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    1. noun
    1) (reply) Antwort, die (to auf + Akk.); (reaction) Reaktion, die

    I tried to phone him, but there was no answer — ich habe versucht, ihn anzurufen, aber es hat sich niemand gemeldet

    there is no answer to that — dem ist nichts mehr hinzuzufügen

    by way of [an] answer — als Antwort

    in answer to something — als Antwort od. Reaktion auf etwas (Akk.)

    2) (to problem) Lösung, die (to Gen.); (to calculation) Ergebnis, das

    have or know all the answers — (coll.) alles wissen

    2. transitive verb
    1) beantworten [Brief, Frage]; antworten auf (+ Akk.) [Frage, Hilferuf, Einladung, Inserat]; (react to) erwidern [Geste, Schlag]; eingehen auf (+ Akk.), erfüllen [Bitte]; sich stellen zu [Beschuldigung]

    answer me! — antworte [mir]!

    2)

    answer the door/bell — an die Tür gehen; see also academic.ru/73870/telephone">telephone 1.

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (reply) antworten
    2) (be responsible)

    answer to somebody — jemandem [gegenüber] Rechenschaft ablegen

    he has a lot to answer for — er hat vieles zu verantworten

    4)

    answer to the name of... — auf den Namen... hören

    5)

    answer back — (coll.) widersprechen; Widerworte haben (ugs.)

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    1. noun
    1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) die Antwort
    2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) die Lösung
    2. verb
    1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) beantworten
    2) (to open (the door), pick up( the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) Telefon beantworten; Tür aufmachen usw.
    3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) erfüllen
    4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) entsprechen
    •
    - answerable
    - answering machine
    - answer for
    - answerphone
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    an·swer
    [ˈɑ:n(t)səʳ, AM ˈæn(t)sɚ]
    I. n
    1. (reply) Antwort f (to auf + akk); (reaction also) Reaktion f; ( fig: equivalent) Pendant nt geh (to zu + dat), Gegenstück nt (to zu + dat)
    there was no \answer (telephone) es ist keiner rangegangen; (doorbell) es hat keiner aufgemacht
    he didn't give an \answer er antwortete nicht
    in \answer to your letter... in Beantwortung Ihres Schreibens... geh
    to be the \answer to sb's prayer(s) ( hum iron) ein Geschenk des Himmels sein
    \answer to a question Antwort f auf eine Frage
    a straight \answer eine direkte Antwort
    by way of an \answer als Antwort
    to get an/no \answer eine/keine Antwort bekommen
    2. (solution) Lösung f; MATH Ergebnis nt
    there's no easy \answer es gibt dafür keine Patentlösung
    \answer to a problem Lösung f eines Problems
    to know all the \answers ( also iron: be well-informed) alles wissen, die Antwort auf alle Fragen kennen; (be big-headed) [immer] alles besser wissen
    3. LAW (defendant's response to complaint) Klageerwiderung f, Replik f
    4.
    ▶ a soft \answer [turneth away wrath] ( saying) mit ein bisschen Ruhe kann man so manchen Zorn besänftigen
    II. vt
    ▪ to \answer sth
    1. (respond to) question etw beantworten, auf etw akk antworten
    “why not?” he \answer „warum nicht?“ erwiderte er
    not many people have \answered our want ad so far bis jetzt haben sich noch nicht viele auf unsere Suchanzeige gemeldet
    this \answers all our prayers unsere Gebete wurden erhört! geh
    to \answer the call of sb jdm gehorchen
    to \answer the call to [do] sth ( dated) dem Ruf folgen, etw zu tun geh
    to \answer the call of nature ( also hum) dem Ruf der Natur folgen a. hum
    to \answer the call for volunteers sich akk freiwillig melden
    to \answer the door[bell] die Tür öffnen
    to \answer the telephone ans Telefon gehen
    ▪ to \answer sb jdm antworten
    \answer me! antworte [mir]!/antworten Sie!
    2. (fit, suit) etw dat entsprechen; prayer etw erhören
    that \answered our prayers das war wie ein Geschenk des Himmels
    to \answer a need einem Bedürfnis entgegenkommen
    to \answer a purpose einem Zweck dienen
    3. LAW
    to \answer charges sich wegen einer Klage verantworten
    III. vi antworten, eine Antwort geben
    nobody \answered (telephone) es ist keiner rangegangen; (doorbell) es hat keiner aufgemacht
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    ['Aːnsə(r)]
    1. n
    1) (= response) (to auf +acc) Antwort f, Entgegnung f (geh), Erwiderung f (geh); (in exam) Antwort f

    to get an/no answer — Antwort/keine Antwort bekommen

    there's no answer to that (inf) — was soll man da groß machen/sagen! (inf)

    Germany's answer to Concorde —

    in answer to your letter/my question — in Beantwortung Ihres Briefes (form)

    2) (= solution) Lösung f (
    to +gen)

    his answer to any problem is to ignore it — seine Reaktion auf alle Schwierigkeiten ist, sie einfach nicht wahrhaben zu wollen

    there's only one answer for depression... — es gibt nur ein Mittel gegen Depression...

    3) (JUR) Einlassung f (form), Stellungnahme f

    the defendant's answer to the charge was... — laut Einlassung des Beklagten... (form)

    2. vt
    1) antworten auf (+acc); person antworten (+dat); exam questions beantworten, antworten auf (+acc); objections, criticism beantworten

    will you answer that? (phone, door) — gehst du ran/hin?

    to answer the telephone — das Telefon abnehmen, rangehen (inf)

    to answer the bell or door — die Tür öffnen or aufmachen, hingehen (inf)

    who answered the phone? — wer war dran (inf) or am Apparat?; (here at this end) wer hat den Anruf entgegengenommen?

    shall I answer it? (phone) — soll ich rangehen?; (door) soll ich hingehen?

