holland in 1630s.
       • Middle East
       Socotra-isle—Conquered in 1507; fort abandoned in 1511; used as water resupply stop for India fleet.
       Muscat—Conquered in 1501; lost to Persians in 1650.
       Ormuz—Taken, 1505-15 under Albuquerque; lost to England, which gave it to Persia in the 17th century.
       Aden (entry to Red Sea) — Unsuccessfully attacked by Portugal (1513-30); taken by Turks in 1538.
       • India
       • Ceylon (Sri Lanka)—Taken by 1516; lost to Dutch after 1600.
       • Bombay—Taken in 16th century; given to England in 1661 treaty as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry for Charles II.
       • East Indies
       • Moluccas—Taken by 1520; possession confirmed in 1529 Saragossa treaty with Spain; lost to Dutch after 1600; only East Timor remaining.
       After the restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain in 1640, Portugal proceeded to revive and strengthen the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, with international aid to fight off further Spanish threats to Portugal and drive the Dutch invaders out of Brazil and Angola. While Portugal lost its foothold in West Africa at Mina to the Dutch, dominion in Angola was consolidated. The most vital part of the imperial economy was a triangular trade: slaves from West Africa and from the coasts of Congo and Angola were shipped to plantations in Brazil; raw materials (sugar, tobacco, gold, diamonds, dyes) were sent to Lisbon; Lisbon shipped Brazil colonists and hardware. Part of Portugal's War of Restoration against Spain (1640-68) and its reclaiming of Brazil and Angola from Dutch intrusions was financed by the New Christians (Jews converted to Christianity after the 1496 Manueline order of expulsion of Jews) who lived in Portugal, Holland and other low countries, France, and Brazil. If the first empire was mainly an African coastal and Asian empire, the second empire was primarily a Brazilian empire.
       Portugal's third overseas empire began upon the traumatic independence of Brazil, the keystone of the Lusitanian enterprise, in 1822. The loss of Brazil greatly weakened Portugal both as a European power and as an imperial state, for the scattered remainder of largely coastal, poor, and uncolonized territories that stretched from the bulge of West Africa to East Timor in the East Indies and Macau in south China were more of a financial liability than an asset. Only two small territories balanced their budgets occasionally or made profits: the cocoa islands of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea and tiny Macau, which lost much of its advantage as an entrepot between the West and the East when the British annexed neighboring Hong Kong in 1842. The others were largely burdens on the treasury. The African colonies were strapped by a chronic economic problem: at a time when the slave trade and then slavery were being abolished under pressures from Britain and other Western powers, the economies of Guinea- Bissau, São Tomé/Príncipe, Angola, and Mozambique were totally dependent on revenues from the slave trade and slavery. During the course of the 19th century, Lisbon began a program to reform colonial administration in a newly rejuvenated African empire, where most of the imperial efforts were expended, by means of replacing the slave trade and slavery, with legitimate economic activities.
       Portugal participated in its own early version of the "Scramble" for Africa's interior during 1850-69, but discovered that the costs of imperial expansion were too high to allow effective occupation of the hinterlands. After 1875, Portugal participated in the international "Scramble for Africa" and consolidated its holdings in west and southern Africa, despite the failure of the contra-costa (to the opposite coast) plan, which sought to link up the interiors of Angola and Mozambique with a corridor in central Africa. Portugal's expansion into what is now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (eastern section) in 1885-90 was thwarted by its oldest ally, Britain, under pressure from interest groups in South Africa, Scotland, and England. All things considered, Portugal's colonizing resources and energies were overwhelmed by the African empire it possessed after the frontier-marking treaties of 1891-1906. Lisbon could barely administer the massive area of five African colonies, whose total area comprised about 8 percent of the area of the colossal continent. The African territories alone were many times the size of tiny Portugal and, as of 1914, Portugal was the third colonial power in terms of size of area possessed in the world.
       The politics of Portugal's empire were deceptive. Lisbon remained obsessed with the fear that rival colonial powers, especially Germany and Britain, would undermine and then dismantle her African empire. This fear endured well into World War II. In developing and keeping her potentially rich African territories (especially mineral-rich Angola and strategically located Mozambique), however, the race against time was with herself and her subject peoples. Two major problems, both chronic, prevented Portugal from effective colonization (i.e., settling) and development of her African empire: the economic weakness and underdevelopment of the mother country and the fact that the bulk of Portuguese emigration after 1822 went to Brazil, Venezuela, the United States, and France, not to the colonies. These factors made it difficult to consolidate imperial control until it was too late; that is, until local African nationalist movements had organized and taken the field in insurgency wars that began in three of the colonies during the years 1961-64.
       Portugal's belated effort to revitalize control and to develop, in the truest sense of the word, Angola and Mozambique after 1961 had to be set against contemporary events in Europe, Africa, and Asia. While Portugal held on to a backward empire, other European countries like Britain, France, and Belgium were rapidly decolonizing their empires. Portugal's failure or unwillingness to divert the large streams of emigrants to her empire after 1850 remained a constant factor in this question. Prophetic were the words of the 19th-century economist Joaquim Oliveira Martins, who wrote in 1880 that Brazil was a better colony for Portugal than Africa and that the best colony of all would have been Portugal itself. As of the day of the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which sparked the final process of decolonization of the remainder of Portugal's third overseas empire, the results of the colonization program could be seen to be modest compared to the numbers of Portuguese emigrants outside the empire. Moreover, within a year, of some 600,000 Portuguese residing permanently in Angola and Mozambique, all but a few thousand had fled to South Africa or returned to Portugal.
       In 1974 and 1975, most of the Portuguese empire was decolonized or, in the case of East Timor, invaded and annexed by a foreign power before it could consolidate its independence. Only historic Macau, scheduled for transfer to the People's Republic of China in 1999, remained nominally under Portuguese control as a kind of footnote to imperial history. If Portugal now lacked a conventional overseas empire and was occupied with the challenges of integration in the European Union (EU), Lisbon retained another sort of informal dependency that was a new kind of empire: the empire of her scattered overseas Portuguese communities from North America to South America. Their numbers were at least six times greater than that of the last settlers of the third empire.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Empire, Portuguese overseas

  • 13 essential

    i'senʃəl
    1. adjective
    (absolutely necessary: Strong boots are essential for mountaineering; It is essential that you arrive punctually.) esencial, imprescindible

    2. noun
    (a thing that is fundamental or necessary: Everyone should learn the essentials of first aid; Is a television set an essential?) esencial, fundamental
    essential adj esencial / imprescindible
    tr[ɪ'senʃəl]
    1 (necessary) esencial, imprescindible
    2 (most important, basic) fundamental, central, básico,-a
    ■ do you consider a dishwasher an essential? ¿crees que un lavaplatos es una necesidad?
    1 lo esencial m sing, lo fundamental m sing
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    essential [ɪ'sɛnʧəl] adj
    : esencial, imprescindible, fundamental
    ♦ essentially adv
    : elemento m esencial, lo imprescindible
    adj.
    • capital adj.
    • esencial adj.
    • imprescindible adj.
    • necesario, -a adj.
    • preciso, -a adj.
    n.
    • esencial s.m.

    I ɪ'sentʃəl, ɪ'senʃəl
    adjective esencial

    to be essential TO something/somebody — ser* esencial or imprescindible para algo/alguien


    II
    a) ( something indispensable) imperativo m, elemento m esencial
    b) essentials plural noun ( fundamental features) puntos mpl esenciales or fundamentales
    [ɪ'senʃǝl]
    1. ADJ
    1) (=necessary) esencial, imprescindible

    it is essential that — es esencial que, es imprescindible que

    it is essential to — + infin es esencial or imprescindible + infin

    it is absolutely essential to remain calm — es absolutamente esencial or es imprescindible mantener la calma

    • a list of essential reading — una lista de lecturas esenciales

    • essential services — servicios mpl básicos

    2) (=fundamental) [quality, fact, difference, element] fundamental, esencial

    man's essential goodness — la bondad esencial or fundamental del ser humano

    2. N
    1) (=necessary thing)

    in my job a car is an essential — en mi trabajo, un coche es una necesidad

    2) essentials (=fundamentals)
    3.
    CPD

    essential oil N — aceite m esencial

    * * *

    I [ɪ'sentʃəl, ɪ'senʃəl]
    adjective esencial

    to be essential TO something/somebody — ser* esencial or imprescindible para algo/alguien


    II
    a) ( something indispensable) imperativo m, elemento m esencial
    b) essentials plural noun ( fundamental features) puntos mpl esenciales or fundamentales

