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1 decisive force

решающая сила

sheet buckling force — сила, необходимая для выгибания листа

periodical disturbing force — периодическая возмущающая сила

under pressure of natural force — под действием сил природы

to yield to force — подчиниться силе, отступить перед силой

to own the force of an argument — признавать силу аргумента

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2 decisive force

решающая сила

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3 decisive force

решающая сила

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4 decisive force

Общая лексика: решающая сила

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5 decisive

решающий

decisive force — решающая сила

decisive vote — решающий голос

decisive area — решающий участок

decisive factor — решающий фактор

decisive victiry — решающая победа

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6 decisive

решающий; решительный

decisive force — решающая сила

decisive step — решительный шаг

decisive area — решающий участок

decisive step — решительный шаг

decisive battle — решительный бой

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decisive force

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прил.;
прич. от решать decisive, deciding;
key, conclusive

решающ|ий - decisive;
~ая сила decisive force;
~ момент decisive/crucial moment;
с ~им голосом with the right to vote (at a congress, conference, etc.).

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9 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal
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район; округ; площадь; участок; зона; область; пространство; категория ( действий); см. тж. ground; zone

booster (engine) disposal area — ркт. район сброса [падения] стартовых двигателей [(ракетных) ускорителей]

booster (engine) impact area — ркт. район сброса [падения] стартовых двигателей [(ракетных) ускорителей]

close-in (combat) training area — (учебное) поле для отработки приемов ведения ближнего боя

missile (site) support area — техническая позиция ракет

no entry area (nuclear) — запретный (для своих войск) район (район ЯВ)

radar (target) acquisition area — зона РЛ целеуказания

simulated (radioactive) contamination area — ложный [имитируемый] участок (радиоактивного) заражения

