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  • 41 gratuito

    adj.
    1 free, free of charge, gratis, gratuitous.
    Un insulto sin causa aparente.. A gratuitous insult.
    2 gratuitous.
    Un insulto sin causa aparente.. A gratuitous insult.
    * * *
    1 (de balde) free
    2 (sin fundamento) arbitrary, gratuitous
    * * *
    (f. - gratuita)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=gratis) free, free of charge
    2) [comentario] gratuitous, uncalled-for; [acusación] unfounded, unjustified
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( gratis) free
    b) ( infundado) < afirmaciones> unwarranted; < insulto> gratuitous
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( gratis) free
    b) ( infundado) < afirmaciones> unwarranted; < insulto> gratuitous
    * * *
    gratuito1
    = free, free of charge, giveaway [give-away], gratuitous, toll-free, complimentary, freebie, out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart, freely available, costless, free for the taking, free of cost, no cost(s), on a complimentary basis.

    Ex: Late in 1986, the Medical Library took advantage of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' free trial offer of its compact Medline on CD-ROM.

    Ex: Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex: HUD publications range from give-away pamphlets to multi-volume research tomes = Las publicaciones HUD van desde los folletos gratuitos a tomos de investigaciones en varios volúmenes.
    Ex: It is the institutions' general practice to grant gratuitous permissions for photocopying except where substantial quantities of matter are involved.
    Ex: For access and price information concerning the electronic version of Everyman's, contact Dialog Information Services, Inc. 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 or telephone toll-free 1-800-227-1927 (outside California).
    Ex: This is a classified, annotated guide to magazines which fall into the general category of house magazines available to libraries on a complimentary basis.
    Ex: The article 'Professional reference service with ' freebie' librarians' discusses the free online reference service offered by the Internet Public Library.
    Ex: Thus, resources should be freely available, or at the very last charge only nominal fees for their use.
    Ex: Another property of DSMA protocols is a provision for a graceful dynamic reconfiguration and costless protocol recovery after a lost token.
    Ex: The short answer of course is 'yes,' simply because we now live in a world where these resources are expected to be there, and many expect them to be there free for the taking.
    Ex: An annexure reviews electronic journals available free of cost.
    Ex: Respondents who preferred CD-ROM searching did so because they liked doing their own searches and the fact that there were no costs involved.
    Ex: Mountain bikes are available on a complimentary basis for guests who wish to explore the scenic north coast of the island.
    * adquisición gratuita = free acquisition.
    * de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.
    * de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.
    * ejemplar gratuito = gift copy.
    * entrada gratuita = free ticket.
    * llamada gratuita = toll-free.
    * nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
    * número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.
    * publicación gratuita = free publication.

    gratuito2
    2 = wanton, gratuitous.

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    Ex: However, most librarians do not have the training for counseling and should avoid gratuitous tampering with the lives of library patrons.
    * a título gratuito = gratuitous.

    * * *
    1 (gratis) free
    asistencia médica gratuita free medical care
    2 ‹afirmaciones› unwarranted
    * * *

     

    gratuito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ( gratis) free


    ‹ insulto› gratuitous
    gratuito,-a adjetivo
    1 (gratis) free (of charge)
    aparcamiento gratuito, free parking
    2 (sin justificación, sin fundamento) gratuitous
    una medida gratuita, a gratuitous measure
    ' gratuito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gratuita
    English:
    free
    - gratuitous
    - toll-free
    - wanton
    - toll
    * * *
    gratuito, -a adj
    1. [gratis] free
    2. [arbitrario] gratuitous;
    [infundado] unfair, uncalled for;
    violencia gratuita gratuitous violence
    * * *
    adj free;
    ser gratuito fig be gratuitous
    * * *
    gratuito, -ta adj
    1) : gratuitous, unwarranted
    2) gratis: free, gratis
    * * *
    gratuito adj free

    Spanish-English dictionary > gratuito

  • 42 law

    noun
    1) no pl. (body of established rules) Gesetz, das; Recht, das

    the law forbids/allows something to be done — nach dem Gesetz ist es verboten/erlaubt, etwas zu tun

    according to/under British etc. law — nach britischem usw. Recht

    under the or by or in law — nach dem Gesetz

    be/become law — vorgeschrieben sein/werden

    lay down the law on/about something — sich zum Experten für etwas aufschwingen

    law enforcement — Durchführung der Gesetze/des Gesetzes

    2) no pl., no indef. art. (control through law) Gesetz, das
    3) (statute) Gesetz, das

    there ought to be a law against it/people like you — so etwas sollte/Leute wie du sollten verboten werden

    be a law unto oneself — machen, was man will

    4) no pl., no indef. art. (litigation) Rechtswesen, das; Gerichtswesen, das

    go to law [over something] — [wegen etwas] vor Gericht gehen; [wegen etwas] den Rechtsweg beschreiten

    have the law on somebody — (coll.) jemandem die Polizei auf den Hals schicken (ugs.); jemanden vor den Kadi schleppen (ugs.)

    take the law into one's own hands — sich (Dat.) selbst Recht verschaffen

    5) no pl., no indef. art. (profession)

    practise law — Jurist/Juristin sein

    6) no pl., no art. (Univ.): (jurisprudence) Jura o. Art.; Rechtswissenschaft, die; attrib. Rechts-

    law school — (Amer.) juristische Fakultät

    7) no indef. art. (branch of law)