    English-spanish dictionary > essential

  • 14 good

    good [gʊd]
    bon ⇒ 1A (a)-(d), 1B (a), 1C (a), 1C (c), 1C (d), 1D (a)-(e), 1E (a)-(d), 2 (a) beau ⇒ 1A (a), 1D (b) gentil ⇒ 1B (a) sage ⇒ 1B (b) favorable ⇒ 1C (b) bien ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b), 3 pour ainsi dire ⇒ 5 pour de bon ⇒ 6
    (compar better ['betə(r)], superl best [best])
    A.
    (a) (enjoyable, pleasant → book, feeling, holiday) bon, agréable; (→ weather) beau (belle);
    ∎ we're good friends nous sommes très amis;
    ∎ we're just good friends on est des amis, c'est tout;
    ∎ she has a good relationship with her staff elle a un bon contact avec ses employés;
    ∎ they have a good sex life sexuellement, tout va bien entre eux;
    ∎ they had a good time ils se sont bien amusés;
    ∎ we had good weather during the holidays il faisait beau pendant nos vacances;
    ∎ good to eat/to hear bon à manger/à entendre;
    ∎ it's good to be home ça fait du bien ou ça fait plaisir de rentrer chez soi;
    ∎ it's good to be alive il fait bon vivre;
    ∎ wait until he's in a good mood attendez qu'il soit de bonne humeur;
    ∎ to feel good être en forme;
    ∎ he doesn't feel good about leaving her alone (worried) ça l'ennuie de la laisser seule; (ashamed) il a honte de la laisser seule;
    ∎ it's too good to be true c'est trop beau pour être vrai ou pour y croire;
    ∎ the good life la belle vie;
    ∎ she's never had it so good! elle n'a jamais eu la vie si belle!;
    ∎ this is as good as you can get or as it gets c'est ce qui se fait de mieux;
    ∎ have a good day! bonne journée!;
    ∎ it's good to see you je suis/nous sommes content(s) de te voir;
    ∎ American familiar good to see you content de te voir;
    ∎ you can have too much of a good thing on se lasse de tout, même du meilleur
    (b) (high quality → clothing, dishes) bon, de bonne qualité; (→ painting, film) bon; (→ food) bon;
    ∎ it's a good school c'est une bonne école;
    ∎ he speaks good English il parle bien anglais;
    ∎ she put her good shoes on elle a mis ses belles chaussures;
    ∎ I need a good suit j'ai besoin d'un bon costume;
    ∎ this house is good enough for me cette maison me suffit;
    ∎ if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me si ça vous va, alors ça me va aussi;
    ∎ this isn't good enough ça ne va pas;
    ∎ this work isn't good enough ce travail laisse beaucoup à désirer;
    ∎ nothing is too good for her family rien n'est trop beau pour sa famille;
    ∎ it makes good television ça marche bien à la télévision
    (c) (competent, skilful) bon, compétent;
    ∎ do you know a good lawyer? connaissez-vous un bon avocat?;
    ∎ she's a very good doctor c'est un excellent médecin;
    ∎ he's a good swimmer c'est un bon nageur;
    ∎ she's a good listener c'est quelqu'un qui sait écouter;
    ∎ to be good in bed être bien au lit;
    ∎ he's too good for that job il mérite une meilleure situation;
    ∎ to be good at sth être doué pour ou bon en qch;
    ∎ they're good at everything ils sont bons en tout;
    ∎ he's good with children il sait s'y prendre avec les enfants;
    ∎ to be good with one's hands être habile ou adroit de ses mains;
    ∎ they're not good enough to direct the others ils ne sont pas à la hauteur pour diriger les autres;
    ∎ you're as good as he is tu le vaux bien, tu vaux autant que lui;
    ∎ she's as good an artist as you are elle vous vaut en tant qu'artiste;
    ∎ to be good on French history/contract law (author) être bon en histoire de France/sur le droit des contrats;
    ∎ to be good on sth (book) être complet sur qch;
    ∎ the good gardening guide (title of book) le guide du bon jardinier
    (d) (useful) bon;
    ∎ to be good for nothing être bon à rien;
    ∎ this product is also good for cleaning windows ce produit est bien aussi pour nettoyer les vitres
    ∎ good afternoon! (hello) bonjour!; (goodbye) bon après-midi!;
    ∎ good day! British or & American old-fashioned (hello) bonjour!; British old-fashioned (goodbye) adieu!;
    ∎ good evening! bonsoir!;
    ∎ good morning! (hello) bonjour!; (goodbye) au revoir!, bonne journée!
    B.
    (a) (kind) bon, gentil; (loyal, true) bon, véritable; (moral, virtuous) bon;
    ∎ good behaviour or conduct bonne conduite f;
    ∎ she's a good person c'est quelqu'un de bien;
    ∎ he's a good sort c'est un brave type;
    ∎ she proved to be a good friend elle a prouvé qu'elle était une véritable amie;
    ∎ he's been a good husband to her il a été pour elle un bon mari;
    ∎ you're too good for him tu mérites mieux que lui;
    ∎ they took advantage of his good nature ils ont profité de son bon naturel ou caractère;
    ∎ he's a good Christian/communist c'est un bon chrétien/communiste;
    ∎ to lead a good life (comfortable) avoir une belle vie; (moral) mener une vie vertueuse ou exemplaire;
    ∎ they've always been good to me ils ont toujours été gentils avec moi;
    ∎ life has been good to me j'ai eu de la chance dans la vie;
    ∎ that's very good of you c'est très aimable de votre part;
    ∎ he was very good about it il s'est montré très compréhensif;
    ∎ it's good of you to come c'est aimable ou gentil à vous d'être venu;
    ∎ would you be good enough to ask him? auriez-vous la bonté de lui demander?, seriez-vous assez aimable pour lui demander?;
    ∎ would you be good enough to reply by return of post? voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de répondre par retour du courrier?;
    ∎ old-fashioned or humorous and how's your good lady? et comment va madame?;
    ∎ old-fashioned or humorous my good man mon brave;
    ∎ literary good men and true des hommes vaillants;
    ∎ literary the good ship Caledonia le Caledonia
    ∎ be good! sois sage!;
    ∎ be a good boy and fetch Mummy's bag sois mignon, va chercher le sac de maman;
    ∎ good dog! (encouraging) oh, le beau chien!; (congratulating) c'est bien, le chien!
    C.
    (a) (desirable, positive) bon, souhaitable; (cause) bon;
    ∎ it's a good thing she's prepared to talk about it c'est une bonne chose qu'elle soit prête à en parler;
    ∎ she had the good fortune to arrive just then elle a eu la chance d'arriver juste à ce moment-là;
    ∎ it's a good job or good thing he decided not to go c'est une chance qu'il ait décidé de ou heureusement qu'il a décidé de ne pas y aller;
    ∎ all good wishes for the New Year tous nos meilleurs vœux pour le nouvel an
    (b) (favourable → contract, deal) avantageux, favorable; (→ opportunity, sign) bon, favorable;
    ∎ to buy sth at a good price acheter qch bon marché ou à un prix avantageux;
    ∎ you've got a good chance tu as toutes tes chances;
    ∎ she's in a good position to help us elle est bien placée pour nous aider;
    ∎ there are good times ahead l'avenir est prometteur;
    ∎ he put in a good word for me with the boss il a glissé un mot en ma faveur au patron;
    ∎ it's looking good (is going well) ça a l'air de bien se passer; (is going to succeed) ça se présente bien;
    ∎ he's looking good (of boxer, athlete, election candidate) il a toutes ses chances
    (c) (convenient, suitable → place, time) bon, propice; (→ choice) bon, convenable;
    ∎ it's a good holiday spot for people with children c'est un lieu de vacances idéal pour ceux qui ont des enfants;
    ∎ is this a good moment to ask him? est-ce un bon moment pour lui demander?;
    ∎ this is as good a time as any autant le faire maintenant;
    ∎ it's as good a way as any to do it c'est une façon comme une autre de le faire
    (d) (beneficial) bon, bienfaisant;
    ∎ protein-rich diets are good for pregnant women les régimes riches en protéines sont bons pour les femmes enceintes;
    ∎ eat your spinach, it's good for you mange tes épinards, c'est bon pour toi;
    ∎ hard work is good for the soul! le travail forme le caractère!;
    ∎ whisky is good for a cold le whisky est bon pour les rhumes;
    ∎ to be good for business être bon pour les affaires;
    ∎ he's not good for her il a une mauvaise influence sur elle;
    ∎ this cold weather isn't good for your health ce froid n'est pas bon pour ta santé ou est mauvais pour toi;
    ∎ it's good for him to spend time outdoors ça lui fait du bien ou c'est bon pour lui de passer du temps dehors;
    ∎ he works more than is good for him il travaille plus qu'il ne faudrait ou devrait;
    ∎ figurative he doesn't know what's good for him il ne sait pas ce qui est bon pour lui;
    ∎ figurative if you know what's good for you, you'll listen si tu as le moindre bon sens, tu m'écouteras
    D.
    (a) (sound, strong) bon, valide;
    ∎ I can do a lot with my good arm je peux faire beaucoup de choses avec mon bras valide;
    ∎ my eyesight/hearing is good j'ai une bonne vue/l'ouïe fine
    (b) (attractive → appearance) bon, beau (belle); (→ features, legs) beau (belle), joli;
    ∎ you're looking good! (healthy) tu as bonne mine!; (well-dressed) tu es très bien!;
    ∎ that colour looks good on him cette couleur lui va bien;
    ∎ she has a good figure elle est bien faite;
    ∎ the vase looks good there le vase rend très bien là
    (c) (valid, well-founded) bon, valable;
    ∎ she had a good excuse/reason for not going elle avait une bonne excuse pour/une bonne raison de ne pas y aller;
    ∎ I wouldn't have come without good reason je ne serais pas venu sans avoir une bonne raison;
    ∎ they made out a good case against drinking tap water ils ont bien expliqué pourquoi il ne fallait pas boire l'eau du robinet
    (d) (reliable, trustworthy → brand, car) bon, sûr; Commerce & Finance (→ cheque) bon; (→ investment, securities) sûr; (→ debt) bon, certain;
    ∎ my passport is good for five years mon passeport est bon ou valable pour cinq ans;
    ∎ this coat is good for another year ce manteau fera encore un an;
    ∎ familiar she's good for another ten years elle en a bien encore pour dix ans;
    ∎ familiar he's always good for a laugh il sait toujours faire rire□ ;
    ∎ how much money are you good for? (do you have) de combien d'argent disposez-vous?;
    ∎ he should be good for a couple of hundred pounds on devrait pouvoir en tirer quelques centaines de livres;
    ∎ they are or their credit is good for £500 on peut leur faire crédit jusqu'à 500 livres
