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  • 1 wind

    Ⅰ.
    wind1 [wɪnd]
    1 noun
    (a) Meteorology vent m;
    there's quite a wind il y a beaucoup de vent;
    the wind has risen/dropped le vent s'est levé/est tombé;
    the wind is changing le vent tourne;
    Nautical into the wind contre le vent;
    Nautical off the wind dans le sens du vent;
    Nautical before the wind le vent en poupe;
    figurative the winds of change are blowing il y a du changement dans l'air;
    figurative with a fair wind si tout va bien;
    the cold wind of recession le vent glacial de la récession;
    to get wind of sth avoir vent de qch;
    to run like the wind courir comme le vent;
    to be scattered to the four winds être éparpillés aux quatre vents;
    there's something in the wind il se prépare quelque chose;
    to take the wind out of sb's sails couper l'herbe sous le pied à qn;
    let's wait and see which way the wind blows attendons de voir quelle tournure les événements vont prendre
    (b) (breath) souffle m;
    to get one's wind back reprendre haleine ou son souffle;
    to get one's second wind reprendre haleine ou son souffle;
    Sport he had the wind knocked out of him on lui a coupé le souffle, on l'a mis hors d'haleine;
    the fall knocked the wind out of her la chute lui a coupé le souffle;
    familiar to put the wind up sb flanquer la frousse à qn;
    familiar to have the wind up avoir la frousse
    his speech was just a lot of wind son discours n'était que du vent
    (d) (UNCOUNT) (air in stomach) vents mpl, gaz mpl;
    broad beans give me wind les fèves me donnent des vents ou des gaz;
    I've got terrible wind j'ai de terribles vents;
    to break wind lâcher des vents;
    to get a baby's wind up faire faire son renvoi à un bébé
    the wind (section) les instruments mpl à vent, les vents mpl;
    the wind is or are too loud les instruments à vent sont trop forts
    to wind sb couper le souffle à qn;
    the blow winded him le coup l'a mis hors d'haleine ou lui a coupé le souffle;
    she was quite winded by the walk uphill la montée de la côte l'a essoufflée ou lui a coupé le souffle;
    don't worry, I'm only winded ne t'inquiète pas, j'ai la respiration coupée, c'est tout
    (b) (horse) laisser souffler
    (c) (baby) faire faire son renvoi à
    (d) Hunting (prey) avoir vent de
    ►► wind chimes carillon m éolien;
    wind cone manche f à air;
    wind energy énergie f éolienne;
    wind farm champ m d'éoliennes;
    wind gauge anémomètre m;
    Music wind harp harpe f éolienne;
    Music wind instrument instrument m à vent;
    Theatre wind machine machine f à souffler le vent;
    wind power énergie f du vent ou éolienne;
    wind pump éolienne f;
    wind rose rose f des vents;
    Aviation wind sleeve manche f à air;
    wind speed vitesse f du vent;
    wind tunnel tunnel m aérodynamique;
    wind turbine éolienne f
    Ⅱ.
    wind2 [waɪnd] (pt & pp wound [waʊnd])
    (bend → procession, road) serpenter; (coil → thread) s'enrouler;
    the river winds through the valley le fleuve décrit des méandres dans la vallée ou traverse la vallée en serpentant
    (a) (wrap → bandage, rope) enrouler;
    I wound a scarf round my neck j'ai enroulé une écharpe autour de mon cou;
    wind the string into a ball enrouler la ficelle pour en faire une pelote;
    the snake had wound itself around the man's arm le serpent s'était enroulé autour du bras de l'homme;
    literary to wind sb in one's arms enlacer qn;
    to wind sb round or around one's little finger mener qn par le bout du nez
    (b) (clock, watch, toy) remonter; (handle) tourner, donner un tour de;
    have you wound your watch? avez-vous remonté votre montre?
    or humorous (travel) to wind one's way home prendre le chemin du retour
    3 noun
    give the clock/the watch a wind remontez l'horloge/la montre;
    she gave the handle another wind elle tourna la manivelle encore une fois, elle donna un tour de manivelle de plus
    (b) (bend → of road) tournant m, courbe f; (→ of river) coude m
    rembobiner
    (a) (person) se détendre, décompresser
    (b) (party, meeting) tirer à sa fin;
    the party didn't begin to wind down until nearly 4 a.m. la fête a continué à battre son plein jusqu'à environ 4 heures du matin
    (c) Technology (clock, watch) ralentir
    (a) Technology (lower) faire descendre; (car window) baisser
    (b) (bring to an end → business) mener (doucement) vers sa fin
    (faire) avancer
    dérouler; (from a spool or reel) dévider
    enrouler
    wind up
    (a) (conclude → meeting) terminer; (→ account, business) liquider;
    the chairman wound up the debate le président a clos le ou mis fin au débat;
    the business will be wound up by the end of the year l'entreprise sera liquidée avant la fin de l'année
    (b) (raise) monter, faire monter; (car window) monter, fermer
    (c) (string, thread) enrouler; (on a spool) dévider
    (d) Technology (clock, watch, toy) remonter;
    familiar figurative to be wound up (about sth) être à cran (à cause de qch)
    (e) British familiar (annoy) asticoter; (tease) faire marcher; (fool) mettre en boîte;
    they're only winding you up ils te font marcher, ils essaient seulement de te mettre en boîte;
    don't you know when you're being wound up? tu ne te rends même pas compte quand on te fait marcher ou quand on essaie de te mettre en boîte?
    (a) familiar (end up) finir ;
    he wound up in jail il a fini ou s'est retrouvé en prison;
    she'll wind up begging in the streets elle finira par mendier dans la rue;
    he wound up with a broken nose il a fini avec le nez cassé;
    we usually wind up back at my place généralement, nous finissons chez moi;
    we wound up working for the same company nous nous sommes retrouvés à travailler pour la même compagnie
    (b) (end speech, meeting) conclure;
    I'd like to wind up by saying… je voudrais conclure en disant…