    commercial law — Handelsrecht, das

    8) (Sci., Philos., etc.) Gesetz, das

    law of nature, natural law — Naturgesetz, das

    * * *
    [lo:]
    1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) das Recht
    2) (any one of such rules: A new law has been passed by Parliament.) das Gesetz
    3) ((in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen: the law of gravity.) das Gesetz
    •
    - academic.ru/42012/lawful">lawful
    - lawfully
    - lawless
    - lawlessly
    - lawlessness
    - lawyer
    - law-abiding
    - law court
    - lawsuit
    - be a law unto oneself
    - the law
    - the law of the land
    - lay down the law
    * * *
    [lɔ:, AM esp lɑ:]
    n
    1. (rule) Gesetz nt
    many doctors want to see a \law banning all tobacco advertising viele Ärzte fordern ein Verbot jeglicher Tabakwerbung
    the \laws governing the importation of animals... die Gesetze zur Einführung von Tieren...
    his word is \law sein Wort ist Gesetz
    there is a \law against driving on the wrong side of the road es ist verboten, auf der falschen Straßenseite zu fahren
    the first \law of politics is... das oberste Gesetz in der Politik lautet...
    \law of taxation Steuerrecht nt
    2. no pl (legal system) Recht nt
    to take the \law into one's own hands Selbstjustiz betreiben
    \law and order Recht und Ordnung, Law and Order fam
    to be against the \law illegal [o gegen das Gesetz] sein
    to be above the \law über dem Gesetz stehen
    to break/obey the \law das Gesetz brechen/befolgen
    to remain within the \law sich akk im Rahmen des Gesetzes bewegen
    3. no pl (police)
    ▪ the \law die Polizei
    to get the \law on sb ( fam) jdm die Polizei auf den Hals hetzen fam
    4. (scientific principle) [Natur]gesetz nt
    \law of averages Gesetz nt der Serie
    \law of chance SCI Zufallsgesetz nt
    \law of conservation of energy PHYS Energie[erhaltungs]satz m
    \law of conservation of matter CHEM, PHYS Massenerhaltungssatz m
    \law of constant heat summation PHYS Gesetz nt der konstanten Wärmesummen
    \law of constant [or definite] proportions CHEM Gesetz nt der konstanten Proportionen
    \law of error propagation MATH Fehlerfortpflanzungsgesetz nt
    the \law of supply and demand das Gesetz von Angebot und Nachfrage
    5. no pl (at university) Jura kein art, Jus nt ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ
    to study \law Jura [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ Jus] studieren
    6.
    ▶ to go to \law vor Gericht gehen
    ▶ the \law of the jungle das Gesetz des Stärkeren
    ▶ there's one \law for the rich and another for the poor ( saying) wer Geld hat, [der] hat auch das Gesetz auf seiner Seite
    ▶ sb is a \law unto oneself jd lebt nach seinen eigenen Gesetzen
    * * *
    [lɔː]
    n
    1) (= rule ALSO JEWISH, SCI) Gesetz nt

    there is no law against asking, is there? (inf) — man darf doch wohl noch fragen, oder?

    he is a law unto himself — er macht, was er will

    2) (= body of laws) Gesetz nt no pl; (= system) Recht nt

    by law all restaurants must display their prices outside — alle Restaurants sind gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet, ihre Preise draußen auszuhängen

    he is above/outside the law — er steht über dem Gesetz/außerhalb des Gesetzes

    to keep within the law — sich im Rahmen des Gesetzes bewegen

    a change in the law —

    civil/criminal law — Zivil-/Strafrecht nt

    3) (as study) Jura no art, Recht(swissenschaft f) nt
    4) (SPORT) Regel f; (ART) Gesetz nt
    5)

    (= operation of law) law — eine Anwaltspraxis haben

    to go to law — vor Gericht gehen, den Rechtsweg beschreiten

    to take sb to law — gegen jdn gerichtlich vorgehen, jdn vor Gericht bringen

    to take a case to law — in einer Sache gerichtlich vorgehen, einen Fall vor Gericht bringen

    law and order — Ruhe or Recht und Ordnung, Law and Order

    6)

    the law (inf) — die Polente (dated inf), die Bullen (sl)

    I'll get the law on you ( Brit inf ) — ich hole die Polizei

    * * *
    law1 [lɔː] s
    1. (objektives) Recht, Gesetz n, Gesetze pl:
    according to law, by law, in law, under the law nach dem Gesetz, von Rechts wegen, gesetzlich;
    contrary to law, against the law gesetz-, rechtswidrig;
    under German law nach deutschem Recht;
    law and order Recht oder Ruhe und Ordnung;
    act within the law sich im Rahmen des Gesetzes bewegen, gesetzmäßig handeln;
    take the law into one’s own hands sich selbst Recht verschaffen, zur Selbsthilfe greifen; → come up 6, domestic A 1, inheritance 1 b, jungle, property 1, succession 4 d
    2. (einzelnes) Gesetz:
    the bill has become ( oder passed into) law die Gesetzesvorlage ist (zum) Gesetz geworden
    3. → common law
    4. Recht n:
    a) Rechtssystem n:
    b) (einzelnes) Rechtsgebiet:
    law of nations Völkerrecht, internationales Recht; → commercial law, international A 1
    5. Rechtswissenschaft f, Jura pl:
    comparative law vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft;
    read ( oder study, take) law Jura studieren;
    learned in the law rechtsgelehrt;
    Doctor of Laws Doktor m der Rechte; → practice C 2
    6. Juristenberuf m, juristische Laufbahn:
    be in the law Jurist(in) sein
    7. Rechtskenntnisse pl:
    8. Gericht n, Rechtsweg m:
    at law vor Gericht, gerichtlich;
    go to law vor Gericht gehen, den Rechtsweg beschreiten, prozessieren;
    go to law with sb, have ( oder take) the law of ( oder on) sb jemanden verklagen oder belangen
    9. umg
    a) Bullen pl pej (Polizei)
    b) Bulle m pej (Polizist)
    10. allg Gesetz n, Vorschrift f, Gebot n, Befehl m:
    be a law (un)to o.s. sich über jegliche Konvention hinwegsetzen; tun, was einem passt;
    lay down the law sich als Autorität aufspielen ( to sb jemandem gegenüber);
    lay down the law to sb jemandem Vorschriften machen
    11. a) Gesetz n, Grundsatz m, Prinzip n:
    the laws of probability ( oder averages) die Gesetze der Wahrscheinlichkeit
    b) (Spiel)Regel f:
    the laws of the game die Spielregeln
    12. a) auch law of nature Naturgesetz n
    b) (wissenschaftliches) Gesetz: → causality 1, inertia 1, proportion A 4
    c) (Lehr)Satz m:
    law of sines MATH Sinussatz;
    law of thermodynamics PHYS Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik
    13. Gesetzmäßigkeit f, Ordnung f (in der Natur):
    not chance, but law nicht Zufall, sondern Gesetzmäßigkeit
    14. REL
    a) (göttliches) Gesetz oder Gebot
    b) oft Law koll (göttliches) Gesetz, Gebote pl Gottes
    15. REL
    a) the Law (of Moses) das Gesetz (des Moses), der Pentateuch
    b) das Alte Testament
    law2 [lɔː] int umg obs herrje!
    L., l. abk
    1. lake
    2. law
    4. left li.
    5. line
    * * *
    noun
    1) no pl. (body of established rules) Gesetz, das; Recht, das