    (e) (honourable, reputable) bon, estimé;
    ∎ they live at a good address ils habitent un quartier chic;
    ∎ to protect their good name pour défendre leur réputation;
    ∎ the firm has a good name la société a (une) bonne réputation;
    ∎ she's from a good family elle est de bonne famille;
    ∎ a family of good standing une famille bien
    E.
    (a) (ample, considerable) bon, considérable;
    ∎ a good amount or deal of money beaucoup d'argent;
    ∎ a good (round) sum une somme rondelette;
    ∎ a good few people pas mal de gens;
    ∎ take good care of your mother prends bien soin de ta mère;
    ∎ to make good money bien gagner sa vie;
    ∎ I make good money je gagne bien ma vie;
    ∎ we still have a good way to go nous avons encore un bon bout de chemin à faire;
    ∎ I was a good way into the book when I realized that… j'avais déjà bien avancé dans ma lecture quand je me suis rendu compte que…;
    ∎ a good thirty years ago il y a bien trente ans;
    ∎ the trip will take you a good two hours il vous faudra deux bonnes heures pour faire le voyage;
    ∎ she's been gone a good while ça fait un bon moment qu'elle est partie;
    ∎ they came in a good second ils ont obtenu une bonne deuxième place;
    ∎ there's a good risk of it happening il y a de grands risques que ça arrive
    (b) (proper, thorough) bon, grand;
    ∎ I gave the house a good cleaning j'ai fait le ménage à fond;
    ∎ have a good cry pleure un bon coup;
    ∎ we had a good laugh on a bien ri;
    ∎ I managed to get a good look at his face j'ai pu bien regarder son visage;
    ∎ take a good look at her regardez-la bien;
    ∎ he got a good spanking il a reçu une bonne fessée;
    ∎ familiar we were good and mad on était carrément furax;
    ∎ she'll call when she's good and ready elle appellera quand elle le voudra bien;
    ∎ I was good and sorry to have invited her j'ai bien regretté de l'avoir invitée
    (c) (acceptable) bon, convenable;
    ∎ we made the trip in good time le voyage n'a pas été trop long;
    ∎ that's all very good or all well and good but→ c'est bien joli ou bien beau tout ça mais…
    (d) (indicating approval) bon, très bien;
    ∎ I'd like a new suit - very good, sir! j'ai besoin d'un nouveau costume - (très) bien, monsieur!;
    ∎ she left him - good! elle l'a quitté - tant mieux!;
    ∎ he's feeling better - good, let him go il va mieux - très bien, laissez-le partir;
    ∎ good, that's settled bon ou bien, voilà une affaire réglée;
    ∎ (that) sounds good! (good idea) bonne idée!;
    ∎ that's a good question c'est une bonne question;
    ∎ familiar that's a good one! (joke) elle est (bien) bonne, celle-là!; ironic (far-fetched story) à d'autres!;
    ∎ familiar good on you or for you! bravo!, très bien!;
    ∎ good old Eric, I knew he wouldn't let us down! ce brave Eric, je savais qu'il ne nous laisserait pas tomber!;
    ∎ good old London le bon vieux Londres;
    ∎ the good old days le bon vieux temps
    (a) (as intensifier) bien, bon;
    ∎ a good hard bed un lit bien dur;
    ∎ I'd like a good hot bath j'ai envie de prendre un bon bain chaud;
    ∎ he needs a good sound spanking il a besoin d'une bonne fessée;
    ∎ the two friends had a good long chat les deux amis ont longuement bavardé;
    ∎ we took a good long walk nous avons fait une bonne ou une grande promenade
    (b) familiar (well) bien□ ;
    ∎ she writes good elle écrit bien;
    ∎ the boss gave it to them good and proper le patron leur a passé un de ces savons;
    ∎ their team beat us good and proper leur équipe nous a battus à plate couture ou à plates coutures;
    ∎ I'll do it when I'm good and ready je le ferai quand ça me chantera;
    ∎ I like my coffee good and strong j'aime le café bien fort;
    ∎ make sure it's stuck on good and hard vérifie que c'est vraiment bien collé;
    ∎ put the paint on good and thick appliquer la peinture en couches bien épaisses
    ∎ to make good (succeed) réussir; (reform) changer de conduite, se refaire une vie;
    ∎ a local boy made good un garçon du pays ou du coin qui a fait son chemin;
    ∎ the prisoner made good his escape le prisonnier est parvenu à s'échapper ou a réussi son évasion;
    ∎ they made good their promise ils ont tenu parole ou ont respecté leur promesse;
    ∎ he made good his position as leader il a assuré sa position de leader;
    ∎ to make sth good (mistake) remédier à qch; (damages, injustice) réparer qch; (losses) compenser qch; (deficit) combler qch; (wall, surface) apporter des finitions à qch;
    ∎ we'll make good any expenses you incur nous vous rembourserons toute dépense;
    ∎ American to make good on sth honorer qch
    3 noun
    (a) (morality, virtue) bien m;
    ∎ they do good ils font le bien;
    ∎ that will do more harm than good ça fera plus de mal que de bien;
    ∎ to return good for evil rendre le bien pour le mal;
    ∎ that organization is a power for good cet organisme exerce une influence salutaire;
    ∎ she recognized the good in him elle a vu ce qu'il y avait de bon en lui;
    ∎ there is good and bad in everyone il y a du bon et du mauvais en chacun de nous;
    ∎ to be up to no good préparer un mauvais coup;
    ∎ their daughter came to no good leur fille a mal tourné;
    ∎ for good or evil, for good or ill pour le bien et pour le mal
    ∎ this book isn't much good to me ce livre ne me sert pas à grand-chose;
    ∎ if it's any good to him si ça peut lui être utile ou lui rendre service;
    ∎ I was never any good at mathematics je n'ai jamais été doué pour les maths, je n'ai jamais été bon ou fort en maths;
    ∎ he's no good il est nul;
    ∎ he'd be no good as a teacher il ne ferait pas un bon professeur;
    ∎ what's the good? à quoi bon?;
    ∎ what good would it do to leave now? à quoi bon partir maintenant?;
    ∎ what good will it do you to see her? ça te servira à quoi ou t'avancera à quoi de la voir?;
    ∎ familiar a fat lot of good that did you! te voilà bien avancé maintenant!;
    ∎ ironic that will do you a lot of good! tu seras bien avancé!, ça te fera une belle jambe!;
    ∎ it's no good, I give up ça ne sert à rien, j'abandonne;
    ∎ it's no good worrying about it ça ne sert à rien de ou ce n'est pas la peine de ou inutile de vous inquiéter;
    ∎ I might as well talk to the wall for all the good it does je ferais aussi bien de parler au mur, pour tout l'effet que ça fait
    (c) (benefit, welfare) bien m;
    ∎ I did it for your own good je l'ai fait pour ton (propre) bien;
    ∎ a holiday will do her good des vacances lui feront du bien;
    ∎ she resigned for the good of her health elle a démissionné pour des raisons de santé;
    ∎ it does my heart good to see you so happy ça me réchauffe le cœur de vous voir si heureux;
    ∎ much good may it do you! grand bien vous fasse!;
    ∎ the common good l'intérêt m commun
    ∎ (people) the good les bons mpl, les gens mpl de bien;
    ∎ the good and the bad les bons et les méchants;
    ∎ only the good die young ce sont toujours les meilleurs qui partent les premiers
    pour ainsi dire, à peu de choses près;
    ∎ I'm as good as blind without my glasses sans lunettes je suis pour ainsi dire aveugle;
    ∎ he's as good as dead c'est comme s'il était mort;
    ∎ the job is as good as finished la tâche est pour ainsi dire ou est pratiquement finie;
    ∎ it's as good as new c'est comme neuf;
    ∎ he as good as admitted he was wrong il a pour ainsi dire reconnu qu'il avait tort;
    ∎ they as good as called us cowards ils n'ont pas dit qu'on était des lâches mais c'était tout comme;
    ∎ are you married? - as good as tu es marié? - non, mais c'est tout comme
    pour de bon;
    ∎ she left for good elle est partie pour de bon;
    ∎ they finally settled down for good ils se sont enfin fixés définitivement;
    ∎ for good and all une (bonne) fois pour toutes, pour de bon;
    ∎ I'm warning you for good and all! c'est la dernière fois que je te le dis!
    ∎ that's all to the good tant mieux;
    ∎ he finished up the card game £15 to the good il a fait 15 livres de bénéfice ou il a gagné 15 livres aux cartes
    ►► the Good Book la Bible;
    Good Friday le vendredi saint;
    American familiar good old boy or good ole boy or good ol' boy (white male from Southern US) = Blanc originaire du sud des États-Unis, aux valeurs traditionnelles; pejorative (redneck) plouc m;
    Bible the Good Samaritan le bon Samaritain;
    figurative good Samaritan bon Samaritain m;
    ∎ she's a real good Samaritan elle a tout du bon Samaritain;
    American Law the good Samaritan laws = lois qui protègent un sauveteur de toutes poursuites éventuelles engagées par le blessé;
    the Good Shepherd le Bon Pasteur
    ✾ Book 'A Good Enough Parent' Bettelheim 'Pour être des parents acceptables'
    ✾ Book 'Good as Gold' Heller 'Franc comme l'or'
    ✾ Film 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' Leone 'Le Bon, la brute et le truand'
    ⓘ GOOD FRIDAY En Grande-Bretagne, il est traditionnel, le jour du vendredi saint, de manger des "hot cross buns" (petits pains ronds aux fruits secs, marqués d'une croix).
    ⓘ THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT Le processus de paix en Irlande du Nord, qui a été amorcé par les cessez-le-feu des groupes paramilitaires républicains et unionistes en 1994, a abouti au "Good Friday Agreement", l'accord de paix signé à Belfast en avril 1998. Cet accord, parrainé par les Premiers ministres britannique et irlandais, et finalement approuvé par le Sinn Féin et par la plupart des partis unionistes, a mis en place la "Northern Ireland Assembly", un parlement quasi autonome avec un partage démocratique du pouvoir entre les communautés protestante et catholique. Cet accord est une étape vers la fin de trente ans de guerre civile en Ulster.
    ⓘ You've never had it so good Ce slogan a été utilisé pour la première fois aux États-Unis en 1952 par les Démocrates. Il signifie "vous êtes aujourd'hui plus prospères que jamais". En Grande-Bretagne, ce slogan est associé au Premier ministre conservateur Harold Macmillan qui l'utilisa dans un discours en 1957. Aujourd'hui, on utilise cette formule sur le mode ironique lorsqu'une situation n'encourage pas du tout à l'optimisme.