    5,000 men answered the call for volunteers — 5.000 Männer meldeten sich auf den Freiwilligenaufruf hin

    ..., he answered —..., antwortete er

    answer me! —

    to anyone who claims... I would answer this — jemandem, der... behauptet, würde ich Folgendes erwidern or entgegen

    2) (= fulfil) description entsprechen (+dat); hope, expectation erfüllen; prayer (God) erhören; need befriedigen

    people who answer that description — Leute, auf die diese Beschreibung passt or zutrifft

    this answered our prayers —

    it answers the/our purpose — es erfüllt seinen Zweck/es erfüllt für uns seinen Zweck

    3) (JUR) charge sich verantworten wegen (+gen)
    3. vi

    if the phone rings, don't answer — wenn das Telefon läutet, geh nicht ran or nimm nicht ab

    2) (= suffice) geeignet or brauchbar sein, taugen
    * * *
    answer [ˈɑːnsə; US ˈænsər]
    A s
    1. Antwort f, Erwiderung f, Entgegnung f ( alle:
    to auf akk):
    a) in Beantwortung (gen),
    b) auf (akk) … hin,
    c) als Antwort oder Reaktion auf (akk);
    he gave ( oder made) no answer er gab keine Antwort, er antwortete nicht;
    a) er weiß Bescheid, er kennt sich aus,
    b) pej er weiß immer alles besser
    2. fig Antwort f:
    a) Reaktion f:
    I rang the doorbell, but there was no answer ich klingelte, aber es machte niemand auf; → maiden B 1
    b) Gegenmaßnahme f:
    have no answer nichts entgegenzusetzen haben (to dat)
    3. JUR
    a) Klagebeantwortung f, Gegenschrift f
    b) weitS. Verteidigung f, Rechtfertigung f
    4. besonders MATH (Auf)Lösung f
    5. fig (to)
    a) Lösung f (eines Problems)
    b) Abhilfe f, (das) Richtige (für)
    6. MUS Beantwortung f (in der Fuge)
    B v/i
    1. antworten, eine Antwort geben ( beide:
    to auf akk):
    a) freche Antworten geben,
    b) widersprechen,
    c) sich (mit Worten etc) verteidigen oder wehren
    2. answer to fig → C 3, C 4;
    I telephoned this morning, but nobody answered ich rief heute morgen an, aber es hob niemand ab oder aber es meldete sich niemand;
    I rang the doorbell, but nobody answered ich klingelte, aber es machte niemand auf
    3. (to sb) sich (jemandem gegenüber) verantworten, (jemandem) Rechenschaft ablegen, (jemandem) Rede (u. Antwort) stehen ( for für):
    he had to answer for … in court er musste sich für … vor Gericht verantworten
    4. verantwortlich sein, die Verantwortung tragen, haften, (sich ver)bürgen ( alle:
    for für)
    5. die Folgen tragen, büßen, geradestehen ( alle:
    for für):
    he has a lot to answer for er hat allerhand auf dem Gewissen oder Kerbholz
    6. (for) (einem Zweck) dienen, entsprechen (dat), sich eignen, taugen (für), seinen Zweck erfüllen
    7. glücken, gelingen (Plan)
    8. answer to the name of … auf den Namen … hören
    C v/t
    1. jemandem antworten, erwidern, entgegnen:
    a) jemandem freche Antworten geben,
    b) jemandem widersprechen,
    c) sich gegen jemanden (mit Worten etc) verteidigen oder wehren
    2. antworten auf (akk), ( auch MUS ein Thema) beantworten:
    answer sb a question jemandem eine Frage beantworten
    3. fig reagieren auf (akk):
    a) eingehen auf (akk):
    answer the bell ( oder door) (auf das Läuten od Klopfen) die Tür öffnen, aufmachen;
    answer the telephone ans Telefon oder an den Apparat gehen, einen Anruf entgegennehmen;
    I’ll answer it ich geh schon ran!
    b) TECH dem Steuer etc gehorchen
    c) einem Befehl, einem Ruf etc Folge leisten, folgen, gehorchen, entsprechen
    d) einen Wunsch etc erfüllen, auch einem Bedürfnis entsprechen, abhelfen, ein Gebet erhören:
    answer sb’s prayers auch jemanden erhören
    e) sich auf eine Anzeige hin melden oder bewerben
    4. einer Beschreibung entsprechen, übereinstimmen mit:
    he answers the description die Beschreibung passt auf ihn
    5. sich gegen eine Anklage verteidigen
    6. sich jemandem gegenüber verantworten, jemandem Rechenschaft ablegen, jemandem Rede (u. Antwort) stehen ( alle:
    for für)
    7. jemandem, Ansprüchen genügen, jemanden zufriedenstellen, Hoffnungen erfüllen
    8. einem Zweck dienen, entsprechen
    9. eine Aufgabe lösen
    10. einen Auftrag ausführen
    A. abk
    2. America (American)
    ans. abk answer
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    1. noun
    1) (reply) Antwort, die (to auf + Akk.); (reaction) Reaktion, die

    I tried to phone him, but there was no answer — ich habe versucht, ihn anzurufen, aber es hat sich niemand gemeldet

    by way of [an] answer — als Antwort

    in answer to something — als Antwort od. Reaktion auf etwas (Akk.)

    2) (to problem) Lösung, die (to Gen.); (to calculation) Ergebnis, das

    have or know all the answers — (coll.) alles wissen

    2. transitive verb
    1) beantworten [Brief, Frage]; antworten auf (+ Akk.) [Frage, Hilferuf, Einladung, Inserat]; (react to) erwidern [Geste, Schlag]; eingehen auf (+ Akk.), erfüllen [Bitte]; sich stellen zu [Beschuldigung]

    answer me! — antworte [mir]!

