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a fully functioning

  • 1 полноценно функционирующий человек

    Russian-english psychology dictionary > полноценно функционирующий человек

  • 2 полностью работоспособный

    Полностью работоспособный-- These parts can only be replaced by decommissioning a fully functioning set of signals.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > полностью работоспособный

  • 3 free

    (a) (without charge) gratuit(e);
    ∎ free of all average franc de toute avarie;
    ∎ free on board franco à bord;
    ∎ free carrier franco transporteur;
    ∎ free of duty exempt(e) de droits d'entrée;
    ∎ free at frontier franco frontière;
    ∎ free in and out bord à bord;
    ∎ free overside franco allège;
    ∎ free at quay franco long du quai, franco long du bord;
    ∎ free on rail franco wagon, franco de rail;
    ∎ free alongside ship franco long du quai, franco long du bord;
    ∎ free of tax franc d'impôts;
    ∎ free on truck franco camion;
    ∎ free on wharf franco long du quai, franco long du bord
    free credit crédit m gratuit; free delivery livraison f gratuite;
    STOCK EXCHANGE free float actions f pl disponibles (au marché);
    free gift cadeau m;
    free home delivery livraison franco à domicile;
    CUSTOMS free import entrée f en franchise;
    STOCK EXCHANGE free issue attribution f d'actions gratuites;
    CUSTOMS free list liste f des marchandises importées en franchise;
    free sample échantillon m gratuit;
    free trial essai m gratuit;
    free trial period période f d'essai gratuit
    free agent agent m indépendant; free collective bargaining négociation f des conventions collectives;
    free competition libre concurrence f;
    free enterprise libre entreprise f;
    free market marché m libre;
    free market economics libéralisme m;
    free market economy économie f libérale ou de marché;
    free marketeer libéral(e) m, f;
    free movement (of goods, people, capital) libre circulation f;
    CUSTOMS free port port m franc;
    free trade libre-échange m;
    free trade agreement accord m de libre-échange;
    free trade area zone f de libre-échange;
    free trade association association f de libre-échange;
    free trade policy politique f antiprotectionniste, politique de libre-échange;
    free trader libre-échangiste m f, antiprotectionniste m f;
    free trade zone zone de libre-échange;
    free zone zone franche
    gratuitement;
    ∎ they will deliver free of charge ils livreront gratuitement
    (prices, trade) libérer; (funds) débloquer

    Mr Ralph himself described the sale of Sidex as "the privatisation of the decade" and "hugely important in terms of creating the fully functioning free market economy which the European Union has set as a fundamental criterion for Romanian accession to the EU". He recommended the letter be sent since "it would send a strong signal of British government support in the hope that this would stimulate increased British investment in and trade with Romania".

    English-French business dictionary > free

  • 4 operational

    adjective (in good working order.) operativo
    tr[ɒpə'reɪʃənəl]
    1 (ready for use) operativo,-a, listo,-a para usar; (in use) en funcionamiento
    2 (ocurring in practice) de operación, operativo,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to become operational entrar en funcionamiento
    operational [.ɑpə'reɪʃənəl] adj
    : operacional, de operación
    adj.
    • capaz de funcionar adj.
    • de operaciones adj.
    • operacional adj.
    • operativo, -a adj.
    'ɑːpə'reɪʃṇəl, ˌɒpə'reɪʃənḷ
    a) ( functioning) (pred)

    to be operational — estar* en funcionamiento

    b) (before n) < capacity> de operación or funcionamiento
    [ˌɒpǝ'reɪʃǝnl]
    ADJ
    1) (=relating to operations) [control, plan] operativo, de operaciones; [problems, cost, expenses] de funcionamiento; [staff] de servicio
    2) (=ready for use or action) [aircraft, service, airport] en funcionamiento; [bus, train] en servicio; [troops] operacional
    * * *
    ['ɑːpə'reɪʃṇəl, ˌɒpə'reɪʃənḷ]
    a) ( functioning) (pred)

    to be operational — estar* en funcionamiento

    b) (before n) < capacity> de operación or funcionamiento

    English-spanish dictionary > operational

  • 5 operative

    1. adjective
    1) (in operation)
    2) (most relevant)

    the operative word is ‘quietly’ — die Betonung liegt auf "leise"

    2. noun
    [Fach]arbeiter, der/-arbeiterin, die
    * * *
    [-rətiv, ]( American[) -reitiv]
    adjective (in action, having effect: Many old laws are still operative.) wirksam
    * * *
    op·era·tive
    [ˈɒpəretɪv, AM ˈɑ:pɚət̬ɪv]
    I. n
    1. (in a factory) [Fach]arbeiter(in) m(f)
    2. (detective) Privatdetektiv(in) m(f); (secret agent) Geheimagent(in) m(f)
    FBI \operative FBI-Agent(in) m(f)
    II. adj inv
    1. (functioning) in Betrieb präd; regulations wirksam, gültig
    these reasons still remain \operative diese Gründe bestehen immer noch
    2. attr (surgical) operativ
    \operative treatment chirurgische Behandlung
    * * *
    ['ɒpərətIv]
    1. adj
    1) (= producing an effect) measure, laws wirksam; clause maßgeblich, entscheidend; (= in effect) law rechtsgültig, geltend; plan, system, service operativ

    "if" being the operative word — wobei "wenn" das entscheidende Wort ist

    to become operative (law) — in Kraft treten; (system etc) verbindlich eingeführt werden

    2) (MED) treatment operativ
    2. n
    (of machinery) Maschinenarbeiter(in) m(f); (= detective) Detektiv(in) m(f); (= spy) Agent(in) m(f); (US POL = campaign worker) Parteiarbeiter(in) m(f)
    * * *
    operative [ˈɒpərətıv; ˈɒpəreı-; US ˈɑ-]
    A adj
    1. wirkend:
    the operative date das maßgebliche Datum;
    the operative point der springende Punkt;
    the operative word das Wort, auf das es ankommt, JUR auch das rechtsbegründende Wort
    2. wirksam (Dosis etc):
    become operative in Kraft treten, (rechts)wirksam werden;
    be operative in Kraft oder wirksam sein
    3. praktisch:
    4. WIRTSCH, TECH Arbeits…, Betriebs…, betrieblich, betriebsfähig:
    operative condition betriebsfähiger Zustand;
    operative position Arbeitslage f
    5. MED operativ, chirurgisch, Operations…:
    operative treatment operative Behandlung;
    operative dentistry Zahn- und Kieferchirurgie f
    6. arbeitend, tätig, beschäftigt
    B s
    1. Werktätige(r) m/f(m), besonders
    a) Facharbeiter(in)
    b) angelernte(r) Arbeiter(in)
    c) Handwerker(in)
    d) Mechaniker(in)
    2. US Privatdetektiv m
    * * *
    1. adjective

    the operative word is ‘quietly’ — die Betonung liegt auf "leise"

    2. noun
    [Fach]arbeiter, der/-arbeiterin, die
    * * *
    adj.
    funktionsfähig adj.
    funktionstüchtig adj. n.
    Fabrikarbeiter m.

    English-german dictionary > operative

  • 6 arbeiten

    I v/i
    1. Person: work; (berufstätig sein) auch be in work; geistig / körperlich arbeiten do mental / phsyical work; arbeiten als Gärtner etc. work as a gardener etc.; arbeiten an be working on; arbeiten bei oder für (angestellt sein) work for; für oder gegen Geld arbeiten work for money; arbeiten für / gegen (sich einsetzen) work for / against; arbeiten für zwei do the work of two; im Akkord arbeiten do piece work; die Zeit arbeitet für / gegen uns fig. we’ve got time on our side / against us; arbeiten mit einem Werkzeug, Material: work with; einer Firma: deal with, do business with; arbeiten über (+ Akk) (schreiben) work ( oder write) on; arbeiten wie ein Pferd / Wilder umg. work like a Trojan / like mad
    2. (funktionieren) work; Organ auch: function; Maschine etc. auch: operate, run
    3. Holz etc.: expand and contract; Teig: rise; Wein etc.: work
    4. WIRTS. Kapital etc.: work ( mit Gewinn at a profit); sein Geld arbeiten lassen invest
    5. SPORT: (trainieren) train (an + Dat oder mit on oder with); arbeiten mit einem Pferd, Hund (dressieren) train
    6. an sich (Dat) arbeiten (work to) improve o.s.; sie hat den Erfolg verdient - sie hat hart an sich gearbeitet she deserves every success - she worked hard to achieve it; man sah, wie es in ihm arbeitete you could almost see it churning around inside him
    II v/refl
    1. (sich mühen): sich durch den Schnee / einen Roman arbeiten work ( oder plough, Am. plow) one’s way through the snow / a novel; sich durch den Schlamm arbeiten labo(u)r (oder umg. slog) through the mud; sich nach oben oder an die Spitze arbeiten work one’s way up to the top; er wird sich da nicht krank arbeiten he won’t overdo himself; sich müde / krank etc. arbeiten work until one is tired / ill, work o.s. into the ground; sich zu Tode oder tot arbeiten work o.s to death / ruin o.s.
    2. unpers.: hier / mit dir arbeitet es sich schlecht it’s difficult to work here / with you
    III v/t
    1. (anfertigen) make, fashion; eine Statue in oder aus Bronze arbeiten make ( oder work) a statue in bronze; das Kleid ist sorgfältig gearbeitet the dress is beautifully made ( oder finished)
    2. (tun) do; was arbeitet er? what is he doing?; höchste Zeit, dass du mal was arbeitest! it’s high time for you to get to work ( oder do something oder do some work)!
    3. sich (Dat) die Hände wund / den Buckel krumm arbeiten umg. work one’s hands raw / work o.s. into the ground
    * * *
    das Arbeiten
    working
    * * *
    ạr|bei|ten ['arbaitn]
    1. vi
    1) (= sich betätigen) to work (
    an +dat on)

    arbeiten wie ein Pferd/Wilder (inf) — to work like a Trojan or horse/like mad (inf)

    die Zeit arbeitet für uns — we have time on our side, time is on our side

    er arbeitet für zwei (inf) — he does the work of two, he does enough work for two