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  • 15 link

    1. noun
    1) (of chain) Glied, das
    2) (connecting part) Bindeglied, das; Verbindung, die

    road/rail link — Straßen-/Zugverbindung, die

    what is the link between these two? — was verbindet diese beiden?

    3) see academic.ru/43170/linkman">linkman 1)
    2. transitive verb
    1) (connect) verbinden

    link somebody with something — jemanden mit etwas in Verbindung bringen

    2)

    link hands — sich bei den Händen halten

    3. intransitive verb
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - link up
    * * *
    [liŋk] 1. noun
    1) (a ring of a chain: There was a worn link in the chain and it broke; an important link in the chain of the evidence.) das (Ketten)Glied
    2) (anything connecting two things: His job was to act as a link between the government and the press.) das Bindeglied
    2. verb
    (to connect as by a link: The new train service links the suburbs with the heart of the city.) verbinden
    * * *
    [lɪŋk]
    I. n
    1. (connection) Verbindung f ( between zwischen + dat); (between people, nations) Beziehung f ( between zwischen + dat)
    military/economic \links Beziehungen auf militärischer/wirtschaftlicher Ebene
    sporting \links Beziehungen im Bereich des Sports
    to sever \links die Beziehungen abbrechen
    2. RADIO, TELEC Verbindung f; INET, COMPUT Link m fachspr
    a computer \link eine Computervernetzung, ein Computerlink m
    a radio/satellite/telephone \link eine Funk-/Satelliten-/Telefonverbindung
    a \link to the outside world eine Verbindung zur Außenwelt
    rail \link Bahnverbindung f, Zugverbindung f
    4. COMPUT (communications path/channel) Verbindungsstrecke f
    5. COMPUT (software routine) Verbindungsprogramm nt
    6. of a chain [Ketten]glied nt
    a \link in a chain [of events] ( fig) ein Glied in der Kette [der Ereignisse]
    7.
    ▶ a chain is as strong as its weakest \link ( prov) eine Gruppe ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Mitglied
    ▶ to be the weak \link [in a chain] das schwächste Glied [in einer Kette] sein
    II. vt
    ▪ to \link sth etw verbinden
    the level of any new tax should be \linked to an individual's ability to pay die Höhe einer neuen Besteuerung soll der Zahlungsfähigkeit des Einzelnen angepasst sein
    to be \linked in Verbindung stehen
    the explosions are not thought to be \linked in any way man geht davon aus, dass die Explosionen nichts miteinander zu tun hatten
    to be \linked to sth mit etw in Zusammenhang [o Verbindung] stehen, mit etw dat zusammenhängen
    \linked to a reference rate an einen Referenzsatz gebunden
    \linked to success erfolgsabhängig
    2. (clasp)
    to \link arms sich akk unterhaken
    to \link hands sich akk an den Händen fassen
    III. vi (connect) sich akk zusammenfügen lassen
    their stories did \link but... ihre Darstellungen passten zusammen, doch...
    * * *
    [lɪŋk]
    1. n
    1) (of chain fig) Glied nt; (person) Verbindungsmann m/-frau f, Bindeglied nt
    2) (= connection) Verbindung f; (COMPUT) Link m, Verknüpfung f

    this is the first cultural link between our two countries — das ist der Anfang der kulturellen Beziehungen zwischen unseren beiden Ländern

    the strong links between Britain and Australia —

    3) (MEASURE) Link nt
    2. vt
    verbinden; spaceships also aneinanderkoppeln

    we are linked by telephone to... — wir sind telefonisch verbunden mit...

    do you think these two murders are linked? —

    success in business is closely linked with self-confidence — Erfolg im Beruf hängt eng mit Selbstvertrauen zusammen

    3. vi

    to link (together) (parts of story) — sich zusammenfügen lassen; (parts of machine) verbunden werden; (railway lines) sich vereinigen, zusammenlaufen

    * * *
    link1 [lıŋk]
    A s
    1. (Ketten) Glied n
    2. fig
    a) Glied n (in einer Kette von Ereignissen, Beweisen etc): → missing 1
    b) Bindeglied n:
    his only link with the outside world seine einzige Verbindung zur Außenwelt
    c) Verbindung f, Zusammenhang m
    d) COMPUT, INTERNET Link m
    3. Masche f, Schlinge f (beim Stricken)
    4. einzelnes Würstchen (aus einer Wurstkette)
    5. Landvermessung: Messkettenglied n (auch als Längenmaß, = 7,92 Zoll)
    6. Manschettenknopf m
    7. TECH (Befestigungs)Glied n, Verbindungsstück n, Gelenk(stück) n, Kulisse f:
    flat link Lasche f;
    link drive Stangenantrieb m
    8. Fernmeldewesen: Kanal m, Übertragungsweg m
    B v/t
    1. auch link up verketten, -binden, -knüpfen ( alle:
    to, with mit):
    link arms sich unter- oder einhaken ( with bei)
    2. auch link up fig in Verbindung oder Zusammenhang bringen ( with mit), einen Zusammenhang herstellen zwischen (dat):
    a) in Verbindung oder Zusammenhang stehen,
    b) miteinander verknüpft sein;
    the two crimes may be linked zwischen den beiden Verbrechen besteht möglicherweise ein Zusammenhang;
    be linked to etwas zu tun haben mit;
    his name is closely linked with the success of our firm sein Name ist eng verbunden mit dem Erfolg unserer Firma
    C v/i
    1. auch link up sich verketten oder -binden oder -knüpfen (to, with mit)
    2. auch link up fig sich zusammenfügen
    link2 [lıŋk] s HIST Fackel f (als Straßenbeleuchtung)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (of chain) Glied, das
    2) (connecting part) Bindeglied, das; Verbindung, die

    road/rail link — Straßen-/Zugverbindung, die

    3) see linkman 1)
    2. transitive verb
    1) (connect) verbinden
    2)
    3. intransitive verb
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (chain) n.
    Glied -er n. n.
    Band ¨-e n.
    Bindeglied n.
    Gelenk -e n.
    Verbindung f.
    Verbindungsstück n. v.
    binden v.
    (§ p.,pp.: band, gebunden)
    verbinden v.

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  • 16 you

    ju:
    1) ((used as the subject or object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition) the person(s) etc spoken or written to: You look well!; I asked you a question; Do you all understand?; Who came with you?) tú, vosotros, vosotras, usted, ustedes (sujeto); se, uno (sujeto impersonal); te, ti, os (complemento); la, le, lo, los, las (complemento directo); le, les (complemento indirecto); contigo (|with| you)
    2) (used with a noun when calling someone something, especially something unpleasant: You idiot!; You fools!) cacho, ¡pero serás (idiota)!
    you pron
    1. tú / ti / usted / vosotros / ustedes
    what would you like, sir? ¿qué quiere, señor?
    do you understand? ¿entendéis?
    can you help me? ¿me pueden ayudar?
    2. te / le / la / lo / os / les / las / los
    can I help you? ¿puedo ayudarle?
    3.
    tr[jʊː]
    1 (subject, familiar, singular) tú
    and what did you say? y tú, ¿qué dijiste?
    2 (subject, familiar, plural - men) vosotros; (- women) vosotras
    you two, where are you going? vosotros dos, ¿adónde vais?
    3 (subject, polite, singular) usted, Vd., Ud.
    4 (subject, polite, plural) ustedes, Vds., Uds.
    5 (subject, impersonal) se, uno
    sometimes you just have to say no, don't you? a veces, uno tiene que decir que no, ¿verdad?
    6 (object, familiar, singular) te; (with prep) ti; (if prep is con) contigo
    I'm going with you, without you I'm lost voy contigo, sin ti estoy perdido
    7 (object, familiar, plural) os; (with preposition) vosotros,-as
    8 (direct object, polite, singular - man) lo, le; (- woman) la; (with preposition) usted
    good morning, sir, can I help you? buenos días, señor, ¿puedo ayudarlo?
    I'm sorry madam, I can't hear you perdone señora, no la oigo
    9 (direct object, polite, plural - men) los; (- women) las; (with preposition) ustedes
    good morning, gentlemen, can I help you? buenos días, señores, ¿puedo ayudarlos?
    I'm sorry ladies, I don't understand you lo siento señoras, no las entiendo
    gentlemen, this is for you señores, esto es para ustedes
    10 (indirect object, polite, singular) le
    11 (indirect object, polite, plural) les
    12 (object, impersonal)
    you ['ju:] pron
    1) (used as subject - familiar) : tú; vos in some Latin American countries; ustedes pl; vosotros, vosotras pl Spain
    2) (used as subject - formal) : usted, ustedes pl
    3) (used as indirect object - familiar) : te, les pl (se before lo, la, los, las), os pl Spain
    he told it to you: te lo contó
    I gave them to (all of, both of) you: se los di
    5) (used after a preposition - familiar) : ti; vos in some Latin American countries; ustedes pl; vosotros, vosotras pl Spain
    6) (used after a preposition - formal) : usted, ustedes pl
    you never know: nunca se sabe
    you have to be aware: hay que ser consciente
    you mustn't do that: eso no se hace
    8)
    with you (familiar) : contigo; con ustedes pl; con vosotros, con vosotras pl Spain
    9)
    with you (formal) : con usted, con ustedes pl
    pron.
    • le pron.
    • te pron. (formal)
    pron.
    • usted pron. (formal, plural)
    pron.
    • vosotros pron.pl. (informal)
    pron.
    • tú pron.
    • ustedes pron.
    pron.
    • te pron.
    juː
    1) ( sing)
    a) ( as subject - familiar) tú, vos (AmC, RPl); (- formal) usted

    now you try — ahora prueba tú/pruebe usted, ahora probá vos (AmC, RPl)

    if I were you — yo que tú/que usted, yo en tu/en su lugar, yo que vos (AmC, RPl)

    b) ( as direct object - familiar) te; (- formal, masculine) lo, le (Esp); (- formal, feminine) la

    I saw you, Pete — te vi, Pete

    I saw you, Mr Russell — lo vi, señor Russell, le vi, señor Russell (Esp)

    I told you — te dije/le dije

    I gave it to you — te lo di/se lo di

    d) ( after prep - familiar) ti, vos (AmC, RPl); (- formal) usted

    for you — para ti/usted, para vos (AmC, RPl)

    with you — contigo/con usted

    2) (pl)
    a) (as subject, after preposition - familiar) ustedes (AmL), vosotros, -tras (Esp); (- formal) ustedes

    be quiet, you two — ustedes dos: cállense!, vosotros dos: callaos! (Esp)

    come on, you guys! — vamos, chicos

    b) ( as direct object - familiar) los, las (AmL), os (Esp); (- formal, masculine) los, les (Esp); (- formal, feminine) las

    I heard you, gentlemen — los or (Esp tb) les oí, caballeros

    I heard you, boys/girls — los/las oí, chicos/chicas (AmL), os oí, chicos/chicas (Esp)

    I gave you the book — les or (Esp tb) os di el libro

    I gave it to you — se or (Esp tb) os lo di

    3) ( one)
    a) ( as subject) uno, una

    you can't do that here — aquí uno no puede or no se puede or no puedes hacer eso

    people stop you in the street and ask for money — la gente te para en la calle y te pide dinero, la gente lo para a uno en la calle y le pide dinero

    they never tell you the truth — nunca te dicen la verdad, nunca le dicen la verdad a uno

    [juː]
    PRON Note that subject pronouns are used less in Spanish than in English - mainly for emphasis or to avoid ambiguity.
    a) (familiar) (=as subject) tú; (as direct/indirect object) te; (after prep) ti

    what do you think about it? — ¿y tú que piensas?