    2)

    answer the door/bell — an die Tür gehen; see also telephone 1.

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (reply) antworten

    answer to somebody — jemandem [gegenüber] Rechenschaft ablegen

    4)

    answer to the name of... — auf den Namen... hören

    5)

    answer back — (coll.) widersprechen; Widerworte haben (ugs.)

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    n.
    Antwort -en f.
    Lösung -en f. (to) v.
    antworten v.
    erwidern (auf) v. (telephone) v.
    abnehmen v. v.
    antworten v.
    beantworten v.
    einem Zweck entsprechen ausdr.

    English-german dictionary > answer

  • 2 what

    (whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) pase lo que pase, sea lo que sea
    what1 adj
    1. qué
    what time is it? ¿qué hora es?
    what cheese shall I buy? ¿qué queso compro?
    what is your address? ¿cuál es tu dirección?
    2. qué
    what a lovely dress! ¡qué vestido más mono!
    what about...? ¿qué tal...? / ¿qué te parece...?
    what about a cup of tea? ¿qué tal una taza de té?
    what2 pron
    1. qué
    2. lo que
    did you hear what he said? ¿has oído lo que ha dicho?
    tr[wɒt]
    ■ what time is it? ¿qué hora es?
    ■ what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?
    ■ what kind of music do you like? ¿qué tipo de música te gusta?
    ■ what film did you see? ¿qué película viste?
    ■ what a man! ¡qué hombre!
    ■ what a smart car! ¡qué coche más chulo!
    ■ what a pity! ¡qué lástima!
    ■ what beautiful flowers! ¡qué flores más preciosas!
    4 (all the) todo,-a
    ■ what is it? ¿qué es?
    ■ what do you do? ¿a qué te dedicas?
    ■ what are you doing? ¿qué haces?
    ■ what's your name? ¿cómo te llamas?
    ■ what's that for? ¿para qué sirve eso?
    ■ what does this word mean? ¿qué significa esta palabra?
    ■ what does she look like? ¿cómo es ella?
    ■ what did he say? ¿qué dijo?
    3 lo que
    1 ¡cómo!
    ■ what! you've lost it! ¡cómo! ¡lo has perdido!
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and what not y tal, cosas por el estilo
    guess what? ¿sabes qué?
    or what? ¿o qué?
    to give somebody what for darle a alguien su merecido
    to know what's what saber de qué va la cosa, estar al tanto
    what about...? ¿qué tal...?, ¿qué te parece...?
    ■ what about Friday? ¿qué tal el viernes?
    ■ what about the cat? ¿y el gato qué?
    ■ what about that drink you owe me? ¿qué hay de la copa que me debes?
    ■ what about seeing a film? ¿qué te parece ver una película?
    what for? (why) ¿por qué? 2 (for what purpose) ¿para qué?
    what if...? ¿y si...?
    ■ what if there's no answer? ¿y si no contestan?
    what is it? (what's wrong?) ¿qué pasa? 2 (definition) ¿qué es?
    what of it? ¿y qué?
    what with... and... entre... y..., con lo de... y...
    ■ what with the wedding, the fire and everything con lo de la boda, el incendio y todo
    what's more y además
    what ['hwɑt, 'hwʌt] adv
    1) how: cómo, cúanto
    what he suffered!: ¡cómo sufría!
    2)
    what with : entre
    what with one thing and another: entre una cosa y otra
    what adj
    what more do you want?: ¿qué más quieres?
    what color is it?: ¿de qué color es?
    what an idea!: ¡qué idea!
    3) any, whatever: cualquier
    give what help you can: da cualquier contribución que puedas
    what pron
    what happened?: ¿qué pasó?
    what does it cost?: ¿cuánto cuesta?
    I don't know what to do: no sé que hacer
    do what I tell you: haz lo que te digo
    3)
    what for why: porqué
    4)
    what if : y si
    what if he knows?: ¿y si lo sabe?
    adj.
    • cuál adj.
    pron.
    • cuál pron.
    • que pron.
    • qué pron.

    I hwɑːt, wɒt
    1) ( in questions) qué

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

    what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

    what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

    what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

    what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

    what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

    I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

    what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

    or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

    are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

    so what? — ¿y qué?

    what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

    3)

    (do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

    (I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

    b) ( relative use) lo que

    I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) qué

    what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

    what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

    what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

    she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

    c) (all of the, any)

    what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

    what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

    2) ( in exclamations) qué

    what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

    what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

    [wɒt]
    1. PRONOUN
    a)
    In direct questions, what can generally be translated by qué with an accent: qué

    what do you want now? — ¿qué quieres ahora?

    what's in here? — ¿qué hay aquí dentro?

    what is it now? — y ahora ¿qué?

    what does he owe his success to?, to what does he owe his success? — frm ¿a qué debe su éxito?

    what's a tractor, Daddy? — ¿qué es un tractor, papá?

    what are capers? — ¿qué son las alcaparras?

    Only use [¿qué es...?]/[¿qué son...?] to translate [what is]/[are] when asking for a [definition]. In other contexts use [¿cuál es?]/[¿cuáles son?]:

    what's the capital of Finland? — ¿cuál es la capital de Finlandia?

    what's her telephone number? — ¿cuál es su número de teléfono?

    what were the greatest problems? — ¿cuáles eran los mayores problemas?

