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1 long
long, longue [lɔ̃, lɔ̃g]1. adjectivelong ; [amitié] long-standing• version longue [de film] uncut version• cinq heures, c'est long five hours is a long time► long à2. adverb3. masculine noun• je lui ai expliqué en long, en large et en travers (inf) I explained it to him over and over again4. feminine noun• à la longue, ça a fini par coûter cher in the long run it turned out very expensive• à la longue, il va s'user it will wear out eventually* * *
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longue lɔ̃, lɔ̃g adjectif1) ( dans l'espace) [tige, cils, patte, lettre, robe, table, distance] longune chemise à manches longues — a shirt with long sleeves, a long-sleeved shirt
un tuyau long de trois mètres — a pipe three metres [BrE] long, a three-metre [BrE] long pipe
au long cours — Nautisme [voyage, navigation] ocean; [capitaine] fully-licensed
2) ( dans le temps) [moment, vie, voyage, exil, film, silence] long; [amitié] long-standingêtre long (à faire) — [personne] to be slow (to do)
je ne serai pas long — ( pour aller quelque part) I won't be long; ( pour un discours) I will be brief
être long à la détente — (colloq) to be slow on the uptake (colloq)
pendant de longues heures/années — for hours/years
3) Linguistique ( voyelle) long
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1) ( beaucoup)en dire long/trop long/plus long — to say a lot/too much/more (sur quelque chose/quelqu'un about something/somebody)
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un câble de six mètres de long — a cable six metres [BrE] long, a six-metre [BrE] long cable
en long — [découper, fendre] lengthwise
en long et en large — [raconter] in great detail
en long, en large et en travers — (colloq) [raconter] at great length
le long du mur — ( en longueur) along the wall; ( en hauteur) up ou down the wall
tout le long de quelque chose — ( dans l'espace) all along something; ( dans le temps) all the way through something
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à la longue locution adverbiale in the end, eventuallyPhrasal Verbs:* * *lɔ̃, lɔ̃ɡ (longue)1. adj1) (cheveux, distance) longaux cheveux longs — with long hair, long-haired
2) (moment, trajet) longC'est encore long jusqu'à Noël. — It's still a long time till Christmas.
Ce sera long? — Will it take long?, Will it take a long time?
un contrat de longue durée; un contrat longue durée — a long-term contract
de longue haleine (projet, combat) — long-term
au long cours NAVIGATION — ocean modif ocean-going
de longue date (amis) — long-standing, [se connaître, être prévu] for a long time
2. adv3. nm1) (= longueur)de 3 m de long — 3m long, 3m in length
en long — lengthwise, lengthways
Il s'est étalé de tout son long. — He fell flat on his face.
au long de [rues, plage] — along, [annnés, périodes] during
Il y a des chemins de randonnée tout le long de la côte. — There are footpaths all along the coast.
tout au long de [année, vie] — throughout
de long en large [marcher] — to and fro, up and down
4. nfElle a fini par agacer tout le monde à la longue. — In the end she got on everybody's nerves.