    I told you to do it — te dije a ti que lo hicieras, es a ti a quien dije que lo hicieras

    • it's for you — es para ti

    • she's taller than you — es más alta que tú

    • can I come with you — ¿puedo ir contigo?

    b) frm (=as subject) usted, Ud, Vd; (as direct object) lo/la, le (Sp); (as indirect object) le; (after prep) usted, Ud, Vd

    I saw you, Mrs Jones — la vi, señora Jones

    Change [le] to [se] before a direct object pronoun:

    • this is for you — esto es para usted

    • they're taller than you — son más altos que usted

    2) (pl)
    a) (familiar) (=as subject) vosotros(-as) (Sp), ustedes (LAm); (as direct object) os (Sp), los/las (LAm); (as indirect object) os (Sp), les (LAm); (after prep) vosotros(-as) (Sp), ustedes (LAm)

    you're sisters, aren't you? — vosotras sois hermanas, ¿no?

    you stay here, and I'll go and get the key — (vosotros) quedaos aquí, que yo iré a por la llave

    • I live upstairs from you — vivo justo encima de vosotros

    • they've done it better than you — lo han hecho mejor que vosotros

    • they'll go without you — irán sin vosotros

    b) frm (=as subject) ustedes, Uds, Vds; (as direct object) los/las, les (Sp); (as indirect object) les; (after prep) ustedes, Uds, Vds

    are you brothers? — ¿son (ustedes) hermanos?

    may I help you? — ¿puedo ayudarlos?

    Change [les] to [se] before a direct object pronoun:

    • we arrived after you — llegamos después de ustedes

    When you means "one" or "people" in general, the impersonal se is often used:

    you can't do that — no se puede hacer eso, eso no se hace, eso no se permite

    you can't smoke here — no se puede fumar aquí, no se permite fumar aquí, se prohíbe fumar aquí

    you never know, you never can tell — nunca se sabe

    A further possibility is [uno]:

    you never know whether... — uno nunca sabe si...

    Impersonal constructions are also used:

    you need to check it every day — hay que comprobarlo cada día, conviene comprobarlo cada día

    you doctors! — ¡vosotros, los médicos!

    • between you and me — entre tú y yo

    • you fool! — ¡no seas tonto!

    • that's lawyers for you! — ¡para que te fíes de los abogados!

    there's a pretty girl for you! — ¡mira que chica más guapa!

    • if I were or was you — yo que tú, yo en tu lugar

    • you there! — ¡oye, tú!

    • that dress just isn't you — ese vestido no te sienta bien

    • poor you!, poor old you!, you poor old thing! — ¡pobrecito!

    YOU When translating you, even though you often need not use the pronoun itself, you will have to choose between using familiar tú/vosotros verb forms and the polite usted/ ustedes ones. ► In Spain, use tú and the plural vosotros/ vosotras with anyone you call by their first name, with children and younger adults. Use usted/ ustedes with people who are older than you, those in authority and in formal contexts. ► In Latin America usage varies depending on the country and in some places only the usted forms are used. Where the tú form does exist, only use it with people you know very well. In other areas vos, used with verb forms that are similar to the vosotros ones, often replaces tú. This is standard in Argentina and certain Central American countries while in other countries it is considered substandard. Use ustedes for all cases of you in the plural. For further uses and examples, see main entry
    * * *
    [juː]
    1) ( sing)
    a) ( as subject - familiar) tú, vos (AmC, RPl); (- formal) usted

    now you try — ahora prueba tú/pruebe usted, ahora probá vos (AmC, RPl)

    if I were you — yo que tú/que usted, yo en tu/en su lugar, yo que vos (AmC, RPl)

    b) ( as direct object - familiar) te; (- formal, masculine) lo, le (Esp); (- formal, feminine) la

    I saw you, Pete — te vi, Pete

    I saw you, Mr Russell — lo vi, señor Russell, le vi, señor Russell (Esp)

    I told you — te dije/le dije

    I gave it to you — te lo di/se lo di

    d) ( after prep - familiar) ti, vos (AmC, RPl); (- formal) usted

    for you — para ti/usted, para vos (AmC, RPl)

    with you — contigo/con usted

    2) (pl)
    a) (as subject, after preposition - familiar) ustedes (AmL), vosotros, -tras (Esp); (- formal) ustedes

    be quiet, you two — ustedes dos: cállense!, vosotros dos: callaos! (Esp)

    come on, you guys! — vamos, chicos

    b) ( as direct object - familiar) los, las (AmL), os (Esp); (- formal, masculine) los, les (Esp); (- formal, feminine) las

    I heard you, gentlemen — los or (Esp tb) les oí, caballeros

    I heard you, boys/girls — los/las oí, chicos/chicas (AmL), os oí, chicos/chicas (Esp)

    I gave you the book — les or (Esp tb) os di el libro

    I gave it to you — se or (Esp tb) os lo di

    3) ( one)
    a) ( as subject) uno, una

    you can't do that here — aquí uno no puede or no se puede or no puedes hacer eso

    people stop you in the street and ask for money — la gente te para en la calle y te pide dinero, la gente lo para a uno en la calle y le pide dinero

    they never tell you the truth — nunca te dicen la verdad, nunca le dicen la verdad a uno

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  • 17 beat

    1. transitive verb,
    beat, beaten
    1) (strike repeatedly) schlagen [Trommel, Rhythmus, Eier, Teig]; klopfen [Teppich]; hämmern [Gold, Silber usw.]

    beat one's breast — (lit. or fig.) sich (Dat.) an die Brust schlagen

    2) (hit) schlagen; [ver]prügeln
    3) (defeat) schlagen [Mannschaft, Gegner]; (surmount) in den Griff bekommen [Inflation, Arbeitslosigkeit, Krise]

    beat the deadline — den Termin noch einhalten

    4) (surpass) brechen [Rekord]; übertreffen [Leistung]

    you can't beat or nothing beats French cuisine — es geht [doch] nichts über die französische Küche

    beat that! — das soll mal einer nachmachen!

    beat everything — (coll.) alles in den Schatten stellen

    5) (circumvent) umgehen
    6) (perplex)

    it beats me how/why... — es ist mir ein Rätsel wie/warum...

    7)
    8) p.p. beat

    I'm beat — (coll.): (exhausted) ich bin erledigt (ugs.). See also academic.ru/6046/beaten">beaten 2.

    2. intransitive verb,
    beat, beaten
    1) (throb) [Herz:] schlagen, klopfen; [Puls:] schlagen

    my heart seemed to stop beating — ich dachte, mir bleibt das Herz stehen

    2) [Sonne:] brennen (on auf + Akk.); [Wind, Wellen:] schlagen (on auf + Akk., against gegen); [Regen, Hagel:] prasseln, trommeln ( against gegen)
    3)

    beat about the bush — um den [heißen] Brei herumreden (ugs.)

    4) (knock) klopfen (at an + Dat.)
    5) (Naut.) kreuzen
    3. noun
    1) (stroke, throbbing) Schlag, der; (rhythm) Takt, der
    2) (Mus.) Schlag, der; (of metronome, baton) Taktschlag, der
    3) (of policeman, watchman) Runde, die; (area) Revier, das