    However, not all expressions with [what] should be translated literally. Some require [qué] used adjectivally:

    what is the difference? — ¿qué diferencia hay?

    what are your plans? — ¿qué planes tienes?

    what's the Spanish for "pen"? — ¿cómo se dice "pen" en español?

    what's your name? — ¿cómo te llamas?

    b) (=how much) cuánto

    what will it cost? — ¿cuánto va a costar?

    what does it weigh? — ¿cuánto pesa?

    what's nine times five? — ¿cuánto es nueve por cinco?

    c) (=what did you say) cómo, qué

    what? I didn't catch that — ¿cómo? or ¿qué?, no he entendido eso

    what did you say? — ¿cómo or qué dices?, ¿qué has dicho?, ¿qué dijiste? (LAm)

    d) (Brit) † (as question tag) verdad

    it's getting late, what? — se está haciendo tarde ¿no? or ¿verdad?

    a)
    In most cases, translate the pronoun what using either qué with an accent or lo que without an accent: qué, lo que

    • he asked her what she thought of it — le preguntó qué or lo que pensaba de ello

    Use [cuál era]/[cuáles son] {etc} instead of [lo que era]/[lo que son] {etc} if [what was]/[are] {etc} does not relate to a definition:

    • please explain what you saw — por favor, explique qué or lo que vio

    can you explain what's happening? — ¿me puedes explicar (qué es) lo que está pasando?

    • do you know what's happening? — ¿sabes qué or lo que está pasando?

    I don't know what's happening — no sé qué está pasando, no sé (qué es) lo que está pasando

    • tell me what happened — cuéntame qué or lo que ocurrió

    b) (=how much) cuánto
    4) (relative use) lo que

    I've no clothes except what I'm wearing — no tengo ropa, aparte de lo que llevo puesto

    what it is to be rich and famous! — ¡lo que es ser rico y famoso!

    and what have you {or}3} what not * y qué sé yo qué más, y qué sé yo cuántas cosas más to give sb what for * regañar a algn know what

    it was full of cream, jam, chocolate and I don't know what — estaba lleno de nata, mermelada, chocolate y no sé cuántas cosas más

    you know what? I think he's drunk — creo que está borracho, ¿sabes?

    I know what, let's ring her up — se me ocurre una idea, vamos a llamarla por teléfono

    to know what's what * saber cuántas son cinco * or what? *

    do you want it or what? — ¿lo quieres o qué?

    are you coming or what? — entonces ¿vienes o no?

    I mean, is this sick, or what? — vamos, que es de verdadero mal gusto, ¿o no?

    is this luxury or what? — esto sí que es lujo, ¿eh?

    say what you like,... digas lo que digas,..., se diga lo que se diga,.... so what? * ¿y qué?

    so what if it does rain? — ¿y qué, si llueve?

    so what if he is gay? — ¿y qué (pasa) si es gay?, ¿y qué importa que sea gay?

    (I'll) tell you what se me ocurre una idea, tengo una idea what about

    what about me? — y yo ¿qué?

    what about next week? — ¿qué te parece la semana que viene?

    "your car..." - "what about it?" * — -tu coche... -¿qué pasa con mi coche?

    what about going to the cinema? — ¿qué tal si vamos al cine?, ¿y si vamos al cine?

    what about lunch, shall we go out? — ¿y para comer? ¿salimos fuera? or ¿qué tal si salimos fuera?

    what about people who haven't got cars? — ¿y la gente que no tiene coche?

    what for? (=why) ¿por qué?; (=to what purpose) ¿para qué?

    what are you doing that for? — ¿por or para qué haces eso?

    what's that button for? — ¿para qué es ese botón?

    what if...? ¿y si...?

    what if this doesn't work out? — ¿y si esto no funciona?

    what if he says no? — ¿y si dice que no?

    what of

    but what of the political leaders? — pero, ¿y qué hay de los líderes políticos?

    what of it? * — y eso ¿qué importa?

    what's... what's it like? (asking for description) ¿cómo es?; (asking for evaluation) ¿qué tal es?

    what's their new house like? — ¿cómo es su nueva casa?

    what's his first novel like? — ¿qué tal es su primera novela?

    what will the weather be like tomorrow? — ¿qué tal tiempo va a hacer mañana?

    and what's more... y, además,... what's that? (asking about sth) ¿qué es eso?; (=what did you say?) ¿qué has dicho?

    what's that to you? * — ¿eso qué tiene que ver contigo?, ¿a ti qué te importa? *

    what's worse

    and what's worse... — y lo que es peor...

    what with

    what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state — entre la tensión y la falta de sueño me encontraba fatal

    2. ADJECTIVE

    what dress shall I wear? — ¿qué vestido me pongo?

    what colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?

    • she asked me what day she should come — me preguntó qué día tenía que venir

    • he explained what ingredients are used — explicó qué ingredientes se usan

    • what good would that do? — ¿de qué serviría eso?

    • do you know what music they're going to play? — ¿sabes qué música van a tocar?

    • did they tell you what time they'd be arriving? — ¿te dijeron a qué hora llegarían?

    I gave him what money/coins I had — le di todo el dinero/todas las monedas que tenía

    Remember to put an accent on qué in exclamations as well as in direct and indirect questions:

    what a nuisance! — ¡qué lata!

    what a fool I was! — ¡qué tonto fui!

    what an ugly dog! — ¡qué perro más or tan feo!

    what a lot of people! — ¡qué cantidad de gente!

    what an excuse! — iro ¡buen pretexto!, ¡vaya excusa!

    3.
    EXCLAMATION ¡qué!

    what! you sold it! — ¿qué? ¡lo has vendido!

    what! you expect me to believe that! — ¿qué? ¿esperas que me crea eso?

    what! he can't be a spy! — ¿qué? ¿cómo va a ser un espía?

    you told him what? — ¿que le has dicho qué?

    "he's getting married" - "what!" — se casa - ¿cómo dices?

    you what?

    "I'm going to be an actress" - "you what?" * — -voy a hacerme actriz -¿cómo or qué dices?

    I'm going to have a baby - you what? — -voy a tener un niño -¡¿que vas a tener un qué?!

