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it's their loss

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1 their loss is our gain

Общая лексика: их просчёты нам на пользу, кто-то находит, кто-то теряет

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > their loss is our gain
2 their loss is our gain

ellos pierden y nosotros ganamos

English-spanish dictionary > their loss is our gain
3 Wise never sit and wail their loss, but cheerfully seek how to redress their harms.

<01> Мудрые люди никогда не сидят и не оплакивают свои потери, а бодро ищут пути возмещения ущерба. Shakespeare (Шекспир).

Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Wise never sit and wail their loss, but cheerfully seek how to redress their harms.
4 loss

loss [lɒs]

1. noun

perte f

• losses amounting to $2 million des pertes s'élevant à 2 millions de dollars

• to suffer heavy losses subir de lourdes pertes

• to sell sth at a loss vendre qch à perte

• to cut one's losses sauver les meubles (inf)

• loss of appetite/blood perte f d'appétit/de sang

• hair/weight loss perte f de cheveux/de poids

• loss of earnings perte f de revenus

• job losses suppressions fpl d'emploi

• the factory closed with the loss of 300 jobs l'usine a fermé et 300 emplois ont été supprimés

► to be at a loss

• to be at a loss to explain sth être embarrassé pour expliquer qch

• we are at a loss to know why he did it nous ne savons absolument pas pourquoi il l'a fait

• to be at a loss for words ne pas trouver ses mots

• he's never at a loss for words il a toujours quelque chose à dire

2. compounds

► loss adjuster noun (British) expert m en sinistres

► loss-making adjective [product] vendu à perte ; [firm] déficitaire

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[lɒs], US [lɔːs]
noun

1) gen, Commerce, Politics perte f (of de)

there was heavy loss of life — il y a eu de nombreuses victimes

loss of income ou earnings — manque m à gagner

loss of sound/vision — Television interruption f du son/de l'image

the loss of 300 jobs — la suppression de 300 emplois

a sense of loss — un sentiment de vide

to make a loss — Commerce enregistrer une perte

2)

to be at a loss — ( puzzled) être perplexe; ( helpless) être perdu

to be at a loss as to what to do — ne pas savoir du tout quoi faire

I'm at a loss to explain it — je suis dans l'impossibilité de l'expliquer

he was at a loss for words — les mots lui manquaient

she's never at a loss for words — elle a toujours quelque chose à dire

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to cut one's losses — arrêter les dégâts (colloq)

it's his/their loss — tant pis pour lui/eux

their loss is our gain — autant de gagné pour nous

English-French dictionary > loss
5 loss

loss [lɒs]

noun

(a) (gen) perte f;

∎ have you reported the loss to the police? avez-vous signalé cette perte à la police?;

∎ it's your gain and their loss c'est vous qui y gagnez et eux qui y perdent;

∎ it's your loss! tant pis pour vous!;

∎ her retirement will be a great loss to us all son départ à la retraite sera une grande perte pour nous tous;

∎ it's no great loss to me ce n'est pas une grosse perte pour moi;

∎ he would be no great loss to the firm ce ne serait pas une grande perte pour l'entreprise;

∎ it can cause temporary loss of vision cela peut provoquer ou entraîner une perte momentanée de la vue;

∎ the loss of a close relative la perte ou la mort d'un parent proche;

∎ the party suffered heavy losses in the last elections le parti a subi de lourdes pertes ou a perdu de nombreux sièges lors des dernières élections;

∎ the closure will cause the loss of hundreds of jobs la fermeture provoquera la disparition de centaines d'emplois;

∎ fortunately there was little loss of life heureusement, il n'y eut que peu de victimes;

∎ there was terrible loss of life in the last war la dernière guerre a coûté beaucoup de vies humaines;

∎ they inflicted heavy losses on the enemy ils infligèrent de lourdes pertes à l'ennemi;

∎ to sustain or suffer heavy losses subir de grosses pertes;

∎ to cut one's losses faire la part du feu

(b) (financial) déficit m;

∎ to make a loss perdre de l'argent;

∎ the company announced losses of or a loss of a million pounds la société a annoncé un déficit d'un million de livres;

∎ we made a loss of 10 percent on the deal nous avons perdu 10 pour cent dans l'affaire;

∎ to sell at a loss vendre à perte;

∎ to run at a loss (business) tourner à perte;

∎ Finance loss attributable perte f supportée;

∎ Finance loss carry back report m déficitaire sur les exercices précédents;

∎ Finance loss carry forward déficit m reportable, report m déficitaire sur les exercices ultérieurs;

∎ Finance loss transferred perte f transférée

(c) (feeling of pain, unhappiness) malheur m, chagrin m;

∎ his family rallied round him in his loss sa famille l'a beaucoup entouré dans son chagrin;

∎ she tried to hide her sense of loss from her friends elle essayait de cacher son chagrin à ses amis;

∎ to feel a sense of loss ressentir un vide

(d) Insurance sinistre m;

∎ the following losses are not covered by the policy les sinistres suivants ne sont pas couverts par cette police

(e) Commerce (of product being manufactured or transported) freinte f;

∎ loss in transit freinte f de route

(f) (idioms)

∎ to be at a loss ne savoir que faire; (not know what to say) ne savoir que dire; (not know what to answer) ne savoir que répondre;

∎ to be at a (total) loss to explain… être (totalement) incapable d'expliquer…;

∎ to be at a loss (to know) what to do/say ne savoir que faire/dire;

∎ she's never at a loss for an answer elle a ou trouve toujours réponse à tout;

∎ he's never at a loss for something to say il n'est jamais à court (de mots)

►► British loss adjuster Insurance expert m; Nautical dispatcheur m;

loss assessment fixation f des dommages;

loss of earnings manque m à gagner;

∎ to sue for loss of earnings intenter une action en justice pour recouvrement d'un manque à gagner;

Religion loss of grace amission f de la grâce;

Marketing loss leader produit m d'appel;

loss leader price prix m d'appel;

loss pricing fixation f d'un prix d'appel

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6 loss

loss, US lO ;s n

1 gen, Comm, Fin, Insur, Pol perte f (of de) ; heat/weight loss perte de chaleur/de poids ; loss of blood perte de sang ; there was great loss of life il y a eu de nombreuses victimes ; loss of income ou earnings manque m à gagner ; loss of sound/vision TV interruption f du son/de l'image ; with the loss of 300 jobs avec la suppression de 300 emplois ; he is a great loss to the arts c'est une grande perte pour les arts ; he's no great loss ce n'est pas une grande perte ; a sense of loss un sentiment de vide ; to make a loss on sth Comm enregistrer une perte sur qch ; to trade at a loss Comm vendre à perte ; to suffer losses Comm, Mil subir des pertes ; the party suffered heavy losses in the elections le parti a perdu beaucoup de voix aux élections ;

2 to be at a loss ( puzzled) être perplexe ; ( helpless) être perdu ; to be at a loss as to what to do ne pas savoir du tout quoi faire ; I'm at a loss to explain it je suis dans l'impossibilité de l'expliquer ; he was at a loss for words les mots lui manquaient ; she's never at a loss for words elle a toujours quelque chose à dire.

Idioms

to cut one's losses arrêter les dégâts ○ ; their loss is our gain autant de gagné pour nous.

Big English-French dictionary > loss
7 loss

los

noun

1) (the act or fact of losing: suffering from loss of memory; the loss (= death) of our friend.) pérdida

2) (something which is lost: It was only after he was dead that we realized what a loss he was.) pérdida

3) (the amount (especially of money) which is lost: a loss of 500 pounds.) pérdida

loss n pérdida

El plural de loss se escribe losses

loss

tr[lɒs]

noun

1 (in general) pérdida

■ loss of appetite pérdida del apetito

■ the factory has made huge losses so far this year la fábrica ha sufrido enormes pérdidas en lo que va de año

2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (death) baja

■ the army suffered heavy losses el ejército sufrió muchas bajas

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a dead loss familiar ser un desastre

to be at a loss quedarse confuso,-a

to be at a loss for words quedarse de una pieza

to make a loss perder

to sell something at a loss vender algo con pérdida

loss adjuster perito

loss adjuster's report peritaje

loss ['lɔs] n

1) losing: pérdida f

loss of memory: pérdida de memoria

to sell at a loss: vender con pérdida

to be at a loss to: no saber como

2) defeat: derrota f, juego m perdido

3) losses npl

deaths: muertos mpl

loss

n.

(§ pl.: losses) = daño s.m.

• descalabradura s.f.

• descalabro s.m.

• desventaja s.f.

• extravío s.m.

• malogro s.m.

• menoscabo s.m.

• merma s.f.

• pérdida s.f.

• quebranto s.m.

• quiebra s.f.

lɔːs, lɒs
noun

1) (of possessions, jobs, faculties) pérdida f

the ship sank with the loss of 21 lives — el naufragio se cobró 21 vidas

without loss of life — sin que hubiera que lamentar víctimas or sin derramamiento de sangre

it's their loss — son ellos los que salen perdiendo or los que se lo pierden

they were filled with a keen sense of loss — sintieron un gran vacío

to be at a loss: I'm at a loss to know what to do next no sé qué hacer ahora; I was at a loss for words — no supe qué decir

2) (Busn, Fin) pérdida f

the company made a huge loss — la compañía sufrió grandes pérdidas

I made a loss of $100 on the deal — perdí 100 dólares en el negocio

to sell something at a loss — vender algo con pérdida

we cannot continue trading at a loss — no podemos seguir operando con déficit

to be a dead loss — (colloq)

this typewriter is a dead loss — esta máquina de escribir no sirve para nada or (fam) es una porquería

he's a dead loss as an organizer — como organizador es un desastre or una calamidad

to cut one's losses — cortar por lo sano; ( Fin) reducir* las pérdidas

3)

a) ( bereavement) (euph) pérdida f (euf)

b) losses pl ( deaths) ( Mil) bajas fpl

[lɒs]
1. N

1) [of possessions, blood, sight] pérdida f

the factory closed with the loss of 300 jobs — la fábrica cerró, con la pérdida de 300 puestos de trabajo

it's your loss — el que sales perdiendo eres tú

• loss of appetite — pérdida f del apetito

• his death was a great loss to the company — su muerte fue una gran pérdida para la empresa

he's no great loss — no vamos a perder nada con su marcha

• the army suffered heavy losses — el ejército sufrió pérdidas cuantiosas

• we want to prevent further loss of life — queremos evitar que se produzcan más muertes or que se pierdan más vidas

• loss of memory — amnesia f, pérdida f de la memoria

• to feel a sense of loss — sentir un vacío
hair 2., heat 4., job 3., weight 3.
2) (Econ, Comm) pérdida f

• at a loss, the factory was operating at a loss — la fábrica estaba funcionando con pérdida de capital

to sell sth at a loss — vender algo con pérdida

• the company made a loss in 1999 — la empresa tuvo un balance adverso en 1999

the company made a loss of £2 million — la empresa sufrió pérdidas de 2 millones de libras

- cut one's losses
dead 1., 5), profit 4.
3) (=death) pérdida f, muerte f

our sadness at the loss of a loved one — nuestra tristeza por la pérdida or muerte de un ser querido

since the loss of his wife — desde que perdió a su mujer, desde que falleció su mujer

4)

to be at a loss —

they are at a loss to explain how such a mistake could have been made — no se explican cómo se pudo haber cometido semejante error

to be at a loss for words — no encontrar palabras con qué expresarse

he's never at a loss for words — tiene mucha facilidad de palabra

I was at a loss (as to) what to do next — no sabía qué hacer después

2.