    the law forbids/allows something to be done — nach dem Gesetz ist es verboten/erlaubt, etwas zu tun

    according to/under British etc. law — nach britischem usw. Recht

    under the or by or in law — nach dem Gesetz

    be/become law — vorgeschrieben sein/werden

    lay down the law on/about something — sich zum Experten für etwas aufschwingen

    law enforcement — Durchführung der Gesetze/des Gesetzes

    2) no pl., no indef. art. (control through law) Gesetz, das
    3) (statute) Gesetz, das

    there ought to be a law against it/people like you — so etwas sollte/Leute wie du sollten verboten werden

    be a law unto oneself — machen, was man will

    4) no pl., no indef. art. (litigation) Rechtswesen, das; Gerichtswesen, das

    go to law [over something] — [wegen etwas] vor Gericht gehen; [wegen etwas] den Rechtsweg beschreiten

    have the law on somebody — (coll.) jemandem die Polizei auf den Hals schicken (ugs.); jemanden vor den Kadi schleppen (ugs.)

    take the law into one's own hands — sich (Dat.) selbst Recht verschaffen

    5) no pl., no indef. art. (profession)

    practise law — Jurist/Juristin sein

    6) no pl., no art. (Univ.): (jurisprudence) Jura o. Art.; Rechtswissenschaft, die; attrib. Rechts-

    law school — (Amer.) juristische Fakultät

    7) no indef. art. (branch of law)

    commercial law — Handelsrecht, das

    8) (Sci., Philos., etc.) Gesetz, das

    law of nature, natural law — Naturgesetz, das

    * * *
    n.
    Gesetz -e n.
    Recht -e n.
    Rechtswissenschaft f.
    Vorgabe -n (Jagd, Sport) f.

    English-german dictionary > law

  • 43 exercise

    ex·er·cise [ʼeksəsaɪz, Am -sɚ-] vt
    to \exercise sth etw trainieren;
    to \exercise a dog einen Hund spazieren führen;
    to \exercise a horse ein Pferd bewegen;
    to \exercise one's muscles/ memory seine Muskeln/sein Gedächtnis trainieren
    2) (form: mentally)
    to \exercise sb's mind jdn sehr beschäftigen
    3) (form: use)
    to \exercise sth etw üben;
    to \exercise one's authority seine Autorität ausüben;
    to \exercise caution Vorsicht walten lassen;
    to \exercise common sense den gesunden Menschenverstand benutzen;
    to \exercise control over sth Kontrolle über etw akk ausüben;
    to \exercise discretion in a matter eine Angelegenheit mit Diskretion behandeln;
    to \exercise leadership die Leitung innehaben;
    to \exercise an option ein Optionsrecht ausüben;
    to \exercise one's power seine Macht in Anspruch nehmen;
    to \exercise one's privilege von seinem Privileg Gebrauch machen;
    to \exercise one's right sein Recht geltend machen;
    to \exercise self-denial sich akk selbst verleugnen;
    to \exercise self-discipline Selbstdisziplin ausüben;
    to \exercise tact mit Takt vorgehen;
    to \exercise one's veto sein Vetorecht einlegen vi trainieren n
    1) ( physical exertion) Bewegung f; ( training) Übung f;
    breathing \exercise Atemübung f;
    outdoor \exercise Bewegung f im Freien;
    physical \exercise körperliche Bewegung;
    to do \exercises Gymnastik machen;
    to do leg \exercises Beinübungen machen;
    to take \exercise sich akk bewegen;
    you really should take more \exercise du solltest dich wirklich mehr sportlich betätigen
    2) ( practice) Übung f; sch, univ Aufgabe f;
    written \exercises schriftliche Übungen
    3) mil Übung f;
    to take part in an \exercise an einer Übung teilnehmen;
    a military \exercise eine militärische Übung;
    a naval \exercise eine Marineübung;
    tactical \exercises taktische Übungen
    4) usu sing ( act) Aufgabe f; ( iron) Meisterstück nt ( iron) ( fam)
    damage limitation \exercise Versuch m der Schadensbegrenzung;
    an \exercise in sth ein Paradebeispiel für etw akk;
    an \exercise in compromise ein wahrhafter Kompromiss
    5) no pl ( use) Ausübung f;
    the \exercise of tolerance die Gewährung von Toleranz
    6) ( esp Am)
    \exercises pl Feierlichkeiten fpl;
    graduation \exercises Abschlussfeierlichkeiten fpl;
    inauguration \exercises Einweihungsfeierlichkeiten fpl n
    modifier (programme, session, studio) Trainings-;
    \exercise class Fitnessklasse f;
    \exercise video Übungsvideo nt