    2) (= funktionieren) (Organ, Maschine) to function, to work

    die Anlage arbeitet elektrisch/mit Kohle — the plant runs or operates on electricity/coal

    3) (= berufstätig sein) to work

    seine Frau arbeitet auch — his wife works too, his wife goes out to work too

    für eine or bei einer Firma/Zeitung arbeiten — to work for a firm/newspaper

    4) (= in Bewegung sein) to work; (Most etc) to ferment; (Holz) to warp

    in ihm begann es zu arbeiten — he started to react, it began to work on him

    2. vr
    1)

    sich krank/müde arbeiten — to make oneself ill/tire oneself out with work

    die Hände wund arbeiten — to work one's fingers to the bone

    2) (= sich fortbewegen) to work oneself (
    in +acc into, durch through, zu to)

    sich in die Höhe or nach oben/an die Spitze arbeiten (fig) — to work one's way up/(up) to the top

    3) impers

    es arbeitet sich gut/schlecht — you can/can't work well

    es arbeitet sich hier auch nicht besser — it's no better working here either

    3. vt
    1) (= herstellen) to make
    2) (= tun) to do

    was arbeitest du dort? — what are you doing there?; (beruflich) what do you do there?

    * * *
    1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) labour
    2) (to act or work: The sewing-machine isn't operating properly.) operate
    3) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) work
    4) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) work
    5) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) work
    * * *
    ar·bei·ten
    [ˈarbaitn̩]
    I. vi
    1. (tätig sein) to work
    stör mich nicht, ich arbeite gerade! don't disturb me, I'm working!
    ▪ an etw dat \arbeiten to be working on sth
    Helene arbeitet an der Fertigstellung ihres Erstromans Helen is working on the completion of her first novel
    ▪ über jdn/etw \arbeiten to work on sb/sth
    er arbeitet über Goethe he's working on Goethe
    für zwei \arbeiten (fam) to do the work of two [people]
    ▪ [bei jdm/für jdn/an etw dat] \arbeiten to work [for sb/on sth]
    \arbeiten gehen to have a job
    ▪ [mit etw dat] \arbeiten to operate [on sth]
    das System arbeitet vollautomatisch the system is fully automatic
    unsere Heizung arbeitet mit Gas our heating operates [or runs] on gas
    alle Systeme \arbeiten nach Vorschrift all systems are working according to regulations
    4. MED (funktionieren) to function
    Ihre Leber arbeitet nicht mehr richtig your liver is not functioning properly anymore
    5. (sich bewegen) Holz, Balken to warp
    6. (gären) Hefe, Most etc. to ferment
    7. impers (sich innerlich mit etw beschäftigen) to work
    ▪ in jdm arbeitet es sb is reacting
    man sah, wie es in ihm arbeitete you could see his mind working
    lass mich nachdenken, in meinem Kopf arbeitet es jetzt! let me think, my mind is starting to work!
    bei jdm \arbeiten lassen to have sth made somewhere/by sb
    Ihr Anzug sitzt ja ganz ausgezeichnet! wo/bei wem lassen Sie \arbeiten? your suit fits wonderfully! where do you have your clothes made [or who makes your clothes for you]?
    II. vr
    ▪ sich akk irgendwohin \arbeiten to work one's way somewhere
    die Bergarbeiter arbeiteten sich weiter nach unten the miners worked their way further down
    sich akk [langsam] nach oben [o an die Spitze] \arbeiten to work one's way [slowly] to the top
    ▪ sich akk [durch etw akk] [durch] \arbeiten to work oneself [through sth]
    der Bohrer musste sich durch das Gestein \arbeiten the drill had to work through the stonework
    ▪ sich akk durch etw akk \arbeiten to work one's way through sth
    es wird Wochen brauchen, bis ich mich durch all die Aktenberge gearbeitet habe it will take me weeks to work my way through the stacks of papers
    4. impers (zusammenarbeiten)
    ▪ es lässt sich [mit jdm] arbeiten there's co-operation [with sb]
    es arbeitet sich gut/schlecht mit jdm you can/can't work well with sb
    mit willigen Mitarbeitern arbeitet es sich besser als mit störrischen it's better to work with willing colleagues than with stubborn ones; (umgehen) to work
    es arbeitet sich gut/schlecht auf etw dat/mit etw dat you can/can't work well on sth/with sth
    mit dem alten Computer arbeitet es sich nicht so gut you can't work as well on the old computer
    5. (sich in einen Zustand arbeiten)
    sich akk halb tot \arbeiten to work oneself to death
    sich akk krank \arbeiten to work till one drops
    sich akk müde \arbeiten to tire oneself out with work, to work oneself silly; s.a. Tod
    III. vt
    1. (herstellen) to make
    ▪ etw [aus etw dat] \arbeiten to make sth [from sth]
    von Hand \arbeiten to make sth by hand
    der Schmuck ist ganz aus 18-karätigem Gold gearbeitet the jewellery is made entirely from 18-carat gold
    2. (tun)
    ▪ etwas/nichts \arbeiten to do sth/nothing
    ich habe heute noch nichts gearbeitet I haven't managed to do anything yet today
    * * *
    1.
    1) work

    an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten — work on something

    bei jemandem/einer Firma usw. arbeiten — work for somebody/a company etc.

    seine Frau arbeitet — (ist berufstätig) his wife has a job or works

    die Zeit arbeitet für/gegen uns — time is on our side/against us

    2) (funktionieren) <heart, lungs, etc.> work, function; < machine> work, operate
    3) (sich verändern) < wood> warp; < must> ferment; < dough> rise
    2.
    1) (herstellen) make; (in Ton, Silber, usw.) work; make; fashion
    2) (tun) do

    was arbeiten Sie? — what are you doing?; (beruflich) what do you do for a living?; what's your job?

    3.
    1)

    sich müde/krank arbeiten — tire oneself out/make oneself ill with work

    sich (Dat.) die Hände wund arbeiten — work one's fingers to the bone

    2) (Strecke zurücklegen)

    sich durch etwas/in etwas (Akk.) arbeiten — work one's way through/into something

    sich nach oben arbeiten — (fig.) work one's way up

    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. Person: work; (berufstätig sein) auch be in work;
    geistig/körperlich arbeiten do mental/phsyical work;
    arbeiten als Gärtner etc work as a gardener etc;
    arbeiten an be working on;
    für (angestellt sein) work for;
    gegen Geld arbeiten work for money;
    arbeiten für/gegen (sich einsetzen) work for/against;
    arbeiten für zwei do the work of two;
    im Akkord arbeiten do piece work;
    die Zeit arbeitet für/gegen uns fig we’ve got time on our side/against us;
    arbeiten mit einem Werkzeug, Material: work with; einer Firma: deal with, do business with;
    arbeiten über (+akk) (schreiben) work ( oder write) on;
    arbeiten wie ein Pferd/Wilder umg work like a Trojan/like mad
    2. (funktionieren) work; Organ auch: function; Maschine etc auch: operate, run
    3. Holz etc: expand and contract; Teig: rise; Wein etc: work
    4. WIRTSCH Kapital etc: work (
    mit Gewinn at a profit);
    5. SPORT: (trainieren) train (
    an +dat oder
    mit on oder with);
    arbeiten mit einem Pferd, Hund (dressieren) train
    6.
    an sich (dat)
    arbeiten (work to) improve o.s.;
    sie hat den Erfolg verdient - sie hat hart an sich gearbeitet she deserves every success - she worked hard to achieve it;
    man sah, wie es in ihm arbeitete you could almost see it churning around inside him
    B. v/r
    sich durch den Schnee/einen Roman arbeiten work ( oder plough, US plow) one’s way through the snow/a novel;
    sich durch den Schlamm arbeiten labo(u)r (oder umg slog) through the mud;
    an die Spitze arbeiten work one’s way up to the top;
    sich müde arbeiten work until one is tired, work o.s. into the ground;
    sich zu Tode arbeiten work o.s to death/ruin o.s.
    2. unpers:
    hier/mit dir arbeitet es sich schlecht it’s difficult to work here/with you
    C. v/t
    1. (anfertigen) make, fashion;
    aus Bronze arbeiten make ( oder work) a statue in bronze;
    das Kleid ist sorgfältig gearbeitet the dress is beautifully made ( oder finished)
    2. (tun) do;
    was arbeitet er? what is he doing?;
    höchste Zeit, dass du mal was arbeitest! it’s high time for you to get to work ( oder do something oder do some work)!
    3.
    sich (dat)
    die Hände wund arbeiten umg work one’s hands raw
    * * *
    1.
    1) work

    an etwas (Dat.) arbeiten — work on something

    bei jemandem/einer Firma usw. arbeiten — work for somebody/a company etc.