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > wind

  • 2 wind

    I 1. wind noun
    1) ((an) outdoor current of air: The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.) vind
    2) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) pust
    3) (air or gas in the stomach or intestines: His stomach pains were due to wind.) tarmluft, tarmgass
    2. verb
    (to cause to be out of breath: The heavy blow winded him.) bli andpusten, få til å miste pusten
    3. adjective
    ((of a musical instrument) operated or played using air pressure, especially a person's breath.) blåse-(instrument)
    - windiness
    - windfall
    - windmill
    - windpipe
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windscreen
    - windsock
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windswept
    - get the wind up
    - get wind of
    - get one's second wind
    - in the wind
    - like the wind
    II past tense, past participle - wound; verb
    1) (to wrap round in coils: He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.) surre, vikle (om)
    2) (to make into a ball or coil: to wind wool.) nøste, spole
    3) ((of a road etc) to twist and turn: The road winds up the mountain.) sno seg, bukte seg
    4) (to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc: I forgot to wind my watch.) trekke (opp)
    - winding
    - wind up
    - be/get wound up
    blåst
    --------
    fis
    --------
    vikle
    --------
    vind
    I
    subst. \/wɪnd\/
    1) vind, blåst
    2) luftdrag, luftstrøm, strømning
    3) pust(ing)
    4) teft, fert
    5) vind, promp, fjert, fis
    6) ( overført) (tomt) prat
    7) ( musikk) blåsergruppe, blåse-
    antitrade winds antipassat, motpassat
    before the wind med vinden, i medvind
    break wind prompe, fise, fjerte
    close to the wind opp mot vinden
    from the four winds ( overført) fra alle kanter
    get wind of ( overført) ane, få ferten av
    gust of wind vindkast
    have a long wind være utholden være langtekkelig
    hit\/caught in the wind ( boksing) bli truffet i solar plexus
    how \/ the way the wind blows ( overført) hvilken vei vinden blåser
    in the wind ( sjøfart) i vindøyet
    ( overført) i gjære, under oppseiling
    in the wind's eye i vindøyet
    it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good ( ordtak) aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe
    off the wind ( sjøfart) med rom vind
    raise the wind ( hverdagslig) skrape sammen penger
    recover the wind få igjen pusten ( overført) få nye krefter, hente seg inn
    run before the wind lense (unna for vinden)
    scattered to the four winds spredt for alle vinder
    a second wind nye krefter, ny giv
    sow the wind reap the whirlwind så vind og høste storm
    take the wind out of someone's sails ( overført) komme noen i forkjøpet, ødelegge noens planer
    three sheets to the wind ( hverdagslig) full, snydens, dritings
    to the four winds eller to the wind(s) ( overført) i alle vindretninger, til alle kanter ( overført) over bord, på båten
    kaste over bord, blåse i
    wind and weather permitting så sant været tillater det
    a wind of change forandring
    the wind(s) ( musikk) blåsergruppen, blåserne
    II
    subst. \/waɪnd\/
    1) slyngning, bukt(ning)
    2) dreiing, omgang
    3) heiseanordning, heising
    III
    verb \/wɪnd\/
    1) få ferten av, få teften av
    2) gjøre andpusten, (få til å) miste pusten
    3) la puste ut
    4) utsette for (vær og vind), lufttørke
    5) (få til å) rape
    be\/get winded være\/bli andpusten, være\/bli utmattet
    IV
    verb ( winded - winded eller wound - wound) \/waɪnd\/
    (litterært, om blåseinstrument) blåse i
    V
    verb ( wound - wound) \/waɪnd\/
    1) sno (noe om noe), binde (noe rundt noe)
    2) svøpe, pakke inn
    3) spole, nøste, vikle
    4) sno seg, slynge seg
    5) stramme, vri, trekke, heise, hale
    6) ( om treverk) slå seg
    to wind up \/ winding up something som avslutning på noe, avslutningsvis
    to wind up the dinner, let us have some coffee
    wind back\/forward snurre tilbake\/frem
    wind down rulle ned ( overført) trappe ned, slappe av
    wind on\/off nøste opp\/av, spole på\/av, dreie frem\/tilbake
    wind someone up ( om person) erte noen, provosere noen, irritere noen
    wind up skru opp, rulle opp (av)slutte, ende med\/på
    (handel, jus) avvikle, avslutte, gjøre opp

    English-Norwegian dictionary > wind

  • 3 scatter

    ['skætə]
    1) (to (make) go or rush in different directions: The sudden noise scattered the birds; The crowds scattered when the bomb exploded.) espalhar(-se)
    2) (to throw loosely in different directions: The load from the overturned lorry was scattered over the road.) espalhar
    - scattering
    - scatterbrain
    - scatterbrained
    * * *
    scat.ter1
    [sk'ætə] n 1 ato de espalhar. 2 dispersão. • vt+vi 1 espalhar, esparramar. it was scattered to the wind / foi espalhado em todas as direções. 2 dispersar, debandar. 3 dispersar-se, dissipar. our hopes were scattered / frustraram-se as nossas esperanças.
    ————————
    scat.ter2
    [sk'ætə] n sl 1 boteco, bar. 2 ponto de encontro de pessoas.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > scatter

  • 4 scatter

    1. [ʹskætə] n
    1. рассеивание; разброс
    2. редк. разбрасывание
    3. физ. рассеяние
    4. редк. небольшое количество (рассеянное по поверхности и т. п.)
    2. [ʹskætə] v
    1. 1) разбрасывать, рассыпать, раскидывать; расшвыривать

    to scatter seed [crumbs] - разбрасывать семена [крошки]

    to scatter far and wide /everywhere/ - раскидывать повсюду

    he scattered his papers all over the room - он разбросал свои бумаги по всей комнате

    2) воен. рассеивать, разбрасывать
    2. размещать (в разных местах, на разном расстоянии)

    garrisons were scattered up and down the country - гарнизоны были разбросаны по всей стране

    I've scattered some ashtrays around the room so that cigarettes don't get trodden into the floor - я расставила пепельницы в разных местах комнаты, чтобы окурки не валялись на полу

    3. 1) разгонять, рассеивать
    2) рассеиваться, расходиться

    the flock of birds scattered when a shot was fired - птицы разлетелись, когда раздался выстрел

    the clouds scattered before the wind - подул ветер, и тучи рассеялись

    the boys scattered to look for mushrooms - мальчики разбежались в разные стороны в поисках грибов

    3) воен. рассредоточиваться, рассыпаться
    4. разбивать, разрушать, развеивать (надежды, планы)

    all our hopes and plans are scattered to the four winds - все наши надежды и планы рухнули

    5. (with) посыпать, усыпать (чем-л.)
    6. 1) распылять (средства и т. п.)
    2) разъединять, разрознивать (коллекцию и т. п.)

    this great collection of books has now been scattered to the four quarters of the globe - эта большая коллекция книг теперь разрознена и разбросана по всему свету

    7. распространять, издавать ( запах)
    8. щедро наделять, осыпать

    kings scattered wealth and titles among their favourites - короли щедро раздавали своим фаворитам деньги и титулы

    9. уст. проматывать, пускать на ветер (состояние и т. п.)
    10. физ.
    1) рассеивать
    2) рассеиваться