* * *A adj1 ( dans l'espace) [tige, cils, patte, lettre, robe, table, distance] long; une chemise à manches longues a shirt with long sleeves, a long-sleeved shirt; des femmes en robe longue women in long dresses; être long de six mètres to be six metresGB long; un tuyau long de trois mètres a pipe three metresGB long, a three-metreGB long pipe; plus/trop long de deux mètres two metresGB longer/too long; au long cours Naut [voyage, navigation] ocean; [capitaine] fully-licensed;2 ( dans le temps) [moment, vie, voyage, exil, film, silence] long; [amitié] long-standing; pendant les longues soirées d'hiver during the long winter evenings; ta longue habitude des enfants your great experience of children; une traversée/entrevue longue de 40 minutes a 40 minute crossing/interview; être long à faire [personne] to be slow to do; [chose] to take a long time to do; il est toujours long à se décider he's always slow to make up his mind; qu'est-ce que tu es long! you're so slow!; aliment long à cuire food that takes a long time to cook; être en longue maladie to be on extended sick leave; je ne serai pas long ( pour aller quelque part) I won't be long; ( pour un discours) I will be brief; il guérira, mais ce sera long he will get better, but it's going to be a long time; huit mois, c'est long eight months is a long time; être long à la détente○ to be slow on the uptake○; il trouve le temps long time hangs heavy on his hands; pendant de longues heures/années for hours/years;3 Ling (syllabe, voyelle) long.B adv1 ( beaucoup) en dire long/trop long/plus long to say a lot/too much/more (sur qch/qn about sth/sb); j'aimerais en savoir plus long sur elle I'd like to know more about her; je pourrais t'en dire long sur lui I could tell you a thing or two about him;2 Mode s'habiller long to wear longer skirts.C nm1 ( longueur) 10 mètres de long 10 metresGB long; un câble de six mètres de long a cable six metresGB long, a six-metreGB long cable; mesurer or avoir or faire deux mètres de long to be two metresGB long; en long [découper, fendre] lengthwise; de long en large [marcher] up and down; arpenter une pièce de long en large to pace up and down a room; en long et en large [raconter] in great detail; en long, en large et en travers [raconter] at great length; le long du mur ( en longueur) along the wall; ( en hauteur) up ou down the wall; tout le long de qch ( dans l'espace) all along sth; ( dans le temps) all the way through sth; j'ai couru tout le long du chemin, j'ai couru tout du long I ran all the way; elle a pleuré tout le long du film she cried (all the way) through the film; tomber de tout son long to fall flat (on one's face);2 Mode le long long clothes (pl), lower hemlines (pl); la mode est au long hemlines are down (this season); s'habiller en long to wear a full-length dress.D longue nf2 Jeux ( aux cartes) long suit (à in);3 Sport game of boules played in the south of France.E à la longue loc adv in the end, eventually; à la longue on s'habitue in the end you get used to it.long métrage Cin feature-length film.( féminin longue) [lɔ̃, devant nom masculin commençant par une voyelle ou 'h' muet lɔ̃g, lɔ̃g ] adjectifA.[DANS L'ESPACE]1. [grand] longune fille aux longues jambes a long-legged girl, a girl with long legs[tige] long3. [vêtement] longune robe longue a full-length ou long dressB.[DANS LE TEMPS]1. [qui dure longtemps] longje suis fatigué, la journée a été longue I'm tired, it's been a long dayne sois pas trop longue ou personne ne t'écoutera jusqu'à la fin don't take too long ou don't speak for too long or nobody will listen to you all the way through2. [qui tarde - personne]je n'ai pas été longue à comprendre qu'elle mentait it didn't take me long to see that she was lyingil est long à venir, ce café! that coffee's a long time coming!sa longue expérience de journaliste his many years spent ou his long experience as a journalist4. [dans le futur]à longue échéance, à long terme [prévision] long, long-termlong adverbe1. [vêtement]elle s'habille long she wears long skirts ou dresses2. [beaucoup]une remarque qui en dit long sur ses intentions a remark which says a lot about ou speaks volumes about his intentionselle pourrait vous en dire long sur cette affaire she could tell you a few things about this businesslong nom masculin[vêtement]longue nom féminin————————à la longue locution adverbialeà la longue, tout se sait everything comes out in the end————————au long locution adverbiale————————au long de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans l'espace] along2. [dans le temps] during————————de long locution adverbialefaire une mine ou tête de dix pieds de longa. [par déconvenue] to pull a long faceb. [par mauvaise humeur] to have ou to wear a long facede long en large locution adverbialej'ai arpenté le hall de la gare de long en large I paced back and forth across ou I paced up and down the main hall of the station————————de tout son long locution adverbiale————————en long locution adverbialeen long, en large et en travers locution adverbiale1. [examiner] from every (conceivable) angle→ link=enen long, en large et en travers————————le long de locution prépositionnelle1. [horizontalement] along2. [verticalement - vers le haut] up ; [ - vers le bas] downtout au long locution adverbiale[en détail] in detailtout au long de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans l'espace] all alongtout au long de l'année all year long, throughout the year————————tout du long locution adverbiale1. [dans l'espace]ils ont descendu le fleuve tout du long they went all the way down the river, they descended the entire length of the river2. [dans le temps] all along————————tout le long de locution prépositionnelle -