    seine Frau arbeitet — (ist berufstätig) his wife has a job or works

    die Zeit arbeitet für/gegen uns — time is on our side/against us

    2) (funktionieren) <heart, lungs, etc.> work, function; < machine> work, operate
    3) (sich verändern) < wood> warp; < must> ferment; < dough> rise
    2.
    1) (herstellen) make; (in Ton, Silber, usw.) work; make; fashion
    2) (tun) do

    was arbeiten Sie? — what are you doing?; (beruflich) what do you do for a living?; what's your job?

    3.
    1)

    sich müde/krank arbeiten — tire oneself out/make oneself ill with work

    sich (Dat.) die Hände wund arbeiten — work one's fingers to the bone

    sich durch etwas/in etwas (Akk.) arbeiten — work one's way through/into something

    sich nach oben arbeiten — (fig.) work one's way up

    * * *
    v.
    to act v.
    to work v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > arbeiten

  • 7 operational

    adjective
    1) Einsatz[flugzeug, -breite]; (Mil.) Einsatz-
    2) (esp. Mil.): (ready to function) einsatzbereit
    * * *
    adjective (in good working order.) Einsatz...
    * * *
    op·era·tion·al
    [ˌɒpərˈeɪʃənəl, AM ˌɑ:pəˈreɪ-]
    adj inv
    1. (in business) betrieblich, Betriebs-
    \operational costs Betriebskosten pl
    2. (functioning) betriebsbereit, funktionstüchtig
    to be fully \operational (concerning function) voll funktionsfähig sein; (concerning purpose) voll einsatzfähig sein
    * * *
    ["ɒpə'reISənl]
    adj
    1) (= ready for use or action) machine, vehicle betriebsbereit or -fähig; army unit, aeroplane, tank etc einsatzbereit or -fähig; (fig) worker etc einsatzbereit or -fähig; (= in use or action) machine, vehicle etc in Betrieb, in or im Gebrauch; airport in Betrieb; army unit etc im Einsatz
    2) (= relating to operation TECH, COMM) Betriebs-; (MIL) Einsatz-; problems, duties operativ

    for operational reasons — aus operativen Gründen

    operational research — betriebliche Verfahrens- or Planungsforschung, Operations Research f

    operational staff (for machinery) — Bedienungspersonal nt; (in military, police action) Einsatzkräfte pl

    operational range (of radar etc) — Einflussbereich m; (of aircraft) Flugbereich m

    * * *
    operational [ˌɒpəˈreıʃənl; US ˌɑ-] adj
    1. TECH
    a) Funktions…, Betriebs…, Arbeits…:
    operational electrode Arbeitselektrode f
    b) betriebsbereit
    2. WIRTSCH betrieblich, Betriebs…:
    operational research Br Unternehmensforschung f
    3. MIL Einsatz…, Operations…, einsatzfähig:
    operational aircraft Einsatzflugzeug n;
    operational area Einsatzgebiet n;
    operational fatigue Kriegsneurose f;
    operational height Einsatzflughöhe f
    4. SCHIFF klar, fahrbereit
    * * *
    adjective
    1) Einsatz[flugzeug, -breite]; (Mil.) Einsatz-
    2) (esp. Mil.): (ready to function) einsatzbereit
    * * *
    adj.
    betrieblich adj.

    English-german dictionary > operational

  • 8 up

    1. adverb
    1) (to higher place) nach oben; (in lift) aufwärts

    [right] up to something — (lit. or fig.) [ganz] bis zu etwas hinauf

    up into the air — in die Luft [hinauf]...

    climb up on something/climb up to the top of something — auf etwas (Akk.) [hinauf]steigen/bis zur Spitze einer Sache hinaufsteigen

    the way up [to something] — der Weg hinauf [zu etwas]

    on the way up — (lit. or fig.) auf dem Weg nach oben

    up here/there — hier herauf/dort hinauf

    high/higher up — hoch/höher hinauf

    halfway/a long/little way up — den halben Weg/ein weites/kurzes Stück hinauf

    come on up! — komm [hier/weiter] herauf!

    up it etc. comes/goes — herauf kommt/hinauf geht es usw.

    up you go! — rauf mit dir! (ugs.)

    2) (to upstairs, northwards) rauf (bes. ugs.); herauf/hinauf (bes. schriftsprachlich); nach oben

    come up from London to Edinburgh — von London nach Edinburgh [he]raufkommen

    3) (to place regarded as more important)

    go up to Leeds from the country — vom Land in die Stadt Leeds od. nach Leeds fahren

    4) (Brit.): (to capital) rein (bes. ugs.); herein/hinein (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    go up to town or London — nach London gehen/fahren

    get up to London from Reading — von Reading nach London [he]reinfahren

    5) (in higher place, upstairs, in north) oben

    up here/there — hier/da oben

    an order from high up — (fig.) ein Befehl von ganz oben (ugs.)

    halfway/a long/little way up — auf halbem Weg nach oben/ein gutes/kurzes Stück weiter oben

    live four floors or storeys up — im vierten Stockwerk wohnen

    his flat is on the next floor up — seine Wohnung ist ein Stockwerk höher

    up north — oben im Norden (ugs.)

    6) (erect) hoch

    keep your head up — halte den Kopf hoch; see also academic.ru/12509/chin">chin

    7) (out of bed)
    8) (in place regarded as more important; Brit.): (in capital)

    up in town or London/Leeds — in London/Leeds

    prices have gone/are up — die Preise sind gestiegen

    butter is up [by...] — Butter ist [...] teurer

    10) (including higher limit)

    up to — bis... hinauf

    up to midday/up to £2 — bis zum Mittag/bis zu 2 Pfund

    11) (in position of gain)

    we're £300 up on last year — wir liegen 300 Pfund über dem letzten Jahr

    the takings were £500 up on the previous month — die Einnahmen lagen 500 Pfund über denen des Vormonats

    12) (ahead)

    be three points/games/goals up — (Sport) mit drei Punkten/Spielen/Toren vorn liegen

    13) (as far as)

    up to here/there — bis hier[hin]/bis dorthin

    I've had it up to here — (coll.) mir steht es bis hier [hin] (ugs.)

    up to now/then/that time/last week — bis jetzt/damals/zu jener Zeit/zur letzten Woche

    14)

    up to — (comparable with)

    be up to expectation[s] — den Erwartungen entsprechen

    15)

    up to — (capable of)

    [not] be/feel up to something — einer Sache (Dat.) [nicht] gewachsen sein/sich einer Sache (Dat.) [nicht] gewachsen fühlen

    [not] be/feel up to doing something — [nicht] in der Lage sein/sich nicht in der Lage fühlen, etwas zu tun

    16)

    up to — (derog.): (doing)

    what is he up to? — was hat er [bloß] vor?

    17)

    it is [not] up to somebody to do something — (somebody's duty) es ist [nicht] jemandes Sache, etwas zu tun

    it is up to us to help them — es ist unsere Pflicht, ihnen zu helfen

    now it's up to him to do something — nun liegt es bei od. an ihm, etwas zu tun

    it's/that's up to you — (is for you to decide) es/das hängt von dir ab; (concerns only you) es/das ist deine Sache

    18) (close)

    up against somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas [lehnen]; an jemanden/etwas [stellen]

    sit up against the wall — mit dem Rücken zur od. an der Wand sitzen

    be up against a problem/difficulty — etc. (coll.) vor einem Problem/einer Schwierigkeit usw. stehen

    20)

    up and down — (upwards and downwards) hinauf und hinunter; (to and fro) auf und ab

    be up and down — (coll.): (variable) Hochs und Tiefs haben

    21) (facing upwards)

    ‘this side/way up’ — (on box etc.) "[hier] oben"

    turn something this/the other side/way up — diese/die andere Seite einer Sache nach oben drehen

    the right/wrong way up — richtig/verkehrt od. falsch herum

    22) (finished, at an end) abgelaufen
    2. preposition
    1) (upwards along, from bottom to top) rauf (bes. ugs.); herauf/hinauf (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    up something — etwas (Akk.) hinauf

    5) (at or in higher position in or on) [weiter] oben

    further up the ladder/coast — weiter oben auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    3. adjective
    1) (directed upwards) aufwärts führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach oben; nach oben gerichtet [Kolbenhub]

    up train/line — (Railw.) Zug/Gleis Richtung Stadt

    be up in a subject/on the news — in einem Fach auf der Höhe [der Zeit] sein/über alle Neuigkeiten Bescheid wissen od. gut informiert sein

    3) (coll.): (ready)

    tea['s]/grub['s] up! — Tee/Essen ist fertig!