    НБАРС > scatter

  • 5 beat

    bi:t
    1. сущ.
    1) удар;
    барабанный бой;
    биение сердца Syn: pulse
    2) батман (балетное па)
    3) род удара в фехтовании
    4) действия по вспугиванию дичи на охоте (дудение в рога, битье в бубны и т.п.)
    5) такт, ритм;
    движение дирижерской палочки, дирижирование
    6) размер, ритм irregular beat ≈ неправильный ритм regular beat ≈ правильный ритм steady beat ≈ постоянный ритм
    7) колебание( маятника в часовом механизме) ;
    тиканье off the beat
    8) дозор, обход;
    пост (как площадь, за которой должен наблюдать и обходить часовой) be on the beat be off beat be out of beat
    9) разг. что-л. превосходящее (нечто, способное "побить" другое нечто) I've never seen his beat. ≈ Он бесподобен. get a beat on
    10) амер.;
    сл. газетная сенсация( нечто, опубликованное раньше других;
    ср. девятое значение)
    11) амер.;
    сл. бездельник
    12) то же, что beatnik
    2. прил. сокр. от beaten
    1) избитый, побитый beat knee
    2) сл. усталый, измученный
    3) относящийся к битникам, битниковский см. beatnik beat generation beat poetry
    3. гл.;
    прош. вр. - beat;
    прич. прош. вр. - beaten
    1) бить, колотить Syn: flagellate, flog, scourge, spank, thrash, whip
    2) выбивать (дробь на барабане) ;
    отбивать (мясо) ;
    взбивать (тесто, яйца) ;
    отбивать (столько-то часов) ;
    толочь;
    выколачивать (ковер и т. п.) First put the flour in the bowl, and then beat the eggs in. ≈ Сначала насыпьте муки, затем взбейте яйца. Beat the eggs into the flour. ≈ Взбейте яйца и смешайте их с мукой. beat the drum
    3) ковать
    4) битьсясердце) ;
    разбиваться( о волнах) ;
    и другие переносные значения) The rain beat against the windows. ≈ Дождь стучал в окна.
    5) побеждать, побивать The team was beaten for the second time. ≈ Команда вторично потерпела поражение. beat smb. at his own game
    6) превосходить it beats the band it beats all it beats anything it beats creation it beats my grandmother it beats the devil it beats hell it beats the world Can you beat it?
    7) амер.;
    разг. надувать;
    мошенничать;
    обходить (закон и т. п.) beat a bill
    8) охот. обрыскать (лес)
    9) мор. лавировать, бороться с встречным ветром, течением
    10) шататься по улицам, бродить туда-сюда
    11) метаться в поисках выхода, способа побега ∙ beat about beat about the bush beat against beat at beat back beat down beat in beat into beat off beat on beat out beat to beat to it beat to his knees beat up beat up the quarters of beat upon be all beat up to beat smb. hollow (или all to pieces, to nothing, to ribbands, to smithereens, to sticks) ≈ разбить кого-л. наголову to beat one's head with/about a thingломать себе над чем-л. голову to beat smb.'s brains out ≈ выбить кому-л. мозги, очень сильно бить that beats me ≈ не могу этого постичь;
    это выше моего понимания can you beat it? ≈ можете ли вы себе представить что-л. подобное? beat it beat goose beat the air beat the wind beat one's way
    удар;
    бой - the * of a drum барабанный бой - the * of waves on a beach прибой( специальное) пульсация (напр. сердца) ;
    колебание (маятника и т. п.) - the * of the heart биение сердца - his heart missed a * его сердце замерло (от волнения) (музыкальное) ритм, такт - in * в ритме - off the * не в ритме - off * синкопический( о музыке) ;
    неровный( о поведении человека) (музыкальное) отсчитывание такта - he kept * with his hand он отбивал такт рукой (музыкальное) доля (единица ритма, метра) - strong * сильная доля - four *s to a measure четырехдольный размер, четырехдольный такт (музыкальное) взмах дирижерской палочки дозор, обход;
    маршрут дозора;
    район патрулирования - a policeman on his * полицейский на своем участке - a street-walker on the * проститутка, вышедшая на промысел - to be on the * совершать обход;
    обходить дозором (охота) место облавы (американизм) (сленг) сенсационное сообщение( опубликованное в одной газете раньше, чем во всех остальных) (разговорное) нечто выдающееся, невиданное - you never saw the * of it вы никогда ничего подобного не видали - I've never seen his * он бесподобен (американизм) (разговорное) мошенник, обманщик - hotel *s постояльцы, уезжающие из гостиницы, не уплатив по счету( американизм) (разговорное) тунеядец битник (разговорное) надувательство, мошенничество - to get a * on smb. надуть кого-л. убытки батман (фехтование) (морское) лавирование;
    курс против течения или ветра (кинематографический) "хлопушка" (при съемке звуковых фильмов) pl (физическое) биения > to be off one's * быть вне привычной обстановки, не в своей стихии;
    вести себя не так, как всегда > it is off my * altogether это не по моей части;
    это не мое дело( американизм) (разговорное) усталый, измотавшийся, разбитый, выдохшийся( о человеке) (американизм) (разговорное) ошарашенный относящийся к битникам - * poetry поэзия битников бить, ударять;
    колотить, стучать - to * at /on/ the door колотить /стучать/ в дверь - to * a nut-tree сбивать орехи с дерева (с помощью шеста) - the hail was *ing against the window-panes град барабанил в окна - waves * against the shore волны бились /разбивались/ о берег - the hailstorm had *en the wheat град побил пшеницу - the eagle *s the air with its wings орел машет /хлопает/ крыльями бить, побить;
    избивать - badly *en сильно избитый - to * with a whip (от) хлестать, (от) стегать кнутом - to * to death забить до смерти - to * black and blue избить до синяков - you ought to be well *en! тебя надо бы хорошенько вздуть! колоть, измельчать - to * to powder, to * small истолочь в порошок - to * to pieces расколоть на куски побить, победить - to * smb. on points( спортивное) победить по очкам - to * for the loss of only two games( спортивное) выиграть с потерей только двух игр - to * smb. to his /her/ knees сломить, унизить кого-л. - their team was *en их команда потерпела поражение - I can * you at swimming в плавании я тебя побью, плаваю я лучше тебя - the enemy was *en and scattered враг был разбит и обращен в бегство( разговорное) превосходить;
    быть лучше, выше - to * all превзойти все - as a story-teller Chaucer *s all his contemporaries как рассказчик Чосер выше всех своих современников - that *s everithing I ever heard это поразительно, никогда ничего подобного не слышал (американизм) (разговорное) обойти, надуть, обмануть - to * a grocer's bill обмануть бакалейщика, не заплатив по счету (to) обогнать;
    обскакать - to * smb. to smth. раньше кого-л. прийти куда-л. или добиться чего-л. - to * smb. to it оказаться быстрее кого-л. в чем-л.;
    обогнать, перегнать кого-л7 (разговорное) озадачить - it *s me это выше моего понимания - can you * it? ну, что ты на это скажешь?, можете себе представить что-л. подобное? биться;
    трепетать;
    пульсировать - his heart * with joy его сердце забилось /затрепетало/ от радости - the flag was *ing in the wind флаг развевался по ветру, ветер трепал флаг - the waves were *ing (against) the shore волны разбивались /плескались/ о берег - the cans * in the van банки гремели /громыхали/ в кузове обыскивать, обшаривать, устраивать облаву - to * the jungle for monkeys организовать в джунглях облаву на обезьян - to * the town for smb. исколесить /объездить, исходить/ весь город в поисках кого-л. - the posse * the countryside for the fugitive отряд прочесал местность в поисках беглеца (американизм) (разговорное) убегать, удирать( преим. to * it) - let's * it давай смоемся;
    давай сбежим отсюда - * it! убирайся!, пошел вон!, отвали! ( физическое) создавать биения отбивать (такт, время) - to * time отбивать такт;
    делать( что-л.) в такт (маршировать и т. п.) - he was *ing time with his foot он отбивал такт ногой - the clock was *ing midnight било полночь бить (в барабан и т. п.) ;
    подавать сигнал - to * the drum бить в барабан - to * a retreat( военное) (историческое) бить отступление( на барабане) ;
    давать сигнал к отступлению;
    бить отбой, отступать( от своей позиции и т. п.) (разговорное) убегать, уносить ноги - to * a charge( военное) (историческое) бить наступление;
    подавать сигнал к наступлению /к атаке/ - to * an alarm бить тревогу - to * daybreak( военное) бить зорю - to * to arms (военное) бить сбор;