    * * *

    I [hwɑːt, wɒt]
    1) ( in questions) qué

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

    what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

    what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

    what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

    what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

    what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

    I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

    what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

    or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

    are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

    so what? — ¿y qué?

    what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

    3)

    (do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

    (I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

    b) ( relative use) lo que

    I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) qué

    what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

    what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

    what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

    she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

    c) (all of the, any)

    what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

    what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

    2) ( in exclamations) qué

    what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

    what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

    English-spanish dictionary > what

  • 3 Artificial Intelligence

       In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)
       Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)
       Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....
       When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)
       4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually
       Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)
       What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)
       The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)
       9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form
       The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:
        Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."
        Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)
       Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)
       Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)
       The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)
        14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation
       It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)
       We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.
       Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.
       Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.
    ... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)
       Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)
        16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts
       Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)
       Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence
       The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.
       The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)
       The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....
       AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)
        21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions
       In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)
       Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)
       Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)
       The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence

  • 4 give

    1. I
    the door gave дверь подалась; the ice gave лед сломался /не выдержал/; the foundations are giving фундамент оседает; at the height of the storm the bridge gave в самый разгар бури мост не выдержал и рухнул; his knees seemed to give ему казалось, что у него подкашиваются ноги; the branch gave but did not break ветка прогнулась, но не сломалась; а soft chair (a bed, a mattress, etc.) gives [when one sits on it] мягкий стул и т. д. проминается [, когда на него садятся]; the frost is beginning to give мороз начинает слабеть
    2. II
    1) give in some manner. give generously /unsparingly, abundantly/ щедро и т. д. давать /дарить, одаривать/; give grudgingly нехотя делать подарки
    2) give in some manner this chair (the mattress, the bed, etc.) gives comfortably (a lot) этот стул и т. д. приятно (сильно) проминается; the springs won't give enough /much/ пружины довольно тугие; the горе has given a good deal веревка сильно растянулась /ослабла/; give for some time the frost did not give all day мороз не отпускал весь день
    3. III
    give smth.
    1) give food (medicine, L 3, etc.) давать еду и т. д., give presents дарить /делать/ подарки; give a grant давать дотацию /пособие/; give a scholarship предоставлять стипендию; give a medal награждать медалью; give alms подавать милостыню
    2) give a message передавать записку /сообщение/; give one's regards передать привет
    3) give a large crop (10 per cent profit, etc.) приносить / давать/ большой урожай и т. д.; give fruit плодоносить; give milk давать молоке; give heat излучать тепло; the lamp gives a poor light лампа светит тускло /дает, излучает тусклый свет/; his work gives good results его работа дает хорошие результаты; two times two /two multiplied by two/ gives four дважды два give четыре
    4) give facts (news, details, the following figures, etc.) приводить /сообщать/ факты и т. д.; give an example /an instance/ приводить /давать/ пример: the dictionary doesn't give this word в словаре нет этого слова; the list gives ten names в списке [приведено /указано/] / список содержит/ десять имен; he gave a full account of the event он все рассказал /дал полный отчет/ об этом событии; he gave no particulars он не сообщил никаких подробностей; give a portrait (a character, the scenery of the country, etc.) нарисовать портрет и т. д.; in his book he gives a description of their customs в своей книге он описывает их нравы; give evidence /testimony/ давать показания; give one's name and address дать /назвать/ свой фамилию и адрес
    5) the thermometer gives forty degrees термометр показывает сорок градусов; the barometer gives rain барометр пошел на дождь; give no sign of life не подавать признаков жизни; give no sign of recognition a) не подать виду, что узнал; б) не узнать; give no sign of embarrassment нисколько не смутиться
    6) give a dinner (a dinner party, a ball, a party, a concert, a performance, etc.) давать /устраивать/ обед и т. д.