    4) (coll.): (amiss)
    4. noun in pl.

    the ups and downs — (lit. or fig.) das Auf und Ab; (fig.) die Höhen und Tiefen

    5. intransitive verb,
    - pp- (coll.)

    up and leave/resign — einfach abhauen (ugs.) /kündigen

    he ups and says... — da sagt er doch [ur]plötzlich...

    6. transitive verb,
    - pp- (coll.) (increase) erhöhen; (raise up) heben
    * * *
    (to become covered (as if) with mist: The mirror misted over; The windscreen misted up.) beschlagen
    * * *
    up
    [ʌp]
    I. adv inv
    1. (to higher position) nach oben, hinauf; lift aufwärts
    hands \up! Hände hoch!
    the water had come \up to the level of the windows das Wasser war bis auf Fensterhöhe gestiegen
    four flights \up from here vier Etagen höher
    come on \up! komm [hier] herauf!
    \up it/she etc. comes! herauf kommt es/sie!
    \up you go! rauf mit dir! fam
    bottom \up mit der Unterseite nach oben
    halfway \up auf halber Höhe
    high \up hoch hinauf
    farther \up weiter hinauf
    \up and \up immer höher
    \up and away auf und davon
    2. (erect) aufrecht
    just lean it \up against the wall lehnen Sie es einfach gegen die Wand
    3. (out of bed) auf
    is he \up yet? ist er schon auf?
    to be \up late lange aufbleiben
    \up and about auf den Beinen
    4. (northwards) hinauf, herauf, rauf fam
    on Tuesday she'll be travelling \up to Newcastle from Birmingham am Dienstag fährt sie von Birmingham nach Newcastle hinauf
    she comes \up from Washington about once a month sie kommt ungefähr einmal im Monat aus Washington herauf
    \up north oben im Norden
    farther \up weiter oben
    \up here/there hier/da oben
    a long/little way \up ein gutes/kurzes Stück weiter oben
    \up in the hills [dr]oben in den Bergen
    2 metres \up 2 Meter hoch
    I live on the next floor \up ich wohne ein Stockwerk höher
    6. BRIT (towards city)
    I'll be \up in London this weekend ich fahre an diesem Wochenende nach London
    \up from the country vom Land
    is he \up at Cambridge yet? hat er schon [mit seinem Studium] in Cambridge angefangen?
    8. (toward)
    ▪ \up to sb/sth auf jdn/etw zu
    a limousine drew \up to where we were standing eine Limousine kam auf uns zu
    she went \up to the counter sie ging zum Schalter
    to run \up to sb jdm entgegenlaufen
    to walk \up to sb auf jdn zugehen
    9. (in high position) an der Spitze, oben fam
    as a composer he was \up there with the best als Komponist gehörte er zur Spitze
    she's something high \up in the company sie ist ein hohes Tier in der Firma
    10. (higher in price or number) höher
    last year the company's turnover was £240 billion, \up 3% on the previous year letztes Jahr lag der Umsatz der Firma bei 240 Milliarden Pfund, das sind 3 % mehr als im Jahr davor
    items on this rack are priced [from] £50 \up die Waren in diesem Regal kosten ab 50 Pfund aufwärts
    this film is suitable for children aged 13 and \up dieser Film ist für Kinder ab 13 Jahren geeignet
    11. (to point of)
    \up until [or till] [or to] bis + akk
    \up to yesterday bis gestern
    he can overdraw \up to £300 er kann bis zu 300 Pfund überziehen
    12. (in opposition to)
    to be \up against sb/sth es mit jdm/etw zu tun haben, sich akk mit jdm/etw konfrontiert sehen
    the company was \up against some problems die Firma stand vor einigen Problemen
    to be \up against it in Schwierigkeiten sein
    to be \up against the law gegen das Gesetz stehen, mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt kommen
    13. (depend on)
    to be \up to sb von jdm abhängen
    I'll leave it \up to you ich überlasse dir die Entscheidung
    to be \up to sb to do sth jds Aufgabe sein, etw zu tun
    14. (contrive)
    to be \up to sth etw vorhaben [o im Schilde führen]
    he's \up to no good er führt nichts Gutes im Schilde
    15. (be adequate)
    to be \up to sth einer Sache dat gewachsen sein, bei einer Sache dat mithalten können
    do you feel \up to the challenge? fühlst du dich dieser Herausforderung gewachsen?
    to be \up to doing sth in der Lage sein, etw zu tun
    are you sure you're \up to it? bist du sicher, dass du das schaffst?
    to not be \up to much nicht viel taugen
    his German isn't \up to much sein Deutsch ist nicht besonders gut
    to be \up to expectations den Erwartungen entsprechen
    her latest book is just not \up to her previous successes ihr neuestes Buch reicht an ihren früheren Erfolgen einfach nicht heran
    17. AM (apiece) pro Person
    the score was 3 \up at half-time bei Halbzeit stand es 3 [für] beide
    \up with sb/sth hoch lebe jd/etw
    \up with freedom! es lebe die Freiheit!
    19.
    ▶ it's all \up with sb es ist aus mit jdm
    ▶ to be \up with the clock gut in der Zeit liegen
    ▶ to be \up to the ears [or eyeballs] [or neck] in problems bis zum Hals in Schwierigkeiten stecken
    II. prep
    1. (to higher position) hinauf, herauf, rauf fam
    \up the ladder/mountain/stairs die Leiter/den Berg/die Treppe hinauf
    [just] \up the road ein Stück die Straße hinauf, weiter oben in der Straße
    to walk \up the road die Straße hinaufgehen [o entlanggehen]
    \up and down auf und ab
    he was running \up and down the path er rannte den Pfad auf und ab
    he was strolling \up and down the corridor er schlenderte auf dem Gang auf und ab
    \up and down the country überall im Land
    3. (against flow)
    \up the river/stream fluss-/bachauf[wärts]
    a cruise \up the Rhine eine Fahrt den Rhein aufwärts [o rheinauf[wärts]
    ▪ \up sth oben auf etw dat
    he's \up that ladder er steht dort oben auf der Leiter
    \up the stairs am Ende der Treppe
    5. AUS, BRIT ( fam: to)
    are you going \up the club tonight? gehst du heute Abend in den Klub?; (at)
    I'll see you \up the pub later ich treffe dich [o wir sehen uns] später in der Kneipe
    6.
    ▶ be \up the creek [or ( vulg sl)\up shit creek] [without a paddle] [schön] in der Klemme [o derb Scheiße] sitzen
    ▶ \up hill and down dale bergauf und bergab
    he led me \up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off er führte mich quer durch die Gegend, bis mir fast die Füße abfielen fam
    ▶ \up top BRIT ( fam) im Kopf
    a man with nothing much \up top ein Mann mit nicht viel im Kopf [o fam Hirnkasten]
    ▶ \up yours! ( vulg) ihr könnt/du kannst mich mal! derb
    III. adj inv
    1. attr (moving upward) nach oben
    the \up escalator der Aufzug nach oben
    what time does the next \up train leave? wann fährt der nächste Zug in die Stadt ab?
    \up platform Bahnsteig, von dem die Züge in die nächstgelegene Stadt abfahren
    \up quark Up-Quark nt
    4. pred (out of bed) auf[gestanden]
    5. pred (erect) collar hochgeschlagen
    6. pred (leading) in Führung
    Manchester is two goals \up Manchester liegt mit zwei Toren in Führung
    7. pred BRIT, AUS (being repaired) road aufgegraben, aufgerissen SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR
    the council has got the road \up der Stadtrat hat die Straße aufgraben lassen
    8. pred (more intense)
    the wind is \up der Wind hat aufgedreht
    the river is \up der Fluss ist angeschwollen
    9. pred (in horseracing) zu Pferd
    10. pred (happy) high sl, obenauf
    ▪ to be \up about [or on] [or for] sth von etw dat begeistert sein
    I'm really \up for spending a posh weekend in Paris ich freue mich total darauf, ein tolles Wochenende in Paris zu verbringen fam
    11. pred BRIT ( dated: frothy) schäumend
    12. pred (functioning properly) funktionstüchtig
    do you know when the server will be \up again? weißt du, wann der Server wieder in Betrieb ist?
    this computer is down more than it's \up dieser Computer ist öfter gestört, als dass er läuft
    to be \up and running funktionstüchtig [o in Ordnung] sein
    to get sth \up and running etw wieder zum Laufen bringen
    13. pred (in baseball) am Schlag
    14. pred (finished) time, hours vorbei, um
    your time is \up! Ihre Zeit ist um!
    the soldier's leave will be \up at midnight der Ausgang des Soldaten endet um Mitternacht
    something is \up irgendetwas ist im Gange
    what's \up? was ist los?
    16. pred (informed)
    ▪ to be \up in sth sich akk mit etw dat auskennen
    how well \up are you in Spanish? wie fit bist du in Spanisch? fam
    17. pred (scheduled)
    ▪ to be \up for sth für etw akk vorgesehen sein; terms zur Debatte stehen
    the house is \up for sale das Haus steht zum Verkauf
    18. pred LAW (on trial) unter Anklage
    he'll be \up before the magistrate er wird sich vor Gericht verantworten müssen
    ▪ to be \up for sth sich akk wegen einer S. gen vor Gericht verantworten müssen
    to be \up for trial person vor Gericht stehen; case verhandelt werden
    19. pred (interested in)
    ▪ to be \up for sth:
    I think I'm \up for a walk ich glaube, ich habe Lust, spazieren zu gehen [o auf einen Spaziergang]
    I'm \up for going out to eat ich hätte Lust, essen zu gehen
    IV. n ( fam: good period) Hoch nt
    unfortunately, we won't always have \ups leider gibt es für uns nicht immer nur Höhen
    \ups and downs gute und schlechte Zeiten
    ▶ to be on the \up and \up BRIT, AUS ( fam: be improving) im Aufwärtstrend begriffen sein; esp AM (be honest) sauber sein fam
    her career has been on the \up and \up since she moved into sales seit sie im Vertrieb ist, geht es mit ihrer Karriere stetig aufwärts
    is this deal on the \up and \up? ist das ein sauberes Geschäft?
    V. vi
    <- pp->
    ( fam)
    ▪ to \up and do sth etw plötzlich tun
    after dinner they just \upped and went without saying goodbye nach dem Abendessen gingen sie einfach weg, ohne auf Wiedersehen zu sagen
    VI. vt
    <- pp->
    ▪ to \up sth
    1. (increase) capacity etw erhöhen
    to \up the ante [or stakes] den Einsatz erhöhen
    to \up a price/tax rate einen Preis/Steuersatz anheben
    2. (raise) etw erheben
    they \upped their glasses and toasted the host sie erhoben das Glas und brachten einen Toast auf den Gastgeber aus
    VII. interj auf!, los, aufstehen!
    * * *
    [ʌp]
    1. ADVERB
    1) indicating position = in high or higher position oben; (= to higher position) nach oben