    English-German students dictionary > exercise

  • 44 turn

    1. I
    1) we all turned мы все повернулись [кругом]; he turned and went away in a rage он повернулся и в гневе пошел прочь; it is time for us to turn нам пора повернуть назад /пойти обратно/; he did not know which way /where/ то turn a) он не знал, куда повернуться; б) он не знал, к кому обратиться; the river turns and twists речка извивается /петляет/; the tide has turned начинается отлив или прилив; the wind is turning ветер меняется /меняет направление/; the weather has turned погода изменилась; I fear my luck will turn боюсь, мне изменит счастье /мне перестанет везти/
    2) the wheels turned колеса вертелись; the ball turns крутится шар; the merry-go-round turned карусель вертелась /вращалась/; this key is hard to turn этот ключ трудно повернуть; the tap won't turn кран не поворачивается
    3) my head is turning у меня кружится голова; heights always make his head turn высота всегда вызывает у него головокружение
    4) the leaves are beginning to turn листья начинают желтеть; her hair has begun to turn она начала седеть
    5) the milk has turned молоко прокисло
    6) the edge of the knife had turned лезвие ножа затупилось
    2. II
    1) turn in some manner turn abruptly (reluctantly, instinctively, wearily, insolently, etc.) резко и т.д. повернуть (ся) или свернуть; somewhere turn this way (that way, left, around, etc.) повернуть(ся) в эту сторону и т.д.; the main road turns sharp right шоссе круто уходит направо; turn homewards (west, etc.) направляться домой и т.д.; let's turn back давайте вернемся [назад]; she turned aside and began to sob она отвернулась и начала всхлипывать; turn round and let me see your face повернись и дай мне посмотреть тебе в лице; he turned round and round он все время поворачивался /крутился/; turn at tome time it is time to turn now теперь нам пора возвращаться /поворачивать назад/
    2) turn in some manner the boat (the car, the cart, etc.) turned over лодка и т.д. перевернулась; the aircraft struck the ground and turned over and over самолет врезался в землю и несколько раз перевернулся; turn head over heels перекувырнуться; the boat turned upside down лодка перевернулась /опрокинулась вверх дном/; my umbrella (my pocket, etc.) turned inside out у меня вывернулся зонтик и т.д.; the whole world turned topsy-turvy весь мир перевернулся, все в мире перевернулось
    3) turn in some manner the key (the handle, the tap, etc.) turns easily ключ и т.д. легко поворачивается
    4) turn in some manner the dancer turned quickly (awkwardly, gracefully. etc.) танцовщица быстро и т.д. кружилась
    5) turn in some manner the metal (the wood, this material, etc.) turns well (easily, quickly, etc.) этот металл и т.д. хорошо и т.д. поддается обточке
    3. III
    1) turn smb., smth. turn one's horse (one's car, the carriage, etc.) повернуть лошадь и т.д. обратно /назад/; she turned her steps она повернула назад; turn one's head обернуться, повернуть голову; turn the course of a river (the tide of events, etc.) изменить течение реки и т.д.; turn the conversation изменить тему разговора, повернуть беседу в другое русло; turn the corner а) поворачивать за угол; the саг turned the corner машина завернула за угол; б) выходить из затруднительного положения; once he has made up his mind, nothing will turn him если он что-нибудь решил, ничто не заставит его изменить своего решения
    2) turn smth. turn a page of a book (pancakes, an omelette, etc.) переворачивать страницу книги и т.д.; turn hay ворошить сено; turn soil пахать; turn a bed перетряхивать постель; turn a sheet отогнуть простыню; turn a garment (a dress, a suit, a coat, a cape, a collar, etc.) перелицовывать одежду и т.д.; turn a complete circle (a half-circle, 16 points, etc.) делать полный оборот и т.д.; turn a somersault делать сальто, кувыркаться || turn one's ankle вывихнуть /подвернуть/ ногу; turn smb.'s brain сводить кого-л. с ума; grief (overwork, etc.) has turned his brain от горя и т.д. он сошел с ума
    3) turn smth. turn a wheel вращать колесо; turn a handle крутить ручку; turn a key (the cap of a jar, the tap, the doorknob, etc.) поворачивать ключ и т.д.
    4) || turn smb.'s head вскружить кому-л. голову; success had not turned his head от успеха голова у него не закружилась; turn smb.'s stomach вызывать у кого-л. тошноту; the mere sight of food turns his stomach его воротит /мутит, тошнит/ от одного вида пищи; I'm afraid the rolling of the ship will turn my stomach боюсь, что качка на корабле вызовет у меня тошноту
    5) turn smb. turn an excellent husband (a soldier, a schoolmaster, a reporter, a poet, a Christian, etc.) стать [со временем] прекрасным мужем и т.д.; turn traitor (informer, etc.) стать предателем и т.д.
    6) || turn some colour стать какого-л. цвета, принять какую-л. окраску; turn all the colours of the rainbow окраситься во все цвета радуги; he turned colour он покраснел или побледнел
    7) turn smth. turn milk (cream) сквашивать молоко (сливки); heat has turned the milk от жары молоко скисло
    9) turn smth. turn a blow отводить удар; the metal is thick enough to turn a bullet металл достаточно прочен, чтобы пуля от него отскочила /его не пробила/
    10) turn smth. turn candlesticks (wooden vessels, brass, lead pipes, columns, etc.) вытачивать /обтачивать/ подсвечники и т.д.
    11) turn smth. turn an epigram (a couplet, a witty reply, etc.) сочинить эпиграмму и т.д.; turn a pretty compliment сделать тонкий комплимент; he has a knack for turning a phrase он очень ловко жонглирует словами; I don't know how he managed to turn the trick я не знаю, как ему удалось провернуть это дельце
    12) turn smth. turn the edge of a knife (the edge of an axe, etc.) затупить лезвие ножа и т.д.
    4. IV
    1) turn smth., smb. somewhere turn one's саг (the horse, the carriage, one's steps, etc.) back (homewards, northwards, etc.) повернуть машину и т.д. назад и т.д.; turn your eyes /your look/ this way посмотри сюда; turn smth. in some manner turn your chair so that the light is on your left поверните стул так, чтобы свет падал слева; turn the corner at full speed поворачивать за угол на полном ходу
    2) turn smth., smb. in some manner turn the pages of a book (of a magazine, etc.) thoughtlessly (absent-mindedly, idly, quickly, etc.) бездумно и т.д. переворачивать страницы книги /перелистывать книгу/ и т.Л; turn some old letters nostalgically с грустью перебирать старью письма; turn a patient (a body, etc,) easily легко перевернуть больного и т.д.; the doctor turned him over and looked at his back врач перевернул его и осмотрел его спину; turn the boy around, I want to sound him поверий мальчика, я его выслушаю; turn the handle three times (the tap one notch, etc.) повернуть ручку три раза и т.д.; turn one's pockets (a coat, one's glove, etc.) inside out выворачивать карманы и т.д. [наизнанку]; turn the boat (the pail, etc.) upside down опрокидывать лодку и т.д. вверх дном; don't turn this box upside down этот ящик нельзя кантовать; turn a room upside down перевернуть все в комнате вверх дном || turn one's ankle unexpectedly (suddenly, etc.) неожиданно и т.д. подвернуть ногу; I turned my ankle painfully я подвернул ногу и мне очень больно