    7) give lessons (instruction, exact information, etc.) давать уроки и т. д., give smth. in smth. give lessons in mathematics (instruction in golf, etc.) давать уроки по математике и т. д.; give smth. on smth. give lectures on psychology (on biology, on various subjects, etc.) читать лекции по психологии и т. д., give a lecture прочитать лекцию, выступить с лекцией; give a song (one of Beethoven's sonatas, a concerto, etc.) исполнять песню и т. д., give a recital (a recitation) выступать с сольным концертом (с художественным чтением)
    8) give one's good wishes желать всего доброго / хорошего/; give one's blessing давать свое благословение: give a toast провозглашать тост; give smb.'s health /the health of smb./ поднимать тост за чье-л. здоровье
    9) give a point in the argument уступить по одному какому-л. вопросу в споре; give way /ground/ отступать, сдавать [свои] позиции; the army (our troops, the crowd, etc.) gave way армия и т. д. отступила; the door (the axle, the railing, etc.) gave way дверь и т. д. подалась; the bridge (the ice, the floor, the ground, etc.) gave way мост и т. д. провалился; the rope /the line/ gave way веревка лопнула; my legs gave way у меня подкосились ноги; his health is giving way его здоровье пошатнулось; his strength is giving way силы оставляют его; if he argues don't give way если он будет спорить, не уступайте
    10) give a decision сообщать решение; give judg (e)ment выносить приговор; give notice а) предупреждать о предстоящем увольнении; б) уведомлять
    11) semiaux give a look /а glance/ взглянуть, бросить взгляд; give a jump /а leap/ (под)прыгнуть, сделать прыжок; give a push (a pull) толкнуть (потянуть); give a kick ударить ногой, лягнуть; give a smile улыбнуться; give a kiss поцеловать; give a loud laugh громко засмеяться /рассмеяться/; give a cry /а shout/ издавать крик; give a sigh вздохнуть; give a groan застонать; give a sob всхлипнуть; give a start вздрогнуть; give a nod кивнуть; give a shake [of one's head] отрицательно покачать головой; give an injection делать укол; give a shrug of the shoulders пожать плечами; give a wave of the hand махнуть рукой; give a blow ударить; give a rebuff давать отпор; give a beating задать порку, избить; give chase пускаться в погоню; give a wag of the tail вильнуть хвостом; give an order (a command, instructions, etc.) отдавать приказ /распоряжение/ и т. д.; give an answer /а reply/ давать ответ, отвечать; give help оказывать помощь; give the alert объявлять тревогу; give a warning делать предупреждение; give advice советовать, давать совет; give a suggestion предлагать, выдвигать предложение; give a promise (one's word, one's pledge, etc.) давать обещание и т. д.; give shelter давать /предоставлять/ убежище; give a volley дать залп; the gun gave a loud report раздался громкий ружейный выстрел; give offence обижать, наносить обиду; give battle давать бой; give a chance (an opportunity, power, etc.) предоставлять /давать/ возможность и т. д.
    4. IV
    give smth. somewhere
    1) give back the books you borrowed (my pen, my newspaper, etc.) возвращать книги, которые вы взяли и т. д.; give smth. in some manner give money generously (grudgingly, freely, etc.) щедро и т. д. давать деньги; regularly give presents регулярно делать подарки
    2) give smth. at some time give a message immediately немедленно передать записку
    3) give smth. at some time give profit (10 per cent, etc.) regularly (annually, etc.) регулярно и т. д. приносить прибыль и т. д.
    4) give smth. in some manner give an extract in full (at length, in detail, etc.) приводить отрывок полностью и т. д.
    5) semiaux give smth. in some manner give aid willingly охотно оказывать помощь; give one's answers loudly (distinctly, etc.) давать ответы /отвечать/ громко и т. д.
    5. V
    1) give smb. smth. give me your pencil (him this book, her your hand, me a match, the child a glass of milk, the boy his medicine, etc.) дайте мне ваш карандаш и т. д., give smb. a present сделать кому-л. подарок; give him watch (her a ring, etc.) подарить ему часы и т. д.; give her a bunch of flowers преподнести ей букет цветов; what has he given you? что он вам подарил /преподнес/?; give him a letter from his mother (her a note from me, etc.) передавать ему письмо от матери и т. д.; give an actor a role (him a job, etc.) предлагать /давать/ актеру роль и т. д.; give smb. the place of honour отвести кому-л. почетное место; give me long distance дайте мне междугородную; I give you my word (my promise, my consent, etc.) 'даю вам слово и т. д.; give smb. smth. for smth. give smb. a watch for a present преподнести кому-л. часы в качестве подарка; give women equal pay with men for their work оплачивать труд женщин наравне с трудом мужчин; give smb. smth. in smth. give them parts in his new play распределять между ними роли в его новой пьесе; give smb. smb. she gave him a beautiful baby boy она родила ему прекрасного мальчика
    2) give smb. smth. give him the message (me the letter, etc.) передавать ему записку и т. д.; give smb. one's love (one's compliments, one's kind regards, etc.) передавать кому-л. привет и т. д.; give him my thanks передайте ему мою благодарность; I give you my very best wishes желаю вам всего самого лучшего
    3) give smb. smth. give smb. an illness (measles, a sore throat, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; you've given me your cold вы заразили меня насморком, я от вас заразился насморком
    4) give smb., smth. smth. give us warmth and light (us fruit, people meat, us milk, us wool and leather, etc.) давать нам тепло и свет и т. д.; give men pleasure (him joy, the children enjoyment, her satisfaction, etc.) доставлять людям удовольствие и т. д.; give smb. [much] pain (much trouble, sorrow, etc.) причинять кому-л. боль и т. д.; too much noise gives me a headache от сильного шума у меня начинается головная боль; give smb. courage (me patience, him strength, her more self-confidence, etc.) придавать кому-л. мужество и т. д.; that gave me the idea of travelling это навело меня на мысль о путешествии; give smth. flavour придавать чему-л. вкус
    5) give smb. smth. give the commission an account of his trip (us a good description of the man, him wrong information, him good proof, etc.) давать комиссии отчет /отчитываться перед комиссией/ о своей поездке и т. д.; give me your opinion сообщите мне свое мнение; give us human nature truthfully (the reader a true picture of his age, etc.) описать /воссоздать/ для нас подлинную картину человеческой природы и т. д.
    6) give smb. smth. give the child a name дать ребенку имя; give smth. smth. give the book a strange title дать книге странное заглавие /название/; this town gave the battle its name эта битва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла
