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adj1. кінцевий, остаточний2. рішучий, сповнений рішучості- decisive actions рішучі заходи- decisive answer остаточна відповідь- decisive attack основний удар- decisive direction напрямок основного удару- decisive evidence неспростовні докази- decisive judgement остаточне рішення- decisive reply остаточна відповідь- decisive superiority вирішальна/ явна перевага- decisive victory повна/ остаточна перемога -
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a1) окончательный, решающий2) решительный, определённый, исполненный решимости• -
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n1) действие, мера, шаг, выступление, акция2) юр. судебное дело; иск3) воен. боевые действия; бой, сражение•to bolster international actions against a country — подкреплять международные меры против какой-л. страны
to bring into action — 1) бросать / вводить в бой 2) приводить в действие
to bring legal action against smb — возбуждать дело против кого-л.; подавать в суд на кого-л.
to call off one's industrial action — отменять забастовку
to carry out terrorist actions — осуществлять террористические акты / акты террора
to condemn smb's actions — осуждать чьи-л. действия / шаги
to connive at aggressive actions — попустительствовать агрессивным действиям, закрывать глаза на агрессивные действия
to contemplate actions — намечать меры / шаги
to dismiss an action — прекращать / закрывать дело
to fight a rearguard action — 1) воен. вести арьергардные бои 2) делать последние попытки отстоять свою позицию
to initiate action(s) — начинать действие, приступать к действиям
to invalidate actions — аннулировать / лишать юридической силы какие-л. действия / меры / шаги
to lift an action — отменять какую-л. акцию / меру
to plan further actions — планировать дальнейшие акции / шаги
to pledge to take actions — обязываться предпринять меры / шаги
to preclude any actions — предотвращать / исключать любые действия
to prevent smb's actions — пресекать чьи-л. действия
to refrain from any actions — воздерживаться от каких-л. действий
to spark off the latest wave of legislative action — служить толчком к последней волне законодательной активности
to support smb's actions — поддерживать чьи-л. действия
to take actions against smb (on smth) — принимать меры против кого-л.
to take legal action against smb — подавать в суд на кого-л.; привлекать кого-л. к судебной ответственности; возбуждать дело против кого-л.
to translate smth into a positive action — претворять что-л. в дела
to undermine smb's concerted actions — подрывать чьи-л. согласованные действия
- action against separatismto wink at aggressive actions — попустительствовать агрессивным действиям, закрывать глаза на агрессивные действия
- action against terrorism
- action at law
- action for damages
- Action on Smoking and Health
- actions match one's words
- adventurous actions
- affirmative action
- aggressive actions
- anti-government actions
- anti-monopoly actions
- anti-NATO actions
- anti-racist actions
- anti-war actions
- appropriate actions
- arbitrary police actions
- armed actions
- ASH
- at risk of vindictive actions from smb
- barbarous actions
- brutal actions
- civic action
- civil action
- collective actions
- combined actions
- concerted actions
- congressional actions
- coordinated actions
- coordination of actions
- counter action
- course of action
- court action
- covert actions
- criminal action
- decisive actions
- delaying actions
- deliberate action
- democratic actions
- diplomatic action
- direct action
- disciplinary action against smb
- disciplinary action
- dishonorable action
- disunity of actions
- drastic actions
- effective actions
- efficiency of actions
- emergence actions
- enemy actions
- energetic actions
- enforcement actions
- escalation of military actions
- executive action
- external action - follow-up actions
- formal actions
- friendly action
- full-scale actions
- government actions
- harsh actions
- hasty actions
- heavy-handed actions
- high-handed actions
- holding actions
- illegal actions
- illegitimate actions
- immediate actions
- in action
- indirect action
- injurious actions
- integrated actions
- international actions
- job action
- joint actions
- killed in action
- lawful actions
- lawless actions
- legal action
- legislative actions
- legitimate actions
- limited industrial action
- line of action
- MIA
- militant actions
- military action
- missing in action
- more overt actions
- multilateral actions
- national action
- nationwide action
- nonreversible actions
- nonviolent actions
- one-sided actions
- open action
- overt action against smb
- peace action
- plan of actions
- police actions
- police took no action
- political action
- popular action
- positive actions
- powerful actions
- precipitate actions
- predatory actions
- preventive actions
- prompt actions
- protest action
- provocative action
- punitive action
- radical actions
- rash actions
- rearguard action
- reciprocal actions
- reflex actions
- renunciation of forcible actions
- repressive actions
- resolute actions
- retaliatory actions
- reversible actions
- revolutionary actions
- secondary actions
- separate actions
- social actions
- sordid actions - spontaneous actions
- strike action
- strikers have ended their action
- strong actions
- subversive actions
- sweeping security action
- swift actions
- sympathetic action
- targeted action
- terrorist action
- timely actions
- tit-for-tat action
- tough actions
- treacherous action
- unconstitutional actions
- unilateral actions
- united actions
- unity of actions
- urgent actions
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['ækʃ(ə)n]n1) действие, поступок, деятельность, акция, выступление- concerted action
- concerted actions
- decisive actions
- selfish action
- hasty action
- united actions
- machine in action
- course of actions
- man of action
- judge smb by his actions
- put new plants into action
- put the machine out of action
- prod smb into action2) обвинение, иск- civil action- bring an action against smb
- stat an action to smb
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1) улов2) заволодівати; затримувати, заарештовувати; обертати у власність•take a statement into consideration — приймати заяву до відома ( або на розгляд)
take part in an election campaign — = take part in an electoral campaign брати участь у передвиборній кампанії
take part in an electoral campaign — = take part in an election campaign
take review against a judgement — = take review against a judgment оскаржувати рішення суду
take the investigation under personal control — = take the investigation under one's personal control брати розслідування під особистий контроль
take the investigation under one's personal control — = take the investigation under personal control
take the law into one's own hands — брати закон в свої руки; розправлятися без суду з кимсь
take the stand in one's own defence — = take the stand in one's own defense виступати на свій захист, давати свідчення на власний захист
- take a blood sampletake the stand in one's own defense — = take the stand in one's own defence
- take a bribe
- take a brief
- take a case
- take a case to court
- take a claim to arbitration
- take a copy
- take a decision by majority
- take a drug overdose
- take a hostage
- take a law off the books
- take a lease
- take a lie-detector test
- take a loyalty oath
- take a picture
- take a polygraph test
- take a second ballot
- take a sheet off a hedge
- take a shot
- take a shot at smth.