    3) turn smth. in some manner you are turning my words around ты передергиваешь мои слова
    4) turn some age at some time she has not yet turned 40 ей еще нет сорока; his son just turned 4 его сыну как раз исполнилось четыре года; it has just turned two сейчас ровно два часа
    5) turn smth. somewhere turn aside a blow отвести удар
    6) turn smth. at some time I could turn a Latin verse in my day в свое время я писал стихи на латыни
    5. VI
    turn smth., smb. into some [other] state
    1) turn the light low уменьшить свет; the lamp low подвернуть лампу; fear turned him cowardly страх сделал его трусом; what turned the milk bad /sour/? от чего скисло молоко; his behaviour turns me sick от его поведения меня всего переворачивает
    2) turn a bird (prisoners, the animals, an arrow, etc.) loose выпустить птичку и т.д. на свободу; why don't you turn them free? почему ты не отпустишь их?
    3) turn the leaves red (yellow, etc.) окрашивать листья багрянцем и т.д.; the very thought turned me pale одна мысль об этом заставила меня побледнеть, я побледнел при одной мысли об этом; illness (worry, etc.) turned his hair white /grey/ он поседел от болезни и т.д.; the success of others turns him green with envy он зеленеет от зависти, когда слышит об успехах других
    6. XI
    1) be turned out of some place be turned out of the country (out of the house, etc.) быть высланным /водворенным/ из страны и т.д.; he was turned out of the hall for making too much noise его вывели /выгнали/ из зала за то, что он очень шумел; be turned from smth. he was turned from the door его прогнали от дверей
    2) be turned to for smth. this book may be turned to for accurate information (for answers, for clues, etc,) в этой книге можно найти точные сведения и т.д.
    3) be turned the dress (the suit, etc.) must be turned платье и т.д. надо перелицевать
    4) be turned by smth. be turned by steam приводиться в движение паром; be turned by gas вращаться при помощи газа; the mill wheel is being turned by water-power (by electricity, etc.) мельничное колесо приводится в движение /вращается/ силой воды и т.д.
    5) be turned (in)to smth. the drawing-room (the nursery, etc.) was turned into a study гостиная и т.д. была превращена в кабинет, из гостиной и т.д. сделали кабинет; his love was turned to hatred его любовь перешла в ненависть; it was formerly thought that common metals could be turned into gold раньше думали, что обычные металлы можно превратить в золото
    7. XII
    have smth. turned have one's coat (one's dress, etc.) turned отдать пальто и т.д. в перелицовку
    8. XIII
    turn to do smth. turn to look behind (to say smth., to pass the book to me, etc.) повернуться, чтобы посмотреть назад и т.д.
    9. XV
    turn into some state turn pale побледнеть: the leaves are beginning to turn yellow листья начинают желтеть; turn blue with cold посинеть от холода; turn green with envy позеленеть от зависти; her hair was said to have turned grey in one night говорили, что она поседела за одну ночь; this ink turns black on drying эти чернила становятся черными, когда высыхают; turn cold /colder/ холодать; the weather turned rainy (bad, stormy, etc.) погода стала дождливой и т.д.; whenever I come he turns sulky всегда, когда я прихожу, он начинает дуться; don't leave the milk on the table, it'll turn sour не оставляй молоко на столе, оно скиснет
    10. XVI
    1) turn to (off, towards, into, etc.) smth., smb. turn to the window (to the left, to the right, towards me, towards the sea, for home, etc.) повернуться к окну и т.Л; turn off the highway сворачивать с шоссе; the road turns to the north here здесь дорога уходит на север; the boat turned to windward лодка развернулась по ветру; he turned towards home он направился домой; turn into a wide road (into an alley, into the next street, etc.) свернуть на широкое шоссе и т.д.; they turned from the road into the woods они повернули с дороги в лес; turn at (in, on, etc.) smth. turn at the corner завернуть за угол, поворачивать на углу; turn in bed (in one's sleep, etc.) вертеться в постели и т.д.; the wheels won't turn in this mud в такой грязи колеса будут буксовать и не будут вращаться/; it's enough to make him turn in his grave он от этого в гробу перевернется; turn on one side while sleeping повернуться на бок во сне
    2) turn into smth. turn into a house (into the saloon at the corner, etc.) завернуть /заглянуть/ в дом и т.д.; turn into a town заехать в город
    3) turn to smth., smb. turn to the last page заглянуть на последнюю страницу; you'll find those figures if you turn to page 50 вы найдете эти цифры на странице/, если откроете страницу/ пятьдесят; my thoughts often turn to this subject мои мысли часто возвращаются к этой теме /к этому вопросу/; I shall now turn to another matter теперь я перейду к другому вопросу; I have no one to turn to мне не к кому обратиться; he is not the man you could turn to in these questions он не тот человек, к которому можно было бы обратиться с просьбой по таким вопросам; turn to smth., smb. for smth. turn to the dictionary for a word (to literature for reference, to a document for guidance, to his letter for consolation, etc.) обращаться к словари в поисках слова и т.Л; turn to his friend for help (to his mother for comfort, to his teacher for advice and guidance, to the police for protection, etc.) искать помощи у друга и т.д.; turn to the secretary for information (to his colleagues for support, etc.) обратиться к секретарю за справкой и т.д.; he turned to us for a loan он попросил нас дать ему взаймы денег
    4) turn to smth. turn to music (to the study of law, to medical practice, to journalism, to painting, to book-collecting, etc.) заняться музыкой и т.д.; turn to one's work приниматься /браться/ за работу; he is giving up the stage and turning to film work он бросает сцену и переходит на работу в кино; turn to drink начать пить; turn to crime заняться преступной деятельностью; the starling only turns to worms when there are no berries скворцы питаются червями только тогда, когда нет ягод
    5) turn on (round, etc.) smth. turn on an axle (on its axis, round the sun, etc.) вращаться на оси и т.д.; the door turns on its hinges дверь поворачивается на петлях; he turned on his heel and walked out of the room он круто повернулся и вышел из комнаты
    6) turn with smth. his head turns with giddiness у него кружится голова; his head has turned with success успех вскружил ему голову; the weathercock turns with the wind флюгер крутится по ветру; turn at smth. his stomach turns at the sight of blood (at the mere sight of food, etc.) у него поднимается тошнота при виде крови и т.д.