CPD

loss adjuster N — (Insurance) ajustador(a) m / f de pérdidas, tasador(a) m / f de pérdidas

loss leader N — (Comm) artículo m de lanzamiento

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[lɔːs, lɒs]
noun

1) (of possessions, jobs, faculties) pérdida f

the ship sank with the loss of 21 lives — el naufragio se cobró 21 vidas

without loss of life — sin que hubiera que lamentar víctimas or sin derramamiento de sangre

it's their loss — son ellos los que salen perdiendo or los que se lo pierden

they were filled with a keen sense of loss — sintieron un gran vacío

to be at a loss: I'm at a loss to know what to do next no sé qué hacer ahora; I was at a loss for words — no supe qué decir

2) (Busn, Fin) pérdida f

the company made a huge loss — la compañía sufrió grandes pérdidas

I made a loss of $100 on the deal — perdí 100 dólares en el negocio

to sell something at a loss — vender algo con pérdida

we cannot continue trading at a loss — no podemos seguir operando con déficit

to be a dead loss — (colloq)

this typewriter is a dead loss — esta máquina de escribir no sirve para nada or (fam) es una porquería

he's a dead loss as an organizer — como organizador es un desastre or una calamidad

to cut one's losses — cortar por lo sano; ( Fin) reducir* las pérdidas

3)

a) ( bereavement) (euph) pérdida f (euf)

b) losses pl ( deaths) ( Mil) bajas fpl

English-spanish dictionary > loss
8 loss

[lɒs] [AE lɔːs]
nome

1) perdita f. (anche comm. pol.)

hair loss — caduta dei capelli

loss of blood — perdita di sangue

there was great loss of life — ci furono molte vittime

loss of income o earnings mancati utili; loss of sound, vision telev. interruzione audio, video; a sense of loss un senso di vuoto; to suffer losses comm. mil. subire delle perdite; to make a loss comm. registrare una perdita; at a loss — comm. in perdita

2)

to be at a loss — (puzzled) essere perplesso; (helpless) essere perso

to be at a loss as to what to do — non sapere assolutamente cosa fare

I'm at a loss to explain it — non riesco a spiegarlo

he was at a loss for words — era senza parole

he's never at a loss for words — sa sempre cosa dire

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to cut one's losses — = ritirarsi da un cattivo affare prima che sia troppo tardi, limitare i danni

their loss is our gain — mors tua vita mea

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[los]

noun

1) (the act or fact of losing: suffering from loss of memory; the loss (= death) of our friend.) perdita

2) (something which is lost: It was only after he was dead that we realized what a loss he was.) perdita

3) (the amount (especially of money) which is lost: a loss of 500 pounds.) perdita

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[lɒs] [AE lɔːs]
nome

1) perdita f. (anche comm. pol.)

hair loss — caduta dei capelli

loss of blood — perdita di sangue

there was great loss of life — ci furono molte vittime

loss of income o earnings mancati utili; loss of sound, vision telev. interruzione audio, video; a sense of loss un senso di vuoto; to suffer losses comm. mil. subire delle perdite; to make a loss comm. registrare una perdita; at a loss — comm. in perdita

2)

to be at a loss — (puzzled) essere perplesso; (helpless) essere perso

to be at a loss as to what to do — non sapere assolutamente cosa fare

I'm at a loss to explain it — non riesco a spiegarlo

he was at a loss for words — era senza parole

he's never at a loss for words — sa sempre cosa dire

••

to cut one's losses — = ritirarsi da un cattivo affare prima che sia troppo tardi, limitare i danni

their loss is our gain — mors tua vita mea

English-Italian dictionary > loss
9 loss

1 დაკარგვა

loss of blood / strength / time / memory სისხლის / ძალის / დროის / მეხსიერების დაკარგვა

2 დანაკარგი

a heavy loss მძიმე დანაკარგი

3 წაგება, ზარალი

the car is a total loss ეს მანქანა მხოლოდ ზარალია

to sell at a loss წაგებით გაყიდვა

he was at a loss დაიბნა, აირია

she grieved the loss of her husband ქმრის დაკარგვას გლოვობდა

all the loss must be laid at their door მთელი ზარალი / დანაკარგი მაგათი ბრალია

I felt the loss keenly დანაკარგი მწვავედ განვიცადე

he recovered his losses / expenses ზარალი / ხარჯები აინაზღაურა

I reconciled myself to the loss of my savings ჩემი დანაზოგის დაკარგვას შევურიგდი

an irreparable loss სამუდამო დანაკარგი / დანაკლისი

he suffered a loss დაზარალდა

severe loss მძიმე დანაკლისი / დანაკარგი

they sell at a loss / profitably ზარალით, წაგებით / მოგებით ყიდიან

no losses are envisaged დანაკარგი / დანაკლისი არ არის გათვალისწინებული

English-Georgian dictionary > loss
10 I'm at a loss.

Общая лексика: Я не знаю, что мне делать. (I called their technical support and they told me they no longer service this model, so I'm at a loss.)

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > I'm at a loss.
11 cut one's loss

( cut one's loss(es))

бросить невыгодное дело; ≈ выйти из игры

Good gamblers cut their losses. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Saint's Progress’, part III, ch. XII) — Опытные игроки, когда не везет, бросают игру.

I hope she isn't going to be much of a handful. If she is, the best thing you can do is cut your losses and get out of it straight away. (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. XVIII) — Надеюсь, Шейла не доставит тебе много хлопот. А если увидишь, что ничего путного не получается, выходи из игры и ставь точку!

You know that Roger has had his own line on this? (She meant Suez.) You know it, I know you know it, and it's dead opposite to the way I felt. Well, that's all down the drain now. It doesn't matter a hoot what any of us thought. We've just got to cut our losses and start again. (C. P. Snow, ‘Corridors of Power’, ch. XVI) — Вы знаете, что у Роджера был свой взгляд на всю эту историю (Кэро хотела сказать - на Суэц). Знаете ведь. Я же знаю, что вы знаете. И наши с ним взгляды прямо противоположны. Ну да ладно, все теперь полетело к чертям. Какое имеет значение, кто что думал. Нужно поскорее все это забыть и начинать сначала.

I told him that you and I felt pretty bad about the, whole thing, and since we planned to stay in business here we wanted to help him cut his losses. (M. Wilson, ‘My Brother, My Enemy’, ch. 8) — Тогда я сказал, что все это нам с тобой здорово неприятно, а поскольку мы рассчитываем и впредь вести дела в нашем городе, то хотим помочь ему возместить убытки.

Large English-Russian phrasebook > cut one's loss
12 normal loss

Fin

an expected loss, allowed for in the budget, and normally calculated as a percentage of the good output from a process during a period of time. Normal losses are generally either valued at zero, or at their disposal values.

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13 compute and balance their gain and loss

подводить итог приходу и расходу

Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > compute and balance their gain and loss
14 gain

ɡein
1. verb
1) (to obtain: He quickly gained experience.) ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir

2) ((often with by or from) to get (something good) by doing something: What have I to gain by staying here?) ganar

3) (to have an increase in (something): He gained strength after his illness.) aumentar, conseguir, ganar

4) ((of a clock or watch) to go too fast: This clock gains (four minutes a day).) adelantarse, ir adelantado

2. noun
1) (an increase (in weight etc): a gain of one kilo.) aumento

2) (profits, advantage, wealth etc: His loss was my gain; He'd do anything for gain.) beneficio, ganancia

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- gain ground
- gain on

gain vb adquirir / obtener / conseguir

to gain experience adquirir experiencia

gain

tr[geɪn]

noun

1 (achievement) logro

2 (profit) ganancia, beneficio

■ the sale of the company brought him considerable gains la venta de la empresa le supuso unas ganancias considerables

3 (increase) aumento

transitive verb

1 (achieve) lograr, conseguir

2 (obtain) ganar

3 (increase) aumentar

4 (clock) adelantar

intransitive verb

1 (clock) adelantar

2 (shares) subir

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to gain ground ganar terreno

to gain weight aumentar de peso, engordar

to stand to gain tener probabilidad de ganar

capital gain plusvalía

capital gains tax impuesto sobre plusvalías

windfall gain ganancia inesperada

gain ['geɪn] vt

1) acquire, obtain: ganar, obtener, adquirir, conseguir

to gain knowledge: adquirir conocimientos

to gain a victory: obtener una victoria

2) reach: alcanzar, llegar a

3) increase: ganar, aumentar

to gain weight: aumentar de peso

4) : adelantarse, ganar

the watch gains two minutes a day: el reloj se adelanta dos minutos por día

gain vi

1) profit: beneficiarse

2) increase: aumentar

gain n

1) profit: beneficio m, ganancia f, lucro m, provecho m

2) increase: aumento m

gain

n.

• ancheta s.f.

• aumento s.m.

• ganancia (Electrónica) s.f.

• logro s.m.

• provecho s.m.

• ventaja s.f.

v.

• conquistar v.

• conseguir v.

• crecer v.

• ganar v.

• granjear v.

• mejorar v.

