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1 read
redpast tense, past participle; = readread vb leertr[riːd]1 (gen) leer■ have you read his latest novel? ¿has leído su última novela?2 (meter) hacer la lectura de3 (interpret) interpretar; (decipher) descifrar■ the situation as I read it... la situación tal como la veo yo...4 (at university) estudiar5 (instrument) indicar, marcar6 (sign, notice) decir, poner■ 'Closed for holidays" read the sign on the door "Cerrado por vacaciones" decía el letrero en la puerta1 (gen) leer■ have you read about the accident in the paper? ¿has leído lo del accidente en el diario?2 (text, passage)1\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be well read / widely read tener una gran culturato take something as read dar algo por sentado1) : leerto read a story: leer un cuento2) interpret: interpretarit can be read two ways: se puede interpretar de dos maneras3) : decir, ponerthe sign read „No smoking”: el letrero decía „No Fumar”4) : marcarthe thermometer reads 70°: el termómetro marca 70°read vi1) : leerhe can read: sabe leer2) say: decirthe list reads as follows: la lista dice lo siguienteread nto be a good read : ser una lectura amenaadj.• leído, -a adj.pret., p.p.(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to read")v.(§ p.,p.p.: read) = leer v.
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1. riːd(past & past p read red) transitive verb1) \<\<book/words/map/music\>\> leer*for `800', read `80' — donde dice 800 léase 80
to read somebody's mind o thoughts — adivinarle or leerle* el pensamiento a alguien
to take something as read — red dar* algo por sentado or por hecho
2)a) ( interpret) \<\<sign/mood/situation\>\> interpretarto read something INTO something: I think you're reading too much into it — creo que le estás dando demasiada importancia
b) (hear, receive) ( Telec colloq)do you read me, alpha? — ¿alfa, me recibe?
3)a) \<\<sign/notice\>\> decir*the sign read red `closed for repairs' — el letrero decía or ponía `cerrado por reformas'
b) ( indicate) \<\<thermometer/gauge\>\> marcar*c) ( note indication) \<\<thermometer/meter\>\> leer*4) (BrE Educ) estudiar ( en la universidad)
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vi1) \<\<person\>\> leer*to read TO somebody — leerle* a alguien
to read ABOUT something/somebody: I read red about it in the paper lo leí en el diario; to read THROUGH something — leer* algo
2)a) ( come across)b) ( have as text) decir*his letter reads as follows:... — su carta dice lo siguiente...
•Phrasal Verbs:- read off- read out- read up
II riːdnoun (no pl)it's a good read — es ameno, es de lectura amena
to give something a quick read — hojear or leer* algo por encima
III red[riːd] (pt, pp read) [ˌred]to be widely o well read — ser* muy leído, ser* de gran or amplia cultura
1. VT1) [+ book, poem, story, music, sign] leer; [+ author] leer acan you read Russian? — ¿sabes leer en ruso?
I can't read your writing — no entiendo tu letra, no puedo leer tu letra
for "boon" read "bone" — en lugar de "boon" léase "bone"
I read "good" as "mood" — al leer confundí "good" con "mood"
to read sth to sb, to read sb sth — leer algo a algn
to read sth to o.s. — leer algo para sí mismo
read my lips — (fig) fíjate bien en lo que digo
to read o.s. to sleep — leer hasta quedarse dormido
- take sth as readriotto take the minutes as read — (in meeting) dar las actas por leídas
2) (esp Brit)(Univ) (=study)to read chemistry — estudiar química, cursar estudios de química
3) (=interpret) [+ map, meter, thermometer] leer; [+ information, remarks, expression, situation] interpretar; [+ person] entenderthe same information can be read in different ways — la misma información se puede interpretar de varias formas
this is how I read the situation — así es como yo interpreto or veo la situación
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to read sth as sth — interpretar algo como algobook 1., 1)•
to read sth into sth, you're reading too much into it — le estás dando demasiada importancia4) (Telec)do you read me? — ¿me oye?