    up there — dort oben, droben ( liter, S Ger

    on your way up (to see us/them) — auf dem Weg (zu uns/ihnen) hinauf

    he climbed all the way up (to us/them) — er ist den ganzen Weg (zu uns/ihnen) hochgeklettert

    we were 6,000 m up when... — wir waren 6.000 m hoch, als...

    to go a little further up —

    up on top (of the cupboard) — ganz oben (auf dem Schrank)

    up in the mountains/sky — oben or droben ( liter, S Ger ) in den Bergen/am Himmel

    the sun/moon is up —

    the tide is up — es ist Flut, die Flut ist da

    to move up into the lead —

    then up jumps Richard and says... — und dann springt Richard auf und sagt...

    the needle was up at 95 —

    come on, up, that's my chair! up! he shouted to his horse — komm, auf mit dir, das ist mein Stuhl! spring! schrie er seinem Pferd zu

    up yours! (sl) — leck mich (inf), fick dich!(vulg)

    2)

    = installed, built to be up (building) — stehen; (tent also) aufgeschlagen sein; (scaffolding) aufgestellt sein; (notice) hängen, angeschlagen sein; (picture) hängen, aufgehängt sein; (shutters) zu sein; (shelves, wallpaper, curtains, pictures) hängen

    the new houses went up very quickly — die neuen Häuser sind sehr schnell gebaut or hochgezogen (inf) worden __diams; to be up and running laufen; (committee etc) in Gang sein; (business etc) einwandfrei funktionieren

    3) = not in bed auf

    up (with you)! — auf mit dir!, raus aus dem Bett (inf)

    to be up and about — auf sein; (after illness also) auf den Beinen sein

    4) = north oben

    up in Inverness — in Inverness oben, oben in Inverness

    to be/live up north — im Norden sein/wohnen

    to go up north —

    we're up for the day —

    5) = at university Brit am Studienort
    6) in price, value gestiegen (on gegenüber)
    7)

    in score to be 3 goals up — mit 3 Toren führen or vorn liegen (on gegenüber)

    we were £100 up on the deal — wir haben bei dem Geschäft £ 100 gemacht

    8)

    = upwards from £10 up — von £ 10 (an) aufwärts, ab £ 10

    from the age of 13 up — ab (dem Alter von) 13 Jahren, von 13 Jahren aufwärts

    9)

    = wrong inf what's up? —

    what's up with him? — was ist mit dem los?, was ist los mit ihm?

    10) = knowledgeable firm, beschlagen (in, on in +dat)

    he's well up on foreign affairs —

    11)

    = finished time's up — die Zeit ist um, die Zeit ist zu Ende

    to eat/use sth up —

    it's all up with him (inf) — es ist aus mit ihm (inf), es ist mit ihm zu Ende

    12)

    set structures __diams; up against it was up against the wall — es war an die Wand gelehnt

    to be up against a difficulty/an opponent — einem Problem/Gegner gegenüberstehen, es mit einem Problem/Gegner zu tun haben

    I fully realize what I'm up against — mir ist völlig klar, womit ich es hier zu tun habe

    to walk up and down —

    to bounce up and down — hochfedern, auf und ab hüpfen

    he's been up and down all evening (from seat) — er hat den ganzen Abend keine Minute still gesessen; (on stairs) er ist den ganzen Abend die Treppe rauf- und runtergerannt

    to be up before the Court/before Judge Smith (case) — verhandelt werden/von Richter Smith verhandelt werden; (person) vor Gericht/Richter Smith stehen

    to be up for election (candidate) — zur Wahl aufgestellt sein; (candidates) zur Wahl stehen

    to be up for trial — vor Gericht stehen __diams; up to = as far as bis

    up to now/here — bis jetzt/hier

    up to £100 —

    I'm up to here in work/debt (inf) — ich stecke bis hier in Arbeit/Schulden

    he isn't up to running the company by himself — er hat nicht das Zeug dazu, die Firma allein zu leiten

    we're going up Ben Nevis – are you sure you're up to it? — wir wollen Ben Nevis besteigen – glaubst du, dass du das schaffst? __diams; to be up to sb

    if it were up to me —

    the success of this project is up to you now — wie erfolgreich dieses Projekt wird, hängt jetzt nur noch von Ihnen (selbst) ab, es liegt jetzt ganz an Ihnen, ob dieses Projekt ein Erfolg wird

    it's up to you whether you go or not — es liegt an or bei dir or es bleibt dir überlassen, ob du gehst oder nicht

    I'd like to accept, but it isn't up to me — ich würde gerne annehmen, aber ich habe da nicht zu bestimmen or aber das hängt nicht von mir ab

    shall I take it? – that's entirely up to you — soll ich es nehmen? – das müssen Sie selbst wissen

    what colour shall I choose? – (it's) up to you — welche Farbe soll ich nehmen? – das ist deine Entscheidung

    it's up to the government to put this right —

    what have you been up to? — was hast du angestellt?

    he's up to no good —

    I'm sure he's up to something (child) hey you! what do you think you're up to! — ich bin sicher, er hat etwas vor or (sth suspicious) er führt irgendetwas im Schilde ich bin sicher, er stellt irgendetwas an he Sie, was machen Sie eigentlich da!

    what does he think he's up to? — was soll das eigentlich?, was hat er eigentlich vor?