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ДЕЛО НАЖИВНОЕ coll NP Invar subj-compl with бытье ( subj: concr, abstr, or, rare, human) pres only fixed WO(of money, material possessions etc or knowledge, some skill etc) sth. can or will be acquired eventually(of a spouse, friends etc) some person can or will be gotten, won over eventuallyX — дело наживное = it (thing X) will come with timeitfs (just) a matter (a question) of time (of knowledge or skills) one will pick it (thing X) up as one goes along (of friends or money) X can (always) be made there are always Xs (there is always X) to be made (of a spouse or material possessions) X can (always) be gotten (of material possessions only) there are always Xs to be had X can be bought again.«Отпускные мои все до копейки кончились, а без денег далеко не разбежишься...» - «Деньги - дело наживное», -сказал Антон (Чернёнок 2). "I've spent the last cent of my vacation money, and you can't go far without money." "Money can be made," Anton said (2a).«...Ко мне приходил офицер, просят, чтобы дать несколько подвод под раненых. Ведь это все дело наживное а каково им оставаться, подумай!..» (Толстой 6). "...An officer came to me...they are begging me to let them have a few carts for the wounded....After all, it's only a question of a few things that can easily be bought again, and think what it means for them to be left behind!..." (6a). -
3 дело наживное
• ДЕЛО НАЖИВНОЕ coll[NP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: concr, abstr, or, rare, human); pres only; fixed WO]=====⇒ (of money, material possessions etc or knowledge, some skill etc) sth. can or will be acquired eventually; (of a spouse, friends etc) some person can or will be gotten, won over eventually:- [of knowledge or skills] one will pick it (thing X) up as one goes along;- [of friends or money] X can (always) be made;- [of a spouse or material possessions] X can (always) be gotten;- [of material possessions only] there are always Xs to be had;- X can be bought again.♦ "Отпускные мои все до копейки кончились, а без денег далеко не разбежишься..." - "Деньги - дело наживное", - сказал Антон (Чернёнок 2). "I've spent the last cent of my vacation money, and you can't go far without money." "Money can be made," Anton said (2a).♦ "...Ко мне приходил офицер, просят, чтобы дать несколько подвод под раненых. Ведь это все дело наживное; а каково им оставаться, подумай!.." (Толстой 6). "...An officer came to me...they are begging me to let them have a few carts for the wounded....After all, it's only a question of a few things that can easily be bought again, and think what it means for them to be left behind!..." (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дело наживное
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4 a prueba de incendios
= fireproof [fire-proof]Ex. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.* * *= fireproof [fire-proof]Ex: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
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5 a prueba de tornados
(n.) = tornado proofEx. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.* * *(n.) = tornado proofEx: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
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6 aguantar un golpe
(v.) = take + a hitEx. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.* * *(v.) = take + a hitEx: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
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7 ignífugo
adj.fireproof, fire-resistant, fire-resisting, flameproof.* * *► adjetivo1 flameproof, noninflammable* * *ADJ fireproof, fire-resistant* * *= fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing.Ex. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.Ex. Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.* * *= fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing.Ex: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
Ex: Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.* * *ignífugo -gafireproof, fire resistant* * *
ignífugo,-a adjetivo fireproof, fire-resistant
' ignífugo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ignífuga
English:
flameproof
- fire
* * *ignífugo, -a adjfireproof, flameproof* * *adj fireproof, fire-resistant* * *ignífugo, -ga adj: fire-resistant, fireproof -
8 incombustible
adj.1 fire-resistant.2 noncombustible, fireproof, fireproofed, flameproof.m.incombustible substance, incombustible, incombustible material.* * *► adjetivo1 incombustible, fireproof* * *ADJ [mueble, ropa] fire-resistant; [tela] fireproof* * *adjetivo fireproof, incombustible (tech)* * *= fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing.Ex. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.Ex. Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.* * *adjetivo fireproof, incombustible (tech)* * *= fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing.Ex: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