    призывать к оружию - * to arms! оружие к осмотру! (команда) - to * a parley( военное) (историческое) давать сигнал к переговорам;
    предлагать перемирие звучать при ударе (о барабане и т. п.) - the drums were *ing били барабаны взбивать (яйца, белки и т. п.) ;
    вымешивать( тесто;
    тж. * up) - to * eggs взбивать яйца - to * pillows взбивать подушки - to * dough месить тесто взбиваться (о яйцах и т. п.) - this cream does not * well эти сливки плохо взбиваются размешивать( глину и т. п.) - to * clay мять глину размешиваться (о глине и т. п.) выколачивать, выбивать (одежду и т. п.;
    тж. * up) - to * carpets выбивать ковры отбивать (мясо и т. п.) (техническое) ковать;
    чеканить - to * flat плющить, сплющивать - to * into leaf расплющивать металл - they shall * their swords into plough-shares (библеизм) они перекуют свои ме- чи на орала молотить, выколачивать (злаки) трепать( лен) пробивать, протаптывать, прокладывать( дорогу и т. п.) - to * a walk утрамбовывать дорожку - to * the streets гранить мостовую - to * one's way through проложить /пробить/ себе дорогу (морское) (спортивное) лавировать;
    бороться со встречным ветром или течением;
    продвигаться против ветра - to * along the wind держать курс по ветру - to * (up) to windward приводить на ветер > to beat smth. into smth. вбивать, вколачивать;
    вдалбливать;
    смешать, взбивая > to beat a nail into the wall вбить гвоздь в стену > to beat smth. into one's head вбить себе в голову что-л. > Ican beat it into his head никак не могу втолковать ему это > to beat smb. into smth., into doing smth. (битьем) заставить кого-л. сделать что-л.;
    вынудить кого-л. к чему-л. > to * one's head against a wall биться головой о стенку > to * the drum (сленг) трезвонить, разглагольствовать;
    хвастаться, рекламировать, раздувать > to * one's brains /head/ (out) with /about, on/ smth. ломать себе голову над чем-Л. > to * the air /the wind/ толочь воду в ступе > to * the hoof ходить пешком, на своих (на) двоих > to * one's gums /chops/ (сленг) трепать языком, болтать, разглагольствовать > to * hollow /to a frazzle, all to pieces/ разбить наголову;
    избить до полусмерти > to * the living daylights out of smb. (американизм) (сленг) избить кого-л. до полусмерти > to * the rap (американизм) уйти от возмездия /закона/ > you won't easily * it у тебя лучше не выйдет /не получится/ > it *s the band /creation, cock-fighting, the Dutch, my grandmother, the devil, hell/ это превосходит все, это невероятно /потрясающе/ - enough flowers were sent to * the band завалили /засыпали/ цветами - it rained to * the band дождь лил как из ведра - to * smb.'s time (сленг) отбивать у кого-л. невесту, жениха - to * one's way (американизм) (сленг) ехать без билета, путешествовать зайцем или на своих (на) двоих - to * about the bush ходить вокруг да около, вилять, подходить к делу издалека, говорить обиняками - stop *ing about the bush! говорите прямо! - one *s the bush while another catches the birds чужими руками жар загребать сорняки, сжигаемые для удобрения
    ~ дозор, обход;
    район (обхода) ;
    to be on the beat совершать обход;
    обходить дозором;
    to be off (или out of) one's beat быть вне привычной сферы деятельности или компетенции
    ~ дозор, обход;
    район (обхода) ;
    to be on the beat совершать обход;
    обходить дозором;
    to be off (или out of) one's beat быть вне привычной сферы деятельности или компетенции
    beat = beatnik ~ амер. sl. бездельник ~ физ. биение, пульсация (звуковых или световых волн) ~ (~;
    ~, beaten) бить, ударять, колотить ~ биться (о сердце) ;
    разбиваться (как волны о скалы) ;
    хлестать, стучаться( как дождь в окна) ~ выбивать (дробь на барабане) ;
    отбивать (котлету) ;
    взбивать (тесто, яйца) ;
    отбивать (часы) ;
    толочь (в порошок;
    тж. beat small) ;
    выколачивать (ковер, одежду, мебель и т. п.) ~ амер. sl. газетная сенсация ~ дозор, обход;
    район (обхода) ;
    to be on the beat совершать обход;
    обходить дозором;
    to be off (или out of) one's beat быть вне привычной сферы деятельности или компетенции ~ колебание (маятника) ~ мор. лавировать, бороться с встречным ветром, течением ~ охот. место облавы ~ амер. разг. надувать;
    мошенничать;
    обходить (закон и т. п.) ;
    to beat a bill избежать уплаты по счету ~ охот. обрыскать (лес) ~ побивать, побеждать;
    the team was beaten for the second time команда вторично потерпела поражение;
    to beat (smb.) at his own game бить (кого-л.) его же оружием ~ превосходить;
    it beats everything I ever heard это превосходит все, (когда-л.) слышанное мною ~ разг. (что-л.) превосходящее;
    I've never seen his beat он бесподобен ~ ритм, размер;
    the measured beat of the waves размеренный плеск волн ~ такт;
    отбивание такта ~ удар;
    бой (барабана) ;
    биение (сердца)
    ~ амер. разг. надувать;
    мошенничать;
    обходить (закон и т. п.) ;
    to beat a bill избежать уплаты по счету
    ~ about: to ~ about the bush ходить вокруг да около;
    подходить к делу осторожно, издалека;
    tell me straight what you want without beating about the bush говорите прямо, без обиняков, что вы хотите
    ~ побивать, побеждать;
    the team was beaten for the second time команда вторично потерпела поражение;
    to beat (smb.) at his own game бить (кого-л.) его же оружием
    ~ attr.: ~ generation битники
    ~ back отбивать, отражать ~ off = ~ back;
    ~ out выбивать, ковать (металл)
    ~ attr.: ~ generation битники
    to ~ (smth.) hollow превзойти, затмить( что-л.) ;
    it beats the band (или all, anything, creation, my grandmother, the devil, hellthe world) это превосходит все;
    это невероятно;
    ну, это уж слишком! to ~ (smb.) hollow (или all to pieces, to nothing, to ribbands, to smithereens, to sticks) разбить (кого-л.) наголову hollow: to beat ~ перещеголять to beat ~ разбить наголову;
    избить
    ~ into вбивать, вколачивать
    to ~ it разг. удирать;
    beat it! разг. прочь!, вон! to ~ it разг. удирать;
    beat it! разг. прочь!, вон!
    ~ off = ~ back;
    ~ out выбивать, ковать (металл)
    to ~ the air (или the wind) заниматься бесполезным делом, попусту стараться;
    to beat one's head with (или about) a thing ломать себе (над чем-л.) голову
    to ~ one's way пробираться;
    that beats me не могу этого постичь;
    это выше моего понимания;
    can you beat it? можете ли вы себе представить (что-л.) подобное?
    ~ off = ~ back;
    ~ out выбивать, ковать (металл)
    to ~ out the meaning разъяснять значение;
    to be beaten out амер. быть в изнеможении
    to ~ the air (или the wind) заниматься бесполезным делом, попусту стараться;
    to beat one's head with (или about) a thing ломать себе (над чем-л.) голову
    ~ up вербовать( рекрутов) ~ up взбивать (яйца и т. п.) ~ up избивать;
    обходиться со зверской жестокостью ~ up мор. продвигаться против ветра, против течения
    beat = beatnik beatnik: beatnik битник
    to ~ one's way пробираться;
    that beats me не могу этого постичь;
    это выше моего понимания;
    can you beat it? можете ли вы себе представить (что-л.) подобное?
    ~ разг. (что-л.) превосходящее;
    I've never seen his beat он бесподобен
    ~ превосходить;
    it beats everything I ever heard это превосходит все, (когда-л.) слышанное мною
    to ~ (smth.) hollow превзойти, затмить (что-л.) ;
    it beats the band (или all, anything, creation, my grandmother, the devil, hellthe world) это превосходит все;
    это невероятно;
    ну, это уж слишком!
    ~ ритм, размер;
    the measured beat of the waves размеренный плеск волн
    ~ побивать, побеждать;
    the team was beaten for the second time команда вторично потерпела поражение;
    to beat (smb.) at his own game бить (кого-л.) его же оружием
    ~ about: to ~ about the bush ходить вокруг да около;
    подходить к делу осторожно, издалека;
    tell me straight what you want without beating about the bush говорите прямо, без обиняков, что вы хотите
    to ~ one's way пробираться;
    that beats me не могу этого постичь;
    это выше моего понимания;
    can you beat it? можете ли вы себе представить (что-л.) подобное?
    ~ about: to ~ about the bush ходить вокруг да около;
    подходить к делу осторожно, издалека;
    tell me straight what you want without beating about the bush говорите прямо, без обиняков, что вы хотите