I
1. geɪn
transitive verb

1) ( acquire) \<\<control\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<experience\>\> adquirir*; \<\<recognition\>\> obtener*, ganarse; \<\<qualifications\>\> (BrE) obtener*

I succeeded in gaining their attention — logré atraer or captar su atención

there's a lot to be gained from this — esto ofrece muchas ventajas

2) ( increase) \<\<strength/speed\>\> ganar, cobrar

the shares gained 5 points — las acciones subieron 5 enteros

3) \<\<time\>\> ganar

my watch is gaining ten minutes a day — mi reloj (se) adelanta diez minutos por día

2.

vi

1)

a) ( improve)

to gain IN something: the shares have gained in value las acciones han subido or aumentado de valor; she's gradually gaining in confidence — poco a poco va adquiriendo confianza en sí misma

b) ( benefit) beneficiarse, sacar* provecho

2)

a) ( go fast) \<\<clock/watch\>\> adelantar(se)

b) ( move nearer)

to gain ON somebody — acortar (las) distancias con respecto a alguien

II

noun

1) u c ( profit) ( Busn) ganancia f, beneficio m

their loss is our gain — nosotros nos beneficiamos or salimos ganando con su pérdida

2) c u ( increase) aumento m

the gain in efficiency — el aumento de eficiencia

3) c ( Pol) triunfo m, victoria f

[ɡeɪn]
1. VT

1) (=obtain, win) [+ respect] ganarse; [+ approval, support, supporters] conseguir; [+ experience] adquirir, obtener; [+ freedom] obtener, conseguir; [+ popularity, time] ganar; [+ friends] hacerse; [+ qualification] obtener

what do you hope to gain by it? — ¿qué provecho esperas sacar con esto?, ¿qué esperas ganar or conseguir con esto?

there is nothing to be gained by feeling bitter — no se gana or consigue nada guardando rencores

he had nothing to gain by lying to me — no iba a ganar or conseguir nada mintiéndome

Serbia's newly gained territories — los territorios recientemente adquiridos por Serbia

• to gain an advantage over sb — sacar ventaja a algn

• to gain confidence — adquirir confianza

to gain sb's confidence, to gain the confidence of sb — ganar(se) la confianza de algn

• to gain control of sth — hacerse con el control de algo

• Kenya gained independence from Great Britain in 1963 — Kenia obtuvo or consiguió la independencia de Gran Bretaña en 1963

• my daughter has just gained a place at university — mi hija acaba de obtener una plaza en la universidad

• Jones gained possession of the ball — Jones se hizo con el balón

• Labour has gained three seats from the Conservatives — los laboristas les han arrebatado tres escaños a los conservadores
access, entry, ground, hand 1., 11)
2) (=increase)

the shares have gained four points — las acciones han aumentado or subido cuatro enteros

my watch has gained five minutes — mi reloj se ha adelantado cinco minutos

• to gain speed — ganar or cobrar velocidad

• to gain strength — (physically) cobrar fuerzas; (mentally) hacerse más fuerte

• to gain weight — engordar, aumentar de peso

I've gained three kilos — he engordado tres kilos

3) (=arrive at) llegar a

the steamer gained port — el vapor llegó a puerto

2. VI

1) (=profit)

• to gain by/ from sth — beneficiarse de algo

who would gain by or from his death? — ¿quién iba a beneficiarse de su muerte?

no one gains by putting others down — nadie sale beneficiando humillando a los demás

I gained immensely from the experience — me beneficié mucho de la experiencia, saqué mucho provecho de la experiencia
stand 3., 11)
2) (=advance) [watch] adelantarse; [runner] ganar terreno

3) (=increase, improve) [shares] aumentar de valor, subir

• to gain in sth, to gain in popularity — adquirir mayor popularidad

to gain in prestige — ganar prestigio

his reputation gained in stature — su reputación aumentó or creció

3. N

1) (=increase) aumento m

• a gain in weight — un aumento de peso

• Labour made gains in the South — los laboristas ganaron terreno en el sur

• the effect of a modest gain in the pound — el efecto de una pequeña subida en la libra

• a gain of eight per cent — un aumento or una subida del ocho por ciento

• their shares showed a three- point gain — sus acciones experimentaron una subida de tres enteros

• productivity gains — aumentos mpl en la productividad
weight 3.
2) (=benefit, advantage) beneficio m

• they are using the situation for personal/political gain — están utilizando la situación en beneficio propio/para ganar terreno político

- their loss is our gain

3) (Econ) (=profit) ganancia f, beneficio m

• the company reported pre-tax gains of £759 million — la compañía anunció haber obtenido unos beneficios or unas ganancias brutas de 759 millones de libras
capital 3.
- gain on

* * *

I
1. [geɪn]
transitive verb

1) ( acquire) \<\<control\>\> conseguir*, obtener*; \<\<experience\>\> adquirir*; \<\<recognition\>\> obtener*, ganarse; \<\<qualifications\>\> (BrE) obtener*

I succeeded in gaining their attention — logré atraer or captar su atención

there's a lot to be gained from this — esto ofrece muchas ventajas

2) ( increase) \<\<strength/speed\>\> ganar, cobrar

the shares gained 5 points — las acciones subieron 5 enteros

3) \<\<time\>\> ganar

my watch is gaining ten minutes a day — mi reloj (se) adelanta diez minutos por día

2.

vi

1)

a) ( improve)

to gain IN something: the shares have gained in value las acciones han subido or aumentado de valor; she's gradually gaining in confidence — poco a poco va adquiriendo confianza en sí misma

b) ( benefit) beneficiarse, sacar* provecho

2)

a) ( go fast) \<\<clock/watch\>\> adelantar(se)

b) ( move nearer)

to gain ON somebody — acortar (las) distancias con respecto a alguien

II

noun

1) u c ( profit) ( Busn) ganancia f, beneficio m

their loss is our gain — nosotros nos beneficiamos or salimos ganando con su pérdida

2) c u ( increase) aumento m

the gain in efficiency — el aumento de eficiencia

3) c ( Pol) triunfo m, victoria f

English-spanish dictionary > gain
15 make\ up

1. I
abs

1) she takes a lot of time to make up у нее уходит очень много времени, чтобы накраситься /наложить косметику/; formerly it was not considered good taste for women to make up раньше считалось дурным тоном, если женщина красилась; the actor will need at least an hour to make up этому актеру потребуется по меньшей мере час, чтобы загримироваться

2) he dropped out of school for a term, he will have to make up он пропустил целый семестр, ему придется наверстывать упущенное; I have a lot of work to make up у меня много недоделок, надо поработать; I have large arrears of sleep to make up мне надо отоспаться

3) the stove (the fire, the boiler, etc.) needs making up в печь и т. д. надо подбросить дров

4) let's make up давай помиримся; everything is all right, they made up все в порядке, они помирились
2. II
make up at some time do you know if they made up yet? вы не знаете, они уже помирились?; they quarrelled and never made up они поссорились и так и не помирились
3. III
1) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a medicine (an omelette, pancakes, etc.) готовить лекарство и т. д., make up a picnic basket /a hamper/ собрать корзину [продуктов] для пикника; make up a bed постелить /устроить/ постель; make up a bundle of old clothes связать старую одежду в узел; make up a train сформировать железнодорожный состав

2) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up rules устанавливать /вырабатывать/ правила; make up a group of eight создать /сколотить/ группу из восьми человек || make up one's mind решать, принимать решение; she is still making up her mind она все еще /никак/ не может решить, она все еще думает

3) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ make up a story (a poem, a book, a tune, etc.) сочинить рассказ и т. д.; did he make up the speech himself? он сам написал эту речь?; is it true or did he make that story up? это правда или он все сочинил?; make up excuses (lies, the whole thing, etc.) придумывать оправдание и т. д., stop making things up! перестань выдумывать!; there isn't any girl-friend he's just made her up никакой у него нет подружки, он просто все выдумал

4) make up smb., smth. / smb., smth. up/ a quality that goes to make up a good dancer (a sportsman, a perfect teacher, etc.) качества, необходимые, чтобы стать хорошим танцовщиком и т. д., what are the qualities that make up Hamlet's character? из каких черт складывается характер Гамлета?, какие черты присущи Гамлету?; make up the total population (most of that class, 15 per cent of the total imports, etc.) составлять все население и т. д., stories that go to make up the volume рассказы, из которых составлен этот томик; the bones and muscles that make up the body кости и мускулы, которые образуют человеческое тело; these are the things that make up the joy of life вот что составляет /из чего складывается/ радость жизни

5) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ make up one's face a) употреблять косметику (попудриться, подмазать губы и т. в.); б) гримировать лицо, накладывать грим; make up an actor загримировать актера

6) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up all the expenses (the loss, the wastage, the deficit, natural deficiency, etc.) покрывать /компенсировать/ все расходы и т. д.; I want to make up my share of the bill я хочу заплатить свою долю по счету; make up lost ground наверстывать упущенное

7) make up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ a dollar (a pound, a thousand, etc.) is wanted to make up the sum до полной суммы не хватает одного доллара и т. д.; we still need L 5 to make up the sum we asked for для суммы /чтобы набрать сумму/, которую мы просили, нам надо еще пять фунтов; collect all you can and he'll make up the rest соберите сколько можете, а он доложит /добавит/ остальное; we recruited locally to make up our full complement of labourers чтобы иметь полный штат, мы набирали рабочих на месте

8) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a quarrel (one's differences, matters, etc.) уладить ссору и т. д.; it was years before they made up their quarrel прошли годы, прежде чем они помирились

9) make up smth. /smth. up/ make up a balance sheet (a statement of accounts, a report, etc.) составлять балансовый отчет и т. д.

10) make up smth. / smth. up/ make up the front page (a page of type, a magazine, etc.) print. сверстать первую полосу и т. д.
4. IV
|| make up one's mind in some manner принять какое-л. решение, решить каким-л. образом; he will make up his mind in his own way он решит все по-своему
5. VII
1) || make up one's mind to do smth. решить /принять решение/ что-л. (с)делать; he made up his mind to work harder (to hurry, to lend him the money, to start at once, etc.) он решил работать больше или усерднее и т. д.