- take a sight
- take a specimen of blood
- take a specimen of blood urine
- take a statement
- take a verdict
- take a view
- take a vote
- take acknowledgement
- take acknowledgement of a fact
- take acknowledgment of a fact
- take advantage
- take advice
- take alive
- take all measures
- take all measures to prevent
- take all responsibility
- take an action
- take an affidavit
- take an appeal
- take an independent stand
- take an overdose
- take arms
- take as a hostage
- take away
- take ballot
- take by assault
- take by descent
- take by force
- take by purchase
- take by storm
- take care clause
- take chair
- take charge
- take coercive measures
- take cognizance
- take collective action
- take collective actions
- take confession
- take one's confession
- take counsel's opinion
- take count
- take count of votes
- take criminal proceeding
- take criminal proceedings
- take decisive measures
- take decisive steps
- take deposition
- take depositions
- take disciplinary actions
- take discriminatory measure
- take divorce proceedings
- take effect
- take effect on ratification
- take effect on signature
- take effect upon ratification
- take emergency measures
- take enforcement action
- take enforcement actions
- take evidence
- take examination
- take exception
- take exception against
- take exception to
- take extraordinary measures
- take formal note
- take guidance
- take guidance from the law
- take home pay
- take hostage
- take in charge
- take in the mainor
- take in the mainour
- take into account
- take into consideration
- take into custody
- take into one's confidence
- take judicial note
- take judicial notice
- take legal action
- take legal advice
- take legal proceedings
- take legal recourse
- take legal steps
- take life
- take smb.'s life
- take measures
- take mercy
- take minutes
- take necessary measures
- take no chances
- take note
- take notice
- take-off
- take-off accident
- take off an embargo
- take off to jail
- take on hire
- take on sale
- take opinion
- take out a document
- take out a patent
- take out a process
- take out insurance
- take out an insurance policy
- take-over
- take over a case
- take over as President
- take-over of public buildings
- take over the case
- take own life
- take one's own life
- take part
- take part in a debate
- take part in a demonstration
- take part in a discussion
- take part in a duel
- take part in a meeting
- take part in a session
- take part in a sitting
- take part in election
- take part in elections
- take physical part in a crime
- take possession
- take potassium cyanide
- take power
- take power in one's own hands
- take precautions
- take precedence
- take preference
- take preventive actions
- take preventive measures
- take prisoner
- take proceedings
- take prompt action
- take prompt actions
- take proof
- take punitive measures
- take recourse
- take red-handed
- take remedial action
- take responsibility
- take responsibility on oneself
- take review against a judgment
- take risk
- take seat on the court
- take security measures
- take silk
- take stock
- take testimony
- take the ballot
- take the blame upon oneself
- take the case under control
- take the census
- take the chair
- take the change
- take the consequences
- take the decision to court
- take the floor
- take the form of a contract
- take the law
- take the name
- take the oath
- take the poll
- take the rue
- take the side
- take the stand
- take the surname
- take the throne
- take the witness chair
- take the witness stand
- take third-party proceedings
- take title
- take to court
- take to court for trial
- take to freight
- take to prison
- take under advisement
- take under strict control
- take up
- take up a bill
- take up arms
- take up duties
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noun1) (doing something) Handeln, dastake action — Schritte od. etwas unternehmen
put a plan into action — einen Plan in die Tat umsetzen
be/be put out of action — außer Betrieb sein/gesetzt werden
a film full of action — ein Film mit viel Handlung
2) (effect)3) (act) Tat, diewhere the action is — (coll.) wo was los ist (ugs.)
5) (legal process) [Gerichts]verfahren, dasbring an action against somebody — eine Klage od. ein Verfahren gegen jemanden anstrengen
he died in action — er ist [im Kampf] gefallen
7) (movement) Bewegung, die* * *['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) das Handeln2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) die Bewegung3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) Klage4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) die Handlung5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) das Gefecht•- academic.ru/116764/in_action">in action- out of action* * *ac·tion[ˈækʃən]nwhat we need is \action wir brauchen Tatenwe need firm \action wir müssen entschlossen vorgehenonly decisive \action will stop the crisis from escalating nur ein entschlossenes Vorgehen wird eine Eskalation der Krise verhindernso, what's the plan of \action? wie sieht also der Plan aus?come on lazy things, let's see some \action [around here]! ( fam) auf, ihr Faulpelze, legt euch ins Zeug! famwhat [kind of] \action is necessary to reduce unemployment? wie kann man die Arbeitslosigkeit senken?course of \action Vorgehensweise fcould you tell me what the best course of \action is? wie soll ich Ihrer Meinung nach am besten vorgehen?freedom of \action Handlungsfreiheit fa man/woman of \action ein Mann/eine Frau der Tatprompt \action promptes Handelnto be out of \action außer Gefecht seinto come into \action in die Tat umgesetzt werdento put sth into \action etw in die Tat umsetzento put sb out of \action jdn außer Gefecht setzento take \action handeln, etwas unternehmenno \action was taken es wurde nichts unternommenwe must take \action to deal with the problem wir müssen etwas unternehmen, um mit dem Problem fertig zu werdenin \action in Aktionyou're responsible for your own \actions now du bist jetzt selbst für das, was du tust, verantwortlichyour \action in releasing the caged animals was highly irresponsible es war höchst unverantwortlich von Ihnen, die eingesperrten Tiere freizulassenthe [main] \action die [Haupt]handlunglights, camera, \action! Beleuchtung, Kamera und Action!his films have a lot of \action and not much dialogue seine Filme sind voller Action und arm an Dialogento be missing in \action vermisst seinto be in \action im Einsatz seinto be destroyed by enemy \action durch Feindeinwirkung zerstört werdento go into \action ins Gefecht ziehento be killed in \action fallento see \action im Einsatz sein7. no pllet's go where the \action is lass uns hingehen, wo was los ist famI'll say the words and you can mime the \actions ich spreche den Text und du kannst die Bewegungen dazu machenthe fibres are broken down by chemical \action die Fasern werden durch chemische Vorgänge zersetztto be out of \action außer Betrieb seinto put sth out of \action etw außer Betrieb setzenin \action in Betriebhe's got a very awkward bowling \action er verfügt über einen eigenartigen Wurfstilclass \action Gruppenklage fcourt \action Prozess m\action for damages Schadenersatzklage f\action in personam/rem obligatorische/dingliche Klage fachspr\action in tort Schadenersatzklage fto bring an \action [for sth] against sb gegen jdn Klage [wegen einer S. gen] erheben, jdn [wegen einer S. gen] verklagento bring an \action for damages against sb jdn auf Schadenersatz verklagento take [industrial] \action streiken15.▶ the wheels of bureaucracy creaked into \action esp BRIT ( hum) die Mühlen der Bürokratie setzten sich langsam in Bewegung* * *['kSən]nto take action — etwas or Schritte unternehmen
have you taken any action on his letter? — haben Sie auf seinen Brief hin irgendetwas or irgendwelche Schritte unternommen?
course of action — Vorgehen nt
"action" (on office tray) — "zur Bearbeitung"
no further action — keine weiteren Maßnahmen; (label on file etc) abgeschlossen
the action of the play/novel takes place... — das Stück/der Roman spielt...