    2. PREPOSITION
    oben auf (+dat); (with movement) hinauf (+acc)

    they live further up the hill/street — sie wohnen weiter oben am Berg/weiter die Straße entlang

    up one's sleeve (position) — im Ärmel; (motion) in den Ärmel

    as I travel up and down the country —

    let's go up the pub/up Johnny's place (inf) — gehen wir doch zur Kneipe/zu Johnny (inf)

    3. NOUN
    __diams; ups and downs gute und schlechte Zeiten pl; (of life) Höhen und Tiefen pl

    he/his career is on the up and up (inf) — mit ihm/seiner Karriere geht es aufwärts

    4. ADJECTIVE
    (= going up) escalator nach oben; (RAIL) train, line zur nächsten größeren Stadt
    5. TRANSITIVE VERB
    (inf) price, offer hinaufsetzen; production ankurbeln; bet erhöhen (to auf +acc)
    6. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    (inf)
    * * *
    up [ʌp]
    A adv
    1. a) nach oben, hoch, herauf, hinauf, in die Höhe, empor, aufwärts
    b) oben (auch fig):
    face up (mit dem) Gesicht nach oben;
    … and up und (noch) höher oder mehr, von … aufwärts;
    up and up höher und höher, immer höher;
    farther up weiter hinauf oder (nach) oben;
    three storeys up drei Stock hoch, (oben) im dritten Stock (-werk);
    a) auf und ab, hin und her oder zurück,
    b) fig überall;
    buttoned all the way up bis oben (hin) zugeknöpft;
    a) (heraus) aus,
    b) von … an, angefangen von …;
    from my youth up von Jugend auf, seit meiner Jugend;
    up till now bis jetzt
    2. weiter (nach oben), höher (auch fig):
    up north weiter im Norden
    3. flussaufwärts, den Fluss hinauf
    4. nach oder im Norden:
    up from Cuba von Kuba aus in nördlicher Richtung
    5. a) in der oder in die ( besonders Haupt)Stadt
    b) Br besonders in oder nach London:
    he’s up for a week Br er ist eine Woche (lang) in London
    6. Br am oder zum Studienort, im College etc:
    7. US umg in (dat):
    up north im Norden
    8. aufrecht, gerade:
    sit up gerade sitzen
    9. up to auf … (akk) zu, zu … (hin):
    he went straight up to the door er ging geradewegs auf die Tür zu oder zur Tür
    10. SPORT etc erzielt (Punktzahl):
    with a hundred up mit hundert (Punkten)
    11. Tischtennis etc: auf:
    two up zwei auf, beide zwei
    12. Baseball: am Schlag
    13. SCHIFF luvwärts, gegen den Wind
    14. up to
    a) hinauf nach oder zu,
    b) bis (zu), bis an oder auf (akk),
    c) gemäß, entsprechend:
    up to six months bis zu sechs Monaten;
    up to town in die Stadt, Br besonders nach London;
    up to death bis zum Tode; → chin A, count1 C 1, date2 A 10, expectation 1, mark1 A 13, par A 3, scratch A 5, standard1 A 6
    15. be up to meist umg
    a) etwas vorhaben, etwas im Schilde führen,
    b) gewachsen sein (dat),
    c) entsprechen (dat),
    d) jemandes Sache sein, abhängen von,
    e) fähig oder bereit sein zu,
    f) vorbereitet oder gefasst sein auf (akk),
    g) vertraut sein mit, sich auskennen in (dat):
    what are you up to? was hast du vor?, was machst du ( there da)?;
    he is up to no good er führt nichts Gutes im Schilde;
    it is up to him es liegt an ihm, es hängt von ihm ab, es ist seine Sache;
    it is not up to much es taugt nicht viel;
    he is not up to much mit ihm ist nicht viel los; → snuff1 C 3, trick A 1, A 2
    16. (in Verbindung mit Verben [siehe jeweils diese] besonders als Intensivum)
    a) auf…, aus…, ver…
    b) zusammen…
    B int up! auf!, hoch!, herauf!, hinauf!:
    up (with you)! (steh) auf!;
    up …! hoch (lebe) …!; → bottom A 1
    C präp
    1. auf … (akk) (hinauf):
    up the ladder die Leiter hinauf;
    up the street die Straße hinauf oder entlang;
    up yours! vulg leck(t) mich (doch)!
    2. in das Innere eines Landes etc (hinein):
    up (the) country landeinwärts
    3. gegen:
    4. oben an oder auf (dat), an der Spitze (gen):
    up the tree (oben) auf dem Baum;
    further up the road weiter oben in der Straße;
    up the yard hinten im Hof
    D adj
    1. Aufwärts…, nach oben gerichtet
    2. im Inneren (des Landes etc)
    3. nach der oder zur Stadt:
    up platform Bahnsteig m für Stadtzüge
    4. a) oben (befindlich), (nach oben) gestiegen
    b) hoch (auch fig):
    be up fig an der Spitze sein, obenauf sein ( → D 6, D 11);
    he is well up in that subject umg in diesem Fach ist er auf der Höhe oder gut beschlagen oder firm;
    prices are up die Preise sind gestiegen;
    wheat is up WIRTSCH der Weizen steht hoch (im Kurs), der Weizenpreis ist gestiegen
    5. höher
    6. auf(gestanden), auf den Beinen (auch fig):
    be up auf sein ( → D 4, D 11);
    be up and about (again) (wieder) auf den Beinen sein;
    be up late lange aufbleiben;
    be up again wieder obenauf sein;
    be up against a hard job umg vor einer schwierigen Aufgabe stehen;
    be up against it umg in der Klemme sein oder sitzen oder stecken
    7. (zum Sprechen) aufgestanden:
    the Home Secretary is up der Innenminister will sprechen oder spricht
    8. PARL Br geschlossen:
    Parliament is up das Parlament hat seine Sitzungen beendet oder hat sich vertagt
    a) aufgegangen (Sonne, Samen)
    b) hochgeschlagen (Kragen)
    c) hochgekrempelt (Ärmel etc)
    d) aufgespannt (Schirm)
    e) aufgeschlagen (Zelt)
    f) hoch-, aufgezogen (Vorhang etc)
    g) aufgestiegen (Ballon etc)
    h) aufgeflogen (Vogel)
    i) angeschwollen (Fuß etc)
    10. schäumend (Getränk):
    the cider is up der Apfelwein schäumt
    11. be up (einwandfrei) funktionieren (Computer) ( → D 4, D 6);
    up time Benutzerzeit f
    12. umg in Aufruhr, erregt:
    his temper is up er ist erregt oder aufgebracht;
    the whole country was up das ganze Land befand sich in Aufruhr; → arm2 Bes Redew, blood A 2
    13. umg los, im Gange:
    what’s up? was ist los?;
    is anything up? ist (irgendet)was los?; → hunt A 1
    14. zu Ende, abgelaufen, vorbei, um:
    it’s all up es ist alles aus;
    it’s all up with him koll es ist aus mit ihm; → game1 A 6, time A 11
    15. up with jemandem ebenbürtig oder gewachsen
    16. up for bereit zu:
    be up for election auf der Wahlliste stehen;
    be up for examination sich einer Prüfung unterziehen;
    be up for murder JUR unter Mordanklage stehen;
    be up for sale zum Kauf stehen;
    a) vor Gericht stehen,
    b) verhandelt werden
    17. SPORT, Spiel: um einen Punkt etc voraus:
    one up for you eins zu null für dich (a. fig)
    E v/i
    1. umg aufstehen, aufspringen:
    up and ask sb jemanden plötzlich fragen
    2. up with US umg etwas hochreißen:
    3. besonders US sl Aufputschmittel nehmen
    F v/t umg einen Preis, die Produktion etc erhöhen
    G s
    1. Aufwärtsbewegung f, An-, Aufstieg m:
    the ups and downs pl das Auf und Ab;
    the ups and downs of life die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens;
    he has had many ups and downs in his life er hat schon viele Höhen und Tiefen erlebt;
    a) Br im Steigen (begriffen), im Kommen,
    b) US in Ordnung, anständig, ehrlich;
    our firm’s on the up and up Br umg mit unserer Firma geht es aufwärts, unsere Firma ist im Aufwind;
    he’s on the up and up umg er macht keine krummen Touren
    2. umg Preisanstieg m, Wertzuwachs m
    3. besonders US → upper B 4
    * * *
    1. adverb
    1) (to higher place) nach oben; (in lift) aufwärts

    [right] up to something — (lit. or fig.) [ganz] bis zu etwas hinauf

    the bird flew up to the roof — der Vogel flog aufs Dach [hinauf]

    up into the air — in die Luft [hinauf]...

    climb up on something/climb up to the top of something — auf etwas (Akk.) [hinauf]steigen/bis zur Spitze einer Sache hinaufsteigen

    the way up [to something] — der Weg hinauf [zu etwas]

    on the way up — (lit. or fig.) auf dem Weg nach oben

    up here/there — hier herauf/dort hinauf

    high/higher up — hoch/höher hinauf

    halfway/a long/little way up — den halben Weg/ein weites/kurzes Stück hinauf

    come on up! — komm [hier/weiter] herauf!

    up it etc. comes/goes — herauf kommt/hinauf geht es usw.