2) make up smth. /smth. up/ to do smth. make up a party to go to a dance (to read plays, to go for walks, etc.) собрать компанию, чтобы пойти на танцы и т. д., we made up a group to help old people мы организовали / сколотили/ группу помощи пожилым людям
6. XI
1) be made up wait till your bed is made up подождите, вам еще не постелили; be made up for smb., smth. a parcel (a packet of sandwiches, a hamper, etc.) was made up for every child каждому ребенку был приготовлен пакет и т. д., а good basket of food was made up for the journey в дорогу приготовили полную корзину провизии; be made up into smth. flowers were made up into beautiful arrangements цветы были очень красиво расставлены || customer's own materials made up пошив из материала заказчика (объявление)

2) || my mind is made up я решил(ся); when once his mind is made up there is no changing it если уж он что-нибудь решит, его трудно переубедить / убедить изменить решение/

3) be made up the whole story is made up вся эта история выдумана

4) be made up I object to the way the committee is made up я возражаю против состава комиссии; be made up of smb., smth. the audience (the crowd, the march, etc.) was made up of young people (of soldiers, of women, etc.) аудитория и т. д. состояла из молодежи и т. д., this group is made up of people with widely differing abilities в эту группу входят люди очень разных способностей; be made up of cells (of four elements, of 15 coaches, of ten questions, etc.) состоять из клеток и т. д.; the problem was made up of many factors проблема складывалась из многих факторов; а letter made up of digressions письмо, полное всяких отступлений /изобилующее всякими отступлениями/

5) be made up the actor's face was made up лицо актера было загримировано; be made up in some manner be heavily (badly, slightly, ravishingly, etc.) made up быть сильно и т. д. накрашенным; she was wonderfully made up она была чудесно загримирована; be made up for smth. he was made up for this part его загримировали для этой роли

6) be made up to smb. I have no objection to working for an extra two hours, provided it is made up to me я не против отработать два лишних часа при условии, что мне заплатят или дадут отгул; don't worry it will be made up to you не беспокойся, ты внакладе не останешься /с тобой рассчитаются/; be made up with smth. our losses have to be made up with fresh capital наши потери придется покрыть за счет новых вложений; be made up for by smth. his forgetfulness was made up for by his charm он был так обаятелен, что ему прощали забывчивость; her display of bad manners was scarcely made up for by her tears вряд ли она могла слезами искупить свое дурное поведение

7) be made up if the stove isn't made up it will go out если в печь не подбросить дров, она погаснет

8) be made up their quarrel is made up их ссора улажена, они помирились

9) be made up in some time the newspaper (the page, the column, etc.) is already made up print, газета и т. д. уже сверстана

10) be made up to he doesn't like (welcome) being made up to он не любит, когда перед ним лебезят /заискивают/
7. XII
have smth. made up I had a bed made up for me [on the sofa] мне постелили [на диване]
8. XVI
1) make up into smth. this clay will make up into nice bricks из этой глины получатся хорошие кирпичи; this silk will make up into two dresses этого шелка хватит на два платья

2) make up for smth. make up for the part of an old man (for the part of Othello, for his new part, etc.) гримироваться для роли старика и т. д., make up at some age she began to make up at 20 она начала пользоваться косметикой, когда ей исполнилось двадцать [лет]; ought she to make up at the age of thirteen? надо ли или можно ли ей краситься в тринадцать лет?

3) make up for smth. make up for the loss a) возместить потерю; б) покрыть убытки; make up for lost time наверстать упущенное время; make up for smb.'s lost time компенсировать кому-л. затраченное им время; I worked last Sunday so I have today off to make up for it я работал прошлое воскресенье, поэтому сегодня у меня отгул; how can I make up for my rudeness? как мне искупить свою грубость?; how could he make up for all he had done to her? как ему загладить свою вину перед ней?: beauty cannot make up for stupidity красота не может заменить ум; you've no garden but the terrace makes up for it у вас нет сада, но зато есть терраса; make up with smth. as there was little meat I had to make up with vegetables недостаток мяса мне пришлось восполнить овощами

4) make up with smb. he is coming to make up with you он придет, чтобы с тобой помириться

5) make up to smb. make up to influential people (to one's senior officer, to his rich aunt, etc.) заискивать перед влиятельными людьми и т. д.; after what had happened he was trying to make up to her после того, что случилось, он хотел задобрить ее; he made up to every new girl in the office coll. он заигрывал с каждой новой девушкой в конторе
9. XX1
make up as smb. make up as an old man (as a beggar, as Othello, etc.) одеться и загримироваться стариком и т. д. /для роли старика и т. д./
10. XXI1
1) make up smth. /smth. up/ into smth. make up goods into parcels (butter into packages of half a kilo, presents into dainty packages, etc.) упаковать / расфасовать/ товар в пакеты и т. д.; make up cloth into a dress сделать /сшить/ из материала платье; make up smth. /smth. up/ in (on, etc.) some place they made up presents in her room подарки они готовили в ее комнате; they made up a bed on the sofa они постелили на диване

2) || I shall make up my mind in the morning я приму решение утром; I won't make up my mind until tomorrow я этого до завтра не решу; make up one's mind on smth. принять решение по какому-л. вопросу; make up smb.'s mind for him решать что-л. за кого-л.; he needs someone to make up his mind for him ему нужно, чтобы кто-нибудь решал за него

3) make up smb., smth. /smb., smth. up/ for smth. make oneself up for the party накраситься, чтобы пойти на вечер; make him up for the part загримировать его для этой роли; make up a room (a hall, a shed, etc.) for the dance (for a conference, for a particular occasion, etc.) убрать /украсить/ комнату и т. д. для танцевального вечера и т. д.

4) make up smth. /smth. up/ to smb. we must make their loss up to them мы должны возместить им их убытки; he's lost much time, the firm will make it up to him он потратил много времени, фирма ему это компенсирует; I'll make it up to you by giving you Saturday off я освобожу тебе субботу, и мы будем квиты; how can we make it up to them for what they have suffered? как мы сможем вознаградить их за их страдания?

5) make up smth. /smth. up/ to smth. we collected L 478, but he made it up to L 500 мы собрали четыреста семьдесят восемь фунтов, а он добавил до пятисот

6) make it up with smb. why don't you make it up with her? почему бы тебе не помириться с ней?

7) make up smth. /smth. up/ at some time we make up the pay-roll on the 15th of the month (a new list every year, a report every day, etc.) мы составляем платежную ведомость пятнадцатого числа каждого месяца и т. д.
11. XXVII2
abs

make up in diligence what one lacks in natural gifts восполнять недостаток таланта прилежанием; it is impossible to make up in quantity what a thing lacks in quality недостаток качества количеством не восполнишь

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > make\ up
16 on

on 1. preposition
1) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) på

2) (in or into (a vehicle, train etc): We were sitting on the bus; I got on the wrong bus.) (inn) i, på, oppå

3) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) på, ved, per/pr.

4) (about: a book on the theatre.) om

5) (in the state or process of: He's on holiday.) på

6) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) på

7) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) på

8) (taking part in: He is on the committee; Which detective is working on this case?) på, i

9) (towards: They marched on the town.) mot, til

10) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) ved, på

11) (by means of: He played a tune on the violin; I spoke to him on the telephone.) på, i

12) (being carried by: The thief had the stolen jewels on him.) på, med

13) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) ved, etter

14) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) etter
2. adverb
1) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) på

2) (used to show a continuing state etc, onwards: She kept on asking questions; They moved on.) (holde) på, videre, etter

3) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) på, i gang

4) (( also adjective) (of films etc) able to be seen: There's a good film on at the cinema this week.) som går på teater/kino

5) (( also adjective) in or into a vehicle, train etc: The bus stopped and we got on.) på, om bord
3. adjective
1) (in progress: The game was on.) i gang

2) (not cancelled: Is the party on tonight?) på gang; på trappene

•

- oncoming
- ongoing
- onwards
- onward
- be on to someone
- be on to
- on and on
- on time
- on to / onto

overfor
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på

I
adj. \/ɒn\/

bare i uttrykk

on side ( fotball e.l.) ikke offside ( i cricket) den del av banen som ligger bak og til venstre for en (høyrehendt) slagmann
II
adv. \/ɒn\/

1) på, på seg

• a pot with the lid on

en kasserolle med lokket på

• shall I help you on with your coat?

skal jeg hjelpe deg på med frakken?

• he drew his boots on

han trakk støvlene på seg

• keep your hat on!

behold hatten på!

• put the kettle on!

sett på kjelen!

• the coffee is on

kaffen er satt over

2) videre

• he flew on to Paris

han fløy videre til Paris

• pass it on!

send det videre!

• send on the guide

send guiden i forveien

• they spoke on

de fortsatte å snakke

• work on

jobbe videre \/ fortsette å jobbe

3) frem, fremover

• walk right on

gå rett frem

• a little further on

litt lengre frem

• it was well on in the day

det var langt utpå dagen

4) fore

• I have nothing on tonight

jeg har ingenting fore i kveld

5) igjen

• he sat on at the table

han ble sittende igjen ved bordet

• they sat on

de satt igjen

6) på (påkoblet e.l.), til (på instrumenttavle e.l.)

• the brake is on

bremsen er på

• is the gas on?

er gassen på?

• the water isn't on

vannet er avstengt \/ vannet er ikke på

• the light is on

lyset er tent

• the radio was on

radioen var på

7) av

• from that day on

fra den dagen av

be neither on nor off vite verken ut eller inn

be on være i gang, pågå

• the game is on again

spillet er i gang igjen

• there's a war on

det er krig

• is lunch still on?

serveres lunsj fremdeles?

spilles, oppføres, gis, gå

• the play was on last year

stykket ble oppført i fjor

• what's on tonight?

hvilket program går i kveld?

• Hamlet is on tonight

Hamlet går i kveld

opptre (på scenen)

• you're on in 5 minutes

du skal på scenen om fem minutter

komme med, følge med, være med

• are you on?

er du med?

• I'm on!

jeg er med!