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > beat

  • 6 beat

    I
    1. [bi:t] n
    1. 1) удар; бой
    2) спец. пульсация (напр., сердца); колебание (маятника и т. п.)
    2. муз.
    1) ритм; такт
    2) отсчитывание такта
    3) доля (единица ритма, метра)

    strong [weak] beat - сильная [слабая] доля

    four beats to a measure - четырёхдольный размер, четырёхдольный такт

    4) взмах дирижёрской палочки
    3. 1) дозор, обход; маршрут дозора; район патрулирования

    a street-walker on the beat - проститутка, вышедшая на промысел

    to be on the beat - совершать обход; обходить дозором

    2) охот. место облавы
    4. амер. сл. сенсационное сообщение (опубликованное в одной газете раньше, чем во всех остальных)
    5. разг. нечто выдающееся, невиданное
    6. амер. разг.
    1) мошенник, обманщик

    hotel beats - постояльцы, уезжающие из гостиницы, не уплатив по счёту

    2) тунеядец
    3) = beatnik

    the beats = beat generation

    7. 1) разг. надувательство; мошенничество

    to get a beat on smb. - надуть кого-л.

    2) убытки
    8. батман ( фехтование)
    9. мор. лавирование; курс против течения или ветра
    11. pl физ. биения

    to be off one's beat - а) быть вне привычной обстановки, не в своей стихии; б) вести себя не так, как всегда

    it is off my beat altogether - это не по моей части; это не моё дело [ср. тж. 2, 1)]

    2. [bi:t] a
    1. амер. разг. усталый, измотавшийся, разбитый, выдохшийся ( о человеке)
    2. амер. разг. ошарашенный
    3. относящийся к битникам
    3. [bi:t] v (beat; beaten, beat)
    I
    1. бить, ударять; колотить, стучать

    to beat at /on/ the door - колотить /стучать/ в дверь

    waves beat against the shore - волны бились /разбивались/ о берег

    the eagle beats the air with its wings - орёл машет /хлопает/ крыльями

    2. 1) бить, побить; избивать

    to beat with a whip - (от)хлестать, (от)стегать кнутом

    you ought to be well beaten! - тебя надо бы хорошенько вздуть!

    2) колоть, измельчать

    to beat to powder, to beat small - истолочь в порошок

    3. 1) побить, победить

    to beat smb. on points - спорт. победить по очкам

    to beat for the loss of only two games - спорт. выиграть с потерей только двух игр

    to beat smb. to his /her/ knees - сломить, унизить кого-л.

    I can beat you at swimming - в плавании я тебя побью, плаваю я лучше тебя

    2) разг. превосходить; быть лучше, выше

    as a story-teller Chaucer beats all his contemporaries - как рассказчик Чосер выше всех своих современников

    that beats everything I ever heard - это поразительно, никогда ничего подобного не слышал

    3) амер. разг. обойти, надуть, обмануть

    to beat a grocer's bill - обмануть бакалейщика, не заплатив по счёту

    4) (to) обогнать; ≅ обскакать

    to beat smb. to smth. - раньше кого-л. прийти куда-л. или добиться чего-л.

    to beat smb. to it - оказаться быстрее кого-л. в чём-л.; обогнать, перегнать кого-л.

    5) разг. озадачить

    can you beat it? - ну, что ты на это скажешь?, можете себе представить что-л. подобное?

    4. биться; трепетать; пульсировать

    his heart beat with joy - его сердце забилось /затрепетало/ от радости

    the flag was beating in the wind - флаг развевался по ветру, ветер трепал флаг

    the waves were beating (against) the shore - волны разбивались /плескались/ о берег

    the cans beat in the van - банки гремели /громыхали/ в кузове

    5. обыскивать, обшаривать, устраивать облаву

    to beat the jungle for monkeys - организовать в джунглях облаву на обезьян

    to beat the town for smb. - исколесить /объездить, исходить/ весь город в поисках кого-л.

    the posse beat the countryside for the fugitive - отряд прочесал местность в поисках беглеца

    6. амер. разг. убегать, удирать (преим. to beat it)

    let's beat it - давай смоемся; давай сбежим отсюда

    beat it! - убирайся!, пошёл вон!, отвали!

    7. физ. создавать биения
    II А
    1. 1) отбивать (такт, время)

    to beat time - а) отбивать такт; б) делать (что-л.) в такт (маршировать и т. п.)

    2) бить (в барабан и т. п.); подавать сигнал

    to beat the drum - бить в барабан [см. тж. ]

    to beat a retreat - а) воен. ист. бить отступление ( на барабане); б) давать сигнал к отступлению; в) бить отбой, отступать (от своей позиции и т. п.); г) разг. убегать, уносить ноги

    to beat a charge - а) воен. ист. бить наступление; б) подавать сигнал к наступлению /к атаке/

    to beat daybreak - воен. бить зорю

    to beat to arms - а) воен. бить сбор; б) призывать к оружию

    to beat a parley - а) воен. ист. давать сигнал к переговорам; б) предлагать перемирие

    3) звучать при ударе (о барабане и т. п.)
    2. 1) взбивать (яйца, белки и т. п.); вымешивать ( тесто; тж. beat up)

    to beat eggs [cream] - взбивать яйца [сливки]

    2) взбиваться (о яйцах и т. п.)
    3) размешивать (глину и т. п.)
    4) размешиваться (о глине и т. п.)
    3. 1) выколачивать, выбивать (одежду и т. п.; тж. beat up)

    to beat carpets [rugs, curtains] - выбивать ковры [половики, занавески]

    2) отбивать (мясо и т. п.)
    3) тех. ковать; чеканить

    to beat flat - плющить, сплющивать

    they shall beat their swords into plough-shares - библ., поэт. они перекуют свои мечи на орала

    4) молотить, выколачивать ( злаки)
    5) трепать ( лён)
    4. пробивать, протаптывать, прокладывать (дорогу и т. п.)

    to beat one's way through - проложить /пробить/ себе дорогу

    5. мор., спорт. лавировать; бороться со встречным ветром или течением; продвигаться против ветра
    II Б
    1. to beat smth. into smth.
    1) вбивать, вколачивать; вдалбливать

    to beat smth. into one's head - вбить себе в голову что-л.

    2) смешать, взбивая
    2. to beat smb. into smth., into doing smth. (битьём) заставить кого-л. сделать что-л.; вынудить кого-л. к чему-л.

    to beat the drum - сл. а) трезвонить, разглагольствовать; б) хвастаться, рекламировать, раздувать; [см. тж. II 1, 2)]

    to beat one's breast - бить себя в грудь, каяться

    to beat one's brains /head/ (out) with /about, on/ smth. - ломать себе голову над чем-л.

    to beat the air /the wind/ - ≅ толочь воду в ступе

    to beat the hoof - ходить пешком, на своих (на) двоих

    to beat one's gums /chops/ - сл. трепать языком, болтать, разглагольствовать

    to beat hollow /to a frazzle, all to pieces/ - а) разбить наголову; б) избить до полусмерти

    to beat the living daylights out of smb. - амер. сл. избить кого-л. до полусмерти

    to beat the rap - амер. уйти от возмездия /закона/

    you won't easily beat it - у тебя лучше не выйдет /не получится/

    it beats the band /creation, cock-fighting, the Dutch, my grandmother, the devil, hell/ - это превосходит всё, это невероятно /потрясающе/

    enough flowers were sent to beat the band - ≅ завалили /засыпали/ цветами

    to beat smb.'s time - сл. отбивать у кого-л. невесту, жениха

    to beat one's way - амер. сл. ехать без билета, путешествовать зайцем или на своих (на) двоих

    to beat about the bush - ходить вокруг да около, вилять, подходить к делу издалека, говорить обиняками

    stop beating about the bush! - говорите прямо!