2) (= deed) Tat fhis first action was to phone me to suit the action to the word — als Erstes rief er mich an dem Wort die Tat folgen lassen, sein Wort in die Tat umsetzen
3)he's been out of action since he broke his leg — er ist nicht mehr in Aktion gewesen or war nicht mehr einsatzfähig, seit er sich das Bein gebrochen hat
he needs prodding into action — man muss ihm immer erst einen Stoß geben
there's no action in this film — in dem Film passiert nichts, dem Film fehlt die Action (inf)
to go where the action is (inf) — hingehen, wo was los ist (inf)
that's where the action is (inf) — da ist was los (inf)
5) (MIL) (= fighting) Aktionen pl; (= battle) Kampf m, Gefecht nt6) (= way of operating) (of machine) Arbeitsweise f; (of piano etc) Mechanik f; (of watch, gun) Mechanismus m; (= way of moving) (of athlete etc) Bewegung f; (of horse) Aktion f7) (ESP CHEM, PHYS: effect) Wirkung f (on auf +acc)9) (FIN inf)a piece or slice of the action — ein Stück nt aus dem Kuchen (sl)
* * *action [ˈækʃn] s1. a) Handeln, Handlung f, Maßnahme(n) f(pl), Tat f, Aktion f:man of action Mann m der Tat;full of action aktiv;bring into action ins Spiel bringen, einsetzen;call into action auf den Plan rufen;come into action in Aktion treten;put into action in die Tat umsetzen;see sb in action jemanden in Aktion sehen;actions speak louder than words Taten zählen mehr als Worte;take action Maßnahmen treffen, Schritte unternehmen, handeln;we must take action before it is too late wir müssen etwas unternehmen, bevor es zu spät ist;the police took no action die Polizei griff nicht ein;take action against vorgehen gegen ( → 12);course of action Handlungs-, Vorgehensweise f;for further action zur weiteren Veranlassungb) Handlung f, engS. Action f:there is no action in this play in diesem Stück tut sich oder passiert nichts;where the action is sl wo sich alles abspielt; wo was los ist; if you are interested in good food, Paris is where the action is musst du unbedingt nach Paris fahren2. auch PHYSIOL, TECH Tätigkeit f, Funktion f, Gang m (einer Maschine), Funktionieren n (eines Mechanismus):action of the heart Herztätigkeit, -funktion;action (of the bowels) Stuhlgang m;in action TECH in Betrieb, im Einsatz;put in action in Gang oder in Betrieb setzen;be out of action außer Betrieb sein ( → 13);put out of action außer Betrieb setzen ( → 13)3. a) TECH Mechanismus m, Werk nb) Arbeitsweise fa) (Ein)Wirkung f, Wirksamkeit f, Einfluss m:the action of this acid on metal die Einwirkung dieser Säure auf Metall;action of presence Kontaktwirkungb) Vorgang m, Prozess m5. Handlung f (eines Dramas etc):the action of the play takes place in das Stück spielt in (dat);the action takes place in London Ort der Handlung ist London6. KUNSTa) Bewegung f, Aktion f:b) Stellung f, Haltung f (einer Figur auf einem Bild)7. Bewegung f, Gangart f (eines Pferdes)8. Vortrag(sweise) m(f), Ausdruck m (eines Schauspielers)9. fig Benehmen n, Führung f, Haltung f10. SOZIOL Umwelteinflüsse pl11. WIRTSCH Preisbewegung f, Konjunktur(verlauf) f(m)12. JUR Klage f, Prozess m, (Rechts-, Gerichts)Verfahren n:action for annulment Nichtigkeitsklage;action for damages Schadenersatzklage;bring ( oder file, institute) an action against sb, take action against sb jemanden verklagen, gegen jemanden Klage erheben oder ein Gerichtsverfahren einleiten ( → 1); → debt 2, detinue, trespass B 5, trover 213. MIL Gefecht n, Gefechts-, Kampfhandlung f, Unternehmen n, Einsatz m:killed (missing, wounded) in action gefallen (vermisst, verwundet);go into action eingreifen;be out of action außer Gefecht sein (a. fig)( → 2);he saw action er war im Einsatz oder an der Front14. POL etc USa) Beschluss m, Entscheidung fb) Maßnahme(n) f(pl)15. MUS, TECHa) (Spiel)Mechanik fb) Traktur f (der Orgel)* * *noun1) (doing something) Handeln, dastake action — Schritte od. etwas unternehmen
be/be put out of action — außer Betrieb sein/gesetzt werden
2) (effect)3) (act) Tat, diewhere the action is — (coll.) wo was los ist (ugs.)
5) (legal process) [Gerichts]verfahren, dasbring an action against somebody — eine Klage od. ein Verfahren gegen jemanden anstrengen
he died in action — er ist [im Kampf] gefallen
7) (movement) Bewegung, die* * *n.Akt -e m.Aktion -en f.Arbeitsgang m.Gang ¨-e m.Handlung -en f.Prozess -e m.Tat -en f.Wirkung -en f. -
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ˈækʃən сущ.
1) действие, поступок;
полит. акция, выступление to take prompt action ≈ принять срочные меры to prod, spur smb. into action ≈ побуждать кого-л. к действию She claimed she was anxious to avoid any action which might harm him. ≈ Она заявила, что очень хочет избежать любого действия, которое могло бы ему повредить. concerted action decisive action - direct action disciplinary action hasty action immediate action prompt action rash action remedial action sparing action united action vigorous action action painting Syn: act
2) действие;
работа( механизма и т. п.) ;
деятельность to be out of action ≈ не работать, быть выведенным из строя to go out of action ≈ выходить из строя to put into action ≈ приводить в действие to put out of action ≈ выводить из строя action of the heart ≈ деятельность сердца He's been out of action for 6 months with a serious knee injury. ≈ Он не работал в течение 6 месяцев из-за серьезной травмы колена. They were trapped after the lifts went out of action. ≈ Они попали в ловушку, после того как лифты вышли из строя. They have excelled in learning the lessons of business management theory, and putting them into action. ≈ Они превосходно усвоили теорию делопроизводства и успешно применили ее на практике.
3) воздействие, действие Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate. ≈ Ее описание природы и действия ядов на удивление точно.