• you are on

du får plassen

( hverdagslig) være mulig

• it's just not on

det går bare ikke \/ det er simpelthen ikke mulig

be on about something ( hverdagslig) hele tiden snakke om noe, mase med noe, bråke om

• what's he on about?

hva er det han bråker om?

on and off eller off and on av og på, opp og ned, fra og til av og til, nå og da, med avbrudd, med mellomrom

• it rained on and off all evening

det regnet med jevne mellomrom hele kvelden

on and on uten opphold, i ett, i det uendelige

• the lecture went on and on

forelesningen drog ut i det uendelige

• we walked on and on

vi bare gikk og gikk

on to (opp) på, over til, ut på, ned på

• she jumped on to the bus

hun hoppet på bussen

• he jumped on to the landing-stage

han hoppet over til landingsbroen

• he fell on to the roof below

han falt ned på taket nedenfor

be on to someone ( hverdagslig) vite hva noen pønsker på, vite hva noen har fore ( hverdagslig) ha en mistanke til noen
III
prep. \/ɒn\/

1) ( i fysisk kontakt med eller støttet av) på, opp på, oppe på, i, over

• they put a notice on the board

de satte en lapp på oppslagstavlen

• she got on the chair

hun klatret opp på stolen

• he sat on the roof

han satt oppe på taket

• she had gloves on her hands

hun hadde vanter på hendene

• there are eight flies on the ceiling

det er åtte fluer i taket

2) ( om geografisk posisjon eller plassering) på, ved, i, mot, over

• this is the largest town on the Riviera

dette er den største byen på Rivieraen

• she lives in a house on 19th Street

hun bor i et hus på 19th Street

• they live on the border of Sweden

de bor ved svenskegrensen

• the town stands on a river

byen ligger ved en elv

• the house is on the shore

huset ligger ved kysten

• Newcastle is situated on the Tyne

Newcastle ligger ved elven Tyne

• he lives on the uppermost floor

han bor i øverste etasje

• she has a room on the garden

hun har et rom mot hagen

• the storm is on us

stormen er over oss

3) ( om en markant eller karakteristisk del av noe) på

• she had a scar on her foot

hun har et arr på foten

• you should have seen the look on his face!

du skulle ha sett ansiktsuttrykket hans!

4) ( om emne eller grunnlag) på, av, om, i, ifølge, etter, ut fra

• she has written a book on ecosystems

hun har skrevet en bok om økosystemer

• the Cabinet is split on this matter

kabinettet er delt i denne saken

• she speaks on international affairs

hun snakker om internasjonale saker

• while we are on the subject

mens vi er inne på emnet

• she lives on nuts and fruits

hun lever av nøtter og frukt

• the car runs on petrol

bilen går på bensin

• on this theory the experiment will fail

ifølge denne teorien vil eksperimentet mislykkes

• they dined on salmon yesterday

de spiste laks til middag i går

• he swore on the Bible

han sverget på Bibelen

5) ( om komité eller instans) i

• she is on the board

hun sitter i styret

• are you on the jury?

sitter du i juryen?

• he's on the staff of a newspaper

han er ansatt i en avis

6) ( om mål og fokusering) mot, til, over, overfor, hos, for

• they marched on Paris

de marsjerte mot Paris

• he turned his back on me

han snudde ryggen til meg

• she smiled on him

hun smilte til ham

• he drew his knife on me

han trakk kniven mot meg

• a curse on him!

forbannelse over ham!

• it's not fair on her

det er ikke retterdig overfor henne

• she looked in on her uncle

hun stakk innom hos onkelen sin

• the fire went out on me

bålet brant ut for meg

• that's a new one on me

det var nytt for meg

7) ( om reise eller transportmåte) på, til

• I read the book on the journey here

jeg leste boken på reisen hit

• when on a visit to London you should go shopping at Harrod's

når du er i London, bør du handle på Harrod's

• she got an hour of sleep on the train

hun fikk en times søvn på toget

• they travel on foot

de reiser til fots

8) (om dag eller periode, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, om, under, i, etter, ved, da

• they came on Friday

de kom på fredag

• she always swims on Fridays

hun svømmer alltid på fredager

• he died on (the morning of) May 1st

han døde (om morgenen) 1. mai

• she works on her holidays

hun arbeider i ferien

• come here on the minute!

kom hit på minuttet!

• he came home on his father's death

han kom hjem da faren døde

• on my arrival at Hull I went shopping

da jeg kom frem til Hull, drog jeg på handletur

9) (om noen som holder på med noe, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, da, ved

• she was out on errands

hun var ute på ærender

• on the opening of the box he saw a lizard

da han åpnet boksen, så han en firfirsle

• on second thoughts I helped him anyway

ved nærmere ettertanke hjalp jeg ham likevel

10) ( om penger eller økonomi) på, av, mot

• he has nothing to live on

han har ikke noe å leve av

• what's the tax on income in Norway?

hvor høy er inntektsskatten i Norge?

• you will receive the book on payment of £5

du vil motta boken mot betaling av 5£

11) ( om besittelse) på

• have you got your ID card on you?

har du ID-kortet på deg?

12) ( om resultat av fysisk kontakt) på

• she had cut her hand on the glass

hun hadde skåret hånden sin på glasset

13) ( om lagring eller overføring av opplysninger) på, i

• I've stored it on my PC

jeg har lagret det på datamaskinen min

• he put his thoughts down on the paper

han satte tankene ned på papir

• she's talking to her brother on the telephone

hun snakker med broren i telefonen

14) ( om radio eller TV) på

• I heard it on the radio

jeg hørte det på radioen

• the play is on TV

skuespillet vises på TV

15) (om alkohol, narkotika eller medisin, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på, av

• Jim's on penicillin

Jim bruker penicillin

• she's not on the pill

hun tar ikke p-piller

• you can't get drunk on that

du blir ikke full av det der

16) (om noe som er betalt av noe\/noen, av og til uten oversettelse på norsk) på

• this is on me!

denne spanderer jeg!

• it's on the house

det er på huset

• have one on me!

ta en drink - jeg spanderer!

• he has a car on the firm

han har firmabil

17) ( om spesiell anledning) med, i anledning (av)

• she congratulated him on the scholarship

hun gratulerte ham med stipendet

• I condoled with them on their loss

jeg kondolerte dem i anledning dødsfallet

18) ( om sammenligning) i forhold til

• prices are up by 5 per cent on last year

prisene har gått opp med 5 prosent i forhold til i fjor

• this is a great improvement on the previous model

dette er en stor forbedring i forhold til den forrige modellen

19) ( ved gjentagelse) på, etter

• they faced loss on loss

de gjennomgikk tap på tap

• she wrote letter on letter

hun skrev brev etter brev

be on fire brenne, stå i brann

be on something holde på med noe

• I'm on chapter IV

jeg holder på med kapittel IV

• she's on the third problem

hun holder på med den tredje oppgaven

( hverdagslig) begynne på noe, bli med på noe

fall on somebody\/something kaste seg over noen\/noe, falle om noen\/noe

• she literally fell on him

hun kastet seg bokstavelig talt over ham

• he fell on his mother's neck

han falt om halsen på moren

on amber ( trafikk) på gult (lys)

• they crossed the street on amber

de gikk (over gaten) på gult

on and after fra og med

• this rule will apply on and after this day

denne regelen gjelder fra og med denne dagen

on or before senest

• answer on or before May 1

svar senest 1. mai

spit on one's hand spytte seg i nevene

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17 vogue words, buzz words and catch phrases

•• Речевая мода и ее влияние на язык – тема неисчерпаемая. Модные слова, «словечки», выражения, фразы – все то, что объединяется английскими словосочетаниями в заголовке этой статьи, – играют огромную роль в развитии любого языка, возможно не меньшую, чем необходимость именовать новые явления действительности. Нельзя согласиться с мнением, что языковая мода – явление чисто паразитарное, эфемерное, что модные слова исчезают, не оставляя следа или перерождаются в стертые клише. Во всех этих «обвинениях» есть доля истины (достаточно вспомнить такие модные сейчас слова-паразиты как как бы и на самом деле), но человек, который хочет понять язык и общество, не может позволить себе ими ограничиваться. Что касается переводчика, то он должен «следить за модой» во всех языках, с которыми он работает.