    one beats the bush while another catches the birds - ≅ чужими руками жар загребать

    II [bi:t] n
    сорняки, сжигаемые для удобрения

    НБАРС > beat

  • 7 scatter

    1. n рассеивание; разброс
    2. n редк. разбрасывание
    3. n физ. рассеяние
    4. n редк. небольшое количество
    5. v разбрасывать, рассыпать, раскидывать; расшвыривать
    6. v воен. рассеивать, разбрасывать
    7. v размещать
    8. v разгонять, рассеивать
    9. v рассеиваться, расходиться

    the flock of birds scattered when a shot was fired — птицы разлетелись, когда раздался выстрел

    the clouds scattered before the wind — подул ветер, и тучи рассеялись

    10. v воен. рассредоточиваться, рассыпаться
    11. v разбивать, разрушать, развеивать
    12. v посыпать, усыпать
    13. v распылять
    14. v разъединять, разрознивать

    this great collection of books has now been scattered to the four quarters of the globeэта большая коллекция книг теперь разрознена и разбросана по всему свету

    15. v распространять, издавать
    16. v щедро наделять, осыпать
    17. v уст. проматывать, пускать на ветер
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. broadcast (verb) bestrew; broadcast; cast; disject; dispense; radiate; seed; shed; shower; sow; spread; sprinkle; straw; strew; throw
    2. separate (verb) diffuse; disband; dispel; disperse; disseminate; dissolve; distribute; disunite; diverge; divide; fade; melt; rout; separate; sunder
    3. spent (verb) dissipate; exhaust; expend; spend; spent; squander; waste
    Антонимический ряд:
    assemble; collect; concentrate; gather; preserve

    English-Russian base dictionary > scatter

  • 8 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 9 scatter

    1. I
    the crowd scattered толпа разошлась /разбрелась, рассеялась/; the hens scattered куры бросились врассыпную; the birds scattered птицы разлетелись
    2. III
    scatter smth. scatter seed (paper bags and orange peel, crumbs, etc.) разбрасывать /раскидывать/ семена и т.д; scatter clouds рассеивать /разгонять/ облака или тучи; scatter perfume разбрызгивать духи; the tempest scattered the ships ураган разбросал корабли; scatter one's inheritance растратить /промотать/ наследство; scatter smb. scatter a crowd (a demonstration, a procession, etc.) разгонять толпу и т.д.; scatter birds (a flock of birds) вспугивать (стаю) птиц
    3. IV
    scatter smth. in some manner scatter smth. lavishly (thickly, thinly, recklessly, foolishly, rapidly, etc.) щедро и т.д. разбрасывать что-л.; scatter smth. somewhere scatter smth. everywhere (here and there, far and wide, etc.) разбрасывать что-л. повсюду и т.д.; he scatters his belongings all over the house он раскидывает свои вещи по всему дому
    4. XI
    1) be scattered this great collection of books is scattered это величайшее собрание книг теперь разрознено; be (lie) scattered somewhere fragments of bursting shells (leaves) are scattered far and wide осколки снарядов (листья) раскиданы /разбросаны/ повсюду; the cottages lie scattered in the plain по всей долине разбросаны небольшие коттеджи; many isles are scattered in the sea по всему морю разбросано множество маленьких островков; the information on this subject has been scattered through many volumes данные по этому вопросу разбросаны по многим книгам; be scattered in some manner on the island the population is thinly scattered население острова живет в редко разбросанных небольших селениях
    2) be scattered all our hopes and plans were scattered наши надежды и планы потерпели крах /рухнули/; find smth. scattered somewhere we found everything scattered all over the floor мы увидели, что все вещи разбросаны по полу; be scattered with smth. the park was scattered with rubbish весь парк был завален мусором; her path was scattered with flowers ее путь был усыпан цветами
    5. XVI
    scatter before smth. clouds scatter before the wind облака или тучи рассеиваются на ветру, ветер гонит облака или тучи; scatter at smth. the crowd scattered at the approach of the police при приближении полиции толпа бросилась врассыпную; scatter about smth. the tourists scattered about the town туристы разошлись /разбрелись/ по городу
    6. XXI1
    scatter smth. on smth. scatter gravel on an icy road (ashes on the sidewalk, sand on the floor, etc.) посыпать обледеневшую дорожку гравием и т.д.; scatter bits of paper on the floor (one's books on the tables, one's papers on the table, one's toys on the floor, etc.) раскидать /разбросать/ обрывки /куски/ бумаги по полу и т.д.; scatter smth. [all] over smth. scatter one's things all over the room разбрасывать свои вещи по всей комнате; scatter smth. for smb. scatter some food for the pigeons насыпать /разбросать/ корм для голубей; scatter smth. with smth. scatter the road with sand посыпать дорогу песком || scatter money to the winds пустить деньги на ветер, промотать деньги
    7. XXV
    scatter when... a flock of birds scatters when a shot is fired стая птиц разлетается в разные стороны при звуке выстрела; the crowd scattered when the police arrived с появлением полиции толпа разбежалась

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > scatter

  • 10 scatter

    ˈskætə гл.
    1) а) разбрасывать, раскидывать;
    рассыпать, расшвыривать Why do you have to scatter your clothes about the house? ≈ Почему тебе приходится разбрасывать всю свою одежду по дому? Scatter some of this powder round the roots to help the plant grow. ≈ Растения будут лучше расти, если посыпать этим порошком у основания стебля. Syn: broadcast, diffuse, disperse, disseminate б) уст. разбрасываться;
    сорить (деньгами)
    2) а) разгонять, рассеивать( толпу и т. п.) б) рассеиваться, разбегаться;
    бросаться врассыпную Syn: disperse Ant: gather, unite
    3) разбивать, разрушать, рассеивать (надежды, планы и т. п.)
    4) посыпать, усыпать( with) Her life was not scattered with roses. ≈ Его жизненный путь не был усыпан розами.
    5) а) распылять, рассеивать в воздухе( какие-л. вещества) б) испускать флюиды, издавать (запах)
    6) перен. щедро одаривать, осыпать ( добродетелями, достоинствами, подарками и т. п.) рассеивание;
    разброс - * bomb авиационная осколочная бомба с большой площадью поражения (редкое) разбрасывание( физическое) рассеяние( редкое) небольшое количество( рассеянное по поверхности и т. п.) разбрасывать, рассыпать, раскидывать;
    расшвыривать - to * seed разбрасывать семена - to * sand рассыпать песок - to * far and wide /everywhere/ раскидывать повсюду - he *ed his papers all over the room он разбросал свои бумаги по всей комнате (военное) рассеивать, разбрасывать размещать (в разных местах, на разном расстоянии) - garrisons were *ed up and down the country гарнизоны были разбросаны по всей стране - I've *ed some ashtrays around the room so that cigarettes don't get trodden into the floor я расставила пепельницы в разных местах комнаты, чтобы окурки не валялись на полу разгонять, рассеивать - to * the birds вспугнуть птиц - the police *ed the crowd полиция разогнала толпу рассеиваться, расходиться - the flock of birds *ed when a shot was fired птицы разлетелись, когда раздался выстрел - the clouds *ed before the wind подул ветер, и тучи рассеялись - the tourists *ed about the town туристы разбрелись по городу - the boys *ed to look for mushrooms мальчики разбежались в разные стороны в поисках грибов (военное) рассредоточиваться, рассыпаться разбивать, разрушать, развеивать( надежды, планы) - all our hopes and plans are *ed to the four winds все наши надежды и планы рухнули (with) посыпать, усыпать (чем-л.) - to * the fields with seed засевать поля - to * a road with gravel посыпать дорогу гравием - her path was not *ed with flowers ее путь не был усеян цветами распылять (средства и т. п.) разъединять, разрознивать( коллекцию и т. п.) - this great collection of books has now been *ed to the four quarters of the globe эта большая коллекция книг теперь разрознена и разбросана по всему свету распространять, издавать ( запах) - to * fragrance распространять аромат щедро наделять, осыпать - kings *ed wealth and titles among their favourites короли щедро раздавали своим фаворитам деньги и титулы (устаревшее) проматывать, пускать на ветер (состояние и т. п.) (физическое) рассеивать (физическое) рассеиваться ~ разбивать, разрушать;
    all our hopes and plans were scattered все наши надежды рухнули, планы потерпели крах ~ рассеивать, разгонять;
    the police scattered the demonstration полиция разогнала демонстрацию random ~ случайный разброс scatter посыпать (with) ~ разбивать, разрушать;
    all our hopes and plans were scattered все наши надежды рухнули, планы потерпели крах ~ разбрасывать (on, over) ~ разбрасывать ~ разгонять ~ рассеивать, разгонять;
    the police scattered the demonstration полиция разогнала демонстрацию ~ рассеиваться;
    бросаться врассыпную ~ расточать;
    сорить (деньгами) ;
    to scatter one's inheritance промотать наследство ~ of points разброс точек ~ of points рассеивание точек ~ расточать;
    сорить (деньгами) ;
    to scatter one's inheritance промотать наследство uniform ~ равномерный разброс