    2) (to upstairs, northwards) rauf (bes. ugs.); herauf/hinauf (bes. schriftsprachlich); nach oben

    come up from London to Edinburgh — von London nach Edinburgh [he]raufkommen

    4) (Brit.): (to capital) rein (bes. ugs.); herein/hinein (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    go up to town or London — nach London gehen/fahren

    get up to London from Reading — von Reading nach London [he]reinfahren

    5) (in higher place, upstairs, in north) oben

    up here/there — hier/da oben

    an order from high up — (fig.) ein Befehl von ganz oben (ugs.)

    halfway/a long/little way up — auf halbem Weg nach oben/ein gutes/kurzes Stück weiter oben

    live four floors or storeys up — im vierten Stockwerk wohnen

    6) (erect) hoch

    keep your head up — halte den Kopf hoch; see also chin

    8) (in place regarded as more important; Brit.): (in capital)

    up in town or London/Leeds — in London/Leeds

    9) (in price, value, amount)

    prices have gone/are up — die Preise sind gestiegen

    butter is up [by...] — Butter ist [...] teurer

    10) (including higher limit)

    up to — bis... hinauf

    up to midday/up to £2 — bis zum Mittag/bis zu 2 Pfund

    we're £300 up on last year — wir liegen 300 Pfund über dem letzten Jahr

    the takings were £500 up on the previous month — die Einnahmen lagen 500 Pfund über denen des Vormonats

    be three points/games/goals up — (Sport) mit drei Punkten/Spielen/Toren vorn liegen

    up to here/there — bis hier[hin]/bis dorthin

    I've had it up to here — (coll.) mir steht es bis hier [hin] (ugs.)

    up to now/then/that time/last week — bis jetzt/damals/zu jener Zeit/zur letzten Woche

    14)

    up to — (comparable with)

    be up to expectation[s] — den Erwartungen entsprechen

    15)

    up to — (capable of)

    [not] be/feel up to something — einer Sache (Dat.) [nicht] gewachsen sein/sich einer Sache (Dat.) [nicht] gewachsen fühlen

    [not] be/feel up to doing something — [nicht] in der Lage sein/sich nicht in der Lage fühlen, etwas zu tun

    16)

    up to — (derog.): (doing)

    what is he up to? — was hat er [bloß] vor?

    17)

    it is [not] up to somebody to do something — (somebody's duty) es ist [nicht] jemandes Sache, etwas zu tun

    it is up to us to help them — es ist unsere Pflicht, ihnen zu helfen

    it's/that's up to you — (is for you to decide) es/das hängt von dir ab; (concerns only you) es/das ist deine Sache

    up against somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas [lehnen]; an jemanden/etwas [stellen]

    sit up against the wall — mit dem Rücken zur od. an der Wand sitzen

    be up against a problem/difficulty — etc. (coll.) vor einem Problem/einer Schwierigkeit usw. stehen

    20)

    up and down — (upwards and downwards) hinauf und hinunter; (to and fro) auf und ab

    be up and down — (coll.): (variable) Hochs und Tiefs haben

    ‘this side/way up’ — (on box etc.) "[hier] oben"

    turn something this/the other side/way up — diese/die andere Seite einer Sache nach oben drehen

    the right/wrong way up — richtig/verkehrt od. falsch herum

    22) (finished, at an end) abgelaufen
    2. preposition
    1) (upwards along, from bottom to top) rauf (bes. ugs.); herauf/hinauf (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    up something — etwas (Akk.) hinauf

    further up the ladder/coast — weiter oben auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    3. adjective
    1) (directed upwards) aufwärts führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach oben; nach oben gerichtet [Kolbenhub]

    up train/line — (Railw.) Zug/Gleis Richtung Stadt

    be up in a subject/on the news — in einem Fach auf der Höhe [der Zeit] sein/über alle Neuigkeiten Bescheid wissen od. gut informiert sein

    3) (coll.): (ready)

    tea['s]/grub['s] up! — Tee/Essen ist fertig!

    4) (coll.): (amiss)
    4. noun in pl.

    the ups and downs — (lit. or fig.) das Auf und Ab; (fig.) die Höhen und Tiefen

    5. intransitive verb,
    - pp- (coll.)

    up and leave/resign — einfach abhauen (ugs.) /kündigen

    he ups and says... — da sagt er doch [ur]plötzlich...

    6. transitive verb,
    - pp- (coll.) (increase) erhöhen; (raise up) heben
    * * *
    adv.
    auf adv.
    aufwärts adv.
    hinauf adv.
    hoch adj.
    oben adv. prep.
    auf präp.

    English-german dictionary > up

  • 9 operational

    op·era·tion·al [ˌɒpərʼeɪʃənəl, Am ˌɑ:pəʼreɪ-] adj
    1) ( in business) betrieblich, Betriebs-;
    \operational costs Betriebskosten pl
    2) ( functioning) betriebsbereit, funktionstüchtig;
    to be fully \operational ( concerning function) voll funktionsfähig sein;
    ( concerning purpose) voll einsatzfähig sein

    English-German students dictionary > operational

  • 10 arbeiten

    ar·bei·ten [ʼarbaitn̩]
    vi
    1) ( tätig sein) to work;
    stör mich nicht, ich arbeite gerade! don't disturb me, I'm working!;
    an etw dat \arbeiten to be working on sth;
    Anna arbeitet an der Fertigstellung ihres Erstromans Anna is working on the completion of her first novel;
    über jdn/etw \arbeiten to work on sb/sth;
    er arbeitet über Goethe he's working on Goethe;
    für zwei \arbeiten ( fam) to do the work of two [people]
    [bei jdm/ für jdn/ an etw dat] \arbeiten to work [for sb/on sth];
    \arbeiten gehen to have a job
    3) tech ( funktionieren) to work;
    [mit etw] \arbeiten to operate [on sth];
    das System arbeitet vollautomatisch the system is fully automatic;
    unsere Heizung arbeitet mit Gas our heating operates [or runs] on gas;
    alle Systeme \arbeiten nach Vorschrift all systems are working according to regulations
    4) med ( funktionieren) to function;
    Ihre Leber arbeitet nicht mehr richtig your liver is not functioning properly anymore
    5) ( sich bewegen) Holz, Balken to warp
    6) ( gären) Hefe, Most etc to ferment
    in jdm arbeitet es sb is reacting;
    man sah, wie es in ihm arbeitete you could see his mind working;
    lass mich nachdenken, in meinem Kopf arbeitet es jetzt! let me think, my mind is starting to work!
    bei jdm \arbeiten lassen to have sth made somewhere/by sb;
    Ihr Anzug sitzt ja ganz ausgezeichnet! wo/bei wem lassen Sie \arbeiten? your suit fits wonderfully! where do you have your clothes made [or who makes your clothes for you] ?
    vr
    1) ( gelangen)
    sich irgendwohin \arbeiten to work one's way somewhere;
    die Bergarbeiter arbeiteten sich weiter nach unten the miners worked their way further down;
    sich [langsam] nach oben [o an die Spitze] \arbeiten to work one's way [slowly] to the top
    sich [durch etw] [durch]\arbeiten to work oneself [through sth];
    der Bohrer musste sich durch das Gestein \arbeiten the drill had to work through the stonework
    sich durch etw \arbeiten to work one's way through sth;
    es wird Wochen brauchen, bis ich mich durch all die Aktenberge gearbeitet habe it will take me weeks to work my way through the stacks of papers
    es lässt sich [mit jdm] arbeiten there's co-operation [with sb];
    es arbeitet sich gut/ schlecht mit jdm you can/can't work well with sb;
    mit willigen Mitarbeitern arbeitet es sich besser als mit störrischen it's better to work with willing colleagues than with stubborn ones;
    ( umgehen) to work;
    es arbeitet sich gut/ schlecht auf etw dat / mit etw dat you can/can't work well on sth/with sth;
    mit dem alten Computer arbeitet es sich nicht so gut you can't work as well on the old computer
    sich halb tot \arbeiten to work oneself to death;
    sich krank \arbeiten to work till one drops;
    sich müde \arbeiten to tire oneself out with work, to work oneself silly; s. a. Tod
    vt
    1) ( herstellen) to make;
    etw [aus etw] \arbeiten to make sth [from sth];
    von Hand \arbeiten to make sth by hand;
    der Schmuck ist ganz aus 18-karätigem Gold gearbeitet the jewellery is made entirely from 18-carat gold
    2) ( tun)
    etwas/nichts \arbeiten to so sth/nothing;
    ich habe heute noch nichts gearbeitet I haven't managed to do anything yet today

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > arbeiten

  • 11 capital

    1. n
    1) капитал, денежные средства и активы для финансирования деятельности компании; финансы, инвестируемые в бизнес