— acoustic shadow area

— actions area

— adjoining sea area

— administrative area

— advisory area

— air covered area

— air defended area

— air defense action area

— air defense area

— air defense engagement area

— air defense operations area

— air defense restricted area

— air defense warfare area

— air drop area

— air landing area

— air materiel area

— air objective area

— air refueling area

— air target area

— airborne alert area

— airborne area of operation

— airborne objective area

— aircraft dispersal area

— aircraft exclusion area

— aircraft loading area

— airhead maintenance area

— airmobile marshaling area

— airspace coordination area

— airspace danger area

— airspace warning area

— alert area

— alighting area

— alternate assembly area

— alternate deployment area

— ammunition upload area

— amphibious objective area

— amphibious tactical deployment area

— amphibious training area

— amphibious vehicle launching area

— antisubmarine screening area

— approach area

— approach passable area

— aptitude area

— area in defilade

— area of immediate contamination

— area of influence

— area of interest

— area of military significant fallout

— area of northern operations

— area of observation

— area of operational interest

— area of operations

— area of reduction

— area of responsibility

— area of strategic importance

— area of war

— armor killing area

— armor training area

— army area

— army crossing area

— army service area

— army support area

— artillery position area

— assault area

— assembly and arming area

— assembly and service area

— assembly and test area

— assembly area

— ASW patrol area

— athletic area

— attack area

— attrition area

— aviation support area

— bacteriologically contaminated area

— barrier area

— base area

— battalion area

— battalion crossing area

— battalion rear area

— battalion task force area

— battle area

— beach area

— beach maintenance area

— beach support area

— beach transit area

— billeting area

— biologically contaminated area

— blast area

— blast damage area

— block-type construction area

— boat assembly area

— booby-trap demonstration area

— breakthrough area

— bridge preassembly area

— brigade area

— brigade defensive area

— British Forces Maintenance area

— built-up area

— burst area

— cantonment area

— cargo assembly area

— casualty area

— catchment area

— centralized storage area

— checkout area

— chemically contaminated area

— city combat training area

— civil affairs area

— clandestine assembly area

— classified conference area

— clean area

— close fire support area

— cluster warhead submunition dispersal area

— coastal support area

— collecting area

— comb an area

— combat area

— combat patrolling area

— combat service support area

— command area

— communications area

— community area

— compact built-up area

— company defense area

— complex target area

— concentration area

— contact area

— contaminated air propagation area

— contamination area

— contingency A area

— contingency area

— control area

— controlled firing area

— convoy assembly area

— convoy marshaling area

— core area

— corps area

— corps service area

— corps storage area

— corps support area

— coverage area

— covering force area

— crisis area

— critical target area

— crossing area

— cushion area

— damage area

— dangerous area

— dead area

— debarkation area

— decisive area

— decontamination area

— defense area

— defensive area

— defensive coastal area

— defensive sea area

— delaying operations area

— delineate areas

— delivery area

— demilitarize an area

— demonstration test area

— denial area

— denial objects area

— denied area

— departure area

— dependent housing area

— dependent-restricted overseas area

— deplaning area

— deployment area

— detraining area

— detrucking area

— direct air support area

— direct fire engagement area

— dirty area

— disaster area

— disembarkation area

— disengagement area

— dispersal area

— dispersal parking area

— dispersion area

— displaced persons and refugee assembly area

— display area

— distant support target area

— distribution area

— division air support area

— division area

— division crossing area

— division support area

— divisional administrative area

— divisional maintenance area

— dropping area

— dummy area

— dummy assembly area

— dummy defensive area

— duty area

— early warning area

— economy-of-force area

— effective area

— effective beaten area

— effective disease area

— effective fire area

— effective landing area

— effective lethal area

— effective reflective area

— effects area

— embarkation area

— emergency area

— EMP destructive effects area

— employment area

— enemy area

— engagement area

— entraining area

— entrucking area

— equivalent target area

— estimated casualty area

— evacuation area

— exclusion area

— exercise area

— exit passable area

— expected areas of casualty density

— explosives area

— expulsion area

— extreme forward combat area

— FA service area

— fallout area

— farthest forward area

— fatal area

— field exercise area

— field firing area

— field gun area

— fighting area

— final assembly area before crossing

— final assembly area for attack

— fire area

— fire contact area

— fire control area

— fire coordination area

— fire support area

— firing area

— firing position area

— first echelon area of responsibility

— flank area

— fleet basing area

— floating dump area

— force maintenance area

— forces separation area

— forming-up area

— fortified area

— forward airhead maintenance area

— forward area

— forward assembly area

— forward battle area

— forward bridge preassembly area

— forward brigade administrative area

— forward combat area

— forward concentration area

— forward defense area

— forward defensive area

— forward echelon area of responsibility

— forward maintenance area

— forward staging area

— free drop supplies recovery area

— free fire area

— frontier area

— fuel storage area

— full radiological exclusion area

— functional area

— garrison area

— garrison training area

— gas-contaminated area

— general position area

— greatest intelligence productivity area

— ground training area

— ground zero area

— guidance and control area

— guidance area

— gun area

— gun-defended area

— gunnery training area

— halt area

— hardened storage area

— hazard area

— helicopter assembly area

— helicopter liftout area

— helicopter transport area

— helicopter-launching area

— hidden area

— hide area

— high fallout/no blast area

— high jamming area

— high risk area

— high threat area

— high-rise area

— hitting area

— holding area

— hookup area

— hostile fire area

— hostile launch antipodal area

— hot area

— hot-pad area

— IGBM defense deployment area

— impact area

— inactive area

— infiltration area

— initial assembly area

— inner rendezvous area

— inner transport area

— integrated lethal area

— intensified fire area

— interdiction area

— intermediate assembly area

— intermediate staging area

— intervention area

— inundation area

— jamming area

— joint security area

— jump area

— jungle training area

— killing area

— laager site area

— land impact area

— landing area

— landing ship area

— landing-attractive area

— landing-inviting area

— large dispersed aerosol contamination area

— launch base area

— launch control area

— launcher deployment area

— launching area

— lethality area

— light damage area

— light rescue area

— limited access area

— limited forces area

— limited radiological exclusion area

— lines of communication area

— liquid-contaminated area

— loading area

— local dispersal area

— local training area

— lodgement area

— loitering area

— long tour area

— low-threat area

— main battle area

— main defense area

— main defensive area

— main fighting area

— main support area

— maintenance area

— major built-up area

— major target area

— major training area

— maneuver area

— maneuver rights area

— maritime exclusion area

— marshaling area

— material balance area

— mating area

— maximum efforts application area

— maximum security area

— maximum supporting fires area

— maximum vulnerability area

— mess area

— metropolitan defense area

— military area

— mine warfare area

— mined area

— minor support area

— missile assembly and arming area

— missile checkout area

— missile defended area

— missile dispersion area

— missile hold area

— missile shadow area

— missile transfer area

— mission area

— mobilization area

— moderate damage area

— moderately contaminated area

— mortar area

— MOS area

— motor maintenance area

— mountain warfare training area

— mounting area

— movement control area

— multiple assembly area

— multiple contamination area

— NATO Early Warning area

— NATO guidelines area

— naval area

— naval support area

— NBC area of observation

— NBC contaminated area

— no fire area

— no go area

— non-deployment area

— nonvital area

— normal ground training area

— nuclear area

— nuclear deployment area

— nuclear effects area

— nuclear killing area

— nuclear safety area

— nuclear target area

— nuclear-powered BM submarine patrol area

— objective area

— obstructions area

— OP compound area

— open skin areas

— operating area

— operational area

— operational defensive area

— operations area

— opposition area

— optimum engagement area

— orbit area

— ordnance area

— outer transport area

— out-of-fire contact area

— outpost area

— overlap area

— overlapping nuclear package area

— overseas staging area

— patrolling area

— penetration area

— peripheral responsibility area

— personnel procurement area

— petroleum area

— phoney area

— phoney contaminated area

— plans area

— POL area

— POL hardened storage area

— port staging area

— position area

— possible hostile area

— post-decontamination area

— potential battle area

— potential kill area

— potential launch area

— preference service area

— preinvestigation holding area

— prelaunch area

— primary engagement area

— production area

— PW holding area

— radar detection area

— radar surveillance area

— radar warning area

— radioactive contamination area

— radiological area

— radiological exclusion area

— rallying area

— readiness area

— rear area

— rear assembly area

— rear defense area

— rear maintenance area

— rearming and turnaround area

— rearward area

— reception area

— reconnaissance area

— reconstitution area

— recovery area

— recreation area

— regiment defensive area

— regrouping area

— reinforcement assembly area

— reloading area

— rendezvous area

— reserve area

— residual radiation area

— resistance area

— rest area

— restricted area

— restricted fire area

— risk area

— riverine area

— round-up area

— safe area

— SAM launching area

— SAM target destruction area

— satellite intercept rendezvous area

— saturation fire area

— scattering area

— scouting area

— sea echelon area

— sealed area

— search area

— secondary target area

— security area

— sensitive area

— service area

— set-down area

— severe damage area

— shell swept area

— shelter area

— ship dispersal area

— site area

— small ozone-depleted area

— smoke-blanketed area

— Sovereign Base area

— special area

— special obstructions area

— specialist area

— spotting area

— stabilized area

— staging area

— standby area

— stand-down area

— static display area

— station area

— sterile area

— storage area

— strategic area

— strategic missile support area

— striking force area

— strip area

— submarine patrol area

— subsurface sea area

— supply and service area

— supply area

— support area

— surface area

— surveillance area

— suspected assembly area

— tactical area of responsibility

— tactical area

— tactical assembly area

— tactical battle area

— tactical defensive area

— tank rallying area

— tank training area

— tank water-tightening area

— tankproof area

— target acquisition area

— target area

— target engagement area

— target probable location area

— target transfer area

— test area

— thinly defended area

— threatened area

— track initiation area

— training area

— trains area

— transfer area

— transit area

— transport area

— transport assembly area

— underdeveloped area

— undermanned area

— unloading area

— unorganized area

— unrestricted area

— uploading area

— urban area

— vehicle dispersal area

— vehicle driving water area

— vehicle processing area

— vehicle staging area

— vehicle standby area

— vital air defense area

— vital area

— waiting area

— walk-out area

— warfare area

— water fording area

— water impact area

— water training area

— white area

— yellow area

— zone of communications forward area

— zone of communications rear area

English-Russian military dictionary > area
11 take

1) улов

2) заволодівати; затримувати, заарештовувати; обертати у власність

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take a blood sample from the suspect — брати пробу на аналіз крові у підозрюваного

take a decision by majority vote — = take a decision by majority

take a heavy toll in human life — забирати багато людських життів ( про вибух тощо)

take a specimen of blood breath — = take a specimen of blood

take a statement into consideration — приймати заяву до відома ( або на розгляд)

take a urine sample from the suspect — брати пробу на аналіз сечі у підозрюваного

take a wax impression of one's teeth — робити відбиток зубів ( злочинця)

take acknowledgement acknowledgment — = take acknowledgement

take an unqualified oath of allegiance — складати безумовну клятву вірності

take effect by a mere fact of publication — набувати чинності відразу після опублікування

take justice into one's own hands — брати справу правосуддя в свої руки

take matters into one's own hands — брати справи в свої руки

take over the President's duties — брати на себе обов'язки президента

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 precedence over Soviet law — бути вищими за закони СРСР ( про закони союзної республіки)

take review against a judgement — = take review against a judgment оскаржувати рішення суду

take the benefit of the bankrupt — оголошувати себе банкрутом

take the case under one's control — = take the case under control

take the form of a joint declaration — мати форму спільної декларації

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 the stand in one's own defense — = take the stand in one's own defence