    7) turn (in)to smb., smth. turn into a butterfly (into a very pleasant fellow, into vinegar, into ice, etc.) превратиться в бабочку /стать бабочкой/ и т.д.; fog sometimes turns to snow (to rain) туман иногда переходит в снег (в дождь); the water has turned to ice вода превратилась в лед; the snow had turned (in)to slush снег превратился в слякоть; can a wolf turn into a lamb? разве может волк обернуться /стать/ овечкой?; my admiration soon turned to scorn мое восхищение скоро сменилось презрением; turn from smth. (in)to smth. the wind turned from west into south-west Южный ветер сменился юго-западным; the sphere has turned from blue to red шар из голубого стал красным; turn for smth. turn for the better (for the worse) (из)меняться к лучшему (к худшему)
    8) turn (up)on smth. everything (the whole argument, the outcome, the decision, etc.) turns on his answer (on that fact, on this point, etc.) все и т.д. зависит от его ответа и т.д.; the success of the trip turns on the weather успех поездки будет зависеть от погоды; everything turned upon the result of the battle все определялось исходом боя; the conversation turned (up)on sport (upon dress, upon hunting, on a variety of subjects, etc.).разговор вертелся вокруг /касался/ спорта и т.д.; the debate did not turn upon any practical propositions обсуждение не касалось никаких практических вопросов
    9) turn on (against) smb. the dog (the lion, the big.cat, etc.) turned on its trainer (on its owner, on its keeper, on its pursuers, etc.) собака и т.д. набросилась на своего дрессировщика и т.Л; even the most friendly dog may turn on you if you tease or annoy it даже самая добродушная собака может наброситься на человека, если ее раздразнить; why have you turned on me? что ты на меня взъелся?; what a fine excuse for turn logon me прекрасный повод, чтобы наброситься на меня; he turned angrily against his relatives (against his former friends, against his opponents, etc.) он яростно ополчился на своих родственников и т.А; the newspapers turned against the Parliament газеты начали кампанию против парламента; his words (his own criticism, etc.) turned against him его слова и т.д. обернулись против него самого
    10) turn from smb. he turned from his friends oil порвал со своими друзьями; он отвернулся от своих друзей; he turned from the Democrats and joined the Republicans он порвал с демократической партией в примкнул к республиканцам
    11. XXI1
    1) turn smth., smb. to (towards, into, on, etc.) smth., smb. turn the саг to the bridge повернуть машину к месту, въехать на мост; turn one's car to the left (one's camera to the right, etc.) повернуть машину налево и т.д.; turn one's саг towards the centre of the town направиться [на машине] к центру города; turn one's horse to the hills погнать лошадь в горы; turn cows to pasture выгнать коров на пастбище; turn one's chair to the fire повернуть свое кресло к камину; plants turn blooms to the light растения поворачивают головки к свету; turn one's back to one's guests (to the audience, to the wall, etc.) повернуться /стать/ спиной к гостям и т.д.; turn the light into the dark room направить луч света в темную комнату; turn a telescope on a star (the searchlight on smb., etc.) направлять телескоп на звезду и т.д.; turn the talk into other channels перевести разговор на другую тему; turn one's eyes on the stage обратить или перевести взгляд на сцену; turn smth. with smth. he turned the blow with his arm он отвел удар рукой id turn a deaf ear to smb.'s request./to smb./ отказаться выслушать чью-л. просьбу, остаться глухим к чьей-л. просьбе
    2) turn smb. out of (from, etc.) smth. turn smb. out of his room (out of the house, out of a club, etc.) выгнать кого-л. из комнаты и т.д.; turn a beggar from one's door прогнать нищего от своих дверей
    3) turn smth. to smth., smb. turn one's thoughts (one's attention, one's mind) to one's work (to practical matters, to something more important, etc.) сосредоточить свои мысли и т.д. на работе и т.А; at last they turned their attention to her наконец они занялись ею; turn one's efforts to something more important направлять свои усилия на что-либо более важное
    4) turn smth. to smth. turn one's hand to useful work заняться полезным делом; he can turn his hand to almost anything он умеет делать почти все; he knows how to turn things to advantage /to account/ он знает, как из всего извлечь пользу; he turns even his errors to account даже из своих ошибок он извлекает пользу
    5) turn smth. on (in) smth. turn a wagon on its side опрокинуть телегу на бок; turn a chop in a pan перевернуть котлету на сковородке || turn one's ankle on the edge of the sidewalk вывихнуть ногу, споткнувшись о край тротуара
    6) turn smth. in smth. turn one's hat in one's hands (the toy in one's fingers, etc.) вертеть шляпу в руках и т.д.; turn the key in the lock поворачивать ключ в замке и т.д. id turn smb. round one's little finger вертеть кем-л. [как хочешь], помыкать кем-л.
    7) turn smth. (in)to smth. turn water into ice (defeat into victory, love to hatred, tears into laughter, etc.) превращать воду в лед и т.д.; turn a theatre into a cinema (a garden into a tennis-court, etc.) переделать /перестроить/ театр в кинозал и т.д.; turn one's land into money (one's bonds into cash, their stock into cash, etc.) обратить землю в деньги и т.д.; turn coins into paper money поменять звонкую монету на бумажные деньги; turn this piece of prose into verse переложить этот прозаический отрывок на стихи; turn this passage into Greek (a German letter into French, Latin into English, etc.) перевести этот отрывок на греческий язык и т.д.; turn smb. (in)to smb. turn her into a cinema star (the boy into a friend, our soldiers into a police force, etc.) сделать из нее кинозвезду и т.д.; turn a pessimist into an optimist превращать пессимиста в оптимиста; the fairy turned the prince into a frog фея превратила принца в лягушку id turn swords into ploughshares перековать мечи на орала
    8) turn smb., smth., against smb. turn the children against their father (everyone against the boy, his family against him, etc.) восстанавливать детей против отца и т.д.; turn friends against friends восстановить друзей друг против друга; it turns their argument against them это направляет их доводы против них самих
    9) turn smb., smth. from smth. turn smb. from his duty отвлекать кого-л. от исполнения своих обязанностей; nothing will ever turn him from his purpose ничто не заставит его изменять своему решению или отказаться от своей цели; turn a vessel from her course заставить судно отклониться от курса; turn the conversation from an unpleasant subject увести разговор от неприятной темы
    10) turn smth. out of /from/ smth. turn candlesticks out of /from/ brass вытачивать медные подсвечники
    12. XXII
    turn smb. by doing smth. the police turned the advancing crowd by firing over their heads полиция заставила наступающую толпу повернуть назад, начав стрельбу в воздух
    13. XXV
    turn when... (as if..., etc.) she turned when she saw us увидев нас, она отвернулась или свернула; he turned as if to go он повернулся, делая вид, что собирается уходить
    14. XXVI
    turn smth. when... she turns his shirt-collars when they get frayed она перевертывает воротнички его сорочек, когда они вытираются