5) (=say, indicate) [notice] decir; [thermometer, instrument] indicar, marcarit should read "friends" not "fiends" — debería decir or poner "friends", no "fiends"
the sign on the bus read "private, not in service" — el letrero del autobús decía or en el letrero del autobús ponía "privado, fuera de servicio"
6) (Comput) leer2. VI1) [person] leer•
to read about sth/sb — leer sobre or acerca de algo/algnI've read about him — he leído sobre or acerca de él
I'm reading about Napoleon — me estoy documentando sobre Napoleón, estoy leyendo acerca de Napoleón
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to read through sth — leer algo de principio a fin•
to read to sb, he read to us from the Bible — nos leyó extractos de la Bibliato read to o.s. — leer para sí
- read between the lines2) (=give impression)it would read better if you put... — quedaría mejor si pusieras...
3) (=say, indicate) decir4) (=study) estudiar•
to read for a degree — hacer una carrera, estudiar la licenciatura3.N lectura fcan I have a read of your paper? — ¿puedo echarle un vistazo a tu periódico?
4.CPDread head N — (Comput) cabezal m lector
- read off- read on- read out- read up* * *
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1. [riːd](past & past p read [red]) transitive verb1) \<\<book/words/map/music\>\> leer*for `800', read `80' — donde dice 800 léase 80
to read somebody's mind o thoughts — adivinarle or leerle* el pensamiento a alguien
to take something as read — [red] dar* algo por sentado or por hecho
2)a) ( interpret) \<\<sign/mood/situation\>\> interpretarto read something INTO something: I think you're reading too much into it — creo que le estás dando demasiada importancia
b) (hear, receive) ( Telec colloq)do you read me, alpha? — ¿alfa, me recibe?
3)a) \<\<sign/notice\>\> decir*the sign read [red] `closed for repairs' — el letrero decía or ponía `cerrado por reformas'
b) ( indicate) \<\<thermometer/gauge\>\> marcar*c) ( note indication) \<\<thermometer/meter\>\> leer*4) (BrE Educ) estudiar ( en la universidad)
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vi1) \<\<person\>\> leer*to read TO somebody — leerle* a alguien
to read ABOUT something/somebody: I read [red] about it in the paper lo leí en el diario; to read THROUGH something — leer* algo
2)a) ( come across)b) ( have as text) decir*his letter reads as follows:... — su carta dice lo siguiente...
•Phrasal Verbs:- read off- read out- read up
II [riːd]noun (no pl)it's a good read — es ameno, es de lectura amena
to give something a quick read — hojear or leer* algo por encima
III [red]to be widely o well read — ser* muy leído, ser* de gran or amplia cultura
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best
1. adjective, pronoun((something which is) good to the greatest extent: the best book on the subject; the best (that) I can do; She is my best friend; Which method is (the) best?; The flowers are at their best just now.) mejor
2. adverb(in the best manner: She sings best (of all).) mejor
3. verb(to defeat: He was bested in the argument.) vencer- best man- bestseller
- the best part of
- do one's best
- for the best
- get the best of
- make the best of it
best1 adj adv mejorbest wishes recuerdos / saludos / un abrazowith best wishes from Alyson un abrazo, Alysony wellbest2 n lo mejortr[best]1 (superl of good) mejor1 (superl of well) mejor2 (to a greater extent) más1 lo mejor2 (person) el mejor, la mejor3 (in sport) plusmarca1 familiar ganar, vencer\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLall the best! ¡que te vaya bien! 2 (in letter) un saludoas best you can lo mejor que puedasat best en el mejor de los casosbest before... consumir peferentemente antes de...it is best that... más vale que...it's for the best más vale que sea asímay the best man win! ¡que gane el mejor!not to be at one's best no estar en forma, estar en baja formato act for the best obrar con la mejor intenciónto be at one's best estar en su mejor momentoto be past one's best estar quemado,-ato be the best of friends ser excelentes amigosto do one's best esmerarse, hacer lo mejor que uno puedeto do something to the best of one's ability hacer algo lo mejor que uno puedeto get the best of somebody imponerse a alguiento get the best of something sacar la máximo provecho de algoto know what is best for one saber lo que más le conviene a unoto make the best of a bad job conformarseto the best of my knowledge que yo sepawith the best of them como él que másbest man padrino de bodaSunday best galas nombre femenino plural de domingothe best one el mejor, la mejorthe best part of casi■ it cost me the best part of £5,000 me costó casi 5.000 librasbest ['bɛst] vt: superar, ganar aas best I can: lo mejor que puedomy best friend: mi mejor amigobest n1)the best : lo mejor, el mejor, la mejor, los mejores, las mejores2)at best : a lo más3)to do one's best : hacer todo lo posibleadj.• el mejor adj.• mayor adj.• mejor adj.• super adj.• óptimo, -a adj.adv.• mejor adv.n.• el mejor s.m.