4) обвинение, иск;
судебный процесс to bring, institute, take an action against smb. for smth. ≈ возбудить дело против кого-л. to dismiss an action ≈ прекратить иск He brought legal action against his neighbor. ≈ Он затеял процесс против своего соседа. The judge dismissed the action. ≈ Судья отклонил иск civil action
5) бой;
боевые действия in action ≈ в бою to be killed in action, to fall in action ≈ пасть в бою to break off action ≈ прекратить бой to go into action ≈ вступить в бой to take evasive action ≈ уклоняться, маневрировать 9 soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in action. ≈ В бою были убиты 9 и ранены 15 солдат. rearguard action action radius action spring action station
6) (the action) бурная деятельность;
центр активности, гуща событий a piece of the action, a slice of the action ≈ доля в какой-л. деятельности Hollywood is where the action is now. ≈ Центр активности сейчас - это Голливуд. Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action. ≈ Интерес к местам отдыха резко возрос, и туристические лидеры соревнуются за получение своей доли прибыли. ∙ actions speak louder than words посл. ≈ не по словам судят, a по деламдействие;
- in * на ходу, действующий;
в действии;
- * at a distance( физическое) действие на расстоянии, дальнодействие;
- man of * человек дела, энергичный человек;
- to take * начинать действовать;
принимать меры;
- to bring into * приводить в действие;
- to put out of * вывести из строя;
- time has come for * настало время действовать;
- *! мотор! (команда начать съемку и т. п.) действие, работа;
деятельность;
- physical * физическая деятельность;
- * potential( физиологическое) потенциал действия;
- * of the bowels действие кишечника, стул действие, поступок;
- noble * благородный поступок;
- to be responsible for one's *s отвечать за свои действия;
- to judge smb. by his *s судить о ком-л. по его делам;
- all his *s show все его поведение говорит о акция;
выступление, действие;
- collective * коллективное действие;
- joint * совместные действия;
- overt * against smth., smb. открытое выступление против чего-л., кого-л.;
- crisis that demands * instead of debate кризисная ситуация, требующая действий, а не рассуждений воздействие, влияние;
- the * of a drug воздействие лекарства;
- * of wind upon a ship's sails принцип действия ветра на паруса действие, развертывание событий, основная сюжетная линия( в романе, пьесе и т. п.) ;
- double * две сюжетные линии;
- the development of the * развитие сюжета;
- unity of * единство действия (театроведение) физические действия, движения актера;
жесты (искусство) движение (юридическое) иск;
судебный процесс, судебное дело;
- amicable * "дружеское" судебное дело;
дело, возбужденное сторонами для получения судебного решения;
- to bring an * against smb., to take * against smb. возбудить против кого-л. судебное дело (военное) бой;
сражение;
боевые действия;
- *! к бою!;
- in * в бою;
в действии;
- * radius( военное) радиус действия;
радиус действия;
- * pendant боевой вымпел;
- * station боевой пост;
(морское) место по боевому расписанию;
- * stations! (морское) по местам!;
- * spring боевая пружина;
- to bring into * вводить в бой;
- to go into * вступать в бой;
- to come out of * выйти из боя;
выйти из строя;
- to be killed in * пасть в бою;
- he has seen * он побывал на передовой;
- through enemy * в результате действия противника (техническое) механизм (музыкальное) механика (инструмента) (военное) ударный механизм бурная деятельность в какой-л. области;
центр активности, гуща событий;
- to go where the * is направиться туда, где происходят основные события;
активно включиться в работу, в борьбу и т. п. (сленг) преступная деятельность;
спекуляция на черном рынке, торговля наркотиками и т. п.;
- a piece of the * доля в афере;
плата за соучастие азартная игра, игра на деньги;
- where can I find some *? где здесь можно сыграть на деньги? (церковное) служба, богослужения ( церковное) канон обедни (церковное) моменты богослужения с участием прихожан (математика) операция > *s speak louder than words не по словам судят, а по делам;
> suit the * to the word подкрепляйте слова делами( юридическое) (редкое) возбуждать уголовное делоabandon an ~ прекратить делоaction акция ~ бой;
in action в бою;
to be killed (или to fall) in action пасть в бою ~ влияние ~ воздействие ~ выступление ~ действие, воздействие ~ действие, поступок;
полит. акция, выступление;
overt action against открытое выступление против;
to take prompt action принять срочные меры ~ действие ~ действие механизма;
in action на ходу, действующий ~ деятельность;
action of the heart деятельность сердца;
to put out of action выводить из строя ~ иск ~ исковое требование ~ обвинение, иск;
судебный процесс;
to bring (или to enter, to lay) an action (against smb.) возбудить дело (против кого-л.) ~ pl поведение ~ поведение ~ поступок ~ работа ~ судебное дело, судебный процесс ~ судебное дело ~ судебное преследование ~ судебный процесс~ attr. боевой;
action spring боевая пружина;
action station боевой пост ~ attr.: ~ painting форма абстрактной живописи (разбрызгивание краски по холсту) ;
actions speak louder than words посл. = не по словам судят, а по делам ~ attr.: ~ radius радиус действия (самолета и т. п.)~ for breach of contract иск о нарушении договора~ for declaration исковое заявление~ for recovery of property иск о получении обратно собственности~ in conversion иск об обращении вверенного имущества в свою пользу~ in personam обязательственный иск~ in tort иск о возмещении вреда ~ in tort иск по гражданскому правонарушению~ of debt иск о взыскании долга~ of detinue иск о возвращении удерживаемого движимого имущества ~ of detinue иск о противоправном удержании чужого движимого имущества detinue: ~ юр. незаконный захват чужого имущества;
action of detinue иск о возвращении незаконно захваченного имущества~ on bill of exchange иск по переводному векселю ~ on bill of exchange иск по тратте~ attr.: ~ painting форма абстрактной живописи (разбрызгивание краски по холсту) ;
actions speak louder than words посл. = не по словам судят, а по делам~ attr.: ~ radius радиус действия (самолета и т. п.)~ attr. боевой;
action spring боевая пружина;
action station боевой пост~ attr. боевой;
action spring боевая пружина;
action station боевой пост~ to recover personalty иск о возвращении движимого имущества~ attr.: ~ painting форма абстрактной живописи (разбрызгивание краски по холсту) ;
actions speak louder than words посл. = не по словам судят, а по делам~ бой;
in action в бою;
to be killed (или to fall) in action пасть в бою~ обвинение, иск;
судебный процесс;
to bring (или to enter, to lay) an action (against smb.) возбудить дело (против кого-л.) bring an ~ возбуждать судебное дело bring an ~ выдвигать обвинение bring an ~ предъявлять иск bring: ~ возбуждать (дело) ;
to bring an action( against smb.) возбудить дело (против кого-л.) ;
to bring charges( against smb.) выдвигать обвинения (против кого-л.)community ~ совместное действие;
общественное действиеconsequent ~ последствия поступкаcontrol ~ регулирующее воздействие control ~ вчт. управляющее действиеcriminal ~ преступное деяние criminal: ~ преступный;