•• Почему в какой-то момент большинство из нас вдруг начинает все чаще говорить «однозначно», «структуры», «вменяемый», «разборка», «подковерная борьба» и тому подобное? Для всех этих слов и выражений нетрудно найти синонимы, которыми мы раньше прекрасно обходились. Некоторые из этих слов встречались в нашей речи и раньше, правда, далеко не так часто, как до возникшего поветрия. То же самое происходит время от времени и в английском языке. Чаще всего это происходит так: все большее число говорящих подхватывают какое-либо слово или выражение из числа общеупотребительных (relate to, manipulate, pipeline), терминологических (schizophrenia, subtext, synergy, oxymoron), жаргонных (no-brainer, reality check) и даже иностранных (déjà vu, chic, macho) и без особой на то видимой причины такое слово становится общепонятным в определенном значении (иногда туманном, размытом – relate to, forward-looking, а иногда – в четком и даже единичном – no-brainer, subtext). К этой же категории я отношу популярные в какой-то период словосочетания и «прецедентные высказывания» типа Нам такой хоккей не нужен или The buck stops here (см. статью policy, politics, politician). Учитывая необъятность темы, ограничимся краткими комментариями к этим и нескольким другим чисто иллюстративным примерам.
•• basket case – это словосочетание приобрело широкое хождение в последние годы, чаще всего в варианте economic basket case:
•• 1. South Korea’s President converted an economic basket case into an industrial powerhouse (Time). – Президент Южной Кореи привел страну от экономической разрухи к расцвету индустриальной мощи;
•• 2. After World War I, when the Hapsburg empire was split up, little Austria seemed a basket case (Paul A. Samuelson). – После второй мировой войны и распада габсбургской империи казалось, что экономика маленькой Австрии обречена.
•• Последний пример заимствован из The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Правда, я не согласен с авторами словаря, относящими это выражение к сленгу. Но его определение здесь – ясное и точное: one that is in a completely hopeless or useless condition. Словарь приводит и мрачновато-циничную этимологию этого словосочетания: In origin it had a physical meaning. In the grim slang of the British army during World War I, it referred to a quadruple amputee. Многочисленные примеры подтверждают следующее наблюдение: In popular usage basket case refers to someone in a hopeless mental condition. Вот фраза, найденная на сайте www.gospelcom.net: I don’t want to turn my daughter into some kind of high pressured basket case. – Я не хочу, чтобы моя дочь превратилась в измотанного/перегруженного проблемами неврастеника. If Gloria has one more crisis, she’ll be a basket case (Wayne Magnuson). – Еще один такой кризис, и Глорию впору будет лечить. В 80-е годы культовую популярность приобрел фильм режиссера Фрэнка Хененлаттера Basket Case, но его сюжет подсказывает скорее дословный перевод – «Человек из корзины» (можно, наверное попробовать и что-нибудь типа «Совсем пропащий»).
•• been there, done that – модное выражение, означающее то же самое, что наше на эти грабли мы (вы) уже наступали. Встречается в речи госсекретаря США Мадлен Олбрайт (вообще любительницы модных словечек);
•• bragging rights – This gives him bragging rights – это то же самое, что и одинаково модное выражение his claim to fame – предмет гордости или апломба;
•• breathless – в значении, иллюстрируемом приводимыми ниже примерами, этого слова нет ни в одном (!) известном мне словаре английского языка. Возможно, оно не выделяется говорящими по-английски как отдельное значение, но, на мой взгляд, оно этого явно заслуживает. Итак, примеры:
•• 1. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spent an hour on television refuting “the questions, allegations and breathless reports” [about the treatment of Al Qaeda prisoners] (Washington Post);
•• 2. Malcolm Parks, a communications professor at the University of Washington, accuses Young of making “breathless statements” based on skewed stories (Reason Magazine);
•• 3. More disturbing than this announcement is the Tennis Academy’s breathless characterization of Monique (сайт CNN и Sports Illustrated – www.cnnsi.com).
•• Посмотрим теперь значения этого слова по одному из наиболее полных словарей – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
•• 1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running. 2. Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience. 3. Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight. 4. a) Not breathing; without breath. b) Dead. 5. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.
•• Ни одно из определений явно не подходит к значению слова breathless в наших примерах. Это значение вытекает из своего рода «метафорического расширения» – представим себе человека, делающего какое-то заявление или высказывание, если можно так выразиться, не переводя дыхания, не вздохнув, не подумав. Отсюда предлагаемые переводы. В первом случае: Министр обороны Рамсфельд в течение часа опровергал по телевидению «безосновательные утверждения, вопросы и сообщения» (позволим себе здесь небольшую перестановку). Во втором случае: ...поспешные заявления, основанные на искаженной информации. Наконец, в третьем примере (disturbing... breathless characterization) можно говорить о непродуманной и даже неумной характеристике. В других контекстах могут пригодиться прилагательные опрометчивый, бездумный и, может быть, даже скоропостижный в его новомодном значении (см. русско-английскую часть словаря);
•• closure – основное значение этого слова (например, в словосочетаниях school closure, military base closure, closure of debate) соответствует русским словам закрытие, завершение, прекращение. Подбор правильного соответствия не требует особых усилий. Правда, в некоторых случаях желательно достаточно полно представлять себе, о чем идет речь. Так, в последнем примере – closure of debate - имеется в виду принятая в Конгрессе США специальная процедура голосования с целью прекратить так называемый филибастер – преднамеренное затягивание прений. Этимологически и в смысловом отношении близко к первоначальному и значение этого слова в словосочетании closure of a deal - примерно то же самое, что у нас оформление сделки. Webster’s Third International Dictionary дает как устаревшее значение agreement. Мне, однако, не раз приходилось слышать его именно в этом значении из уст госсекретаря США Джорджа Шульца: We need to come to closure on this issue before the summit. Дальнейшее развитие основного значения привело к широко распространившемуся в последнее время новому оттенку, еще не отраженному в большинстве словарей. Определение, найденное мною в Cambridge Dictionary of American English, оставляет желать лучшего: the satisfying feeling that something bad or shocking has finally ended (и пример: Only the recovery of the bodies of the victims of the crash would bring closure to their families). Все в этом определении, особенно слово satisfying, сильно огрубляет действительную картину.
•• Обратимся к материалу телеканала «Би-би-си» о состоявшейся 28 октября 2001 года в Нью-Йорке поминальной службе по жертвам трагедии 11 сентября: One word was on everyone’s lips at Sunday’s memorial service for victims of the World Trade Center disaster – “closure”. Дальше в тексте множество «подсказок», позволяющих точнее истолковать это слово: It is difficult for the grieving relatives to come to terms with their loss... It’s difficult to come to grips with... It’s another step in putting this behind you... и наоборот: This is not closure to me, it just opens a wound. I don’t think I’ll ever heal from this. В другом контексте: Jessica Patterson, a former Enron employee, said Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive [...] “didn’t say anything that brought any closure” (New York Times). Как мне кажется, перевод этого слова в данном значении почти всегда контекстуален и в какой-то мере – дело вкуса и такта. Это может быть облегчение, исцеление, вариант с глаголами примириться или смириться (с потерей), может быть, даже итог или катарсис. Впрочем, иногда перевод, как говорится, напрашивается: There was much questioning whether the trial would finally bring closure to the single darkest event in the history of Alabama (www.africana.com). – Многие задаются вопросом, сможет ли этот судебный процесс подвести черту под самым мрачным событием в истории Алабамы;
•• conventional wisdom – популярное с некоторых пор выражение, означающее общепринятое мнение (далее обычно следует его опровержение или уточнение);
•• to be in denial – из психиатрии это выражение перешло в разряд широко употребительных. Из письма возмущенного читателя (явно не поклонника Клинтона) в редакцию журнала Time: Are we in denial? Are we not aware that America’s declining moral and ethical standards are reflected in the polls that sanction the alleged conduct of the President? ( Sanction здесь означает одобрять, допускать. Случай употребления этого слова в обратном по существу значении см. в статье treat, treatment.) В психиатрии to be in denial означает отторгать, не желать воспринимать неприятную, негативную информацию. В переводе данного примера можно ограничиться вполне обиходным Неужели мы не хотим видеть очевидного?
•• empower – сверхмодное слово! Его и образованные от него слова см. в статье empower, empowering, empowerment;
•• forward-looking – стало модно в самое последнее время. Значение довольно размытое. Что-то среднее между прогрессивный, перспективный и интересный, серьезный;
•• fungible – до недавнего времени это модное словцо, в переводе которого словари вряд ли помогут, встречалось в основном в финансово-экономических текстах: Money is fungible означает, что деньги легко перетекают из одной сферы в другую, что они не могут быть «помечены». Удачного сжатого русского перевода мне не встречалось. Но вот недавно в журнале Fortune обратило на себя внимание такое предложение: In Florio’s hands, truth is a fungible commodity. Inside the company it is well known, as a former executive puts it, that “anytime Florio tells you a number, you should cut it in half.” Из контекста очевиден смысл: Для Флорио правда – понятие растяжимое. Еще пример из «антиклинтоновской речи» сенатора Либермана: I am afraid that the misconduct the president has admitted may be reinforcing one of the worst messages being delivered by our popular culture, which is that values are fungible. Здесь тот же смысл:...недопустимое поведение президента подкрепляет утвердившееся в нашей культуре вредоносное утверждение, что мораль – понятие растяжимое/условное/относительное;
•• get a life – недавно это выражение встретилось в неожиданном контексте – кроссворде в газете New York Times. Там оно определено просто – a 90’s catch phrase. Обычно эта фраза (в повелительном наклонении) обращена к юным лоботрясам: Get a life! Означает примерно Возьмись за ум! или Не проспи жизнь!
•• hoops – новомодное (после вышедшего несколько лет назад одноименного документального фильма о подающих надежды юных баскетболистах) значение этого слова пока нашло отражение только в некоторых Интернет-словарях, например в www.dictionary.com. Hoops – баскетбол (делится на pro и college – профессиональный и по правилам университетской лиги), hoopster – баскетболист;
•• governance – согласно словарям – книжное. В последнее время стало широко употребимым. См. в статье government, governance;
•• hyperventilate – Новый БАРС содержит слово hyperventilation с пометой физиол., мед. – гипервентиляция, перенасыщение кислородом крови. Глагол to hyperventilate – глубоко дышать, практиковать глубокое дыхание. В толковых словарях английского языка информации больше. The American Heritage Dictionary определяет to hyperventilate как to breathe abnormally fast or deeply; to breathe in this manner as from excitement or anxiety. Войдя в моду, это слово стало означать нечто вроде задыхаться от возмущения, возбуждения или в пылу полемики. Часто приходится подыскивать контекстуальный перевод, что можно проиллюстрировать следующими примерами:
•• 1. Some of Mr. Ashcroft’s critics want to use his nomination to hyperventilate about abortion and the like (Wall Street Journal). - Некоторые критики г-на Эшкрофта хотят использовать его назначение, чтобы устроить истерику по поводу таких проблем, как аборты;
•• 2. Try not to hyperventilate and reach for the Rolaids when CNBC shows shiny graphics of your stocks soaring on one day and plummeting the next (из брошюры инвестиционного дома Charles Schwab Tips on Buying Stocks for Beginners). – Старайтесь не паниковать/не падать в обморок всякий раз, когда вы видите по телевизору красочные диаграммы, показывающие, как акции, еще вчера шедшие резко вверх, обрушиваются вниз ( Rolaids – таблетки от изжоги, но в данном случае этой реалией можно в переводе пренебречь);
•• 3. Even if you hyperventilate at the idea of looking for a new job, there are times when you should do it (Washingtonian). – Даже если вам противна сама мысль о поисках работы, бывают моменты, когда этим приходится заняться;
•• 4. Democrats, it seems, are into sex, while Republicans hyperventilate on power (рецензия на кинофильм Clear and Present Danger). – Похоже, что демократы увлекаются сексом, а республиканцы помешаны на власти;
•• manipulate, manipulative – не все словари фиксируют значение этого глагола ловко использовать в собственных целях. Соответственно, модное He is very manipulative невозможно перевести при помощи «эквивалента», предлагаемого Новым БАРСом,- связанный с манипуляцией, управлением ( машиной и т.п.). Возможный контекстуальный перевод: Он мастер интриги или Он ловко манипулирует людьми;
•• no-brainer – из молодежного жаргона перешло в обиходную речь многих американцев (аналогичный пример – слова cool, weird, в комментариях не нуждающиеся). Значение этого словца простое – эквивалент нашего тоже «молодежного» – это ежу ясно;
•• oxymoron – для большинства из нас полузабытый термин из области языкознания (стилистический прием, основанный на сочетании антонимических по значению слов, например, cruel kindness). Для образованных англичан и американцев – любое внутренне противоречивое высказывание или явление (см. также статью schizophrenia, schizophrenic). The radical center is an oxymoron only if you believe that the left and right still define all the worthwhile ideas and policies (New Yorker). – Концепция «радикального центра» внутренне противоречива лишь в глазах тех, кто считает, что все идеи и политические направления по-прежнему сводятся к «левым» и «правым»;
•• pipeline – пример модного сейчас употребления этого слова (кстати, отраженного в наиболее полных словарях) из журнала Fortune: The firm is running off its backlog, and the pipeline is running dry. – Фирма работает за счет прежних заказов, а новых становится все меньше. In the pipeline – близко к русскому в работе, на подходе;
•• proactive – см. отдельную словарную статью;
•• reinvent – вошло в моду в 1990-е годы. To reinvent government – переосмыслить роль государства; to reinvent welfare – перестроить систему социальной помощи;
•• relate to – фраза I don’t relate to it может означать едва ли не все, что угодно, например, Мне это неинтересно, или Я этого не понимаю, или даже Я с этим не согласен. То входит в моду, то выходит из нее;
•• reality check – первоначально из молодежного жаргона. Из речи yuppies – состоятельных молодых людей либеральных профессий – перекочевало в лексику различных слоев общества. Mrs. Albright... said she aimed to provide both Israelis and Palestinians with a reality check (International Herald Tribune). – Олбрайт заявила, что собирается напомнить как израильтянам, так и палестинцам о некоторых реальностях;
•• schizophrenia – см. отдельную словарную статью;
•• stakeholder – до недавнего времени просто акционер, но в последние два-три года с быстротой молнии распространилось новое значение – сторона, участник какого-либо общественного процесса. Как правило, имеются в виду государство, деловые круги, общественные движения, организации, отражающие интересы различных слоев общества, и т.д. Отсюда словосочетание multistakeholder dialogue, которое, чтобы не усложнять себе жизнь, лучше переводить просто многосторонний диалог;
•• synergy – согласно Новому БАРСу, это слово относится либо к медицинской терминологии ( синергия), либо к разряду книжных слов. В современном английском встречается сплошь и рядом в значении сочетание взаимно усиливающих друг друга сил, явлений, тенденций и т.п. или просто любое сочетание, как в этом примере из журнала New Yorker: I don’t think that these synergies would work. I wonder whether a writer would want to spend his time managing his business rather than writing;
•• vision – это чрезвычайно модное слово см. в статье philosophy;
•• to walk the talk – неожиданно вошедшая в моду фраза, выражающая мысль о том, что слово не должно расходиться с делом. Lazard is a group of important people giving important people advice. Doubtless Rohatyn counted himself among the former, and he did walk the talk (Fortune);
•• - wise – так же, как и -ism, относится к модным суффиксам. При его помощи образуются какие угодно слова – policy-wise, talent-wise, credibility-wise и т.д. Все они без особого труда понимаются и переводятся при помощи словосочетаний с точки зрения, в смысле, в аспекте.
•• В заключение простой совет – не увлекайтесь модными словами и фразами (равно как и жаргонными и другими фразеологическими выражениями) по крайней мере до тех пор, пока у вас не будет уверенности, что вы их полностью «прочувствовали». Иначе можно попасть впросак, перепутав или смысл, или связанные со словом ассоциации, или допустив совсем ненужную вам иронию. За модой надо, конечно, следить, быть «во всеоружии», но, мне кажется, что говорить на иностранном языке, да и на родном, надо просто и ясно.