I bestthe best things in life are free — (set phrase) los mejores placeres no cuestan dinero
may the best man/team win — (set phrase) que gane el mejor
she's not very tolerant at the best of times — la tolerancia no es precisamente una de sus características
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1) (superl of well I,II) mejorwhich color suits me (the) best? — ¿qué color me queda mejor?
2)we'd best leave that decision to him — lo mejor va a ser que dejemos que eso lo decida él; see also better I,II
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1) the besta) (+ sing vb) lo mejorchoose ABC hotels when only the best will do — si usted exige lo mejor, escoja hoteles ABC
to do o try one's (level) best — hacer* todo lo posible
to make the best of something: we'll just have to make the best of what we've got tendremos que arreglarnos con lo que tenemos; they had to make the best of a bad job tuvieron que hacer lo que pudieron; it all turned out for the best in the end al final todo fue para bien; he did it to the best of his ability lo hizo lo mejor que pudo; to the best of my knowledge — que yo sepa
b) (+ pl vb)she can ski with the best of them — (colloq) esquía tan bien como el mejor
2)a)at best: at best, we'll just manage to cover costs como mucho, podremos cubrir los gastos; at best, she's irresponsible — lo menos que se puede decir es que es una irresponsable
b)at/past one's best: she's not at her best in the morning la mañana no es su mejor momento del día; at his best, his singing rivals that of Caruso en sus mejores momentos puede compararse a Caruso; it's British theater at its best es un magnífico exponente de lo mejor del teatro británico; the roses were past their best — las rosas ya no estaban en su mejor momento
3)a) ( in greetings)all the best! — buena suerte!, que te (or les etc) vaya bien!
b) ( Sport) récord m[best]1.ADJ (superl)of good; el/la mejorto be best — ser el/la mejor
the best pupil in the class — el/la mejor alumno(-a) de la clase
the best one of all — el/la mejor de todos
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"best before 20 June" — "consumir preferentemente antes del 20 de junio"•
to know what is best for sb — saber lo que más le conviene a algn•
may the best man win! — ¡que gane el mejor!•
for the best part of the year — durante la mayor parte del año•
the best thing to do is... — lo mejor que se puede hacer es...2.ADV (superl)of well; mejor•
as best I could — lo mejor que pude•
she did best of all in the test — hizo el test mejor que nadie•
you had best leave now — lo mejor es que te vayas ahora•
you know best — tú sabes mejorMummy knows best — estas cosas las decide mamá, mamá sabe lo que más conviene
3.N lo mejorall the best, my best — (US) (ending letter) un abrazo
all the best to Jim! — ¡recuerdos para Jim!
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at best — en el mejor de los casos•
to do one's best (to do sth) — hacer todo lo posible (para or por hacer algo)is that the best you can do? — ¿y eso es todo lo que puedes hacer?
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I acted for the best — lo hice con la mejor intención•
to get the best of it — salir ganando•
we have had the best of the day — el buen tiempo se acabó por hoy•
let's hope for the best — esperemos lo mejor•
to look one's best — tener un aspecto inmejorable•
to make the best of it — sacar el mayor partido posible•
the best of it is that... — lo mejor del caso es que...•
I try to think the best of him — procuro conservar mi buena opinión de él•
to the best of my knowledge — que yo sepa•
she can dance with the best of them — sabe bailar como la que más- get the best of the bargain- have the best of both worlds- make the best of a bad job4.VT (=defeat, win over) vencer5.CPDbest boy N — (Cine) ayudante mf (de rodaje)
BEST MAN En una boda tradicional el novio ( bridegroom) va acompañado del best man, un amigo íntimo o un pariente cercano que tiene la responsabilidad de asegurarse de que todo marche bien en el día de la boda ( wedding day). No hay pues, madrina. El best man se encarga, entre otras cosas, de los anillos de boda, de llevar al novio a la iglesia a tiempo y de dar la bienvenida a los invitados. En el banquete de boda ( wedding reception) lee los telegramas enviados por los que no han podido asistir, presenta los discursos que vayan a dar algunos invitados, da su propio discurso, casi siempre en clave de humor y sobre el novio, y propone un brindis por la pareja de recién casados ( newly-weds).best man N — (at wedding) padrino m de boda
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I [best]the best things in life are free — (set phrase) los mejores placeres no cuestan dinero
may the best man/team win — (set phrase) que gane el mejor
she's not very tolerant at the best of times — la tolerancia no es precisamente una de sus características
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1) (superl of well I,II) mejorwhich color suits me (the) best? — ¿qué color me queda mejor?