    - account capital
    - accumulated capital
    - active capital
    - actual capital
    - added capital
    - additional capital
    - additional paid-in capital
    - additional share capital
    - adequate capital
    - advanced capital
    - aggregate capital
    - agricultural capital
    - applied capital
    - associated capital
    - authorized capital
    - available capital
    - bank capital
    - banking capital
    - barren capital
    - basic capital
    - bond capital
    - borrowed capital
    - business capital
    - callable capital
    - called capital
    - called-up capital
    - charter capital
    - circulating capital
    - commercial capital
    - commodity capital
    - constant capital
    - consumed capital
    - contributed capital
    - current capital
    - dead capital
    - debenture capital
    - debt capital
    - declared capital
    - depreciable capital
    - disposable capital
    - dormant capital
    - durable capital
    - employed capital
    - endowment capital
    - entrepreneur's capital
    - equity capital
    - expended capital
    - farm capital
    - fictitious capital
    - financial capital
    - fixed capital
    - flight capital
    - floating capital
    - fluid capital
    - foreign capital
    - free capital
    - free-floating capital
    - frozen capital
    - fully paid-up capital
    - functioning capital
    - gross working capital
    - idle capital
    - immobilized capital
    - impaired capital
    - individual capital
    - industrial capital
    - initial capital
    - intangible capital
    - intellectual capital
    - interest-bearing capital
    - international capital
    - invested capital
    - investment capital
    - issued capital
    - joint capital
    - junior capital
    - latent capital
    - legal capital
    - liquid capital
    - live capital
    - loan capital
    - locked-in capital
    - locked-up capital
    - long-term capital
    - mercantile capital
    - merchant's capital
    - monetary capital
    - money capital
    - moneyed capital
    - monopoly capital
    - negative working capital
    - net capital
    - net operating working capital
    - net working capital
    - nominal capital
    - nonspecific capital
    - nonwage capital
    - official capital
    - opening capital
    - operating capital
    - operating working capital
    - ordinary capital
    - original capital
    - outside capital
    - owned capital
    - owners' capital
    - ownership capital
    - paid-in capital
    - paid-up capital
    - partner's capital
    - partnership capital
    - personified capital
    - potential capital
    - preference capital
    - primary capital
    - private capital
    - privately owned capital
    - production capital
    - productive capital
    - proprietary capital
    - real capital
    - redundant capital
    - refugee capital
    - registered capital
    - released capital
    - rented capital
    - requisite capital
    - reserve capital
    - risk capital
    - security capital
    - seed capital
    - senior capital
    - share capital
    - shareholder ownership capital
    - short-term capital
    - short-term working capital
    - social capital
    - social overhead capital
    - specific capital
    - spare capital
    - speculative capital
    - start-up capital
    - state capital
    - statutory capital
    - stated capital
    - stock capital
    - stockholder ownership capital
    - subscribed capital
    - subscriber capital
    - subsidiary capital
    - sunk capital
    - supplementary capital
    - surplus capital
    - temporary working capital
    - tenant's capital
    - tied up capital
    - total social capital
    - trading capital
    - uncalled capital
    - unemployed capital
    - unpaid capital
    - unproductive capital
    - unrealized capital
    - unwatered capital
    - usury capital
    - variable capital
    - venture capital
    - vested capital
    - wage capital
    - watered capital
    - working capital
    - capital of average composition
    - capital of circulation
    - capital of a company
    - capital of a corporation
    - capital of higher composition
    - capital of lower composition
    - capital locked up in land
    - capital paid in full
    - advance capital
    - allocate capital
    - attract capital
    - attract foreign investment capital
    - break into one's capital
    - commit capital
    - contribute capital
    - convert into capital
    - create capital from savings
    - expend capital
    - form capital
    - freeze capital
    - furnish capital
    - increase capital
    - increase the original capital
    - inject fresh capital
    - invest capital
    - make capital by smth
    - place capital
    - procure capital
    - provide capital
    - put capital into a business
    - put up capital
    - raise capital
    - recall capital
    - recover capital
    - regroup capital
    - sink capital
    - spend capital
    - support with capital
    - tie in capital
    - tie up capital
    - touch capital
    - use capital
    - water capital
    - withdraw capital
    2. adj
    главный, основной; капитальный

    - capital gain
    - capital loss

    English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > capital

  • 12 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 13 Memory

       To what extent can we lump together what goes on when you try to recall: (1) your name; (2) how you kick a football; and (3) the present location of your car keys? If we use introspective evidence as a guide, the first seems an immediate automatic response. The second may require constructive internal replay prior to our being able to produce a verbal description. The third... quite likely involves complex operational responses under the control of some general strategy system. Is any unitary search process, with a single set of characteristics and inputoutput relations, likely to cover all these cases? (Reitman, 1970, p. 485)
       [Semantic memory] Is a mental thesaurus, organized knowledge a person possesses about words and other verbal symbols, their meanings and referents, about relations among them, and about rules, formulas, and algorithms for the manipulation of these symbols, concepts, and relations. Semantic memory does not register perceptible properties of inputs, but rather cognitive referents of input signals. (Tulving, 1972, p. 386)
       The mnemonic code, far from being fixed and unchangeable, is structured and restructured along with general development. Such a restructuring of the code takes place in close dependence on the schemes of intelligence. The clearest indication of this is the observation of different types of memory organisation in accordance with the age level of a child so that a longer interval of retention without any new presentation, far from causing a deterioration of memory, may actually improve it. (Piaget & Inhelder, 1973, p. 36)
       4) The Logic of Some Memory Theorization Is of Dubious Worth in the History of Psychology
       If a cue was effective in memory retrieval, then one could infer it was encoded; if a cue was not effective, then it was not encoded. The logic of this theorization is "heads I win, tails you lose" and is of dubious worth in the history of psychology. We might ask how long scientists will puzzle over questions with no answers. (Solso, 1974, p. 28)
       We have iconic, echoic, active, working, acoustic, articulatory, primary, secondary, episodic, semantic, short-term, intermediate-term, and longterm memories, and these memories contain tags, traces, images, attributes, markers, concepts, cognitive maps, natural-language mediators, kernel sentences, relational rules, nodes, associations, propositions, higher-order memory units, and features. (Eysenck, 1977, p. 4)
       The problem with the memory metaphor is that storage and retrieval of traces only deals [ sic] with old, previously articulated information. Memory traces can perhaps provide a basis for dealing with the "sameness" of the present experience with previous experiences, but the memory metaphor has no mechanisms for dealing with novel information. (Bransford, McCarrell, Franks & Nitsch, 1977, p. 434)
       7) The Results of a Hundred Years of the Psychological Study of Memory Are Somewhat Discouraging
       The results of a hundred years of the psychological study of memory are somewhat discouraging. We have established firm empirical generalisations, but most of them are so obvious that every ten-year-old knows them anyway. We have made discoveries, but they are only marginally about memory; in many cases we don't know what to do with them, and wear them out with endless experimental variations. We have an intellectually impressive group of theories, but history offers little confidence that they will provide any meaningful insight into natural behavior. (Neisser, 1978, pp. 12-13)
       A schema, then is a data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are schemata representing our knowledge about all concepts; those underlying objects, situations, events, sequences of events, actions and sequences of actions. A schema contains, as part of its specification, the network of interrelations that is believed to normally hold among the constituents of the concept in question. A schema theory embodies a prototype theory of meaning. That is, inasmuch as a schema underlying a concept stored in memory corresponds to the mean ing of that concept, meanings are encoded in terms of the typical or normal situations or events that instantiate that concept. (Rumelhart, 1980, p. 34)
       Memory appears to be constrained by a structure, a "syntax," perhaps at quite a low level, but it is free to be variable, deviant, even erratic at a higher level....
       Like the information system of language, memory can be explained in part by the abstract rules which underlie it, but only in part. The rules provide a basic competence, but they do not fully determine performance. (Campbell, 1982, pp. 228, 229)
       When people think about the mind, they often liken it to a physical space, with memories and ideas as objects contained within that space. Thus, we speak of ideas being in the dark corners or dim recesses of our minds, and of holding ideas in mind. Ideas may be in the front or back of our minds, or they may be difficult to grasp. With respect to the processes involved in memory, we talk about storing memories, of searching or looking for lost memories, and sometimes of finding them. An examination of common parlance, therefore, suggests that there is general adherence to what might be called the spatial metaphor. The basic assumptions of this metaphor are that memories are treated as objects stored in specific locations within the mind, and the retrieval process involves a search through the mind in order to find specific memories....
       However, while the spatial metaphor has shown extraordinary longevity, there have been some interesting changes over time in the precise form of analogy used. In particular, technological advances have influenced theoretical conceptualisations.... The original Greek analogies were based on wax tablets and aviaries; these were superseded by analogies involving switchboards, gramophones, tape recorders, libraries, conveyor belts, and underground maps. Most recently, the workings of human memory have been compared to computer functioning... and it has been suggested that the various memory stores found in computers have their counterparts in the human memory system. (Eysenck, 1984, pp. 79-80)
       Primary memory [as proposed by William James] relates to information that remains in consciousness after it has been perceived, and thus forms part of the psychological present, whereas secondary memory contains information about events that have left consciousness, and are therefore part of the psychological past. (Eysenck, 1984, p. 86)
       Once psychologists began to study long-term memory per se, they realized it may be divided into two main categories.... Semantic memories have to do with our general knowledge about the working of the world. We know what cars do, what stoves do, what the laws of gravity are, and so on. Episodic memories are largely events that took place at a time and place in our personal history. Remembering specific events about our own actions, about our family, and about our individual past falls into this category. With amnesia or in aging, what dims... is our personal episodic memories, save for those that are especially dear or painful to us. Our knowledge of how the world works remains pretty much intact. (Gazzaniga, 1988, p. 42)
       The nature of memory... provides a natural starting point for an analysis of thinking. Memory is the repository of many of the beliefs and representations that enter into thinking, and the retrievability of these representations can limit the quality of our thought. (Smith, 1990, p. 1)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Memory

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