    7) give smb. smth. give smb. lessons (music lessons, lessons in French, consultations, instruction, etc.) давать кому-л. уроки и т. д., give smb. a concerto (a play, etc.) исполнить для кого-л. концерт и т. д.; give us Bach (us another song, etc.) исполните нам /для нас/ Баха и т. д.; who will give us a song? кто вам споет? || give smb. an example служить кому-л. примером; give the other boys an example подавать другим мальчикам пример
    8) give smb. smth. give smb. good morning (him good day, us good evening, etc.) пожелать кому-л. доброго утра и т. д., give smb. one's blessing благословлять кого-л.; give smb. smth., smb. give them our country (our host, the Governor, etc.) предложить им выпить за нашу страну и т. д.
    9) give smb. smth. give smb. six months' imprisonment (five years, two years of hard labour, etc.) приговорить кого-л. к пяти месяцам тюремного заключения и т. д.
    10) semiaux give smb., smth. smth. give smb. a look (a fleeting glance, etc.) бросить на кого-л. взгляд и т. д.; give smb. a smile улыбнуться кому-л.; give smb. a kiss поцеловать кого-л.; give smb. a blow нанести кому-л. удар, стукнуть кого-л.; give smb. a push толкнуть кого-л.; give smb. a kick лягнуть, ударить кого-л. ногой; give smb. a nod кивнуть кому-л. [головой]; give smb. a beating избить /поколотить/ кого-л.; give one's hat a brush почистить шляпу; give a blackboard a wipe стереть с доски; give smb.'s hand a squeeze сжать или пожать кому-л. руку; give them our support (him help, him a hand, them every assistance, etc.) оказать им поддержку и т. д.; give the matter every care внимательно отнестись к вопросу; give smb. a warning предупреждать кого-л.; give smb. an order (instructions, etc.) отдать кому-л. приказ и т. д.; give smb. an answer /а reply/ давать кому-л. ответ, отвечать кому-л.; my old coat gives me good service мое старое пальто все еще служит мне; give me a chance (him another opportunity, etc.) предоставьте мне возможность и т. д.
    6. VII
    1) give smth. to do smth. give a signal to start (notice to leave, etc.) давать сигнал к отправлению и т. д.; give a push to open the door толкнуть дверь, чтобы она открылась; give a lot to know it (anything to know what happened, the world to have it, the world to secure such a thing, etc.) многое отдать, чтобы узнать это и т. д. || give smb. to understand дать кому-л. понять
    2) give smb. smth. to do give him a book to read (me something to eat, her a glass of water to drink, him the right to complain, him a week to make up his mind, us an hour to get there, myself time to think it over, etc.) дать ему прочесть книгу и т. д.; give a porter one's bags to carry (a groom one's horse to hold, etc.) попросить носильщика отнести вещи и т. д.; give him a letter to mail дать /велеть/ ему отправить письмо; give her a message to deliver дать ей записку для передачи
    7. XI
    1) be given smth. he was given a job (quarters, a rest, etc.) ему дали /предложили/ работу и т. д., he was given a book (a watch, L 50, a ring, etc.) ему подарили книгу и т. д.; be given to smb., smth. a book (a watch, etc.) was given to him ему подарили книгу и т. д., he was given a contract с ним заключили контракт; be given in some manner our services are given free of charge мы оказываем услуги бесплатно; invitations are given gratuitously (periodically, willingly, etc.) приглашения рассылаются бесплатно и т. д., be given somewhere articles (books, etc.) must be given back статьи и т. д. должны быть возвращены
    2) be given to smb. of all the books that have been given to the public on the problem из всех выпущенных по данному вопросу книг
    3) || semiaux I was given to understand that... мне дали понять, что...
    4) be given to smth. be given to idleness (to luxury and pleasure, to drink, to these pursuits, etc.) иметь склонность к безделью и т. д., he is much given to music он увлекается музыкой; be given in so me manner I am not given that way у меня не такой склад /характер/; be given to doing smth. be given to drinking (to day-dreaming, to lying, to contradicting, to swearing, to shooting and hunting, etc.) любить выпить, иметь пристрастие к выпивке и т. д.; he is given to stealing он нечист на руку; he is given to boasting он хвастлив || semiaux (not) be given to smb. to do smth. it is not given to him to understand it (to appreciate beauty, to express his thoughts eloquently, to become famous, etc.) ему не дано понять это и т. д.
    5) be given somewhere the figures (the data, the results, etc.) are given below ( above) цифры и т. д. приведены ниже (выше); as given below (above) как показано /сказано/ ниже (выше); the word (this phrase, etc.) is not given in the dictionary словарь не дает /не приводит/ этого слова и т. д., be given in some manner the prices are given separately цены даются отдельно; this is given as a hypothesis это приводится в виде гипотезы
    6) be given smth. he was given the name of John его назвали Джоном; be given in some manner the subtitle is given rather grandiloquently дан очень пышный подзаголовок
    7) be given at some place the opera (the play, etc.) was first given in Paris (on this stage, etc.) эта опера и т. д. была впервые поставлена в Париже и т. д.; be given at some time the play is to be given again next month пьеса вновь пойдет /пьесу снова покажут/ в следующем месяце
    8) be given smth. be given six years' imprisonment (a severe punishment, a stiff sentence, a reprieve, etc.) получить шесть лет тюрьмы и т. д.; be given for (against) smb. the decision (the judg(e)ment, etc.) was given for (against) the defendant ( the plaintiff, etc.) решение и т. д. было вынесено в пользу (против) обвиняемого и т. д.
    8. XVI
    1) give to /for/ smth., smb. give to the Red Cross (to charity, to the poor, for the relief of the victims of the flood, etc.) жертвовать [средства] в пользу Красного Креста и т. д.
    2) give under smth. the fence (the beam, etc.) may give under the weight забор и т. д. может рухнуть под такой тяжестью; the earth /the soil/ (the marshy ground, etc.) gave under the vehicle под тяжестью машины почва и т. д. осела; the step gave under his feet ступенька сломалась у него под ногами; the lock gave under hard pushing мы напирали на дверь, пока замок не сломался; give on smth. we can't negotiate until each side is willing to give on some points успешные переговоры невозможны [до тех пор], пока каждая сторона не пойдет на определенные уступки
    3) give (up)on (into, onto) smth. the window ( the door, the gate, etc.) gives (up)on the street (on the garden, on the side street, into /on(to)/ the yard, on the sea, etc.) окно и т. д. выходит на улицу и т. д., the road gave onto the highway дорога выходила на шоссе
    9. XVIII