2)we'd best leave that decision to him — lo mejor va a ser que dejemos que eso lo decida él; see also better I,II
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1) the besta) (+ sing vb) lo mejorchoose ABC hotels when only the best will do — si usted exige lo mejor, escoja hoteles ABC
to do o try one's (level) best — hacer* todo lo posible
to make the best of something: we'll just have to make the best of what we've got tendremos que arreglarnos con lo que tenemos; they had to make the best of a bad job tuvieron que hacer lo que pudieron; it all turned out for the best in the end al final todo fue para bien; he did it to the best of his ability lo hizo lo mejor que pudo; to the best of my knowledge — que yo sepa
b) (+ pl vb)she can ski with the best of them — (colloq) esquía tan bien como el mejor
2)a)at best: at best, we'll just manage to cover costs como mucho, podremos cubrir los gastos; at best, she's irresponsible — lo menos que se puede decir es que es una irresponsable
b)at/past one's best: she's not at her best in the morning la mañana no es su mejor momento del día; at his best, his singing rivals that of Caruso en sus mejores momentos puede compararse a Caruso; it's British theater at its best es un magnífico exponente de lo mejor del teatro británico; the roses were past their best — las rosas ya no estaban en su mejor momento
3)a) ( in greetings)all the best! — buena suerte!, que te (or les etc) vaya bien!
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3 Yeoman, Thomas
SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering[br]b. c. 1700 probably near Northampton, Englandd. 24 January 1781 London, England[br]English surveyor and civil engineer.[br]Very little is known of his early life, but he was clearly a skilful and gifted engineer who had received comprehensive practical training, for in 1743 he erected the machinery in the world's first water-powered cotton mill at Northampton on the river Nene. In 1748 he invented a weighing machine for use by turnpike trusts for weighing wagons. Until 1757 he remained in Northampton, mainly surveying enclosures and turnpike roads and making agricultural machinery. He also gained a national reputation for building and installing very successful ventilating equipment (invented by Dr Stephen Hales) in hospitals, prisons and ships, including some ventilators of Yeoman's own design in the Houses of Parliament.Meanwhile he developed an interest in river improvements, and in 1744 he made his first survey of the River Nene between Thrapston and Northampton; he repeated the survey in 1753 and subsequently gave evidence in parliamentary proceedings in 1756. The following year he was in Gloucestershire surveying the line of the Stroudwater Canal, an operation that he repeated in 1776. Also in 1757, he was appointed Surveyor to the River Ivel Navigation in Bedfordshire. In 1761 he was back on the Nene. During 1762–5 he carried out surveys for the Chelmer \& Blackwater Navigation, although the work was not undertaken for another thirty years. In 1765 he reported on land-drainage improvements for the Kentish Sour. It was at this time that he became associated with John Smeaton in a major survey in 1766 of the river Lea for the Lee Navigation Trustees, having already made some surveys with Joseph Nickalls near Waltham Abbey in 1762. Yeoman modified some of Smeaton's proposals and on 1 July 1767 was officially appointed Surveyor to the Lee Navigation Trustees, a post he retained until 1771. He also advised on the work to create the Stort Navigation, and at the official opening on 24 October 1769 he made a formal speech announcing: "Now is Bishops Stortford open to all the ports of the world." Among his other works were: advice on Ferriby Sluice on the River Ancholme (1766); reports on the Forth \& Clyde Canal, the North Level and Wisbech outfall on the Nene, the Coventry Canal, and estimates for the Leeds and Selby Canal (1768–71); estimates for the extension of the Medway Navigation from Tonbridge to Edenbridge (1771); and between 1767 and 1777 he was consulted, with other engineers, by the City of London on problems regarding the Thames.He joined the Northampton Philosophical Society shortly after its formation in 1743 and was President several times before he moved to London. In 1760 he became a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and in 1763 he was chosen as joint Chairman of the Committee on Mechanics—a position he held until 1778. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 12 January 1764. On the formation of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, the forerunner of the present Institution of Civil Engineers, he was elected first President in 1771, remaining as such until his illness in 1780.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1764. President, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1771–80; Treasurer 1771–7.JHB -
4 high profile
1) большой резонанс, широкая огласка, "публичность", заметно проявляемая активность1. Mainland authorities saw Mr. Lee's high-profile visit as part of a drive for permanent independence (Don Oberdorfer).