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > turn

  • 45 record

    1. n запись, записывание; письменное упоминание, письменный след

    I can find no record of it — это нигде не записано, это нигде не упоминается

    type record — тип "запись"

    2. n регистрация, учёт

    record clerk, record keeper — регистратор, делопроизводитель

    record department, record room — регистратура

    3. n документация; учётно-отчётные документы; отчётные материалы; данные

    field records — данные полевого журнала, полевые данные

    4. n протокол; стенограмма; официальный документ

    on record — занесённый в протокол, запротоколированный, зарегистрированный

    5. n юр. материалы судебного дела, письменное производство по делу
    6. n архив
    7. n факты, данные; характеристика, репутация

    to have a good record — иметь хорошую репутацию; прожить жизнь честно

    he has a police record — он известен полиции, у него есть приводы

    contract of record — договор, облечённый в публичный акт

    8. n достижения; результаты деятельности
    9. n спорт. рекорд
    10. n звукозапись; запись; фонограмма; фотограмма; кинограмма

    sound record — фонограмма, звуковая дорожка

    photographic record — фотозапись, фоторегистрация

    11. n диаграмма
    12. n граммофонная пластинка
    13. n амер. перфорированный нотный ролик
    14. n памятник
    15. n преим. юр. суть дела
    16. n юр. библ. свидетельское показание; свидетель

    to bear record to — свидетельствовать, удостоверять истинность

    to call to record — призывать в свидетели; ссылаться на

    God is my record that … — видит бог, что я память

    to pass from record — исчезнуть из памяти; пройти, не оставив следа

    I want to place on record that … — надо констатировать, что …

    off the record — не для печати; конфиденциальный, не подлежащий оглашению ; неофициальный

    this is strictly off the record — пусть это останется между нами; это строго конфиденциально

    17. a рекордный; небывалый, неслыханный
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. document (noun) account; annals; archive; chronicle; document; history; journal; legend; manuscript; monument; register; report
    2. register (verb) catalog; catalogue; chronicle; enter; inscribe; insert; log; matriculate; post; register; set down; tabulate; transcribe
    3. show (verb) indicate; mark; read; say; show
    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > record

  • 46 usual

    1. n то, что обычно принято говорить, делать

    usual practice — обычная практика, обычное дело

    2. a обыкновенный, обычный

    he said all the usual things — он сказал всё, что принято говорить

    he is drunk as usual — он, по обыкновению, пьян

    it is usual with him to be late — он, как правило, опаздывает

    Синонимический ряд:
    1. general (adj.) average; common; commonplace; general; matter-of-course; natural; normal; prevalent; run-of-the-mill; typic; typical
    2. ordinary (adj.) everyday; ordinary; plain; plain Jane; quotidian; unremarkable; workaday
    3. regular (adj.) accepted; accustomed; chronic; customary; expected; familiar; habitual; predictable; regular; routine; standard; wonted
    4. repeated (adj.) continual; frequent; incessant; periodic; perpetual; pleonastic; recurrent; repeated
    Антонимический ряд:
    atypical; exceptional; extraordinary; noteworthy; remarkable