- take a binding decision
- take a blood sample
- 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
- take up one's duties
- take upon oneself
- take vengeance

English-Ukrainian law dictionary > take
12 threat

n

угроза, опасность

to avert the threat of war between... and... — предотвращать угрозу войны между...

to back up one's threats by smth — подкреплять свои угрозы чем-л.

to be under threat — находиться под угрозой

to be under a mounting threat — подвергаться нарастающей угрозе

to call off one's threat — временно отказываться от своей угрозы

to cancel one's threat — отказываться от своей угрозы

to carry threats (against) — содержать угрозы ( против)

to carry out one's threat — осуществлять свою угрозу

to contain a country's threat — сдерживать угрозу со стороны какого-л. государства

to counter the threat from smb — противостоять угрозе с чьей-л. стороны

to defuse a threat — устранять угрозу

to defy threats — не придавать значения угрозам

to deter smb from any future threat of invasion — удерживать кого-л. от угрозы вторжения в будущем

to eliminate a threat — устранять угрозу

to escalate a threat — наращивать угрозу

to fear threats — бояться угроз

to free the world of the threat of nuclear war — освобождать мир от угрозы ядерной войны

to go ahead with one's threats — осуществлять свои угрозы

to ignore a threat — игнорировать угрозу

to issue a veiled threat — высказывать завуалированную угрозу

to lessen the threat of war — уменьшать угрозу войны

to lift a threat — отказываться от угрозы

to meet the threat — справляться с угрозой

to pose a threat to one's neighbors — представлять угрозу для соседних государств

to pose a serious security threat — представлять серьезную угрозу для безопасности

to present a threat to smth — представлять угрозу для чего-л.

to proceed with one's threats — продолжать свои угрозы

to put smth under threat — ставить что-л. под угрозу

to reduce a threat — уменьшать угрозу

to refrain from threats — воздерживаться от угроз

to remove a threat — устранять угрозу

to renew one's threat — возобновлять свою угрозу

to represent a threat for / to smb / to smth — представлять угрозу для кого-л. / чего-л.

to repudiate the threat or use of force — отвергать угрозу применения или применение силы

to resort to direct threats — прибегать к прямым угрозам

to stand up to smb's threats — не поддаваться на чьи-л. угрозы

to step up one's threats — усиливать свои угрозы

to suspend one's threat — временно отказываться от своей угрозы

to undervalue the threat of war — недооценивать угрозу войны

to use / utter threats — угрожать

to wake up to a threat — начинать осознавать опасность

to withdraw a threat — отказываться от угрозы

to yield to threats from smb — поддаваться на чьи-л. угрозы

- bomb threat
- chemical threat
- covert threat
- death threat against smb
- death threat
- decisive lessening of the nuclear threat
- diplomatic threat
- diplomatic threats fly to and for
- direct threat
- escalating spiral of threats
- fascist threat
- grave threat
- he received threats
- immediate threat
- in reply to threats
- inflationary threat
- latent threat
- major threat
- massive threat to the security of a country
- military threat from smb
- mortal threat
- mounting threat
- new flood threat to Sudan
- none-too-veiled threat
- nuclear and ecological threat
- nuclear threat
- ominous threat
- pervading threat
- potent threat
- radical threat
- serious threat
- strike threat
- suspension of one's threat
- tankers under threat from...
- thinly veiled threat
- threat dies down
- threat has not diminished
- threat of a trade war
- threat of aggressive wars
- threat of armed intervention
- threat of force
- threat of nuclear war is low and diminishing
- threat of nuclear war
- threat of universal destruction
- threat of using force
- threat of war
- threat recedes
- threat to international peace
- threat to kill a hostage
- threat to law and order
- threat to peace
- threat to public order
- threat to security
- threat to shipping
- under threat of closure
- under threat
- veiled threat
- verbal threats against smb

Politics english-russian dictionary > threat
13 strike

I 1. [straɪk]
nome

1) sciopero m.

to be on strike — essere in o fare sciopero

to come out on strike — entrare o mettersi in sciopero

2) (attack) attacco m. (on, against contro) (anche mil.)

3) min. (discovery) scoperta f. (di un giacimento)

lucky strike — fig. colpo di fortuna
2.
modificatore [committee, notice] di sciopero; [ leader] degli scioperanti
II 1. [straɪk]
verbo transitivo (pass. struck; p.pass. struck, stricken)

1) (hit) [person, stick] colpire [person, object, ball]; [ missile] colpire, centrare [ target]; [ship, car] colpire, urtare [rock, tree]

to strike sth. with — battere qcs. con [stick, hammer]

he struck his head on the table — ha dato una testata sul tavolo

to be struck by lightning — [tree, person] essere colpito da un fulmine

to strike sb. a blow — dare un colpo a qcn.

to strike sb. dead — [ lightning] fulminare qcn.

to be struck dumb with amazement — ammutolire per lo stupore

2) (afflict) [disease, storm, disaster] abbattersi su, colpire [area, people]

to strike terror into sb. o sb.'s heart — terrorizzare qcn

3) (make impression on) [idea, thought] venire in mente a; [ resemblance] colpire

it strikes me as funny that — mi sembra divertente che

to strike sb. as odd — sembrare o parere strano a qcn.

how does the idea strike you? — che cosa ne pensi o te ne pare di questa idea?

how did he strike you? — che impressione ti ha fatto?

it strikes me (that) — mi colpisce (il fatto che)

I was struck with him — colloq. mi ha colpito

4) (discover) scoprire, trovare [ gold]; finire su, trovare [ road]

5) (achieve) concludere [ bargain]

to strike a balance — trovare il giusto equilibrio

6) (ignite) accendere [ match]

7) [ clock] battere [ time]

it had just struck two — erano appena suonate le due

8) (delete) cancellare [word, sentence]

9) (dismantle) smontare [ tent]

to strike camp — levare il campo, togliere le tende

10) econ. (mint) battere [ coin]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. struck; p.pass. struck, stricken)

1) (deliver blow) colpire

my head struck against a beam — ho sbattuto la testa contro una trave

to strike at — attaccare

2) (attack) [army, animal] attaccare; [ killer] aggredire; [disease, storm] colpire

disaster struck — è successo un disastro

Henry strikes again! — colloq. scherz. Henry colpisce o ha colpito ancora!