2. Mr. Clinton discarded high-profile diplomacy months after the conservative Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister... (New York Times)
3. By spring, however, the administration reconsidered high-profile negotiations (New York Times).
4. Administration officials decided that public diplomacy was only causing Israelis and Palestinians to become more intransigent. "The more profile we gave, the more we found resistance," an official said. — …"Чем заметнее мы старались (чем активнее мы себя вели), тем больше они сопротивлялись".
5. The United States and Japan expanded the security alliance to give Japan's military its highest profile in Asia since World War II (Washington Post). — В результате решения США и Японии об укреплении их военного союза, японские вооруженные силы получили возможность наиболее активного присутствия в Азии со времен Второй мировой войны.
2) известность1. It's not the first time that Jordan, who is one of Russia's most high-profile foreign investors, has run afoul of visa cops.
2. he has made several high-profile appointments... (New Yorker) — он назначил несколько известных фигур на должности
The English annotation is below. (English-Russian) > high profile
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5 BLT
1) Медицина: биолюминисцентная томография (bioluminescence tomography)2) Ботаника: Brown Leaf Tomatoes3) Спорт: Back Low Throw, Better Luck Tomorrow4) Военный термин: Basic Leadership Training, British liaison team, battalion landing team, boat landing team, bomber light, tanker5) Техника: band-limited transmission, beam-lead technique6) Шутливое выражение: Barbara Lee's Team, Bossy Little Thing7) Математика: Bilinear transform, bounded linear transformation8) Религия: Bible Learning Together, Bible Lunch Tuesday9) Ветеринария: Black Lion Tamarin10) Сокращение: BLock Transfer, Battalion Landing Team (US Marine Corps), Branch Less Than, Briefing & Liaison Team, borrowed light, Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato (sandwich), Base-Line Test11) Текстиль: Biggest Longest And Trashiest12) Физиология: Bright Light Therapy13) Электроника: Balanced Line Tuner14) Вычислительная техника: Baghdad Local Time-3:00, BLock Transfer (Instruction), Branch Less Than (Instruction)15) Нефть: Build-Lease-Transfer16) Иммунология: Bright Light Treatment17) Транспорт: Basic Loaded Touring19) Фирменный знак: Berkeley Learning Technology, Blues Lobby Team20) СМИ: Black Leather Times21) Образование: Becoming Leaders Of Tomorrow, Bloated Little Tots22) Расширение файла: Baghdad Local Time (+3:00)23) Должность: Building Leadership Team24) NYSE. Blount International, Inc.25) Аэропорты: Blackwater, Queensland, Australia26) Программное обеспечение: Basic Linux Training27) Единицы измерений: Barbara Lees Team28) Международная торговля: Business Lunch Together -
6 LLC
1) Общая лексика: ООО (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью - Limited liability company), лицензированный переводчик (Licenced Language Consultant), лицензированный консультант по языкам (языку), (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью или общество с дополнительной ответственностью) ОсОО2) Спорт: Luxury Lightweight Camping3) Военный термин: Limited Liability Corporation, limited life component, long lines coordination4) Техника: liquid-liquid chromatography5) Шутливое выражение: London Lund Corpus7) Юридический термин: Life Long Commitment8) Экономика: (for components of a system or piece of equipment for which the times to design and fabricate are the longest) контракт на изделия с длительным сроком изготовления9) Бухгалтерия: Low Low Costs10) Автомобильный термин: long life coolant (Vereschagin)11) Телекоммуникации: Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2)12) Сокращение: limited liability company13) Физиология: Least Likely To Cure, Long leg cast14) Вычислительная техника: протокол LLC, Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)16) Транспорт: КОО, компания с ограниченной ответственностью17) Фирменный знак: Lyons, Lee, And Converse18) Бытовая техника: управление логическим каналом19) Образование: Living And Learning Center20) Сетевые технологии: Last Logical Communication, Linearly Locally Connected, подуровень управления логическим звеном (подуровень УЛЗ: верхний подуровень уровня звена данных, выполняющий независимые от физической среды и метода доступа к ней функции звена данных. См. ГОСТ 29099-91), протокол управления логической связью, управление логическим звеном21) Полимеры: liquid level control22) Программирование: Low Level Code, (Logical Linc Control) управление логическим каналом (см. Logical Linc Control)23) Расширение файла: Logical Link Control24) Должность: Limited Liability Corp25) Чат: Laughing Like Crazy -