Ex: Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.* * *fireproof, incombustible ( tech)* * *
incombustible adjetivo
1 incombustible, fireproof
2 fam (perseverante) unwearying
' incombustible' also found in these entries:
English:
fire proof
* * *incombustible adj1. [resistente al fuego] fire-resistantel incombustible líder del partido se vuelve a presentar a las elecciones the party leader, who is still going strong after all these years, is standing for election once more* * *adj fireproof;figser incombustible go on for ever* * *incombustible adj: fireproof -
9 locomotora
adj.&f.feminine of LOCOMOTOR.f.engine, locomotive.* * *1 locomotive* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Ferro) engine, locomotivelocomotora de maniobras — shunting engine, switch engine (EEUU)
2) [de la economía, del desarrollo] driving force* * *femenino (Ferr) locomotive, engine* * *= engine craft, locomotive.Ex. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.Ex. Our warehouse shelter nearly 150 vehicles ranging from locomotives to road tankers.* * *femenino (Ferr) locomotive, engine* * *= engine craft, locomotive.Ex: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
Ex: Our warehouse shelter nearly 150 vehicles ranging from locomotives to road tankers.* * *1 ( Ferr) locomotive, engine2 (elemento impulsor) driving forceCompuestos:diesel locomotivesteam locomotiveelectric locomotivetank engine* * *
locomotora sustantivo femenino (Ferr) locomotive, engine
locomotora sustantivo femenino locomotive
' locomotora' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fogón
- chimenea
English:
engine
- locomotive
- railway engine
- steam
* * *locomotora nfengine, locomotive;Figel turismo es la locomotora de la economía tourism is the driving force behind the economylocomotora diesel diesel engine;locomotora eléctrica electric locomotive;locomotora de tracción traction engine;locomotora de vapor steam locomotive* * *f locomotive* * *locomotora nf1) : locomotive2) : driving force* * *locomotora n engine -
10 recibir un golpe
(v.) = take + a hitEx. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.* * *(v.) = take + a hitEx: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
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11 tasser
I.v. intrans. Qu'est-ce que je lui ai tassé! I didn't halflet him have it! — I gave him what for! — I gave him a severe punishing! (this can be physical or verbal).II.v. trans. reflex. To 'stuff one's face', to consume vast quantities of food and drink. On s'est tassé un sacré petit gueuleton! We had ourselves a really slap-up meal!III.v. pronom. Ça va se tasser! It'll all come out in the wash! — Things will sort themselves out! T'en fais pas, tout finira par se tasser! I wouldn't bother, things will right themselves eventually! -
12 в конце концов он это сделает
Makarov: he will do it eventuallyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в конце концов он это сделает
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13 в конце концов он это сделает, он сделает это рано или поздно
General subject: he will do it eventuallyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в конце концов он это сделает, он сделает это рано или поздно
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14 он сделает это рано или поздно
Makarov: he will do it eventuallyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он сделает это рано или поздно
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15 refractario2
2 = fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing, refractory, heat-resistant.Ex. We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.Ex. Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.Ex. Refractory metals and alloys are extraordinarily resistant to heat, wear, and corrosion.Ex. Refractory clay is slightly better but you do not need heat-resistant material for claying a forge.----* arcilla refractaria = refractory clay, fireclay.* ladrillo refractario = firebrick, fireclay brick, fireproof brick. -
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adj.1 refractory, rebel.2 refractory, heat-reflecting, fireproof, flameproof.m.refractory, firebrick.* * *► adjetivo1 (al fuego) heat-resistant2 (persona - que rehúsa) reluctant, unwilling; (- opuesta) opposed* * *ADJ1) (Téc) fireproof, heat-resistant; (Culin) ovenproof2)ser refractario a la reforma — to be resistant o opposed to reform
ser refractario a las lenguas — to have no aptitude for languages, be hopeless where languages are concerned
* * *- ria adjetivo1) < materiales> heat-resistant, refractory (tech); <fuente/molde> ovenproof2) < persona>* * *- ria adjetivo1) < materiales> heat-resistant, refractory (tech); <fuente/molde> ovenproof2) < persona>* * *refractario11 = refractory.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
refractario22 = fireproof [fire-proof], fireproofing, refractory, heat-resistant.Ex: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.