    be off somebody's [usual] beat — (fig.) nicht in jemandes Fach schlagen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    past tense; see beat
    * * *
    [bi:t]
    I. n
    1. (throb) Schlag m
    2. no pl (act) Schlagen nt kein pl, Pochen nt kein pl; of the heart also Klopfen nt
    her heart skipped a \beat ihr stockte das Herz
    3. no pl MUS Takt m
    to have a strong \beat einen ausgeprägten Rhythmus haben
    to the \beat of the music im Takt der Musik
    4. usu sing (patrol) Revier nt
    to be on [or to walk] the \beat seine Runde machen
    5.
    ▶ to be off sb's \beat nicht jds Fach sein
    II. adj inv, pred ( fam)
    1. (exhausted) erschlagen fam, fix und fertig fam; (tired) todmüde fam
    to be dead \beat esp BRIT (exhausted) total geschafft sein fam; (tired) todmüde sein fam
    2. (defeated) geschlagen, besiegt
    to have sb \beat CHESS jdn schachmatt gesetzt haben
    III. vt
    <beat, beaten or ( fam) beat>
    ▪ to \beat sth gegen etw akk schlagen; (on top of sth) auf etw akk schlagen
    to \beat a carpet einen Teppich [aus]klopfen
    he \beat the door/table with his fist er schlug mit der Faust gegen die Tür/auf den Tisch
    ▪ to \beat sth against sth mit etw dat gegen etw akk schlagen
    to \beat one's fists against the door/ground/table mit den Fäusten gegen die Tür/auf den Boden/auf den Tisch schlagen
    to \beat sb's head against the wall/floor jds Kopf gegen die Wand/den Boden schlagen
    3. (hurt)
    ▪ to \beat sb [with sth] jdn [mit etw dat] schlagen
    to \beat one's child/wife sein Kind/seine Frau [ver]prügeln [o schlagen]
    to \beat sb to death jdn totschlagen [o zu Tode prügeln]
    to \beat sb black and blue jdn grün und blau schlagen fam
    to brutally [or savagely] \beat sb jdn brutal zusammenschlagen
    4. (drum)
    ▪ to \beat sth auf etw akk trommeln
    to \beat a drum trommeln
    to \beat time den Takt schlagen
    5. (mix)
    to \beat cream/eggs Sahne [o SCHWEIZ Rahm] /Eier schlagen [o SCHWEIZ rühren]
    \beat [the] butter [until light and fluffy] [die] Butter schaumig schlagen
    \beat eggs and sugar [together] die Eier mit dem Zucker [o Eier und Zucker] schaumig schlagen
    6. (force)
    to \beat a confession out of sb ein Geständnis aus jdm herausprügeln
    to \beat one's path through sth sich dat einen Weg durch etw akk bahnen
    ▪ to \beat sb/sth jdn/etw schlagen [o besiegen]; (score better) jdn/etw übertreffen
    they were \beaten [by] three goals to one sie wurden mit 3 zu 0 geschlagen
    to \beat a record einen Rekord brechen
    to be hard to \beat schwer zu schlagen sein
    ▪ to \beat sb to sth jdm bei etw dat zuvorkommen
    to \beat sb to the draw schneller ziehen als jd; ( fig) schlagfertiger als jd sein
    8. ( fam)
    ▪ to \beat sb/sth (surpass, outdo) jdn/etw schlagen [o übertreffen]; (be better than) besser als jd/etw sein
    you can't \beat our local Italian restaurant for a good pizza eine bessere Pizza als bei unserem Italiener findest du nirgends
    you can't \beat a cool beer on a hot day es geht [doch] nichts über ein kühles Bier an einem heißen Tag
    you simply can't \beat their prices ihre Preise sind schlichtweg nicht zu unterbieten
    9. (avoid)
    ▪ to \beat sth etw umgehen
    10. ( fam: baffle)
    ▪ to \beat sb jdm [o für jdn] zu hoch fam
    it \beats me das ist mir zu hoch fam
    it \beats me [or what \beats me is] how/why... es ist mir ein Rätsel, wie/warum...
    11.
    ▶ to \beat one's breast [or chest] sich dat an die Brust schlagen fig
    ▶ if you can't \beat 'em, join 'em ( saying) verbünde dich mit ihnen, wenn du sie nicht besiegen kannst
    ▶ to \beat the [living] daylights [or (fam!) the shit] out of sb ( fam) jdn windelweich schlagen fam
    ▶ that \beats everything [or AM also all] ( fam) das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus
    ▶ to \beat sb at their own game jdn mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen fig
    ▶ to \beat the hell out of sb ( fam) jdn fürchterlich verdreschen fam
    ▶ to \beat sb hollow BRIT ( fam) jdn vernichtend schlagen
    ▶ to \beat it ( fam) die Beine unter die Arme nehmen fam
    \beat it! hau ab! fam
    ▶ to \beat the pants off sb ( fam) jdn vernichtend schlagen
    ▶ to \beat a path to sb's door jdm die Bude einrennen fam
    ▶ to \beat sb to the punch ( fam) jdm zuvorkommen
    ▶ to \beat the rap AM ( fam) sich akk herauswinden
    ▶ to \beat a [hasty] retreat [schnell] einen Rückzieher machen
    IV. vi
    <beat, beaten or ( fam) beat>
    1. (throb,) schlagen; heart also klopfen, pochen; drum dröhnen
    the doctor could feel no pulse \beating der Arzt konnte keinen Puls[schlag] feststellen
    ▪ to \beat against/on sth gegen etw akk schlagen; (continously) gegen etw akk hämmern
    3. ( fig) sun
    ▪ to \beat on sth auf etw [nieder]brennen; rain, hail
    to \beat against the window/on the roof gegen das Fenster peitschen /auf das Dach prasseln; waves
    to \beat against the rocks/ship gegen die Felsen/das Schiff schlagen [o peitschen
    4. AM (hurt)
    ▪ to \beat on sb auf jdn einschlagen
    5.
    ▶ to \beat about [or AM around] the bush um den heißen Brei herumreden fam
    * * *
    [biːt]
    1. vb pret beat, ptp beaten
    2. n
    1) (of heart, pulse, drum = single beat) Schlag m; (= repeated beating) Schlagen nt

    he answered without missing a beat — er antwortete ohne sich aus der Ruhe or Fassung bringen zu lassen

    2) (of policeman, sentry) Runde f, Rundgang m; (= district) Revier nt
    3) (MUS, POET) Takt m; (of metronome, baton) Taktschlag m

    on/off the beat — auf dem betonten/unbetonten Taktteil

    4) (= beat music) Beat(musik f) m
    5) (HUNT) Treibjagd f
    3. vt
    1) (= hit) schlagen; person, animal also (ver)prügeln, hauen (inf); carpet klopfen; (= search) countryside, woods absuchen, abkämmen

    to beat a/one's way through sth — einen/sich (dat) einen Weg durch etw bahnen

    to beat a/the drum — trommeln, die Trommel schlagen

    to beat the air —

    to beat one's breast (lit, fig) (ape) — sich (dat) an die Brust schlagen sich (dat) gegen die Brust trommeln

    beat it! (fig inf) — hau ab! (inf), verschwinde!

    2) (= hammer) metal hämmern; (= shape also) treiben
    3) (= defeat) schlagen; record brechen; inflation in den Griff bekommen; disease erfolgreich bekämpfen

    to beat sb at chess/tennis — jdn im Schach/Tennis schlagen

    his shot/forehand beat me — ich war dem Schuss/Vorhandschlag nicht gewachsen

    you can't beat central heating/real wool —

    if you can't beat them, join them (inf) — wenn dus nicht besser machen kannst, dann mach es genauso

    that beats everything — das ist doch wirklich der Gipfel or die Höhe (inf), das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus (inf)

    it beats me (how/why...) (inf) — es ist mir ein Rätsel(, wie/warum...) (inf)

    well, can you beat it! (inf) — ist das denn zu fassen? (inf)

    4) (= be before) budget, crowds zuvorkommen (+dat)
    5) (= move up and down regularly) schlagen
    6) (MUS)
    7) (COOK) cream, eggs schlagen
    4. vi
    1) (heart, pulse, drum) schlagen

    to beat on the door (with one's fists) —

    See:
    → bush
    2) (wind, waves) schlagen; (rain also) trommeln; (sun) brennen
    3) (cream) sich schlagen lassen
    5. adj
    1) (inf

    = exhausted) to be (dead) beat — total kaputt or geschafft or erledigt sein (inf)

    2) (inf

    = defeated) to be beat(en) — aufgeben müssen (inf),

    I'm beat — ich gebe mich geschlagen

    * * *
    beat1 [biːt]
    A s
    1. (besonders regelmäßig wiederholter) Schlag, z. B. Herz-, Puls-, Trommelschlag m, Pochen n, Klopfen n (des Herzens etc), Ticken n (der Uhr), (An)Schlagen n (der Wellen)
    2. SPORT (Ruder)Schlag m, Schlagzahl f (pro Minute)
    3. Fechten: Battuta f, Klingenschlagstoß m
    4. MUS
    a) Takt(schlag) m:
    in beat im Takt;
    out of beat, off (the) beat aus dem Takt
    b) Schlag(zeit) m(f), Taktteil m
    c) Jazz: Beat m (rhythmischer Schwerpunkt)
    d) Beat(musik) m(f)
    5. LIT Hebung f, Ton m
    6. ELEK, PHYS, RADIO Schwebung f
    7. US umg
    a) I never heard the beat of that das schlägt oder übersteigt alles, was ich je gehört habe
    b)c) (sensationelle) Allein- oder Erstmeldung (einer Zeitung)
    8. → beatnik
    9. Runde f, Revier n (eines Schutzmanns etc):
    be on one’s beat seine oder die Runde machen;
    be off ( oder out of) one’s beat fig nicht in seinem Element sein;
    that is out of my beat das schlägt nicht in mein Fach
    10. JAGD Treiben n
    B adj
    1. umg wie erschlagen, fix und fertig
    2. MUS Beat…:
    3. Beatnik…:
    the Beat Generation die Beatgeneration (Gruppe junger Menschen in den USA, die nach dem 2. Weltkrieg die Gesellschaft mit allen bürgerlichen Bindungen ablehnte und durch gesteigerte Lebensintensität zur Erkenntnis einer metaphysischen Wirklichkeit zu gelangen suchte)
    4. PHYS, RADIO Schwebungs…:
    C v/t prät beat, pperf beaten, obs oder dial beat
    1. schlagen, (ver)prügeln, verhauen:
    beat to death erschlagen;
    beat a confession out of sb ein Geständnis aus jemandem herausprügeln;
    beat sth into sb(’s head) jemandem etwas einbläuen; → air1 A 1, breast A 1, chest A 2
    2. (regelmäßig oder häufig) schlagen, z. B.
    a) einen Teppich etc klopfen, Kleider etc (aus)klopfen
    b) Metall hämmern oder schmieden
    c) Steine klopfen
    d) Eier etc (zu Schaum oder Schnee) schlagen
    3. den Takt, die Trommel schlagen:
    beat the charge MIL das Signal zum Angriff geben;
    beat the drum for sb (sth) fig für jemanden (etwas) die Trommel rühren; → retreat A 1
    4. peitschen, schlagen gegen (Wind, Wellen, Regen etc):
    beaten by storms sturmgepeitscht
    5. schlagen mit den Flügeln etc:
    beat one’s hands (in die Hände) klatschen
    6. einen Weg stampfen, treten, (sich) bahnen:
    beat one’s way US umg per Anhalter reisen, trampen;
    beat it! umg hau ab!
    7. JAGD und weitS. ein Revier durchstöbern, -streifen, einen Rundgang machen um
    8. a) einen Gegner schlagen, besiegen:
    beat sb at swimming jemanden im Schwimmen schlagen;
    beat sb into second place jemanden auf den zweiten Platz verweisen;
    he had only the goalkeeper to beat SPORT er hatte nur noch den Torhüter vor sich;
    I’ll not be beaten fig ich lasse mich nicht unterkriegen;
    beat the band umg alles übertreffen; (als Redewendung) mit (aller) Macht, wie toll;
    she was screaming to beat the band umg sie schrie aus Leibeskräften;
    he was sleeping to beat the band umg er schlief wie ein Murmeltier;
    if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em umg wenn man nicht gegen den Strom schwimmen kann, dann schwimmt man halt mit; → hollow B 1
    b) jemandem, einer Sache zuvorkommen:
    beat sb to it ( oder to the punch) umg jemandem zuvorkommen;
    beat the deadline umg noch rechtzeitig fertig werden, die Frist einhalten; → gun1 A 3
    9. fig schlagen, übertreffen, -bieten:
    beat a record einen Rekord brechen;
    the time to beat die Zeit, die es zu schlagen gilt;
    you can’t beat a good cup of tea es geht nichts über eine gute Tasse Tee;
    that beats all ( oder everything)! das ist doch der Gipfel oder die Höhe!;
    that beats everything I’ve ever heard das ist das Tollste, was ich je gehört habe;
    can you beat it ( oder that)! umg das darf doch nicht wahr sein!
    10. fig verblüffen:
    that beats me das ist mir zu hoch, da komme ich nicht mehr mit;
    it beats me how … ich verstehe einfach nicht, wie …
    11. umg fertigmachen (erschöpfen):
    12. TYPO abklopfen:
    beat a proof einen Bürstenabzug machen
    D v/i
    1. (heftig) schlagen, pochen, klopfen (Herz), ticken (Uhr):
    beat at ( oder on) the door gegen die Tür hämmern oder schlagen
    2. schlagen, peitschen ( against gegen):
    3. schlagen, (er)tönen (Trommel etc)
    4. SCHIFF lavieren, kreuzen:
    beat against the wind, beat to windward (luvwärts) kreuzen, abfallen
    5. JAGD eine Treibjagd veranstalten: → bush1 A 1
    beat2 [biːt] s Br Flachs- oder Hanfbündel n
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    beat, beaten
    1) (strike repeatedly) schlagen [Trommel, Rhythmus, Eier, Teig]; klopfen [Teppich]; hämmern [Gold, Silber usw.]

    beat one's breast — (lit. or fig.) sich (Dat.) an die Brust schlagen

    2) (hit) schlagen; [ver]prügeln
    3) (defeat) schlagen [Mannschaft, Gegner]; (surmount) in den Griff bekommen [Inflation, Arbeitslosigkeit, Krise]
    4) (surpass) brechen [Rekord]; übertreffen [Leistung]

    you can't beat or nothing beats French cuisine — es geht [doch] nichts über die französische Küche

    beat everything — (coll.) alles in den Schatten stellen

    5) (circumvent) umgehen

    it beats me how/why... — es ist mir ein Rätsel wie/warum...