криминальный, уголовный;
criminal law уголовное право;
criminal action уголовное делоdeclaratory ~ (шотл.) деклараторный искdefault ~ судебное дело о неплатеже default ~ судебное дело об отказе от уплаты долгаdisciplinary ~ дисциплинарные мерыemergency ~ действия в чрезвычайных обстоятельствахfictiious ~ фиктивный искfrivolous ~ необоснованное действиеillegal ~ противозаконное действие~ бой;
in action в бою;
to be killed (или to fall) in action пасть в бою ~ действие механизма;
in action на ходу, действующийincidental ~ побочное действиеinnovative ~ новаторское действиеinput ~ вчт. входное воздействиеinstitution of an ~ учереждение активной терапииinvalidation ~ иск о признании недействительнымjoint ~ совместный искkeyboard ~s вчт. манипуляции на клавиатуреlegal ~ правовое действие legal ~ судебное дело legal ~ судебный иск legal ~ судебный процессlibel ~ дело по обвинению в клеветеmass ~ массовая акцияon-off ~ вчт. действие по принципу "включено-выключено"~ действие, поступок;
полит. акция, выступление;
overt action against открытое выступление против;
to take prompt action принять срочные мерыpending ~ дело, находящееся в процессе рассмотренияplan of ~ план действий plan: ~ of action план действийpolice ~ действие по поддержанию порядкаpossessory ~ посессорный искpreventive ~ превентивное действие~ деятельность;
action of the heart деятельность сердца;
to put out of action выводить из строяrent ~ иск о задолженности по арендной платеsingle-mode ~ одномодный режимsingle-pulse ~ моноимпульсный режимsupportive ~ действие для поддержки курсаtake ~ возбуждать судебное дело take ~ действовать take ~ принимать меры take: ~ action действовать;
принимать меры~ действие, поступок;
полит. акция, выступление;
overt action against открытое выступление против;
to take prompt action принять срочные мерыvexatious ~ недобросовестно возбужденное судебное делоwithdraw an ~ отзывать иск -
13 action
ac·tion [ʼækʃən] nwhat we need is \action wir brauchen Taten;only decisive \action will stop the crisis from escalating nur ein entschlossenes Vorgehen wird eine Eskalation der Krise verhindern;we need firm \action wir müssen entschlossen vorgehen;course of \action Vorgehensweise f;could you tell me what the best course of \action is? wie soll ich Ihrer Meinung nach am besten vorgehen?;so, what's the plan of \action? wie sieht also die Strategie aus?;a man/woman of \action ein Mann/eine Frau der Tat;prompt \action promptes Handeln;to put sth into \action etw in die Tat umsetzen;to put sb out of \action jdn außer Gefecht setzen;to take \action handeln;no \action was taken es wurde nichts unternommen;in \action in Aktion;to be out of \action außer Gefecht seinyou're responsible for your own \actions now du bist jetzt selbst für das, was du tust, verantwortlich;your \action in releasing the caged animals was highly irresponsible es war höchst unverantwortlich von Ihnen, die eingesperrten Tiere freizulassenI'll say the words and you can mime the \actions ich spreche die Worte und du kannst die Bewegungen dazu machenthe [main] \action die [Haupt]handlunglights, camera, \action! Beleuchtung, Kamera, Aufnahme!to be destroyed by enemy \action durch Feindeinwirkung zerstört werden;to go into \action ins Gefecht ziehen;to be killed in \action fallen;to be missing in \action vermisst sein;to see \action troops im Einsatz sein;to be in \action platoon im Einsatz seinto put sth out of \action etw außer Betrieb setzen;in \action in Betrieb;to be out of \action außer Betrieb seinthe fibres are broken down by chemical \action die Fasern werden durch chemische Vorgänge zersetzt\action for libel, libel \action Verleumdungsklage f;to bring an \action [for sth] against sb [wegen einer S. gen] gegen jdn Klage erheben, jdn [wegen einer S. gen] verklagenthe \action ( excitement) das Geschehen;... where the \action is... wo was los istPHRASES: -
14 action
[΄ækʃn] n գործողություն. quick/decisive/united, joint action արագ/վճռական, որոշակի/միատեղ համատեղ գործողություն. a man of action գործի մարդ. take action սկսել գործել. take actions միջոցներ ձեռք առնել. bring/call into action գործի դնել. put/set in action գործի դնել. (արարք, վարմունք) noble/mean action ազնիվ/ ստոր արարք. a piece of the action խար դա խության բաժնեմաս. խսկց. հանցավոր գործունեու թյուն. (in a novel) The action takes place (վեպում) Գործողությունը տեղի է ունենում. the action is swift/slow moving Գործողությունը արագ/դանդաղ է ընթանում. իրավ. դատական գործ. bring an action against մեկի դեմ հայց հարուցել. dismiss an action հայցը մերժել. action for damages վնասահատուցման հայց. judge people by their actions մարդկանց մասին դատել ըստ նրանց գործերի. suit the action to the word խոսքերը գործերով ապացուցել. (գործողու թյուն, աշխատանք) the action of the heart սրտի աշխատանքը. the action of bowels աղիքների գոր ծունեությունը. mental/physical action մտա վոր/ֆի զիկական աշխատանք. be in action աշ խա տել/գործել. be out of action չաշխատել. The tele phone is out of action Հեռախոսը չի աշխա տում/գործում. put out of action շարքից դուրս բե րել. take strike action գործադուլ անել. (ազ դեցու թյուն) action of light/medicine/drugs լույսի/դեղ ե րի/թմրադեղի ազդեցությունը. ռզմ. մարտ bring into action մարտի մեջ մտցնել. come out of action մարտից/շարքից դուրս գալ. be killed in action մարտում զոհվել. military actions ռազմական գործողություններ. He has seen action Նա եղել է ռազմաճակատում. իրավ. հայց, դատական գործ. legal/courtaction օրինական/դատական գործ. bring/take an action against smb գործ/հայց հա րուցել որևէ մեկի դեմ. divorce action ապա հարզանի գործ action painting վերացական գե ղանկարչության դպրոց -
15 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, 714-1140The 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, 1140-1385Two 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 inPortugal (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, 1385-1580The 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, 1580-1640Despite 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, 1640-1822Foreign 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 theChurch (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, 1822-1910During 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, 1910-26Portugal'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), 1926-74During 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, 1974-76Following 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 untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
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mu:v
1. сущ.
1) движение;
перемена места to get a move on разг. ≈ спешить, торопиться, поторапливаться One move and I'll shoot! ≈ Одно движение, и я стреляю. on the move false move Syn: movement, motion, gesture
2) переезд( на другую квартиру)
3) ход( в игре) It's your move. ≈ Твой ход. Syn: turn, opportunity, go
4) а) акт, действие, поступок, шаг brilliant move ≈ блестящий шаг clever move, smart move ≈ разумный поступок decisive move ≈ решительный шаг Selling your car was a good move. ≈ Ты правильно поступил, что продал автомобиль. б) акция, действие ∙ Syn: action, deed, act, maneuver, ploy, measure, stroke, step
2. гл.