3) [ worker] scioperare, fare sciopero

4) [ match] accendersi

5) [ clock] battere, suonare

6) (proceed)

to strike north — dirigersi a nord

to strike across — prendere per [ field]; attraversare [ country]

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- strike back

- strike down

- strike off

- strike out

- strike up

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1. past tense - struck; verb
1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) battere, colpire

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) attaccare

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) accendere, far sprizzare

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) scioperare

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) trovare

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) suonare

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) colpire, impressionare

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) coniare

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) prendere, tagliare

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) abbassare; levare
2. noun
1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) sciopero

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) scoperta

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- striker
- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up
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strike /straɪk/
n.

1 (econ.) sciopero: to be on strike, essere in sciopero; to go on strike, scendere in sciopero; scioperare; to call a strike, proclamare uno sciopero; general strike, sciopero generale; dock strike, sciopero dei portuali; strike to the last, sciopero a oltranza; a wave of strikes, un'ondata di scioperi; unofficial strike, sciopero non dichiarato (o spontaneo)

2 rasiera ( per cereali)

3 (ind. min.) scoperta di un giacimento ( minerario); (fig.) colpo di fortuna, buon colpo ( anche in Borsa, ecc.)

4 (mil.) attacco; (spec.) attacco aereo, incursione

5 (geol.) direzione ( di uno strato, di una vena)

6 ( baseball) ‘strike’: Three strikes put the batter out, dopo tre strike il battitore viene eliminato

7 ( bowling) ‘strike’ ( abbattimento di tutti i birilli al primo colpo)

8 ( calcio) tiro a rete (o in porta); botta, staffilata, stangata, zampata, mazzata (fig.); gol di prepotenza

9 ( calcio, ecc.) attacco; incursione; percussione

10 ( canottaggio, nuoto) battuta ( il battere con i remi o con le gambe)

11 ( golf) tentativo di colpo

12 ( rugby) ‘strike’ ( l'impossessarsi del pallone nel corso di una mischia)

13 ( pesca) strappo ( dato dal pescatore alla lenza): I just got a strike, ho dato soltanto uno strappo ( ma il pesce non ha abboccato)

● (mil.) strike aircraft, aereo da combattimento □ all-out strike, sciopero totale □ strike ban, proibizione di scioperare; precettazione □ strike benefit = strike pay ► sotto □ strike call, proclamazione d'uno sciopero □ strike epidemics, conflittualità permanente □ (geol.) strike fault, faglia longitudinale □ strike force, (mil.) forza d'urto; ( calcio, ecc.) capacità di percussione, potenza d'attacco □ strike pay, sussidio ( pagato dai sindacati) durante uno sciopero □ (geol.) strike-slip fault, faglia trascorrente □ (fam. USA, dal baseball) to have two strikes against one, avere due punti a sfavore (o due handicap); ( anche) avere già subìto due gravi condanne: I have two strikes against me for getting the job: I don't have much experience and I haven't finished school, vorrei ottenere questo lavoro ma ho due punti a sfavore, la poca esperienza e la mancanza di un diploma; (polit., leg. USA) Three strikes and you're out, alla terza condanna, ti becchi l'ergastolo NOTE DI CULTURA: three strikes: in alcuni Stati americani alla terza condanna per reati commessi con la violenza è obbligatorio l'ergastolo. Il nome popolare di queste leggi, three strikes and you're out oppure la three-strikes law, è ripreso dal baseball, nel quale alla terza palla sbagliata ( strike) il battitore viene eliminato.
♦ (to) strike /straɪk/
(pass. struck, p. p. struck, raro stricken)

A v. t.

1 battere; colpire; percuotere; picchiare; (fig.) impressionare: to strike a nail with the hammer, battere un chiodo col martello; He struck his fist on the desk, batté il pugno sulla scrivania; The tree was struck by lightning, l'albero è stato colpito dal fulmine; What struck me was her generosity, ciò che mi colpì (o mi fece impressione) fu la sua generosità

2 assestare; appioppare: I struck him a violent blow, gli assestai (o diedi) un forte colpo

3 sbattere; urtare: to strike one's foot against a stone, sbattere un piede contro un sasso; inciampare in un sasso; I struck my elbow against the table, urtai la tavola col gomito

4 battere, suonare ( le ore): The tower clock was striking midnight, l'orologio della torre batteva la mezzanotte

5 coniare; stampare; (fin.) battere: to strike a new coin [a medal], coniare una moneta nuova [una medaglia]; The Royal Mint strikes coins, la Zecca Reale batte moneta

6 accendere; strofinare; far sprizzare ( battendo o strofinando): to strike a match, accendere (strofinare) un fiammifero; to strike a light, accendere una luce; far luce ( con una candela, lampada, ecc.); to strike fire out of flint, accendere il fuoco battendo sulla pietra focaia

7 arrivare a; raggiungere: I struck the highway late in the morning, nel tardo mattino arrivai alla strada maestra

8 (spec. ind. min.) scoprire; trovare: to strike a coal seam, scoprire uno strato di carbone; to strike gold [water], trovare l'oro [l'acqua]

9 (mil., naut.) abbassare; ammainare: to strike one's flag, ammainare la bandiera; (fig.) arrendersi; to strike sails, ammainare le vele

10 abbattere; levare; togliere: to strike the tents, levar le tende

11 investire; urtare contro; (naut.) urtare ( uno scoglio, ecc.) con la chiglia: The car struck a lamppost, l'automobile ha urtato contro un lampione; The landing plane struck the tree-tops, l'aereo in atterraggio ha urtato contro le cime degli alberi

12 configgere; conficcare; infiggere; piantare

13 venire in mente, passare per la testa a (q.): A doubt struck me, mi è venuto un dubbio; Suddenly it struck me that he had left no message for me, all'improvviso mi venne fatto di pensare che non aveva lasciato alcun messaggio per me

14 fare una certa impressione a (q.); sembrare, parere a (q.) (impers.): Her plan struck me as extremely complicated, il suo piano mi parve assai complicato; How does that strike you?, che impressione ti fa?; che ne pensi?; How does the idea strike you?, che te ne pare dell'idea?