Ex: Locate records of patents assigned to the Celenese company for fireproofing substances.Ex: Refractory metals and alloys are extraordinarily resistant to heat, wear, and corrosion.Ex: Refractory clay is slightly better but you do not need heat-resistant material for claying a forge.* arcilla refractaria = refractory clay, fireclay.* ladrillo refractario = firebrick, fireclay brick, fireproof brick.* * *A ‹materiales› heat-resistant, fireproof, refractory ( tech); ‹fuente/molde› ovenproofbarro refractario fireclay, refractory clayladrillos refractarios firebricksB ‹infección› refractoryC ‹persona› refractario A algo opposed TO sthes refractario a las innovaciones he's opposed to change, he resists change* * *refractario, -a adj1. [material] heat-resistant, refractory;[plato, fuente] ovenproofes refractario a los cambios he's opposed to change* * *adj TÉC heat-resistant, fireproof;figser refractario a algo be against sth* * *refractario, - ria adj: refractory, obstinate -
17 מה שלא יעשה השכל יעשה הזמן
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18 finir
finir [finiʀ]➭ TABLE 21. transitive verba. ( = achever) to finish ; [+ discours, affaire] to end• finis ton pain ! finish your bread!• tu as fini de te plaindre ? have you quite finished?2. intransitive verba. ( = se terminer) to finish• mots finissant en « ble » words ending in "ble"b. [personne] to end up• il a fini directeur/en prison he ended up as director/in prison• finir troisième/cinquième to finish third/fifthc. ( = mourir) to died. ► en finir• en finir avec qch/qn to be done with sth/sb• à n'en plus finir [route, discours, discussion] endless* * *finiʀ
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1) ( achever) to finish (off), to complete [travail, tâche]; ( conclure) to end [journée, nuit, discours]finissez vos querelles! — put a stop to your quarrelling [BrE]!
pour finir, je dirai que — in conclusion I'll say that
2) ( consommer jusqu'au bout) to use up [provisions, produit]; to finish [plat]
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verbe intransitif to finish, to endle film finit bien/mal — the film has a happy/an unhappy ending
elle n'en finit pas de se préparer — she takes ages (colloq) to get ready
des discussions à n'en plus finir — endless discussions; queue
* * *finiʀ1. vtJe viens de finir ce livre. — I've just finished this book.
2. vito finish, to endLe cours finit à onze heures. — The lesson finishes at 11 o'clock.
finir quelque part — to end up somewhere, to finish up somewhere
Il a fini par rentrer chez lui à pied. — He ended up walking home.
Il a fini par se décider. — He made up his mind in the end.
il va mal finir. — he will come to a bad end.