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > scatter

  • 11 sea

    [siː]
    n

    Two seas wash the shores of this country. — Два моря омывают берега этой страны.

    We have been at sea out of sight of land for the past three weeks. — Последние три недели мы провели в плавании далеко от родных берегов.

    - agitated sea
    - rippled sea
    - smooth sea
    - sparkling sea
    - inland sea
    - North Sea
    - ice-free sea
    - warm sea
    - tideless sea
    - stormy sea
    - unknown seas
    - uncharted sea
    - free sea
    - glassy sea
    - shoreless sea
    - placid sea
    - sullen sea
    - short sea
    - head sea
    - four seas
    - seven seas
    - sea power
    - sea steamboat
    - sea chart
    - sea plane
    - sea battle
    - sea fight
    - sea war
    - sea view
    - sea wall
    - sea front
    - sea port
    - sea level
    - sea post
    - sea force
    - sea forces
    - sea transport
    - sea air
    - sea water
    - sea birds
    - sea shore
    - sea animal
    - sea eagle
    - sea god
    - sea goddess
    - sea foam
    - sea shell
    - sea floor
    - sea drift
    - sea fog
    - sea wind
    - trouble sea of life
    - sea coast
    - Sea of Japan
    - shores of the sea
    - gale from the sea
    - sounds of the sea
    - three miles away from the sea
    - ship at sea
    - swim in the sea
    - town on the sea
    - port on the sea
    - arm of the sea
    - islets scattered in the sea
    - at the bottom of the sea
    - on the high seas
    - at full sea
    - be at the open sea
    - be on the sea
    - be at sea
    - be out at sea
    - be lost at sea
    - be washed by sea
    - be washed up by the sea
    - bury smb at sea
    - be burried at sea
    - enhabit the sea
    - face the sea
    - fly over the sea
    - follow the sea
    - gain land from the sea
    - get smth across the sea
    - go out to the sea
    - go to sea
    - go to the sea during one's holoday
    - go by sea
    - have one's sea legs
    - have good sea legs
    - head on to sea
    - hold the seas
    - keep the sea
    - leave the sea
    - live at the sea
    - live by the sea
    - navigate the high seas
    - sail in the high seas
    - put out to sea
    - raise a chopping sea
    - run before the sea
    - sail the seas
    - sail the Seven Seas
    - sound the sea
    - stretch to the sea
    - sweep the sea for mines
    - swim in the sea
    - swim about in the sea
    - take to sea
    - take up the sea
    - take the sea
    - sea breaks over the rocks
    - sea is choppy
    - sea spreads to the horizont

    The actor looked out from the stage into a sea of upturned faces. — Актер со сцены смотрел на море поднятых к нему лиц.

    Between the devil and the deep sea. — Из огня, да в полымя. /Между двух огней. /Между молотом и наковальней.

    When the sea gives up its dead. — Когда рак на горе свистнет. /Никогда.

    There are plenty more fish in the sea. — Свет клином не сошёлся.

    - sea of heads
    - sea of wooden crosses
    - angry sea of faces
    - sea of troubles
    - sea of blood
    - sea of clouds
    USAGE:
    (1.) Названия морей, океанов и рек употребляются с определенным артиклем: the Black Sea, the Thames, the Pacific (Ocean). (2.) Существительное sea 1., обозначающее море как среду деятельности или обитания, употребляктся с определенным артиклем: to be in the open sea быть в открытом море; a town on the sea город на море; to live near the sea жить у моря; to have a swim in the sea искупаться в море; to go to the sea shore поехать к морю/на побережье. (3.) Sea 1., обозначающее море как часть земной поверхности, противопоставленную суше, употребляется без артикля: to travel over land and sea путешествовать по воде (по морю) и по суше; to be lost at sea пропасть в море; to be washed by sea омываться морем; the boat was swept out to sea лодку унесло в море; to go by sea поехать морем. (4.) See boat, n (5.) See air, n; USAGE (1.), (2.).

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > sea

  • 12 phraseology of meteorological breefing/consultation

    фразеология метеоконсультации

    This is the 0600 UTC surface synoptic (significant weather, high level) chart. – Это приземная синоптическая (особых явлений, высотная) карта за 0600 UTC.

    This prognostic significant weather (high level, 200, 300 hPa) chart is valid for 1800 UTC. – Эта прогностическая карта особых явлений (высотная, 200, 300 гПа) на 18 UTC.

    Wind speed and displacement of baric systems on our charts is given in kmh. – Скорость ветра и смещения барических систем на наших картах указана в км/ч.

    Altitudes on our charts are given in decametres. – Высоты на наших картах даны в декаметрах.

    This cyclone (anticyclone) according to data of barric topography is tracked up to the altitude of... km. – Этот циклон (антициклон) по данным барической топографии прослеживается до высоты... км.

    The cyclone (anticyclone) centred at (Northern, Southern...) Norway is displacing North-East (South...) with the speed of... kmh. – Циклон (антициклон), расположенный над (северной, южной...) Норвегией смещается к северо-востоку (югу...) со скоростью... км/ч.

    The low (high) centred North (South...) of the Bahames is moving North-Eastward (South-Eastward...) at about 20 kmh and is deepening. – Циклон (антициклон), расположенный севернее (южнее...) Багамских о-вов, смещается в северо-восточном (юго-восточном...) направлении со скоростью 20 км/ч углубляясь.

    The 300 hPa chart shows a trough lying North-East to South-West across the track. – На карте 300 гПа поверхности прослеживается ложбина, пересекая маршрут с северо-востока на юго-запад.

    The trough is expected to remain in the present position for the next 12 hours. – Предполагается, что положение ложбины сохранится на ближайшие 12 часов.

    The semi-permanent high (low) over the Baltic sea is bilding up. – Квазистационарный антициклон (циклон) формируется над Балтийским морем.

    Weather along the route (section of the route) will be influenced by... Northern (Southern, Eastern...) periphery of deepening, (filling) cyclone (anticyclone, trough, crest, warm sector of the cyclone). – Погода по маршруту (участку маршрута) обуславливается... северной (южной, восточной) периферией углубляющегося (заполняющегося) циклона (антициклона, ложбины, гребня, теплым сектором циклона).

    Weather conditions on the route... to... are therefore expected to be... – Поэтому по маршруту... ожидаются метеоусловия...