15 pareggiare ( cereali, ecc.) con la rasiera; rasierare

16 (mus.) toccare ( un tasto); pizzicare ( una corda)

17 ( calcio, ecc.) colpire, calciare (il pallone); battere ( una punizione, un rigore)

18 ( baseball, cricket) battere ( la palla)

19 ( tennis, ecc.) colpire ( la palla)

20 ( slang USA) rivolgersi a (q.)

B v. i.

1 assestar colpi; menar botte

2 (mil.) attaccare: The enemy struck at dawn, il nemico ha attaccato all'alba

3 batter le ore; suonare: The clock is striking, l'orologio batte l'ora; Four o'clock had just struck, erano appena suonate le quattro

4 colpire; cozzare; urtare; sbattere contro: The ball struck against the wall [the goalpost], la palla ha colpito il muro [il palo della porta]

5 ( di fiammiferi e sim.) accendersi; prendere fuoco: This match won't strike, questo fiammifero non si accende

6 (econ.) scioperare: The railwaymen have been striking for two weeks, i ferrovieri scioperano da due settimane; to strike for higher wages, scioperare per ottenere un aumento di salario

7 filtrare; infiltrarsi; penetrare; inoltrarsi: We struck into the forests of the interior, ci siamo inoltrati nei boschi dell'interno

8 prendere ( una direzione); dirigersi, volgere i passi; voltare; uscire: to strike for the borderline, dirigersi verso il confine; Go straight on and then strike to the right, va' dritto e poi volta a destra!

9 (mil.) ammainare la bandiera; (fig.) arrendersi

10 ( di pianta) attecchire; mettere radici

11 (naut.) andare in secco; incagliarsi

12 ( sport) dare una bracciata (o un colpo di gambe; nuotando)

13 ( canottaggio) fare ( un certo numero di battute) al minuto: Oxford were striking 38, l'armo di Oxford stava facendo 38 battute al minuto

14 (geol.) essere orientato verso

● to strike an attitude, assumere un atteggiamento □ to strike an average, fare una media □ (rag.) to strike a balance, (rag.) fare il bilancio, far quadrare i conti; (fig.) raggiungere un accordo, fare un compromesso □ to strike a bargain, concludere un affare; fare un buon affare □ to strike sb. blind, accecare q. ( con un colpo o fig.) □ to strike blows, assestare (o portare) colpi □ (fig.) to strike ( a blow) for freedom, combattere (una battaglia) per la libertà; battersi per la libertà □ (naut.) to strike the bottom, arenarsi; incagliarsi □ (mil., ecc.) to strike camp, levare il campo □ (agric.) to strike a cutting, piantare una talea □ to strike sb. dead, fulminare q.; fare schiattare q. □ to strike sb. deaf, assordare q. ( con un colpo o di colpo) □ to strike a deal, concludere (o fare) un affare; raggiungere un accordo; fare un patto (o un compromesso) □ ( boxe e fig.) to strike the decisive blow, assestare il colpo decisivo □ to strike sb. for his (o her) autograph, chiedere un autografo a q. □ ( di un atleta, ecc.) to strike form, entrare in piena forma □ to strike st. from sb. 's hand, far saltar qc. di mano a q. (con un sol colpo); strappare qc. a q. □ (fig.) to strike it rich, arricchire di colpo; trovare l'America (fig.) □ (fam. ingl.) to strike it lucky, avere un colpo di fortuna □ (leg.) to strike a jury, formare una giuria ( cancellando nomi, ecc.) □ (fig.) to strike a note of caution, far squillare il campanello d'allarme □ to strike oil, trovare il petrolio; (fig.) arricchire di colpo, trovare l'America □ to strike a pose, assumere una posa □ ( anche fig.) to strike the right track, trovare la pista buona (o la strada giusta) □ (bot. e fig.) to strike root(s), attecchire; metter radici □ (naut.) to strike soundings, fare degli scandagli □ (mus.) to strike a tone, far vibrare una nota □ (fig.) to strike a warning note, far squillare il campanello d'allarme □ ( pesca) to strike a whale, colpire (o arpionare) una balena □ ( calcio, ecc.) to strike the woodwork, colpire il legno ( della porta); colpire un palo (o la traversa) □ (fam.) to be struck all of a heap, rimanere sbigottito; restar di sale □ to be struck dumb, ammutolire; restare senza parola □ (fam.) to be struck on sb., essere (innamorato) cotto di q. □ (fig.) to be struck with, esser colpito da; ricevere una forte impressione da □ to be struck with dizziness, avere un improvviso capogiro □ The wind struck cold, tirava un vento freddo e tagliente □ ( anche fig.) The hour has struck, l'ora è suonata □ ( slang) Strike me dead!, peste mi colga; mi venga un accidente! possa morire ( se non è vero, ecc.) □ (prov.) Strike while the iron is hot, bisogna battere il ferro finché è caldo.

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I 1. [straɪk]
nome

1) sciopero m.

to be on strike — essere in o fare sciopero

to come out on strike — entrare o mettersi in sciopero

2) (attack) attacco m. (on, against contro) (anche mil.)