* * *finir verb table: finirA vtr1 ( achever) to finish (off), to complete [travail, tâche]; ( conclure) to end [journée, nuit, discours] (avec with); finir de faire to finish doing; finis tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer finish your homework before you go off to play; ne l'interromps pas, laisse-le finir (son histoire) don't interrupt him, let him finish (his story); j'ai fini le roman I have finished the novel; il a fini la soirée au poste de police/dans une boîte de nuit he ended the evening at the police station/in a night club; finir sa vie or ses jours en prison/dans la misère to end one's life ou days in prison/in poverty; de grâce, finissez vos querelles! please, put a stop to your quarrellingGB!; pour finir, je dirai que in conclusion I'll say that; vous n'avez pas fini de vous disputer? for goodness sake stop arguing!; tu n'as pas fini de m'embêter/de te plaindre? have you quite finished annoying me/complaining?; elle n'a pas fini de s'inquiéter/d'avoir des problèmes her worries/troubles are only just beginning; tu n'as pas fini d'en entendre parler! you haven't heard the last of it!;2 ( consommer jusqu'au bout) to use up [provisions, produit, shampooing, détergent]; to finish [plat, dessert]; j'ai fini le sucre, j'en rachèterai I've used up all the sugar, I'll buy some more; qui veut finir le gâteau/vin? who wants to finish the cake/wine?, who wants the last of the cake/wine?; il finit toutes les affaires de son grand frère○ he gets all his big brother's hand-me-downs.B vi1 gén to finish, to end; Admin [contrat, bail] to run out, to expire; le spectacle finit dans 20 minutes the show ends ou finishes in 20 minutes; tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; le film finit bien/mal the film has a happy/an unhappy ending; tu as fini avec le dictionnaire/l'agrafeuse? have you finished with the dictionary/the stapler?; ça va mal finir! it'll end in tears!; il finira mal ce garçon that boy will come to a bad end; le roman finit sur une note optimiste the novel ends on an optimistic note; le spectacle a fini par un feu d'artifice the show ended in ou with a firework display; la réunion a fini en bagarre or par une bagarre the meeting ended in a brawl; la route finit en piste the road ends in a dirt track; sa barbe finit en pointe his beard tapers to a point; les verbes finissant en ‘er’ verbs ending in ‘er’; il finira en prison/dans l'armée/à l'hospice/dans la misère he'll end up in prison/in the army/in the poorhouse/in poverty; il a fini alcoolique he ended up an alcoholic; il a fini directeur de la société he ended up (as) company director;2 finir par faire to end up doing; tu vas finir par te blesser/la vexer/être en retard you'll end up hurting yourself/offending her/being late; ils finiront bien par céder they're bound to give in in the end; il a fini par se décider/accepter/avouer he eventually made up his mind/accepted/confessed; il a fini par s'apercevoir de son erreur he eventually realized that he'd made a mistake; elle finira par lui pardonner/l'oublier she'll forgive him/forget him in the end; elle a fini par obtenir satisfaction she eventually got what she wanted;3 en finir avec qch/qn to have done with sth/sb; on n'en finira donc jamais avec ce type○? will we never have done with this guy○?; finissons-en! let's get it over and done with!, let's have done with it!; fais ce qu'il te dit et qu'on en finisse do as he says and have done with it; il faut en finir avec cette situation/violence we must put an end to this situation/violence; il veut en finir avec la vie he wants to end his life; le film/l'hiver/la route n'en finit pas the film/winter/the road seems endless ou never-ending; il n'en finit pas ce feu rouge! is this red light ever going to change?; elle a des jambes qui n'en finissent pas she's all legs, she's very leggy; elle n'en finit pas de se préparer she takes ages○ to get ready; il n'en finit pas de rabâcher les mêmes histoires he's forever telling the same stories; des discussions/ problèmes à n'en plus finir endless discussions/problems; ⇒ queue.