1) а) двигать, передвигать, перемещать б) двигаться, передвигаться, перемещаться Please move out of the way. ≈ Пожалуйста, отойди с дороги. ∙ Syn: shift, stir, budge, change position, change place;
transpose, carry, pass, remove, transport, switch, bear, convey, transmit
2) переезжать;
переселяться She just moved here at the beginning of the term. ≈ Она переехала сюда в начале семестра. Syn: change residence, change one's abode, transplant, shift, transfer, relocate Ant: remain, rest, stop
3) действовать, функционировать;
действовать (о кишечнике) The clock doesn't move. ≈ Часы не идут. Syn: go, have motion, function, operate
4) побуждать;
приводить в движение;
заставлять, вынуждать Curiosity moved me to open the box. ≈ Любопытство заставило меня открыть ящик. Syn: cause, influence, induce, lead, impel, prompt, incite, drive, inspire, provoke, persuade, stimulate, motivate
5) трогать, волновать;
вызывать( какие-л. чувства, эмоции) I was truly moved by his tears. ≈ Я был по-настоящему растроган его слезами. Syn: touch, affect;
arouse, rouse, excite, stir, sway, interest, impress, impassion, fire, strike
6) вносить (предложение, резолюцию) ;
делать заявление, обращаться (в суд и т. п.) ;
ходатайствовать( for) I move that we accept the proposal. ≈ Я предложил принять это предложение. Syn: propose, suggest, recommend, request, urge, exhort
7) а) начинать действовать;
принимать меры Let's move before it's too late. ≈ Давайте действовать, а то будет слишком поздно. б) развиваться( о событиях) ;
идти, подвигаться( о делах) ∙ Syn: get started, start off, go, go ahead, begin;
attack
8) бывать, вращаться( в каких-л. кругах, обществе)
9) продавать;
продаваться ∙ move about move away move back move down move for move in move off move on move out move over move up движение;
перемена положения, места - on the * в движении;
на ногах;
на ходу - science on the * наука в своем развитии, прогресс науки - to make a * прийти в движение;
сдвинуться или тронуться с места;
отправляться;
вставать из-за стола - to make a * toward smb., smth. двинуться на кого-л., на что-л.;
направиться /броситься/ к кому-л., чему-л. - (it's) time to make a * пора идти /отправляться, двигаться/ - we must make a *, we must be on the * нам надо идти, нам пора двигаться - to get a * on (разговорное) начинать двигаться, трогаться с места;
отправляться;
спешить, торопиться, поторапливаться - get a * on! давай пошевеливайся! (военное) переброска;
передвижение - *s of large bodies of troops переброска /передвижение/ крупных соединений - on the * на марше перевозка, транспортировка( продукции в пределах предприятия) ход (в игре) - the * решающий ход - knight's * ход конем - mate in four *s (шахматное) мат в четыре хода - to make a * сделать ход - to take the * back взять ход назад - to know all the *s знать все ходы;
уметь играть - whose * is it? чей ход? - it's your * ваш ход переезд (на другую квартиру, в другое место) - it's our third * in two years за два года мы переезжаем уже третий раз - he made a * to Paris он переехал в Париж поступок;
шаг - good * умный /разумный, мудрый/ поступок /шаг/ - to make a * предпринять что-л., начать действовать - to make the first * (towards peace) сделать первый шаг (к заключению мира, примирению) - what's the next *? что теперь (надо) делать? - one false * and he is ruined один неверный шаг, и он погиб - we must watch his every * надо следить за каждым его шагом (политика) акция - a new * on the part of France новая акция Франции - none of the *s to stop the talks has been successful никакие попытки сорвать переговоры не удались (редкое) предложение > to be up to every * (on the board, in the game) быть искушенным, опытным;
быть всегда начеку /настороже/;
не дремать двигать, передвигать, перемещать - to * smth., smb. aside /away/ отодвинуть что-л., кого-л. в сторону - to * smth. down опускать /спускать/ что-л. - to * smth. forward двигать что-л. вперед;
выдвигать что-л. - to * a drawer out выдвинуть ящик (комода и т. п.) - to * smth., smb. round повернуть /вертеть/ что-л., кого-л. - to * furniture двигать /передвигать/ мебель - don't * anything оставь все как есть, не трогай ничего - to * troops (военное) перемещать /перебрасывать/ войска - he is not to be *d until he gets well его нельзя трогать /перевозить/, пока он не поправится - * your books over here переставь свои книги сюда - you will have to * your car вам придется отъехать - they *d the crowd off the grass они заставили толпу сойти с газона - to * an official( to another district) переводить чиновника (в другой район) - he asked to be *d to London он попросил, чтобы его перевели в Лондон двигаться;
передвигаться, перемещаться - to * quickly двигаться быстро - to * at 30 km/h двигаться со скоростью тридцать километров в час - to * in short rushes( военное) двигаться бросками - everything that *s все, что может двигаться - to * to another seat пересесть на другое место - to * to meet the pass (спортивное) выходить на передачу - the train began to * поезд тронулся - the car in front isn't moving передняя машина не двигается /не идет, встала/ - the Earth *s round the Sun Земля вращается вокруг Солнца - the procession *d through the streets процессия /демонстрация/ двигалась по улицам - his life was moving toward its end его жизнь близилась к концу шевелить, двигать - to * one's lips шевелить губами - not to * hand or foot не шевелить ни рукой, ни ногой;
палец о палец не ударить - the prisoner was tied so tightly that he couldn't * hand or foot пленника так крепко связали, что он не мог пошевелиться /пошевелить ни рукой, ни ногой/ - not to * a muscle не шевельнуть ни одним мускулом;
не повести бровью;
не моргнуть глазом шевелиться - he can't * он не может пошевельнуться - don't *! не шевелись!, не двигайся!, стой!, ни с места! - I'll not * from here я отсюда не уйду делать ход, ходить( в игре) - to * a piece( шахматное) передвинуть фигуру, сделать ход - it's your turn to *, it is for you to * ваш ход приводить в движение - to * by a spring приводить в движение при помощи пружины - the water *s the mill-wheel вода приводит в движение /вращает/ мельничное колесо - the wind *s the leaves листья колышатся на ветру, ветер шевелит листья деревьев (техническое) манипулировать, управлять( рычагами) переезжать, переселяться (на новую квартиру и т. п.) - to * into town переехать в город перевозить, переселять - he *d his family out of the war zone он увез свою семью из зоны военных действий действовать, принимать меры - to be willing to * in some matter изъявить согласие на участие /согласиться участвовать/ в каком-л. деле - it's for him to * first in the matter он первым должен начать действовать в этом вопросе развиваться (о событиях) - things are moving rapidly события развиваются быстро - the plot of the drama *s swiftly сюжет пьесы развивается стремительно идти, подвигаться (о делах) - my affairs are moving у меня дела идут - things are moving at last! наконец дело тронулось! бывать, вращаться (в определенном кругу, обществе) - to * in good society вращаться в хорошем обществе трогать, волновать - to * smb. deeply глубоко тронуть /взволновать/ кого-л. - to * smb. to tears растрогать кого-л. до слез - to * smb.'s heart тронуть чье-л. сердце - he is easily *d его легко растрогать - nothing can * him ничто не может тронуть его;