3) min. (discovery) scoperta f. (di un giacimento)

lucky strike — fig. colpo di fortuna
2.
modificatore [committee, notice] di sciopero; [ leader] degli scioperanti
II 1. [straɪk]
verbo transitivo (pass. struck; p.pass. struck, stricken)

1) (hit) [person, stick] colpire [person, object, ball]; [ missile] colpire, centrare [ target]; [ship, car] colpire, urtare [rock, tree]

to strike sth. with — battere qcs. con [stick, hammer]

he struck his head on the table — ha dato una testata sul tavolo

to be struck by lightning — [tree, person] essere colpito da un fulmine

to strike sb. a blow — dare un colpo a qcn.

to strike sb. dead — [ lightning] fulminare qcn.

to be struck dumb with amazement — ammutolire per lo stupore

2) (afflict) [disease, storm, disaster] abbattersi su, colpire [area, people]

to strike terror into sb. o sb.'s heart — terrorizzare qcn

3) (make impression on) [idea, thought] venire in mente a; [ resemblance] colpire

it strikes me as funny that — mi sembra divertente che

to strike sb. as odd — sembrare o parere strano a qcn.

how does the idea strike you? — che cosa ne pensi o te ne pare di questa idea?

how did he strike you? — che impressione ti ha fatto?

it strikes me (that) — mi colpisce (il fatto che)

I was struck with him — colloq. mi ha colpito

4) (discover) scoprire, trovare [ gold]; finire su, trovare [ road]

5) (achieve) concludere [ bargain]

to strike a balance — trovare il giusto equilibrio

6) (ignite) accendere [ match]

7) [ clock] battere [ time]

it had just struck two — erano appena suonate le due

8) (delete) cancellare [word, sentence]

9) (dismantle) smontare [ tent]

to strike camp — levare il campo, togliere le tende

10) econ. (mint) battere [ coin]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass. struck; p.pass. struck, stricken)

1) (deliver blow) colpire

my head struck against a beam — ho sbattuto la testa contro una trave

to strike at — attaccare

2) (attack) [army, animal] attaccare; [ killer] aggredire; [disease, storm] colpire

disaster struck — è successo un disastro

Henry strikes again! — colloq. scherz. Henry colpisce o ha colpito ancora!

3) [ worker] scioperare, fare sciopero

4) [ match] accendersi

5) [ clock] battere, suonare

6) (proceed)

to strike north — dirigersi a nord

to strike across — prendere per [ field]; attraversare [ country]

•

- strike back

- strike down

- strike off

- strike out

- strike up

English-Italian dictionary > strike
14 leader

n

1) руководитель; глава; лидер; вождь

2) передовая статья, передовица

•

to censure a government leader in Parliament — принимать вотум недоверия руководителю правительства в парламенте

to crack down on opposition leaders — расправляться с лидерами оппозиции

to force a leader to climb down — заставлять лидера уйти в отставку

to get the leaders of the parties together — собирать вместе лидеров партии

to make way for a new leader — уступать свое место новому лидеру

to persecute progressive leaders — преследовать прогрессивных руководителей

to run for leader — баллотироваться на пост лидера партии

to run for deputy leader — баллотироваться на пост заместителя лидера партии

to stand for leader — баллотироваться на пост лидера партии

to stay on as leader — оставаться лидером

to step down as party leader — отказываться от поста лидера партии

to stick with one's leader — сохранять верность своему лидеру

to take over as party leader — приходить к руководству партией; принимать обязанности лидера партии

- acting party leader
- adviser to a military leader
- all-powerful leader
- authoritative leader
- block leader
- caretaker leader
- change of leaders
- charismatic leader
- church leader
- civil rights leader
- community leader
- Congressional leader
- conservative leader
- coup leader
- de facto leader
- decisive leader
- deputy leader
- divided leaders
- effective leader
- embattled leader
- experienced leader
- fall of a leader
- floor leader
- group leader
- high-ranking party leader
- ideological leader
- in defiance of their leader
- incoming leader
- industrial leader
- key Arab leaders
- labor leader
- leader of a mutiny
- leader of Congress
- leader of the House of Commons
- leader of the House of Lords
- leader of the Senate
- leader-in-waiting
- leaders of the disturbances
- leaders of the government
- leftist political leader
- longtime leader
- majority leader
- media leaders
- militarist leaders
- military leader
- minority leader
- moderate leader
- national leader
- opinion leaders
- opposition leader
- outstanding leader
- parliamentary leader
- party leaders
- political leader
- popular leader
- popularly elected leader
- powerful leader
- progressive leader
- progressive-minded leader
- prominent leader
- protest leader
- public leader
- radical leader
- rebel military leader
- recognized leader
- reform-minded leader
- regime leaders
- religious leader
- removal of political leaders
- rightful leader
- second-ranking leader
- self-proclaimed leader
- Senate majority leader
- spiritual leader
- state leader
- stop-gap leader
- strike leader
- strong leader
- stuck-in-the-mud political leader
- supreme leader
- team leader
- titular leader
- top leaders
- top political leaders
- trade-union leaders
- underground leaders of an uprising
- undisputed leader
- union leader
- war leader
- weak leader
- worthy leader
- youth leader

Politics english-russian dictionary > leader
15 character

§ ხასიათი, თვისება, რეპუტაცია, სახელი, აზრი, გამოძახილი, ხელი (წერაში), ასო, შრიფტი, პიროვნება

§

1 ხასიათი

strong / week / fine character მაგარი / სუსტი / შესანიშნავი ხასიათი

a man of strong character მკაცრი კაცი

2 პიროვნრბა, ტიპი

he is a bad character ცუდი ტიპია / პიროვნებაა

3 ლიტერატურული ნაწარმოების პერსონაჟი

the characters in Dickens’ novels დიკენსის პერსონაჟები

4 რეპუტაცია, სახელი

he has gained the character of a miser წუწურაქის სახელი დაიმსახურა

5 ბუნება, თვისება, სახე

what’s the character of your work? რა სახის სამუშაო გაქვს?

the character of our climate ჩვენი ჰავის / კლიმატის თავისებურება

what’s the character of the soil here? აქ რა თვისებების მქონე ნიადაგია?