7 llc
1) Общая лексика: ООО (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью - Limited liability company), лицензированный переводчик (Licenced Language Consultant), лицензированный консультант по языкам (языку), (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью или общество с дополнительной ответственностью) ОсОО2) Спорт: Luxury Lightweight Camping3) Военный термин: Limited Liability Corporation, limited life component, long lines coordination4) Техника: liquid-liquid chromatography5) Шутливое выражение: London Lund Corpus7) Юридический термин: Life Long Commitment8) Экономика: (for components of a system or piece of equipment for which the times to design and fabricate are the longest) контракт на изделия с длительным сроком изготовления9) Бухгалтерия: Low Low Costs10) Автомобильный термин: long life coolant (Vereschagin)11) Телекоммуникации: Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2)12) Сокращение: limited liability company13) Физиология: Least Likely To Cure, Long leg cast14) Вычислительная техника: протокол LLC, Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)16) Транспорт: КОО, компания с ограниченной ответственностью17) Фирменный знак: Lyons, Lee, And Converse18) Бытовая техника: управление логическим каналом19) Образование: Living And Learning Center20) Сетевые технологии: Last Logical Communication, Linearly Locally Connected, подуровень управления логическим звеном (подуровень УЛЗ: верхний подуровень уровня звена данных, выполняющий независимые от физической среды и метода доступа к ней функции звена данных. См. ГОСТ 29099-91), протокол управления логической связью, управление логическим звеном21) Полимеры: liquid level control22) Программирование: Low Level Code, (Logical Linc Control) управление логическим каналом (см. Logical Linc Control)23) Расширение файла: Logical Link Control24) Должность: Limited Liability Corp25) Чат: Laughing Like Crazy -
8 various
'veəriəs1) (different; varied: His reasons for leaving were many and various.) vario, diverso2) (several: Various people have told me about you.) varios•various adj varios / diversostr['veərɪəs]1 (different) diverso,-a, distinto,-a2 (several) varios,-as\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be many and various ser muchos,-as y variados,-asvarious ['vɛriəs] adj: varios, diversosadj.• diverso, -a adj.• vario, -a adj.• varios, -as adj.pl.'veriəs, 'veəriəsa) ( several) (before n, no comp) variosb) (different, diverse) diferentes, diversos['vɛǝrɪǝs]ADJ (gen) varios, diversos; (=different) distintos* * *['veriəs, 'veəriəs]a) ( several) (before n, no comp) variosb) (different, diverse) diferentes, diversos -
9 profile
•• Profile outline of the face as seen from the sky, any edge outlined against the sky or other background (The Pocket Oxford Dictionary).
•• Наиболее актуальное сейчас употребление этого слова – в словосочетаниях high profile и low profile. Они уже превратились, по сути дела, в самостоятельные слова и заслуживают включения в словари как таковые. Однако даже в Новом БАРСе (в словарной статье profile) эти словосочетания трактуются не совсем точно. Так, для high profile предлагается перевод резкая, непримиримая позиция.
•• 1. Рассмотрим такой пример: Mainland authorities saw Mr. Lee’s high-profile visit as part of a drive for permanent independence (Don Oberdorfer). Речь в этом предложении идет о визите тайваньского лидера в США, вызвавшем раздражение в Пекине. Ясно, что дело тут не в резкости или непримиримости чего бы то ни было, а в том, что визит широко освещался в прессе, имел большой резонанс.
•• 2. В статье об усилиях США по налаживанию мирных переговоров на Ближнем Востоке слово profile в аналогичном значении встречается три раза. Mr. Clinton discarded high-profile diplomacy months after the conservative Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister... By spring, however, the administration reconsidered high-profile negotiations (New York Times). Далее в тексте содержится разгадка значения high-profile: Administration officials decided that public diplomacy was only causing Israelis and Palestinians to become more intransigent. “The more profile we gave, the more we found resistance,” an official said. Итак, profile в данном случае – широкая огласка, «публичность», заметно проявляемая активность. Возможный перевод последнего предложения: Чем заметнее мы старались (чем активнее мы себя вели), тем больше они сопротивлялись.