[finir] verbe transitif1. [achever - tâche, ouvrage] to finish (off) ; [ - guerre, liaison] to end ; [ - études] to complete ; [ - période, séjour] to finish, to completeelle a voulu en finir [se suicider] she tried to end it allil faut en finir, cette situation ne peut plus durer we must do something to put an end to this situation2. [plat, boisson, etc.] to finish (off ou up)il a fini le gâteau/la bouteille he finished off the cake/the bottle3. [en réprimande]vous n'avez pas fini de vous plaindre? haven't you done enough moaning, can't you stop moaning?————————[finir] verbe intransitifpour finir in the end, finallyfinir par (suivi d'un infinitif) : il a fini par renoncer/réussir he eventually ou finally gave up/succeededen janvier, fini de rigoler, tu te remets au travail come January there'll be no more messing around, you're going to have to get down to some workn'en pas finir, n'en plus finir: cette journée/son discours n'en finit pas there's no end to this day/his speechdes plaintes à n'en plus finir endless ou never-ending complaints2. [avoir telle issue]il a mal fini [délinquant] he came to a bad endun roman qui finit bien/mal a novel with a happy/sad endingcomment tout cela va-t-il finir? where ou how will it all end?ça va mal finir no good will come of it, it will all end in disaster3. [mourir] to diefinir à l'hôpital to end one's days ou to die in hospital -
19 Artificial Intelligence
In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, EventuallyJust as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the ProgramMany problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)[AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract FormThe basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory FormationIt is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular ContextsEven if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial IntelligenceThe primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary PropositionsIn artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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20 endlich
I Adv. (nach langer Zeit) finally, at (long) last; (schließlich) in the end, eventually; bei Aufzählungen: (and) last(ly), (and) finally; hör endlich auf! stop it, will you!; for goodness’ etc. sake stop it ( oder that)!; (na) endlich! umg. at last!, about time too!; bist du endlich fertig? have you quite finished?; iro. are you sure you’ve finished?; das solltest du endlich wissen you should know that by nowII Adj.1. (begrenzt) limited, finite3. PHILOS. UND MATH. finite* * *in the end (Adv.); at long last (Adv.); ultimately (Adv.); finally (Adv.); ultimate (Adj.); finitely (Adv.); at last (Adv.)* * *ẹnd|lich ['ɛntlɪç]1. adj1) (MATH, PHILOS) finite2) (rare = lang erwartet, schließlich) eventual2. advfinally, at last; (= am Ende) eventually, in the end, finallyna endlich! — at( long) last!
hör endlich damit auf! — will you stop that!
endlich kam er doch — he eventually came after all, in the end he came (after all)
* * *1) (in the end, especially after a long delay: Oh, there he is at ( long) last!) at (long) last2) (happening in the end: their quarrel and eventual reconciliation.) eventual3) (at last, after a long time: The train finally arrived.) finally4) (at last: At length the walkers arrived home.) at length* * *end·lich[ˈɛntlɪç]I. adv1. (nunmehr) at last\endlich kommt der Bus! there's the bus at last!lass mich \endlich in Ruhe! can't you leave me in peace!hör \endlich auf! will you stop that!komm doch \endlich! come on!, get a move on!2. (schließlich) finallyna \endlich! (fam) at [long] last!\endlicher Dezimalbruch terminating decimal\endliche Menge finite set\endliche Zahl finite number* * *1.1) (nach langer Zeit) at lastna endlich [kommst du]! — [so you've arrived] at [long] last
2) (schließlich) in the end; eventually2.Adjektiv finite <size, number>* * *A. adv (nach langer Zeit) finally, at (long) last; (schließlich) in the end, eventually; bei Aufzählungen: (and) last(ly), (and) finally;(na) endlich! umg at last!, about time too!;bist du endlich fertig? have you quite finished?; iron are you sure you’ve finished?;das solltest du endlich wissen you should know that by nowB. adj1. (begrenzt) limited, finite* * *1.1) (nach langer Zeit) at lastna endlich [kommst du]! — [so you've arrived] at [long] last
2) (schließlich) in the end; eventually2.Adjektiv finite <size, number>* * *(Mathematik) adj.finite adj. adv.at last adv.at length adv.finally adv.finitely adv.ultimately adv.
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