6 დახასიათება (წერილობითი)

●●he has a limp character უნებისყოფო / რბილი კაცია

●●he has a level character დინჯი / მშვიდი / გაწონასწორებული ხასიათი აქვს

pliable character დამთმობი ხასიათი

a man of sterling character უაღრესად პატიოსანი ადამიანი

a severe reprimand / character / punishment მკაცრი საყვედური / ხასიათი / სასჯელი

●●settled character დინჯი / მშვიდი / გაწონასწორებული ხასიათი

a masculine character ვაჟკაცური ხასიათი

malign character ავი ხასიათი

a man of vehement character მგზნებარე/ფიცხი ხასიათის კაცი

the formation of character / government ხასიათის ჩამოყალიბება // მთავრობის შექმნა

character forms in childhood ხასიათი ბავშვობაში ყალიბდება

the force of the character ხასიათის სიმტკიცე

a flaw of character ხასიათის ნაკლი

a dubious character / compliment საეჭვო პიროვნება /კომპლიმენტი

he is a doubtful character საეჭვო პიროვნებაა

a decisive character გაბედული / შეუპოვარი ხასიათი

he debased his character / reputation სახელი გაიტეხა

the two sisters differ in character ეს ორი და ხასიათით განსხვავდება

her character is graced with many virtues იგი ბევრი სათნო თვისებითაა შემკული

good moral character ზნეობრივი ადამიანი

English-Georgian dictionary > character
16 showdown

['ʃəʊdaʊn]
nome confronto m., resa f. dei conti

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noun (an open, decisive quarrel etc ending a period of rivalry etc.) (resa dei conti)

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showdown /ˈʃəʊdaʊn/
n.

1 ( poker) il mettere le carte in tavola

2 (fig.) resa dei conti; confronto diretto; prova di forza; faccia a faccia ( alla televisione, ecc.): to call for a showdown, richiedere un confronto; esigere una presa di posizione; to come to a showdown, mettere le carte in tavola (fig.); venire al dunque

● to force a showdown, costringere l'avversario a mettere le carte in tavola (fig.).

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['ʃəʊdaʊn]
nome confronto m., resa f. dei conti

English-Italian dictionary > showdown
17 combat

бой, боевые действия; вести бой [боевые действия]; оказывать противодействие; боевой; см. тж. battle; action; fight ( ing) ;

— actual combat

— aerial combat

— air combat

— airborne combat

— air-to-air combat

— air-to-ground combat

— antiship combat

— armored combat

— beach combat

— close air-to-air combat

— close maneuver air combat

— close-in combat

— close-in infantry combat

— combat at riverlines

— combat down

— combat in built-up areas

— combat in cities

— combat in extreme weather and terrain conditions

— combat in fortified areas

— containing combat

— containment combat

— decisive combat

— deliver combat

— desert combat

— dispersed combat

— dissimilar air combat

— economy-of-force combat

— electronic combat

— engage in combat

— eyeball-to-eyeball combat

— face-to-face combat

— fire combat

— fire intensive combat

— ground combat

— group air combat

— gun-AT guided missile combat

— hand-to-hand combat

— helicopter-to-helicopter combat

— helicopter-versus-helicopter combat

— high-intensity combat

— high-level combat

— house-to-house combat

— independent combat

— individual air combat

— infantry combat

— initiate combat

— initiate into combat

— inshore combat

— jungle combat

— kindergarten combat

— long-range air combat

— long-range combat

— low-level combat

— maneuvering air combat

— mock combat

— mountain combat

— night combat

— nonnuclear combat

— nuclear combat

— offensive combat

— open terrain combat

— out of combat

— outpost combat

— personal combat

— protracted combat

— radioelectronic combat

— refuse combat

— retrograde combat

— see extensive combat

— short-range air combat

— single combat

— small unit combat

— surface combat

— sustain combat

— sustained combat

— training air combat

— unarmed combat

— urban combat

English-Russian military dictionary > combat
18 date

1. n

1) дата, число, день

2) время; срок, период

- acceptance date
- acquisition date
- actual date
- alongside date
- application date
- arrival date
- average due date
- bid date
- billing date
- bond redemption date
- border crossing date
- broken date
- cancellation date
- cancelling date
- closing date
- cock date
- commissioning date
- completion date
- contract date
- convenient date
- coupon date
- crucial date
- cutoff date
- data date
- dated date
- dealt currency value date
- decisive date
- declaration date
- delivery date
- departure date
- depreciation date
- dispatch date
- drawing date
- drawn date
- due date
- effective date
- effective date of a contract
- end date
- ending date
- estimated date
- ex-dividend date
- expected date
- expiration date
- expiry date
- facility expiry date
- facility start date
- filing date
- final date
- final date for payment
- finishing date
- fixed date
- holder-of-record date
- initial date
- interest date
- interest fixing date
- interest payment date
- invoice date
- issue date of an invoice
- issuing date
- key date
- last availability date
- last interest posting date
- licence expiration date
- loading date
- mailing date
- maturity date
- odd dates
- operational date
- order date
- original date
- patent date
- payment date
- posting date
- principal repayment date
- priority date
- project completion date
- prompt date
- publication date
- record date
- redemption date
- reference date
- release date
- remittance date
- repayment date
- return date
- rollover date
- rough date
- sailing date
- schedule date
- scheduled date
- settlement date
- shipment date
- shipping date
- short dates
- start-up date
- target date
- tax-filing date
- tender date
- termination date
- trade date
- value date
- vesting date
- date of acceptance
- date of an agreement
- date of appeal
- date of application
- date of arrival
- date of balance sheet
- date of a bill
- date of birth
- date of cancellation
- date of check
- date of a claim
- date of coming into effect
- date of a contract
- date of delivery
- date of departure
- date of dispatch
- date of entering into force
- date of entry
- date of filing
- date of grant
- date of an insurance policy
- date of an invoice
- date of issuance
- date of issue
- date of issue of a bill
- date of a letter
- date of a letter of credit
- date of licensing
- date of mailing
- date of manufacture
- date of maturity
- date of an offer
- date of an order
- date of payment
- date of posting
- date of a postmark
- date of a post office stamp
- date of a protocol
- date of publication
- date of readiness
- date of receipt
- date of record
- date of repayment
- date of resale
- date of retirement
- date of shipment
- date of signing
- date of a test
- date of transaction
- after date
- as of a balance-sheet date
- as of a specific date
- at a certain date
- at an early date
- by the due date
- from date
- of this date
- on set dates
- out of date
- date
- up to date
- with blank due date
- without date
- be up to date
- bear a date
- bring up to date
- fix a date
- go out of date
- keep up to date
- put a date
- stipulate a date
2. v