    7)
    8) p.p. beat

    I'm beat — (coll.): (exhausted) ich bin erledigt (ugs.). See also beaten 2.

    2. intransitive verb,
    beat, beaten
    1) (throb) [Herz:] schlagen, klopfen; [Puls:] schlagen

    my heart seemed to stop beating — ich dachte, mir bleibt das Herz stehen

    2) [Sonne:] brennen (on auf + Akk.); [Wind, Wellen:] schlagen (on auf + Akk., against gegen); [Regen, Hagel:] prasseln, trommeln ( against gegen)
    3)

    beat about the bush — um den [heißen] Brei herumreden (ugs.)

    4) (knock) klopfen (at an + Dat.)
    5) (Naut.) kreuzen
    3. noun
    1) (stroke, throbbing) Schlag, der; (rhythm) Takt, der
    2) (Mus.) Schlag, der; (of metronome, baton) Taktschlag, der
    3) (of policeman, watchman) Runde, die; (area) Revier, das

    be off somebody's [usual] beat — (fig.) nicht in jemandes Fach schlagen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Runde -n f.
    Schlag -¨e m.
    Takt -e m. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: beat, beaten)
    = ausklopfen v.
    besiegen v.
    klopfen v.
    schlagen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: schlug, geschlagen)

    English-german dictionary > beat

  • 18 authority

    ɔ:ˈθɔrɪtɪ сущ.
    1) власть( for, over) (исконное значение "право требовать подчинения") to assume authority ≈ взять власть to delegate authority ≈ передавать власть to demonstrate/show authority ≈ показывать власть to establish authority ≈ устанавливать власть to exercise authority ≈ осуществлять правление to wield authority ≈ обладать властью to invoke authority ≈ взывать к властям to defy authority ≈ бросать вызов властям to deny/reject authority ≈ отвергать власть, не признавать властей to undermine authority ≈ подрывать власть, подрывать авторитет absolute (complete, full, supreme, unquestioned) authority ≈ полная власть, абсолютная власть, бесспорная власть parental authority ≈ родительская воля, родительское слово He assumed authority for overseas operations. ≈ Он взял власть над иностранными операциями. A commanding officer has complete authority over her personnel. ≈ У командира неограниченная власть над своими подчиненными. Who was in authority ? ≈ Кто был главным? These employees are under my authority. ≈ Эти сотрудники находятся у меня в подчинении. authority of Parliament ≈ власть парламента man set in authority ≈ человек, облеченный властью
    2) обыкн. мн. власти civilian authority government authority hygiene authorities local authority military authority occupation authority Syn: jurisdiction
    3) полномочие( for;
    тж. с инф.) By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you this authority. ≈ По какому праву вы делаете это, и кто вам предоставил такое право?
    4) авторитет, вес, влияние, значение to carry authority ≈ иметь влияние
    5) авторитет, крупный специалист
    6) авторитетный источник (письменного типа) to cite an authority ≈ цитировать авторитетный источник to invoke an authority ≈ ссылаться на авторитетный источник competent/reliable authority ≈ компетентный источник, надежный источник информации indisputable (irrefutable, unimpeachable, unquestioned) authority ≈ безупречный/бесспорный источник leading/respected authority ≈ уважаемый/достойный источник the greatest living authority ≈ величайший человек современности an outstanding authority on shipbuilding ≈ выдающийся специалист по кораблестроению on good authority ≈ на хорошем счету
    власть - supreme * верховная власть - the * of Parliament власть /полномочия/ парламента - a man set in * лицо, облеченное властью - to have * иметь власть - who is in * here? кто здесь за главного?;
    кто здесь командует? полномочие;
    право, права;
    компетенция - to give * давать полномочия - who gave you the * to do this? кто уполномочил вас сделать это? - to act with the * of the law действовать на основании закона - to act on smb.'s * действовать на основании полученных полномочий - to act on one's own * действовать самостоятельно /по собственному почину, на свой страх и риск/ - only the treasurer has the * to make payments только казначей имеет право совершать выплаты документ, подтверждающий полномочия;
    доверенность;
    ордер;
    грамота и т. п. - here is my * вот документ, подтверждающий мои полномочия власти, начальство;
    администрация - local authorities местные власти;
    органы местного самоуправления - the municipal authorities муниципальные власти - to apply to the authorities обратиться к властям (военное) инстанция;
    начальник орган, управление;
    отдел - Port of London A. Управление Лондонского порта - National Command * Высшее национальное военное командование (в США) авторитет, вес, влияние - to have * with smb. пользоваться авторитетом у кого-л. авторитет, крупный специалист - he is an * on phonetics он является авторитетом в области фонетики авторитетный источник (книга, документ и т. п.) - to quote one's authorities ссылаться на авторитетные источники - to know smth. on good * знать что-л. из достоверного источника основание - what is your * for that statement? какое вы имеете основание для подобного утверждения? - on the * of papers по сообщениям газет вес, убедительность;
    сила - his strong bass lent * to the performance его мощный бас сделал исполнение особенно впечатляющим
    act outside the scope of one's ~ выходить за пределы своей компетенции act outside the scope of one's ~ выходить за пределы своих полномочий
    administrative ~ административный орган administrative ~ администрация administrative ~ власти administrative ~ руководство administrative ~ управленческий персонал
    advertising standards ~ орган по стандартизации в области рекламы
    aliens ~ управление по делам иностранцев
    ~ (обыкн. pl the authorities) власти;
    to apply to the authorities обратиться к властям
    authority авторитет, крупный специалист ~ авторитет, вес, влияние, значение;
    to carry authority иметь влияние ~ авторитет, авторитетный специалист, авторитетность, авторитетное утверждение ~ авторитет;
    орган власти, ответственные лица( уполномоченные решать к.-л. вопросы) ~ авторитет ~ авторитетность ~ авторитетный источник (книга, документ) ~ авторитетный источник ~ (обыкн. pl the authorities) власти;
    to apply to the authorities обратиться к властям ~ власть, полномочие, сфера компетенции ~ власть;
    the authority of Parliament власть парламента ~ власть ~ влияние ~ доверенность, полномочие, разрешение ~ доверенность ~ доказательство, основание ~ доказательство ~ документ ~ источник права, закон, прецедент, судебное решение, документ, авторитетный учебник по праву ~ источник права ~ компетенция ~ крупный специалист ~ орган власти, орган управления ~ орган власти ~ орган управления ~ основание;
    on the authority of the press на основании газетных сообщений, по утверждению газет ~ основание ~ полномочие (for;
    тж. с inf.) ;
    who gave you the authority to do this? кто уполномочил вас сделать это? ~ полномочие ~ вчт. полномочия ~ вчт. права ~ право ~ разрешение ~ судебное решение ~ сфера компетенции ~ управление
    ~ in charge of minors and incapacitated persons орган попечения несовершеннолетних и недееспособных лиц
    ~ власть;
    the authority of Parliament власть парламента
    ~ to bind company право налагать обязательства на компанию
    ~ to purchase право купли
    ~ to sign for firm право подписи за фирму
    budgetary ~ бюджетное управление
    building ~ строительное управление
    by ~ по полномочию by ~ с разрешения
    ~ авторитет, вес, влияние, значение;
    to carry authority иметь влияние
    conflicting lines of ~ разногласия в органе власти
    consular ~ консульские должностные лица consular ~ консульские представители
    customs ~ таможенное управление customs ~ таможенные власти
    delegated ~ делегированные полномочия
    educational ~ управление по образованию
    exceed ~ выходить за пределы компетенции exceed ~ выходить за пределы полномочий exceed ~ превышать полномочия
    executive ~ исполнительная власть
    general ~ генеральные полномочия, общие полномочия на ведение конкретного дела или предприятия general ~ генеральные полномочия general ~ общие полномочия на ведение конкретного дела
    health ~ орган здравоохранения
    highway ~ дорожное ведомство highway ~ дорожное управление
    housing supervisory ~ орган контроля за жилищным строительством
    intermediate ~ временный орган власти
    joint ~ совместные полномочия
    judicial ~ судебная власть judicial ~ судейская власть
    legislative ~ законодательные власти
    local ~ местная власть local ~ местный орган власти local ~ орган местного самоуправления local ~ самоуправляющийся орган местной власти, муниципалитет, местная власть
    local housing ~ местное жилищное управление
    a man set in ~ человек, облеченный властью
    marriage ~ отдел регистрации браков
    medical ~ медицинское управление
    monetary ~ руководящее денежно-кредитное учреждение
    note issuing ~ право выпуска банкнот
    official ~ государственные власти
    ~ основание;
    on the authority of the press на основании газетных сообщений, по утверждению газет
    ostensible ~ мнимые полномочия
    patent ~ патентное ведомство
    paternal ~ родительская власть
    port ~ портовые власти
    prosecuting ~ основание для преследования в судебном порядке
    provisional ~ временные полномочия
    regional ~ местный орган власти
    regulatory ~ контрольный орган regulatory ~ распорядительный орган
    relevant ~ компетентный орган
    representative ~ представительные власти
    road ~ дорожное управление
    supervising ~ контрольный орган
    supervisory ~ контрольный орган supervisory ~ наблюдательный орган
    supreme administrative ~ высший административный орган
    supreme ~ верховная власть supreme ~ высший орган
    tax ~ налоговое управление
    territorial ~ территориальные власти
    transport ~ транспортное управление
    ultimate ~ высшие полномочия ultimate ~ последняя инстанция
    ~ полномочие (for;
    тж. с inf.) ;
    who gave you the authority to do this? кто уполномочил вас сделать это?