    Flight in cold (warm, secondary cold, occluded) front zone. – Полет в зоне холодного (теплого, вторичного холодного, окклюдированного) фронта.

    Flight along cold (warm...) front (cold front with waves). – Полет вдоль холодного (теплого) фронта (холодного фронта с волнами).

    While crossing cold (warm...) front... – При пересечении холодного (теплого...) фронта...

    Cold (warm...) front is displacing North (Northeast...) with the speed... kmh, to the East (West...). – Холодный (теплый...) фронт смещается к северу (северо-востоку...) со скоростью... км/ч, на восток (запад...).

    An active warm front lying South-East to North-West along the coast of Norway at 12 UTC is moving East at 30 kmh. It is preceded by a narrow belt of heavy snow. – Активный теплый фронт, пролегающий с юго-востока на северо-запад вдоль побережья Норвегии на 12 UTC, смещается на восток со скоростью 30 км/ч. Ему предшествует узкая зона сильного снегопада.

    Front is well expressed in temperature contrasts (wind regime, precipitation...). – Фронт хорошо выражен в температурных контрастах (в ветровом режиме, осадках...).

    A cold (warm...) front is shown on 12 UTC surface chart. – На приземной карте, за 12 UTC показан холодный (теплый...) фронт.

    It is recommended not to cross cold front zone, to go above clouds at a distance not less than 1000 m from CB. – Рекомендуется не пересекать зону холодного фронта, идти над облаками на расстоянии не менее 1000 м от куч.-дождевых облаков.

    Warm (high warm) front is placed over Norway at 18 UTC. – Теплый (высотный теплый) фронт расположен над Норвегией на 18 UTC.

    In connection with it, it is expected... – В связи с этим ожидается...

    Scattered (broken, overcast) clouds (layers), embedded CB – Рассеянная (значительная, сплошная) облачность (слой), маскированная куч.-дождевая

    Base of cloud... km. – Нижняя граница облачности... км.

    Top... km. – Верхняя граница... км.

    CB top above... km. – Верхняя границы куч.-дождевой облачности выше... км.

    Cloud base will be lowering to... m (km) (rapidly). Increasing cloud layers, (local) thunderstorm(s) (probability of thunderstorm, thunderstorm situation is shown on the charts as RISK &) – Нижняя границы облачности понизится до... м (км) (быстро). Повышающаяся облачность, (местами) гроза(ы), (вероятность грозы, т.е. грозовое положение на картах RISK |^)

    Cb clouds with tops above 10 km and associated thunderstorms are expected to effect the route – Предполагается по маршруту влияния куч.-дождевой облачности с верхней границей свыше 10 км и связанные с ней грозы.

    Light (moderate, severe) icing in cloud (precipitation). – Слабое (умеренное, сильное) обледенение в облаках (осадках).

    Moderate (severe) turbulence in cloud (surface layer). – Умеренная (сильная) турбулентность в облаках (приземном слое).

    (Orographic) Moderate (severe) clear air turbulence is expected North of... (the jet stream) at... km – (Орографическая) умеренная (сильная) турбулентность в ясном небе ожидается к северу от... (оси струйного течения) на высоте... км

    To escape icing (turbulence) we advise you to choose flight level over... km. – Чтобы избежать обледенения (турбулентности) рекомендуем выбрать высоту полета выше... км.

    Data from boards confirm presence of moderate (severe) icing (turbulence) in cloud. – Бортовые данные подтверждают наличие умеренного (сильного) обледенения (турбулентности) в облаках.

    Radar (satellite) data confirm presence of thunderstorms, CB clouds. – Радиолокационные (спутниковые) данные подтверждают наличие грозовых очагов, куч.-дождевой облачности.

    Displacing Northward (Southward...). – Смещение к северу (югу...).

    Visibility... km (m) (in rain). – Видимость... км (м) (в дожде).

    Changing for the best (worse) – Улучшение (ухудшение)

    The altitude of tropopause is... km – Высота тропопаузы... км

    Sharp slope of tropopause is observed over area of... – Резкий наклон тропопаузы наблюдается над районом...

    Upper wind and temperature, wind and temperature aloft – Ветер и температура на высоте

    The 500 hPa prognostic chart for 12 UTC indicates upper winds of 240 degrees 60 kilometres per hour with temperature minus 20 degrees Celsius – По 500 гПа прогностической карте за 12 UTC высотный ветер 240° 60 км/ч и температура – 20° С

    Wind direction... degrees (variable) – Направление ветра... град (неустойчивое)

    Wind speed... kilometres per hour (metres per second if surface) – Скорость ветра... км/ч (если приземный – м/сек)

    Wind speeds over the route Moscow – London are expected to increase (decrease) from... to... kmh – Предполагается усиление (ослабление) ветра по маршруту Москва – Лондон от... до... км/ч

    Wind shift – Изменение ветра

    It is expected to remain in the present position for the next 12 hours – Предполагается сохранение настоящего положения на последующие 12 часов

    Maximum wind – Максимальный ветер

    The jet stream with winds 240 degrees and speed 200 kmh is expected at 12 km – Струйное течение с ветром 240° 200 км/ч предполагается на высоте 12 км

    Wind shear was reported by aircrafts – Борты сообщают о сдвиге ветра

    According data from arriving (departing) aircrafts... – Согласно данным прибывающих (вылетающих) воздушных судов...

    Information about observed (expected) existence of wind shear – Информация о наблюдаемом (ожидаемом) сдвиге ветра

    (In this case) wind shear conditions are associated with thunderstorm (cold/warm front; strong surface wind; low level temperature inversion) – (В этом случае) условия сдвига ветра связаны с грозой (холод ным/теплым фронтом; сильным приземным ветром; температурной инверсией в приземном слое)

    Wind shear could adversly affect aircraft on the takeoff path (in climb out) in layer from runway level to 500 metres – Сдвиг ветра может оказать неблагоприятное воздействие на воздушное судно на взлете (при наборе высоты) в слое – уровень ВПП/500 м

    The intensity of wind shear – Интенсивность сдвига ветра

    Wind shear warning surface wind 320/10 wind at 60m 360/25 in approach – Оповещения о сдвиге ветра – в зоне захода на посадку – приземный ветер 320/10, на высоте 60 м – 360/25

    B-707 reported moderate (strong, severe) wind shear in approach (while takeoff, in climbout) runway 34 at 15.10 – Б707 сообщает об умеренном (сильном, очень сильном) сдвиге ветра при подходе (на взлете, при наборе высоты) к ВПП 34 в 15.10

    Temperature between... and (minus)... degrees Celsius – Температура... (м)... градусов Цельсия

    Zero isotherm is at the altitude of... km – Нулевая изотерма на высоте... км

    At the beginning (end, in the middle, in the first half) of the route – В начале (конце, в середине, в первой половине) маршрута

    It is displacing to the North (South...) Northward (Southward...) – Смещается к северу (югу...), на север (юг...)

    Locally from... to... – Местами от... до...

    At the altitude of... km – На высоте... км

    In the layer from (between)... to (and)... km – В слое... –... км (между)...

    While landing (takeoff) – При посадке (взлете)

    The information depicted on high level (wind, temperature) charts should be grid points data – Информация на высотных картах (ветер, температура) является данными в точках сетки

    Satellite nephanalysis for 12 UTC today shows that... – На основании данных нефанализа за 12 UTC настоящего дня видно, что...

    Actual weather in the point of departure (landing) – Фактическая погода в пункте вылета (посадки)

    Runway visual range is... m – Дальность видимости на ВПП –... м

    Your alternate is... – Ваш запасной...

    Have you any questions? – У вас есть вопросы?

    English-Russian aviation meteorology dictionary > phraseology of meteorological breefing/consultation

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