датировать

- date ahead
- date back

English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > date
19 combat

1. n бой, сражение

single combat — единоборство, поединок

commitment to combat — ввод в бой

decisive combat — решительный бой

engagement to combat — ввод в бой

face-to-face combat — ближний бой

break off combat — выходить из боя

2. n борьба; конфликт, столкновение

continuous combat — непрекращающаяся борьба

3. n дуэль, поединок

judicial combat — судебный поединок

4. a воен. боевой

combat operations — боевые действия, бой

combat aviation — боевая авиация

combat echelon — первый эшелон

combat formation — боевой порядок; боевое построение

combat command — боевое командование

combat liaison — связь в бою

combat outpost — боевое охранение

combat team — усиленная часть, тактическая группа

combat ration — боевой паёк

air force combat methods — способы боевых действий авиации

strategic combat aircraft — боевая стратегическая авиация

air combat operations zone — зона боевых действий авиации

multi-role combat aircraft — многоцелевой боевой самолет

removing from combat duty — снятие с боевого дежурства

5. v вести бой, сражаться

long-range combat — дальний бой

retrograde combat — отход с боем

breaking off combat — выход из боя

broken off combat — выходил из боя

the issue of a combat — исход боя

6. v бороться

to combat unemployment — бороться с безработицей

Синонимический ряд:

1. armed conflict (noun) action; armed conflict; battle; clash; conflict; contest; duel; encounter; engagement; fighting; hostilities; service; war; warfare

2. assault (verb) assail; assault; attack; blitz; clash; do battle; engage; skirmish

3. battle (verb) battle; contend; struggle; tilt; vie; wrestle

4. resist (verb) buck; challenge; confront; contest; dispute; duel; fight; oppose; repel; resist; rise up against; traverse; withstand

Антонимический ряд:

accord; agreement; compromise; defend; peace; support; surrender; truce

English-Russian base dictionary > combat
20 critical

1. a решающий, переломный; критический

critical moment — решающий момент

critical time — решающий момент

critical issue — решающий вопрос

critical path — критический путь

critical angle — критический угол

critical graph — критический граф

2. a важный, ценный

critical contribution — ценный вклад

critical terrain — тактически важный участок местности

critical facility — важный объект

3. a лит. критический, относящийся к критике литературы и искусства

critical essays — критические очерки

critical range — критическая зона

critical slope — критический уклон

critical force — критическое усилие

critical number — критическое число

critical review — критический обзор

4. a опасный, критический; угрожающий

critical condition — угрожающее состояние

critical defect — опасный дефект; критическая неисправность

critical character pair — пара критически сочетаемых знаков

critical bibliography — библиография критических материалов

critical flicker frequency — критическая частота мелькания

critical design parameter — критический расчетный параметр

5. a осуждающий, критикующий; разборчивый, требовательный

he is not very critical — он не очень разборчив

became critical of — начал критиковать

become critical of — начал критиковать

becomes critical of — начинает критиковать

6. a амер. дефицитный; крайне необходимый; нормируемый

critical material — дефицитный материал

critical item — дефицитное изделие

critical skill — дефицитная специальность

critical facilities — дефицитное оборудование

critical supply status item — дефицитное изделие

item in a critical category — дефицитный продукт

7. a спец. критический, граничный

critical current — критический ток

critical closing pressure — критическое давление закрытия

lightguide critical wave — критическая волна в световоде

critical cavitation number — критическое число кавитаций

to be at a critical pass — быть в критическом положении

critical solution point — критическая точка растворения

Синонимический ряд:

1. analytical (adj.) analytical; discriminating; judging

2. dangerous (adj.) dangerous; hazardous; perilous; precarious; risky; suspenseful; ticklish

3. faultfinding (adj.) captious; carping; caviling; cavilling; cavillous; censorious; critic; derogatory; disparaging; faultfinding; finicky; hypercritical; overcritical; picky; strict; trenchant

4. important (adj.) acute; climacteric; crucial; deciding; decisive; desperate; determining; dire; discerning; grave; great; grievous; important; momentous; penetrating; pivotal; serious; strategic

5. precise (adj.) delicate; discriminate; exact; fastidious; judicial; minute; particular; precise

Антонимический ряд:

complimentary; easy; inexact; insignificant; loose; popular; safe; shallow; superficial; trivial; unimportant

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force — [ fɔrs ] n. f. • 1080; bas lat. fortia, plur. neutre substantivé de fortis → 1. fort; forcer I ♦ La force de qqn. 1 ♦ Puissance d action physique (d un être, d un organe). Force physique; force musculaire. ⇒ résistance, robustesse, vigueur. Force … Encyclopédie Universelle
forcé — force [ fɔrs ] n. f. • 1080; bas lat. fortia, plur. neutre substantivé de fortis → 1. fort; forcer I ♦ La force de qqn. 1 ♦ Puissance d action physique (d un être, d un organe). Force physique; force musculaire. ⇒ résistance, robustesse, vigueur … Encyclopédie Universelle
Force concentration — is the practice of concentrating a military force, so as to bring to bear such overwhelming force against a portion of an enemy force that the disparity between the two forces alone acts as a force multiplier, in favour of the concentrated forces … Wikipedia
force — force1 W1S3 [fo:s US fo:rs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(military)¦ 2¦(military action)¦ 3¦(violence)¦ 4¦(physical power)¦ 5¦(natural power)¦ 6¦(organized group)¦ 7¦(strong influence)¦ 8¦(powerful effect)¦ 9 join/combine forces (with somebody/something) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Eleventh Air Force — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Eleventh Air Force caption= Eleventh Air Force emblem dates= 15 January 1942 country= United States of America allegiance= branch= United States Air Force type= role= size= command structure= Pacific Air… … Wikipedia
Indian Air Force — The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST: Bhartiya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting aerial warfare and securing the Indian airspace. It was established on October… … Wikipedia
History of the Indian Air Force — The history of the Indian Air Force began with its establishment in 1932 and continues up to the present day.Formation and early pilotsThe establishment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) happened when the Indian Air Force act was passed on October 8… … Wikipedia
United States Air Force, The — ▪ United States military (USAF), one of the major components of the United States armed forces, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and the development of military space research. The Air Force also provides air services… … Universalium
Palestine Police Force — The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in Palestine on 1 July, 1920,Sinclair, 2006.] when High Commissioner Herbert Samuel s civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby s… … Wikipedia
Eighth Air Force — emblem Part of Air … Wikipedia
United States Air Force Academy — Infobox University name = United States Air Force Academy established = 1954 motto = type = Federal military academy head label = Superintendent head = Lt Gen John F. Regni city = Colorado Springs state = Colorado country = USA undergrad = 4,000… … Wikipedia

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