ничто не может заставить его изменить свое мнение;
он непоколебим - the news *d him (very much), he was (much) *d by the news его (очень) взволновало это сообщение быть движимым, испытывать внутреннее побуждение - to be *d by jealousy быть движимым ревностью - anger *s him им движет гнев побуждать, заставлять - to * smb. to do smth. побуждать кого-л. сделать что-л. - his actions *d me to speak его действия заставили меня заговорить - he works at his book when the spirit *s him он работает над своей книгой по настроению доводить( до какого-л. состояния) - to * smb. to laughter рассмешить кого-л. - to * smb. to tears довести кого-л. до слез - to * smb. to pity возбудить в ком-л. жалость /сострадание/, разжалобить кого-л. - to * smb. to anger рассердить кого-л. - to * smb. to wrath разгневать кого-л. вносить (предложение, резолюцию) ;
делать заявление - to * a resolution вносить резолюцию - to * that the meeting be adjourned предложить сделать перерыв в заседании (обыкн. for) ходатайствовать - to * for a new trial ходатайствовать о пересмотре дела (медицина) заставить действовать (кишечник) (физиологическое) действовать (о кишечнике) (коммерческое) продавать;
продаваться, иметь спрос - this article is not moving этот товар плохо идет (редкое) поднимать (мятеж) ;
провоцировать( войну) > to * house переехать на другую квартиру /в другой дом/ > to * heaven and earth сделать все возможное, приложить все усилия;
пустить все в ход > to * with the times идти в ногу со временем area ~ вчт. перемещение областей move акция, действие;
foreign-policy moves внешнеполитические акции to get a ~ on разг. спешить, торопиться, поторапливаться;
(to be) on the move (быть) на ногах, в движении house ~ недв. переезд в другой дом ~ поступок, шаг;
to make a move предпринять (что-л.) ;
начать действовать ~ ход (в игре) ;
to make a move сделать ход to make a ~ вставать из-за стола to make a ~ отправляться move акция, действие;
foreign-policy moves внешнеполитические акции ~ вносить (предложение, резолюцию) ;
делать заявление, обращаться (в суд и т. п.) ;
ходатайствовать (for) ~ вносить (предложение, резолюцию) ~ вносить предложение ~ волновать;
вызывать (какие-л. чувства, эмоции) ;
to move to anger (to laughter) рассердить (рассмешить) ;
to move to tears довести до слез ~ вращаться (напр., в литературных кругах) ~ двигать(ся) ;
передвигать(ся) ;
to move a piece шахм. делать ход ~ двигать ~ движение, перемена места ~ движение ~ действие ~ действовать (о кишечнике) ;
move about переходить, переезжать, переносить с места на место ~ делать заявление ~ изменяться ~ мера ~ мероприятие ~ переезд (на другую квартиру) ~ переезд на другое место жительства ~ переезжать;
переселяться;
to move house переезжать на другую квартиру ~ перемена места жительства ~ перемена положения ~ перемещать ~ вчт. переслать ~ вчт. пересылка ~ переходить ~ переходить в другие руки;
продаваться ~ побуждать (к чему-л.) ~ поступок, шаг;
to make a move предпринять (что-л.) ;
начать действовать ~ поступок ~ приводить в движение;
to move the bowels заставлять работать кишечник ~ развиваться (о событиях) ;
идти, подвигаться (о делах) ~ расти;
распускаться;
nothing is moving in the garden в саду еще ничего не распускается ~ трогать, растрогать ~ трудовое движение ~ управлять;
манипулировать ~ ход (в игре) ;
to make a move сделать ход ~ ходатайствовать ~ шаг ~ двигать(ся) ;
передвигать(ся) ;
to move a piece шахм. делать ход ~ действовать (о кишечнике) ;
move about переходить, переезжать, переносить с места на место ~ away отодвигать ~ away удалять(ся) ;
уезжать ~ back идти задним ходом;
подавать назад ~ back пятиться ~ back табанить ~ down опускать, спускать ~ for ходатайствовать (о чем-л.) to ~ heaven and earth пустить все в ход;
= нажать все кнопки ~ in вводить, вдвигать ~ in въезжать( в квартиру) ~ in въезжать ~ off отодвигать ~ off уезжать;
отъезжать ~ on пройти, идти дальше ~ out выдвигать (ящик и т. п.) ~ out выдвигать ~ out съезжать( с квартиры) ~ out съезжать ~ over отстраниться, отодвинуться ~ приводить в движение;
to move the bowels заставлять работать кишечник ~ to a file вчт. переместиться к нужному файлу ~ волновать;
вызывать (какие-л. чувства, эмоции) ;
to move to anger (to laughter) рассердить (рассмешить) ;
to move to tears довести до слез ~ to next line command вчт. команда перехода к следующей строке ~ волновать;
вызывать (какие-л. чувства, эмоции) ;
to move to anger (to laughter) рассердить (рассмешить) ;
to move to tears довести до слез tear: ~ слеза;
in tears в слезах;
bitter( или poignant) tears горькие слезы;
to move (smb.) to tears растрогать (кого-л.) до слез ~ up пододвинуть;
to move up reserves воен. подтягивать резервы ~ up пододвинуть;
to move up reserves воен. подтягивать резервы ~ расти;
распускаться;
nothing is moving in the garden в саду еще ничего не распускается to get a ~ on разг. спешить, торопиться, поторапливаться;
(to be) on the move (быть) на ногах, в движении -
17 area
район; округ; площадь; участок; зона; область; пространство; категория ( действий); см. тж. ground; zonebooster (engine) disposal area — ркт. район сброса [падения] стартовых двигателей [(ракетных) ускорителей]
booster (engine) impact area — ркт. район сброса [падения] стартовых двигателей [(ракетных) ускорителей]
simulated (radioactive) contamination area — ложный [имитируемый] участок (радиоактивного) заражения
— amphibious objective area— armor killing area— artillery position area— dangerous area— delaying operations area— dropping area— gun area— hot area— killing area— lethality area— limited access area— MOS area— patrolling area— POL area— preference service area— radioactive contamination area— rallying area— recreation area— SAM launching area— uploading area -
18 action
['ækʃ(ə)n]сущ.1) действие, поступок; акция, выступлениеimmediate / prompt / vigorous — незамедлительные действия
concerted / united action — согласованные действия, объединённое выступление
hasty / rash action — опрометчивый поступок
to prod, spur smb. into action — побуждать кого-л. к действию
- direct actionShe claimed she was anxious to avoid any action which might harm him. — Она заявила, что очень хочет избежать любого действия, которое могло бы ему повредить.
- disciplinary action
- remedial action
- sparing actionSyn:2) действие; работа ( механизма); деятельностьto be out of action — не работать, быть выведенным из строя
He's been out of action for 6 months with a serious knee injury. — Он не работал в течение 6 месяцев из-за серьёзной травмы колена.
They were trapped after the lifts went out of action. — Они попали в ловушку, после того как лифты вышли из строя.