    English-Russian base dictionary > usual

  • 47 general

    general ['dʒenərəl]
    (a) (common) général;
    ∎ as a general rule en règle générale, en général;
    ∎ in general terms en termes généraux;
    ∎ in the general interest dans l'intérêt de tous;
    ∎ the general feeling was that he should have won le sentiment général était qu'il aurait dû gagner;
    ∎ there was a general movement to leave the room la plupart des gens se sont levés pour sortir
    (b) (approximate) général;
    ∎ a general resemblance une vague ressemblance;
    ∎ to go in the general direction of sth se diriger plus ou moins vers qch;
    ∎ their house is over in that general direction leur maison se trouve vers là-bas
    (c) (widespread) général, répandu;
    ∎ a general opinion une opinion générale ou répandue;
    ∎ to be in general use être d'usage courant ou répandu;
    ∎ to come into general use se généraliser;
    ∎ this word is no longer in general use ce mot est tombé en désuétude;
    ∎ there is general agreement on the matter il y a consensus sur la question;
    ∎ this kind of attitude is fairly general in Europe ce genre d'attitude est assez répandu en Europe;
    ∎ the rain has been pretty general il a plu un peu partout
    (d) (overall → outline, plan, impression) d'ensemble;
    ∎ the general effect is quite pleasing le résultat général est assez agréable;
    ∎ I get the general idea je vois en gros;
    ∎ he gave her a general idea or outline of his work il lui a décrit son travail dans les grandes lignes;
    ∎ the general tone of her remarks was that… ce qui ressortait de ses remarques c'est que…;
    ∎ he made himself a general nuisance il a été embêtant à tout point de vue
    ∎ this book is for the general reader ce livre est destiné au lecteur moyen;
    ∎ the general public le grand public
    2 noun
    ∎ to go from the general to the particular aller du général au particulier
    (b) Military général m
    (c) (domestic servant) bonne f à tout faire
    en général
    ►► Banking general account manager chargé(e) m,f de clientèle grand public;
    general accounts comptabilité f générale;
    American General Accounting Office = Cour des comptes américaine;
    Finance & Commerce general and administrative expenses frais mpl généraux et frais de gestion;
    Commerce general agent agent m d'affaires;
    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade accord m général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce;
    Medicine general anaesthetic anesthésie f générale;
    General Assembly assemblée f générale;
    Australian Cinema general (audience) = tous publics;
    Insurance general average avarie f commune;
    Commerce general business (on agenda) questions fpl diverses;
    formerly School General Certificate of Education = certificat de fin d'études secondaires en deux étapes (O level et A level) dont la première est aujourd'hui remplacée par le GCSE;
    School General Certificate of Secondary Education = premier examen de fin de scolarité en Grande-Bretagne; see also GCSE ;
    American general dealer bazar m;
    University general degree = licence comportant plusieurs matières;
    American general delivery poste f restante;
    general election élections fpl législatives;
    British General Electric Company = société britannique fabriquant des produits électriques, électroniques et de télécommunications;
    American School general equivalency diploma = aux États-Unis, diplôme d'études secondaires pour adultes souvent obtenu par correspondance;
    Accountancy & Finance general expenses frais mpl généraux;
    general headquarters (grand) quartier m général;
    general hospital centre m hospitalier;
    general knowledge culture f générale;
    Accountancy general ledger grand-livre m;
    Law general lien privilège m général;
    general management committee comité m de direction;
    general manager directeur(trice) m,f général(e);
    British General Medical Council ≃ conseil m de l'ordre des médecins;
    general meeting assemblée f générale;
    British General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union = important syndicat britannique;
    British General and Municipal Workers' Union = syndicat britannique des employés des collectivités locales;
    British School General National Vocational Qualification = formation professionnelle sur deux ans que l'on peut suivre à partir de seize ans;
    Finance general obligation bond emprunt m de collectivité locale;
    general officer général m en chef; Accountancy &
    Finance British general overheads, American general overhead frais mpl d'administration générale;
    General Post Office (in Britain) = titre officiel de la Poste britannique avant 1969; (in US) = les services postaux américains;
    general practice médecine f générale;
    general practitioner médecin m généraliste, omnipraticien(enne) m,f;
    Finance general price level niveau m général des prix;
    general secretary (of trade union, political party) secrétaire mf général(e);
    general staff état-major m;
    general store bazar m;
    general strike grève f générale;
    the General Strike = la grève de mai 1926 en Grande-Bretagne, lancée par les syndicats par solidarité avec les mineurs;
    School General Studies ≃ cours m de culture générale;
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  • 48 Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy

    [br]
    b. 14 February 1793 Treator, near Padstow, Cornwall, England
    d. 28 February 1875 Reeds, near Bude, Cornwall, England
    [br]
    English pioneer of steam road transport.
    [br]
    Educated at Truro Grammar School, he then studied under Dr Avery at Wadebridge to become a doctor of medicine. He settled as a surgeon in Wadebridge, spending his leisure time in building an organ and in the study of chemistry and mechanical science. He married Elizabeth Symons in 1814, and in 1820 moved with his wife to London. He delivered a course of lectures at the Surrey Institution on the elements of chemical science, attended by, amongst others, the young Michael Faraday. While there, Gurney made his first invention, the oxyhydrogen blowpipe. For this he received the Gold Medal of the Society of Arts. He experimented with lime and magnesia for the production of an illuminant for lighthouses with some success. He invented a musical instrument of glasses played like a piano.
    In 1823 he started experiments related to steam and locomotion which necessitated taking a partner in to his medical practice, from which he resigned shortly after. His objective was to produce a steam-driven vehicle to run on common roads. His invention of the steam-jet of blast greatly improved the performance of the steam engine. In 1827 he took his steam carriage to Cyfarthfa at the request of Mr Crawshaw, and while there applied his steam-jet to the blast furnaces, greatly improving their performance in the manufacture of iron. Much of the success of George Stephenson's steam engine, the Rocket was due to Gurney's steam blast.
    In July 1829 Gurney made a historic trip with his road locomotive. This was from London to Bath and back, which was accomplished at a speed of 18 mph (29 km/h) and was made at the instigation of the Quartermaster-General of the Army. So successful was the carriage that Sir Charles Dance started to run a regular service with it between Gloucester and Cheltenham. This ran for three months without accident, until Parliament introduced prohibitive taxation on all self-propelled vehicles. A House of Commons committee proposed that these should be abolished as inhibiting progress, but this was not done. Sir Goldsworthy petitioned Parliament on the harm being done to him, but nothing was done and the coming of the railways put the matter beyond consideration. He devoted his time to finding other uses for the steam-jet: it was used for extinguishing fires in coal-mines, some of which had been burning for many years; he developed a stove for the production of gas from oil and other fatty substances, intended for lighthouses; he was responsible for the heating and the lighting of both the old and the new Houses of Parliament. His evidence after a colliery explosion resulted in an Act of Parliament requiring all mines to have two shafts. He was knighted in 1863, the same year that he suffered a stroke which incapacitated him. He retired to his house at Reeds, near Bude, where he was looked after by his daughter, Anna.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1863. Society of Arts Gold Medal.
    IMcN

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  • 49 Philosophy

       And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)
       Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)
       As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)
       It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)
       Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)
       I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)
       What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.
       This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).
       The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....
       Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)
       8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
       In the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)
       Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....
       Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)
       In his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)

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