English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > vogue words, buzz words and catch phrases
18 gain

ɡeɪn часто pl доходы;
заработок;
барыши;
выручка;
прибыль - in the hope of * в надежде на барыши - ill-gotten *s деньги, добытые нечестным путем нажива;
корысть - the love of * корыстолюбие выигрыш - unexpected * неожиданный выигрыш pl достижения, завоевания pl победа( на выборах) - this party has made spectacular *s in local elections эта партия одержала блестящую победу на выборах в местные органы власти увеличение, рост, прирост - a * in weight прибавление в весе - a * in health улучшение здоровья - this new discovery is a * to human knowledge это новое открытие расширяет круг человеческих знаний (военное) успех (геология) привнос (при выветривании) (физическое) усиление > their loss is our * их просчеты нам на пользу;
кто-то теряет, кто-то находит > light *s make heavy purses копейка рубль бережет > ill-gotten *s seldom prosper (пословица) чужое добро впрок нейдет получать;
приобретать - to * experience( as one grows older) приобретать опыт /набираться опыта/ (с годами) - to * strength (after illness) набираться сил (после болезни) - to * colour порозоветь - to * influence становиться влиятельным - to * recognition добиться признания - they were unable to * ascendancy им не удалось взять верх - to * the character of... приобрести репутацию..., прослыть... - to * perspective приобретать перспективу, становиться объемным;
проясняться, выясняться - only then did things * any perspective только тогда все в какой-то мере прояснилось зарабатывать - to * a living /a livelihood/ зарабатывать средства к существованию /на жизнь/ - to * one's bread зарабатывать на кусок хлеба добывать - to * information добывать сведения извлекать пользу, выгоду - he *ed a lot of money by the transaction он заработал кучу денег на этой сделке - what will you * by that, what do you have /stand/ to * by that? чего вы этим добьетесь?, какая вам от этого польза?, что вы от этого выиграете? - you will * by reading these books тебе очень полезно прочитать эти книги выиграть - to * a battle выиграть битву /сражение/ - to * a prize выиграть приз - to * a suit at law выиграть дело в суде - he *s a good deal on being known /on acquaintance/ чем лучше его узнаешь, тем он больше нравится добиться, завоевать - to * a victory одержать победу - to * a majority of 50 votes добиться перевеса /большинства/ в 50 голосов - to * one's end /object/ достигнуть /добиться/ своей цели, добиться своего - to * one's point достигнуть /добиться/ своей цели, добиться своего;
отстоять свои позиции /свою точку зрения/ - to * a point выиграть очко;
получить преимущество - to * smb.'s sympathy приобрести /снискать/ чье-л. расположение - to * smb.'s confidence завоевать чье-л. доверие - his sincerity *ed the confidence of everyone своей искренностью он заслужил всеобщее доверие - to * smb.'s ear, to * the ear of smb. быть благосклонно выслушанным кем-л. - to * a hearing добиться аудиенции;
заставить выслушать себя - to * smb.'s heart покорить чье-л. сердце, добиться чьей-л. любви - to * the lead (спортивное) быть на первом месте;
вырваться вперед, стать лидером, лидировать - to * a half-wheel lead обогнать на полколеса (велоспорт) - to * a one lap lead обогнать на круг (легкая атлетика) захватывать, завоевывать - to * ground (военное) захватывать местность;
продвигаться вперед - to * land from the sea отвоевывать сушу у моря - to * possession of smth. овладевать чем-л. - to * possession of the ball (спортивное) овладеть мячом достигать, добираться - to * one's destination добраться до нужного места;
достичь своей цели - to * the top of a mountain взобраться на вершину горы - to * the shore добраться /доплыть/ до берега - to * the top floor подняться на верхний этаж - to * the sea /the offing/ (морское) выйти в открытое море - to * contact( военное) войти в соприкосновение увеличивать, набирать (скорость и т. п.) - to * altitude (авиация) набирать высоту - to * speed набирать скорость - my watch *s five minutes a day мои часы убегают на пять минут в сутки - to * weight прибавлять в весе, набирать вес, полнеть увеличиваться, нарастать;
прибавлять - my watch neither *s nor loses мои часы идут точно - to * in weight прибавлять в весе, набирать вес, полнеть - the days were *ing in warmth дни становились теплее - to * in authority приобретать все большую власть /-шее влияние/ - to * in renown завоевывать известность - the fire is *ing пожар разгорается (on) нагонять - to * on a competitor нагонять соперника - our race horse was *ing on the favourite наш скакун настигал фаворита - to * on a ship нагонять судно, приближаться к судну (on) двигаться быстрее, чем... - to * on one's pursuers уходить от своих преследователей (on) постепенно вторгаться, захватывать часть суши (о море, реке) (on) постепенно добиваться расположения;
все больше нравиться;
захватывать - music that *s on the listeners музыка, которая постепенно захватывает слушателей /проникает слушателям в душу/ - he is *ing on me он мне все больше нравится - bad habits * on people дурным привычкам легко поддаться > to * time выиграть /оттянуть/ время > to * a foothold /a footing/ укрепиться, утвердиться( на небольшом пространстве) ;
стать твердой ногой;
завоевать положение > to * ground преуспевать, делать успехи;
распространяться > his ideas are *ing ground его идеи получают все большее распространение > to * the upper hand одержать победу, взять верх, одолеть > to * the day выиграть сражение, одержать победу > to * the wind (морское) выиграть ветер (строительство) вырез, гнездо( в дереве) (горное) вруб, зарубка;
квершлаг, просек( строительство) делать гнездо или паз appreciation ~ прибыль за счет повышения курса валюты average ~ средний выигрыш capital ~ выручка от продажи капитального имущества capital ~ доход от прироста капитала capital ~ доход от продажи капитала capital ~ курсовая выручка chargeable ~ доход, облагаемый налогом contingent ~ непредвиденный доход dishonest ~ нечестный выигрыш dollar ~ долларовая прибыль exchange ~ курсовая прибыль exchange rate ~ курсовая прибыль foreign exchange ~ прибыль в иностранной валюте gain выигрывать, добиваться;
to gain a prize выиграть приз;
to gain time сэкономить, выиграть время ~ выигрывать ~ выигрыш ~ тех. вырез, гнездо (в дереве, в столбе) ~ добиваться ~ достигать, добираться;
to gain touch воен. установить соприкосновение (с противником) ;
to gain the rear of the enemy воен. выйти в тыл противника ~ достигать ~ pl доходы (from - от) ;
заработок;
выигрыш (в карты и т. п.) ~ доходы ~ зарабатывать, добывать ~ зарабатывать, добывать ~ зарабатывать ~ извлекать выгоду ~ извлекать пользу, выгоду;
выгадывать ~ извлекать пользу, выгоду ~ извлекать пользу ~ извлекать прибыль ~ горн. квершлаг ~ нажива, корысть;
love of gain корыстолюбие ~ нажива, корысть ~ повышение валютного курса ~ повышение цены финансового инструмента ~ получать, приобретать;
to gain confidence( of smb.) войти в доверие (к кому-л.) ~ получать ~ получить ~ прибыль, выгода ~ прибыль, полученная в результате повышения цены финансового инструмента ~ прибыль, выгода ~ приобретать ~ прирост ~ рост ~ увеличение, прирост, рост ~ увеличение ~ увеличивать ~ улучшаться ~ усиление ~ радио, тлв. усиление;
illgotten gains never prosper посл. = чужое добро впрок нейдет ~ функция выигрыша gain выигрывать, добиваться;
to gain a prize выиграть приз;
to gain time сэкономить, выиграть время ~ a programming experience вчт. приобретать опыт программирования ~ an access вчт. получать доступ ~ получать, приобретать;
to gain confidence (of smb.) войти в доверие (к кому-л.) to ~ experience приобретать опыт;
to gain ill repute стяжать дурную славу to ~ experience приобретать опыт;
to gain ill repute стяжать дурную славу ~ in market share приобретение доли рынка ~ in productivity рост производительности ~ of sharpness вчт. увеличение резкости ~ on вторгаться, захватывать постепенно часть суши (о море) ~ on добиться (чьего-л. расположения) ~ on нагонять ~ over переманить на свою сторону, убедить;
gain upon = gain on;
to gain the upper hand взять верх;
my watch gains мои часы спешат ~ on bonds прибыль от облигации ~ on disposal of fixed assets прибыль от реализации основных фондов ~ on drawn bond прибыль от облигации с фиксированной ставкой ~ on market value прибыль за счет рыночной стоимости ценной бумаги ~ on securities прибыль от ценных бумаг ~ on shares прибыль от акций ~ over переманить на свою сторону, убедить;
gain upon = gain on;
to gain the upper hand взять верх;
my watch gains мои часы спешат to ~ weight увеличиваться в весе;
to gain strength набираться сил, оправляться ~ достигать, добираться;
to gain touch воен. установить соприкосновение (с противником) ;
to gain the rear of the enemy воен. выйти в тыл противника ~ over переманить на свою сторону, убедить;
gain upon = gain on;
to gain the upper hand взять верх;
my watch gains мои часы спешат gain выигрывать, добиваться;
to gain a prize выиграть приз;
to gain time сэкономить, выиграть время ~ достигать, добираться;
to gain touch воен. установить соприкосновение (с противником) ;
to gain the rear of the enemy воен. выйти в тыл противника ~ over переманить на свою сторону, убедить;
gain upon = gain on;
to gain the upper hand взять верх;
my watch gains мои часы спешат to ~ weight увеличиваться в весе;
to gain strength набираться сил, оправляться gambling ~ выигрыш в азартной игре hedging ~ бирж. выигрыш от хеджирования ill-gotten ~ доход, полученный нечестным путем ~ радио, тлв. усиление;
illgotten gains never prosper посл. = чужое добро впрок нейдет interest ~ доход от процентов ~ нажива, корысть;
love of gain корыстолюбие maturity-dependent capital ~ доход от прироста капитала, зависящий от срока платежей ~ over переманить на свою сторону, убедить;
gain upon = gain on;
to gain the upper hand взять верх;
my watch gains мои часы спешат net capital ~ чистый прирост капитала net exchange ~ доход от обмена валюты net ~ чистая прибыль net migration ~ чистый прирост населения за счет миграции netted exchange ~ чистая прибыль от обмена валюты nonnetted exchange ~ нереализованная валютная прибыль nonrealized exchange ~ нереализованная прибыль на разнице валютных курсов nontaxed ~ доход, не облагаемый налогом paper ~ бумажная прибыль paper ~ нереализованная прибыль potential ~ возможная прибыль realized capital ~ доход от прироста капитала realized ~ полученная прибыль realized ~ реализованная прибыль short-term capital ~ краткосрочный доход от прироста капитала short-term ~ краткосрочная прибыль speculative ~ спекулятивный доход stock ~ прирост запасов stock ~ увеличение запасов tax-exempt ~ прибыль, не облагаемая налогом taxable capital ~ облагаемые налогом доходы от прироста капитала taxable ~ облагаемый налогом доход от прироста капитала unrealized ~ нереализованная прибыль unrealized ~ нереализованный доход value ~ повышение цены value ~ увеличение стоимости