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > authority

  • 19 battle

    1. noun
    1) (fight) Schlacht, die

    the battle at Amman — die Schlacht bei Amman

    do or give battle — kämpfen

    die in battle — [in der Schlacht] fallen

    2) (fig.): (contest) Kampf, der

    something is half the battle — mit etwas ist schon viel gewonnen

    2. intransitive verb
    kämpfen ( with or against mit od. gegen, for für)
    3. transitive verb
    * * *
    ['bætl] 1. noun
    (a fight between opposing armies or individuals: the last battle of the war.) die Schlacht
    2. verb
    (to fight.) kämpfen
    - academic.ru/5845/battlefield">battlefield
    - battleship
    * * *
    bat·tle
    [ˈbætl̩, AM ˈbæt̬l̩]
    I. n
    1. MIL Kampf m, Gefecht nt, Schlacht f
    to join \battle with sb sich dat mit jdm eine Schlacht liefern
    to have been killed in \battle [im Kampf] gefallen sein
    2. ( fig: struggle) Kampf m fig ( against gegen + akk, for für/um + akk)
    courtroom \battles LAW Auseinandersetzungen pl zwischen Anwälten im Gerichtssaal
    \battle of wills Machtkampf m
    \battle of wits geistiger Wettstreit
    \battle of words Wortgefecht nt
    to do \battle kämpfen
    to fight a \battle einen Kampf führen
    3.
    ▶ to fight a losing \battle auf verlorenem Posten kämpfen
    ▶ that is half the \battle damit ist die Sache schon halb gewonnen
    ▶ to lose the \battle but win the war ein Gefecht verlieren, aber den Krieg gewinnen
    ▶ to win the \battle but lose the war ein Gefecht gewinnen, aber den Krieg verlieren
    II. vi ( also fig: fight) kämpfen a. fig
    ▪ to \battle against sth gegen etw akk kämpfen
    to \battle against prejudice gegen Vorurteile ankämpfen
    ▪ to \battle for sth um etw akk kämpfen
    ▪ to \battle over sth um etw akk kämpfen
    ▪ to \battle with sb/sth mit jdm/etw kämpfen
    III. vt AM
    ▪ to \battle sth gegen etw akk [an]kämpfen
    to \battle one's way to the top sich akk nach oben [durch]kämpfen [o an die Spitze kämpfen]
    * * *
    ['btl]
    1. n (lit)
    Schlacht f; (fig) Kampf m

    to give/offer/refuse battle — sich zum Kampf or zur Schlacht stellen/bereit erklären/den Kampf or die Schlacht verweigern

    to fight a battle — eine Schlacht schlagen (also fig), einen Kampf führen

    to do battle for sb/sth — sich für jdn/etw schlagen, sich für jdn/etw einsetzen

    to win the battle but lose the war (fig) — die Schlacht gewinnen, aber den Krieg verlieren

    killed in battle — (im Kampf) gefallen

    getting an interview is only half the battle —

    battle of the giants — Kampf m der Giganten

    2. vi
    sich schlagen; (fig also) kämpfen, streiten
    3. vt (fig)

    to battle one's way through difficulties/four qualifying matches — sich (durch Schwierigkeiten)/durch vier Qualifikationsspiele durchschlagen

    * * *
    battle [ˈbætl]
    A v/i
    1. besonders fig kämpfen, streiten ( beide:
    with mit;
    for um;
    against gegen):
    battle against relegation SPORT gegen den Abstieg kämpfen;
    battle for breath nach Atem ringen;
    battle to get sth darum kämpfen, etwas zu bekommen
    2. battle through sich (durch-)kämpfen durch;
    B v/t
    1. US kämpfen gegen, bekämpfen (beide auch fig)
    2. battle one’s way through → A 2
    C s
    1. Schlacht f (of meist bei), auch Gefecht n:
    in battle in der Schlacht;
    the Battle of Britain die (Luft-)Schlacht um England (2. Weltkrieg);
    battle of wits geistiger Wettstreit;
    battle of words Wortgefecht n, -streit m; → bulge A 1
    2. fig Kampf m ( against gegen; for um):
    battle for power Machtkampf
    3. Zweikampf m:
    trial by battle HIST Gottesurteil n durch Zweikampf
    4. MIL, HIST
    a) Heer n, Schlachtreihe f
    b) auch main battle Haupttreffen nBesondere Redewendungen: do battle kämpfen, sich schlagen;
    do battle for sb, fight sb’s battle jemandes Sache verfechten;
    give ( oder join) battle sich zum Kampf stellen;
    have the battle den Sieg davontragen;
    the battle is to the strong der Sieg gehört den Starken;
    that is half the battle damit ist schon viel gewonnen, das ist schon die halbe Miete umg;
    a good start ( oder beginning) is half the battle (Sprichwort) frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen; → losing A 3
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (fight) Schlacht, die

    do or give battle — kämpfen

    die in battle — [in der Schlacht] fallen

    2) (fig.): (contest) Kampf, der
    2. intransitive verb
    kämpfen ( with or against mit od. gegen, for für)
    3. transitive verb
    * * *
    n.
    Kampf ¨-e m.
    Schlacht -en f. v.
    kämpfen v.
    sich schlagen v.

    English-german dictionary > battle

  • 20 essential

    1. adjective
    1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]
    2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]

    it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...

    2. noun, esp. in pl.
    1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das
    2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, das

    the essentials of French grammar — die Grundzüge der französischen Grammatik

    * * *
    [i'senʃəl] 1. adjective
    (absolutely necessary: Strong boots are essential for mountaineering; It is essential that you arrive punctually.) wesentlich
    2. noun
    (a thing that is fundamental or necessary: Everyone should learn the essentials of first aid; Is a television set an essential?) das Wesentliche
    - academic.ru/25041/essentially">essentially
    * * *
    es·sen·tial
    [ɪˈsen(t)ʃəl]
    I. adj
    1. (indispensable) unbedingt erforderlich, unentbehrlich, unverzichtbar
    it is \essential to record the data accurately eine genaue Aufzeichnung der Daten ist unabdingbar
    \essential vitamins lebensnotwendige [o lebenswichtige] [o fachspr essenzielle] Vitamine
    ▪ to be \essential to [or for] sb/sth für jdn/etw von größter Wichtigkeit sein
    it is \essential [that] our prices remain competitive unsere Preise müssen unbedingt wettbewerbsfähig bleiben
    2. (fundamental) essenziell; element wesentlich; difference grundlegend
    \essential component Grundbestandteil m
    \essential subject zentrales Thema
    II. n usu pl
    ▪ the \essentials pl die Grundlagen, das Wesentliche kein pl, die wichtigsten Punkte
    I regard my car as an \essential mein Auto ist für mich absolut unverzichtbar
    the \essentials of Spanish die Grundzüge des Spanischen
    the bare \essentials das [Aller]nötigste
    to be reduced to its \essentials auf das Wesentliche reduziert werden
    * * *
    [I'senSəl]
    1. adj
    1) (= necessary, vital) (unbedingt or absolut) erforderlich or notwendig; services, supplies lebenswichtig

    it is essential to act quickly —

    it is essential that he come(s) — es ist absolut or unbedingt erforderlich, dass er kommt, er muss unbedingt kommen

    it is essential that you understand this — du musst das unbedingt verstehen

    do it now – is it really essential? — mach es jetzt – ist das wirklich unbedingt nötig?

    this is of essential importance — dies ist von entscheidender Bedeutung

    the essential thing is to... — wichtig ist vor allem, zu...

    2) (= of the essence, basic) wesentlich, essenziell (geh), essentiell (geh); (PHILOS) essenziell, essentiell, wesenhaft; question, role entscheidend

    I don't doubt his essential goodness — ich zweifle nicht an, dass er im Grunde ein guter Mensch ist

    to establish the essential nature of the problem —

    to establish the essential nature of the disease — feststellen, worum es sich bei dieser Krankheit eigentlich handelt

    2. n
    1)

    (= necessary thing) a compass is an essential for mountain climbing — ein Kompass ist unbedingt notwendig zum Bergsteigen

    the first essential is to privatize the industry — als Erstes muss die Industrie unbedingt privatisiert werden

    just bring the essentials — bring nur das Allernotwendigste mit

    with only the bare essentials — nur mit dem Allernotwendigsten ausgestattet

    2) pl (= most important points) wichtige Punkte pl, Essentials pl

    the essentials of German grammar — die Grundlagen pl or die Grundzüge pl der deutschen Grammatik

    * * *
    essential [ıˈsenʃl]
    A adj (adv → essentially)
    1. wesentlich:
    a) grundlegend, fundamental
    b) inner(er, e, es), eigentlich, (lebens)wichtig, unentbehrlich, unbedingt erforderlich (to, for für):
    essential to life lebensnotwendig, -wichtig;
    it is essential for both of them to come es ist unbedingt erforderlich, dass sie beide kommen;
    essential condition of life BIOL Lebensbedingung f;
    essential goods lebenswichtige Güter;
    the essential vows REL die drei wesentlichen Mönchsgelübde (Keuschheit, Armut, Gehorsam)
    2. CHEM rein, destilliert:
    essential oil ätherisches Öl
    3. MUS Haupt…, Grund…:
    essential chord Grundakkord m
    B s meist pl
    1. (das) Wesentliche oder Wichtigste, Hauptsache f, wesentliche Umstände pl oder Punkte pl oder Bestandteile pl:
    the bare essentials das Allernotwendigste
    2. (wesentliche) Voraussetzung (to für):
    3. unentbehrliche Person oder Sache
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]
    2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]

    it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...

    2. noun, esp. in pl.
    1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das
    2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, das
    * * *
    adj.
    Pflicht- präfix.
    notwendig adj.
    wesentlich adj. n.
    wesentlich adj.

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