They have excelled in learning the lessons of business management theory, and putting them into action. — Они превосходно усвоили теорию делопроизводства и успешно применили её на практике.
3) воздействие, действие4) юр. обвинение, иск; судебный процессto bring / institute / take an action against smb. for smth. — возбудить дело против кого-л. о чём-л.
He brought legal action against his neighbor. — Он затеял процесс против своего соседа.
The judge dismissed the action. — Судья отклонил иск
5) бой; боевые действияto fall / be killed in action — пасть в бою
- probing actionto take evasive action — уклоняться, маневрировать
- action radius
- action spring
- action station6) ( the action) бурная деятельность; центр активности, гуща событийa piece of the action, a slice of the action — доля в какой-л. деятельности
Hollywood is where the action is now. — Центр активности сейчас в Голливуде.
Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action. — Интерес к местам отдыха резко возрос, и туристические лидеры соревнуются за получение своей доли прибыли.
••Actions speak louder than words. — посл. Не по словам судят, а по делам.
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19 Computers
The brain has been compared to a digital computer because the neuron, like a switch or valve, either does or does not complete a circuit. But at that point the similarity ends. The switch in the digital computer is constant in its effect, and its effect is large in proportion to the total output of the machine. The effect produced by the neuron varies with its recovery from [the] refractory phase and with its metabolic state. The number of neurons involved in any action runs into millions so that the influence of any one is negligible.... Any cell in the system can be dispensed with.... The brain is an analogical machine, not digital. Analysis of the integrative activities will probably have to be in statistical terms. (Lashley, quoted in Beach, Hebb, Morgan & Nissen, 1960, p. 539)It is essential to realize that a computer is not a mere "number cruncher," or supercalculating arithmetic machine, although this is how computers are commonly regarded by people having no familiarity with artificial intelligence. Computers do not crunch numbers; they manipulate symbols.... Digital computers originally developed with mathematical problems in mind, are in fact general purpose symbol manipulating machines....The terms "computer" and "computation" are themselves unfortunate, in view of their misleading arithmetical connotations. The definition of artificial intelligence previously cited-"the study of intelligence as computation"-does not imply that intelligence is really counting. Intelligence may be defined as the ability creatively to manipulate symbols, or process information, given the requirements of the task in hand. (Boden, 1981, pp. 15, 16-17)The task is to get computers to explain things to themselves, to ask questions about their experiences so as to cause those explanations to be forthcoming, and to be creative in coming up with explanations that have not been previously available. (Schank, 1986, p. 19)In What Computers Can't Do, written in 1969 (2nd edition, 1972), the main objection to AI was the impossibility of using rules to select only those facts about the real world that were relevant in a given situation. The "Introduction" to the paperback edition of the book, published by Harper & Row in 1979, pointed out further that no one had the slightest idea how to represent the common sense understanding possessed even by a four-year-old. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 102)A popular myth says that the invention of the computer diminishes our sense of ourselves, because it shows that rational thought is not special to human beings, but can be carried on by a mere machine. It is a short stop from there to the conclusion that intelligence is mechanical, which many people find to be an affront to all that is most precious and singular about their humanness.In fact, the computer, early in its career, was not an instrument of the philistines, but a humanizing influence. It helped to revive an idea that had fallen into disrepute: the idea that the mind is real, that it has an inner structure and a complex organization, and can be understood in scientific terms. For some three decades, until the 1940s, American psychology had lain in the grip of the ice age of behaviorism, which was antimental through and through. During these years, extreme behaviorists banished the study of thought from their agenda. Mind and consciousness, thinking, imagining, planning, solving problems, were dismissed as worthless for anything except speculation. Only the external aspects of behavior, the surface manifestations, were grist for the scientist's mill, because only they could be observed and measured....It is one of the surprising gifts of the computer in the history of ideas that it played a part in giving back to psychology what it had lost, which was nothing less than the mind itself. In particular, there was a revival of interest in how the mind represents the world internally to itself, by means of knowledge structures such as ideas, symbols, images, and inner narratives, all of which had been consigned to the realm of mysticism. (Campbell, 1989, p. 10)[Our artifacts] only have meaning because we give it to them; their intentionality, like that of smoke signals and writing, is essentially borrowed, hence derivative. To put it bluntly: computers themselves don't mean anything by their tokens (any more than books do)-they only mean what we say they do. Genuine understanding, on the other hand, is intentional "in its own right" and not derivatively from something else. (Haugeland, 1981a, pp. 32-33)he debate over the possibility of computer thought will never be won or lost; it will simply cease to be of interest, like the previous debate over man as a clockwork mechanism. (Bolter, 1984, p. 190)t takes us a long time to emotionally digest a new idea. The computer is too big a step, and too recently made, for us to quickly recover our balance and gauge its potential. It's an enormous accelerator, perhaps the greatest one since the plow, twelve thousand years ago. As an intelligence amplifier, it speeds up everything-including itself-and it continually improves because its heart is information or, more plainly, ideas. We can no more calculate its consequences than Babbage could have foreseen antibiotics, the Pill, or space stations.Further, the effects of those ideas are rapidly compounding, because a computer design is itself just a set of ideas. As we get better at manipulating ideas by building ever better computers, we get better at building even better computers-it's an ever-escalating upward spiral. The early nineteenth century, when the computer's story began, is already so far back that it may as well be the Stone Age. (Rawlins, 1997, p. 19)According to weak AI, the principle value of the computer in the study of the mind is that it gives us a very powerful tool. For example, it enables us to formulate and test hypotheses in a more rigorous and precise fashion than before. But according to strong AI the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind; rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states. And according to strong AI, because the programmed computer has cognitive states, the programs are not mere tools that enable us to test psychological explanations; rather, the programs are themselves the explanations. (Searle, 1981b, p. 353)What makes people smarter than machines? They certainly are not quicker or more precise. Yet people are far better at perceiving objects in natural scenes and noting their relations, at understanding language and retrieving contextually appropriate information from memory, at making plans and carrying out contextually appropriate actions, and at a wide range of other natural cognitive tasks. People are also far better at learning to do these things more accurately and fluently through processing experience.What is the basis for these differences? One answer, perhaps the classic one we might expect from artificial intelligence, is "software." If we only had the right computer program, the argument goes, we might be able to capture the fluidity and adaptability of human information processing. Certainly this answer is partially correct. There have been great breakthroughs in our understanding of cognition as a result of the development of expressive high-level computer languages and powerful algorithms. However, we do not think that software is the whole story.In our view, people are smarter than today's computers because the brain employs a basic computational architecture that is more suited to deal with a central aspect of the natural information processing tasks that people are so good at.... hese tasks generally require the simultaneous consideration of many pieces of information or constraints. Each constraint may be imperfectly specified and ambiguous, yet each can play a potentially decisive role in determining the outcome of processing. (McClelland, Rumelhart & Hinton, 1986, pp. 3-4)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Computers
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