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > gain
19 gain

I
1. [geın] n

1. 1) часто pl доходы; заработок; барыши; выручка; прибыль

in the hope of gain - в надежде на барыши

ill-gotten gains - деньги, добытые нечестным путём

2) нажива; корысть

the love of gain - корыстолюбие

2. 1) выигрыш

unexpected gain - неожиданный выигрыш

2) pl достижения, завоевания

3) pl победа ( на выборах)

this party has made spectacular gains in local elections - эта партия одержала блестящую победу на выборах в местные органы власти

3. увеличение, рост, прирост

a gain in weight - прибавление в весе

a gain in health - улучшение здоровья

this new discovery is a gain to human knowledge - это новое открытие расширяет круг человеческих знаний

4. воен. успех

5. геол. привнос ( при выветривании)

6. физ. усиление

♢ their loss is our gain - их просчёты нам на пользу; ≅ кто-то теряет, кто-то находит

light gains make heavy purses - ≅ копейка рубль бережёт

ill-gotten gains seldom prosper - посл. ≅ чужое добро впрок нейдёт

2. [geın] v

1. 1) получать; приобретать

to gain experience (as one grows older) - приобретать опыт /набираться опыта/ (с годами)

to gain strength [health] (after illness) - набираться сил [здоровья] (после болезни)

to gain colour - порозоветь

to gain influence - становиться влиятельным

to gain recognition - добиться признания

they were unable to gain ascendancy - им не удалось взять верх

to gain the character of... - приобрести репутацию..., прослыть...

to gain perspective - а) жив. приобретать перспективу, становиться объёмным; б) проясняться, выясняться

only then did things gain any perspective - только тогда всё в какой-то мере прояснилось

2) зарабатывать

to gain a living /a livelihood/ - зарабатывать средства к существованию /на жизнь/

to gain one's bread - зарабатывать на кусок хлеба

3) добывать

to gain information - добывать сведения

2. извлекать пользу, выгоду

he gained a lot of money by the transaction - он заработал кучу денег на этой сделке

what will you gain by that, what do you have /stand/ to gain by that? - чего вы этим добьётесь?, какая вам от этого польза?, что вы от этого выиграете?

you will gain by reading these books - тебе очень полезно прочитать эти книги

3. 1) выиграть

to gain a battle - выиграть битву /сражение/

to gain a prize - выиграть приз

to gain a suit at law - выиграть дело в суде

he gains a good deal on being known /on acquaintance/ - чем лучше его узнаёшь, тем он больше нравится

2) добиться, завоевать

to gain a victory - одержать победу

to gain a majority of 50 votes - добиться перевеса /большинства/ в 50 голосов

to gain one's end /object/ - достигнуть /добиться/ своей цели, добиться своего

to gain one's point - а) = to gain one's end; б) отстоять свои позиции /свою точку зрения/

to gain a point - а) выиграть очко; б) получить преимущество

to gain smb.'s sympathy - приобрести /снискать/ чьё-л. расположение

to gain smb.'s confidence - завоевать чьё-л. доверие

his sincerity gained the confidence of everyone - своей искренностью он заслужил всеобщее доверие

to gain smb.'s ear, to gain the ear of smb. - быть благосклонно выслушанным кем-л.

to gain a hearing - а) добиться аудиенции; б) заставить выслушать себя

to gain smb.'s heart - покорить чьё-л. сердце, добиться чьей-л. любви

to gain the lead - спорт. быть на первом месте; вырваться вперёд, стать лидером, лидировать

to gain a half-wheel lead - обогнать на полколеса ( велоспорт)

to gain a one lap lead - обогнать на круг ( лёгкая атлетика)

3) захватывать, завоёвывать

to gain ground - воен. захватывать местность; продвигаться вперёд [см. тж. ♢ ]

to gain land from the sea - отвоёвывать сушу у моря

to gain possession of smth. - овладевать чем-л.

to gain possession of the ball - спорт. овладеть мячом

4. достигать, добираться

to gain one's destination - а) добраться до нужного места; б) достичь своей цели

to gain the top of a mountain - взобраться на вершину горы

to gain the shore - добраться /доплыть/ до берега

to gain the top floor - подняться на верхний этаж

to gain the sea /the offing/ - мор. выйти в открытое море

to gain contact - воен. войти в соприкосновение

5. 1) увеличивать, набирать (скорость и т. п.)

to gain altitude - ав. набирать высоту

to gain speed - набирать скорость

my watch gains five minutes a day - мои часы убегают на пять минут в сутки

to gain weight = to gain in weight [см. 5, 2)]

2) увеличиваться, нарастать; прибавлять

my watch neither gains nor loses - мои часы идут точно

to gain in weight - прибавлять в весе, набирать вес, полнеть

the days were gaining in warmth - дни становились теплее

to gain in authority - приобретать всё большую власть /-ее влияние/

to gain in renown - завоёвывать известность

the fire is gaining - пожар разгорается

6. (on)

1) нагонять

to gain on a competitor [on the other runners in a race] - нагонять соперника [других бегунов, участвующих в соревнованиях]

our race horse was gaining on the favourite - наш скакун настигал фаворита

to gain on a ship - нагонять судно, приближаться к судну

2) двигаться быстрее, чем...

to gain on one's pursuers - уходить от своих преследователей

7. (on)

1) постепенно вторгаться, захватывать часть суши (о море, реке)

2) постепенно добиваться расположения; всё больше нравиться; захватывать

music that gains on the listeners - музыка, которая постепенно захватывает слушателей /проникает слушателям в душу/

he is gaining on me - он мне всё больше нравится

bad habits gain on people - дурным привычкам легко поддаться

♢ to gain time - выиграть /оттянуть/ время

to gain a foothold /a footing/ - укрепиться, утвердиться ( на небольшом пространстве); стать твёрдой ногой; завоевать положение

to gain ground - а) преуспевать, делать успехи; б) распространяться; [см. тж. 3, 3)]

his ideas are gaining ground - его идеи получают всё большее распространение

to gain the upper hand - одержать победу, взять верх, одолеть

to gain the day - выиграть сражение, одержать победу

to gain the wind - мор. выиграть ветер
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1. [geın] n

1. стр. вырез, гнездо ( в дереве)

2. горн.

1) вруб, зарубка

2) квершлаг, просек

2. [geın] v стр.

делать гнездо или паз

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20 Historical Portugal

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

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

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

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

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

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

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

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

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

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

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

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

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

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

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

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

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

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

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

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

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

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Contemporary Portugal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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