•• 3. Еще один пример: The United States and Japan expanded the security alliance to give Japan’s military its highest profile in Asia since World War II (Washington Post). Здесь возможен такой перевод: В результате решения США и Японии об укреплении их военного союза, японские вооруженные силы получили возможность наиболее активного присутствия в Азии со времен Второй мировой войны.
•• 4. Иногда high profile означает просто известность: It’s not the first time that Jordan, who is one of Russia’s most high-profile foreign investors, has run afoul of visa cops. В статье из журнала New Yorker: ...he has made several high-profile appointments... – он назначил несколько известных фигур на должности (в совете управляющих одного из университетов).
•• Меньше трудностей вызывает перевод словосочетаний low profile, to keep a low profile. Речь здесь, как подсказывают словари, идет о сдержанной, осторожной позиции, нежелании «высовываться», играть заметную роль. Интересно слово low-key (low-key manner – просто сдержанность).
•• О выражении racial profiling см. отдельную статью.
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10 Armstrong, Edwin Howard
[br]b. 18 December 1890 New York City, New York, USAd. 31 January 1954 New York City, New York, USA[br]American engineer who invented the regenerative and superheterodyne amplifiers and frequency modulation, all major contributions to radio communication and broadcasting.[br]Interested from childhood in anything mechanical, as a teenager Armstrong constructed a variety of wireless equipment in the attic of his parents' home, including spark-gap transmitters and receivers with iron-filing "coherer" detectors capable of producing weak Morse-code signals. In 1912, while still a student of engineering at Columbia University, he applied positive, i.e. regenerative, feedback to a Lee De Forest triode amplifier to just below the point of oscillation and obtained a gain of some 1,000 times, giving a receiver sensitivity very much greater than hitherto possible. Furthermore, by allowing the circuit to go into full oscillation he found he could generate stable continuous-waves, making possible the first reliable CW radio transmitter. Sadly, his claim to priority with this invention, for which he filed US patents in 1913, the year he graduated from Columbia, led to many years of litigation with De Forest, to whom the US Supreme Court finally, but unjustly, awarded the patent in 1934. The engineering world clearly did not agree with this decision, for the Institution of Radio Engineers did not revoke its previous award of a gold medal and he subsequently received the highest US scientific award, the Franklin Medal, for this discovery.During the First World War, after some time as an instructor at Columbia University, he joined the US Signal Corps laboratories in Paris, where in 1918 he invented the superheterodyne, a major contribution to radio-receiver design and for which he filed a patent in 1920. The principle of this circuit, which underlies virtually all modern radio, TV and radar reception, is that by using a local oscillator to convert, or "heterodyne", a wanted signal to a lower, fixed, "intermediate" frequency it is possible to obtain high amplification and selectivity without the need to "track" the tuning of numerous variable circuits.Returning to Columbia after the war and eventually becoming Professor of Electrical Engineering, he made a fortune from the sale of his patent rights and used part of his wealth to fund his own research into further problems in radio communication, particularly that of receiver noise. In 1933 he filed four patents covering the use of wide-band frequency modulation (FM) to achieve low-noise, high-fidelity sound broadcasting, but unable to interest RCA he eventually built a complete broadcast transmitter at his own expense in 1939 to prove the advantages of his system. Unfortunately, there followed another long battle to protect and exploit his patents, and exhausted and virtually ruined he took his own life in 1954, just as the use of FM became an established technique.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsInstitution of Radio Engineers Medal of Honour 1917. Franklin Medal 1937. IERE Edison Medal 1942. American Medal for Merit 1947.Bibliography1922, "Some recent developments in regenerative circuits", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 10:244.1924, "The superheterodyne. Its origin, developments and some recent improvements", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 12:549.1936, "A method of reducing disturbances in radio signalling by a system of frequency modulation", Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 24:689.Further ReadingL.Lessing, 1956, Man of High-Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong, pbk 1969 (the only definitive biography).W.R.Maclaurin and R.J.Harman, 1949, Invention \& Innovation in the Radio Industry.J.R.Whitehead, 1950, Super-regenerative Receivers.A.N.Goldsmith, 1948, Frequency Modulation (for the background to the development of frequency modulation, in the form of a large collection of papers and an extensive bibliog raphy).KFBiographical history of technology > Armstrong, Edwin Howard
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