    give oneself to smth. give oneself to mathematics (to study, to science, etc.) посвятить себя математике и т. д.; give oneself to thought (to meditation, to prayer, etc.) предаваться размышлениям и т. д.; the invaders gave themselves to plunder захватчики занимались грабежом
    10. XXI1
    1) give smth. to smb., smth. give a book to each of the boys (food to the hungry, medicine to a patient, money to a beggar, etc.) давать каждому мальчику по книге и т. д.; money to the Red Cross (all his books to the library, his collection to the college, etc.) передать /( пожертвовать/ деньги Красному Кресту и т.
    ; give one's hand to the visitor подать / пожать, протянуть/ руку посетителю; give a part to an actor дать актеру роль; give place to the old woman (to new methods, etc.) уступить место пожилой женщине и т. д.; give her face to the sun подставить лицо солнцу; give smth. for smb., smth. give his life for his friends (for his country, for a cause, etc.) отдать свою жизнь за друзей и т. д.; give smth. to smth., smb. give (no) thought to it (не) задумываться над этим; give [one's] attention to smb. оказывать кому-л. внимание; give credit to smth. прислушиваться к чему-л.; give credit to the report доверять сообщению || give one's ear to smb., smth. прислушиваться к кому-л., чему-л.; give ear to the rumour прислушиваться к тому, что говорят; give one's daughter in marriage выдавать /отдавать/ дочь замуж
    2) give smth. to smb. give the command of the regiment to him поручить ему командование полком; give my love /my kind regards, my compliments/ to her (to your family, etc.) передавать ей и т. д. привет; give smb., smth. into smb., smth. give the children into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s care, into smb.'s charge, etc.) передавать детей в чьи-л. руки и т. д., поручать детей кому-л. и т. д., give the thief into the hands of the police передать вора в руки полиции; give the prisoner into custody отдать заключенного под стражу
    3) give smth. to smth., smb. give perfume to the linen (an edge to the appetite, brilliance to the thing, etc.) придавать белью аромат и т. д.; give a disease to smb. (a cold to the boy, measles to a whole school, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; give motion to the wheel привести колесо в движение; give currency to smth. пускать что-л. в обращение; give currency to rumours распускать слухи; his novel gave currency to this phrase после выхода в свет его романа это выражение стало крылатым; give rise to smth. породить /вызвать/ что-л.; his behaviour gave rise to rumours его поведение дало повод разговорам
    4) give smth. for smth. give five pounds for the hat (as much as L 3 for this book, a good price for the car, etc.) (заплатать пять фунтов за шляпу и т. д.; how much /what/ did you give for that? сколько вы за это заплатили?; give prizes /premiums/ for the best exhibits выдавать призы за лучшие экспонаты; give smth. to smb. give good wages to the workers хорошо платить рабочим
    5) give smth. to smth., smb. give one's free time to golf (one's mind to scientific research, one's attention to study, one's heart to art, one's energy to political affairs, one's love to her, etc.) отдавать все свое свободное время игре в гольф и т. д.; give one's life to science (to the cause of peace, to study, to one's duty, etc.) отдать /посвятить/ свой жизнь науке и т. д.
    6) give smth. with smth. give the story with many unnecessary particulars (a description with many side remarks, evidence with no trace of bias, etc.) рассказать эту историю со многими ненужными подробностями и т. д.; give the scenery with great fidelity описывать /воспроизводить/ пейзаж с большой точностью; give smth. for smth. give his reasons for his absence (for the delay, for her lateness, etc.) объяснять свое отсутствие и т. д.
    7) give smth. at smth. the bulletin gives the population of the country at 90 millions (the average number of attempts at 3, the number of instances at 8, etc.) в бюллетене указывается, что население этой страны ранки девяноста миллионам и т. д.; give smth. in smth. give 30° in the shade (in the sun) показывать /регистрировать/ тридцать градусов в тени (на солнце)
    8) give smth. to smth. the city gave its name to the battle эта ботва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла; the largest city gave its name to the province эта область названа по самому большому городу
    9) give smth. for smb. give a dinner (a party, etc.) for 20 guests давать обед и т. д. на двадцать человек /персон/
    10) give smth. to smb. give instruction to a class of adults (lessons to children, interviews to journalists, etc.) давать уроки группе взрослых и т. д., give a talk to the recruits провести беседу с новобранцами
    11) give smth. to smb. give three hearty cheers to the winners встречать победителей троекратным "ура"
    12) || give way to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; give way to а саг (to traffic coming in from the right, to the man, etc.) пропускать автомобиль и т. д., давать дорогу автомобилю и т. д.; give way to despair впасть в отчаяние; give way to temptation (to grief, etc.) поддаться соблазну и т. д.; give way to emotions уступить чувствам, быть не в состоянии справиться со своими чувствами; give way to tears не сдержать слезы, расплакаться; give way to his whims (to him, to these impudent demands, etc.) уступать его капризам и т. д., give way to anger не сдержать гнева, дать волю гневу; give place to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; spring gave place to summer на смену весне пришло лето
    13) semiaux give smth., to smb., smth. give a blow to smb. нанести кому-л. удар; give a signal to the guard подавать сигнал часовому; give a turn to a key in the lock повернуть ключ в замке; give help to the needy оказывать помощь нуждающимся; give an order to the servants (a command to the soldiers. etc.) отдать распоряжение слугам и т. д.; give an answer to the man ответить этому человеку; give encouragement to the boy ободрить /подбодрить/ мальчика; give chase to a ship [начать] преследовать корабль
    11. XXIV1
    give smth. as smth. give a book (a jack-knife, etc.) as a present давать книгу и т. д. в качестве подарка, дарить книгу и т. д., give smth. as a keepsake дарить что-л. на память

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  • 5 sort

    A n
    1 (kind, type) sorte f, genre m ; this sort of novel/fabric ce genre de roman/tissu ; this sort of rabbit/person ce genre de lapin/personne ; all sorts of reasons/people/colours toutes sortes de raisons/gens/couleurs ; machines of all sorts des machines de toutes sortes ; different sorts of cakes différentes sortes de gâteaux ; I like board games, backgammon, that sort of thing j'aime les jeux de société, le jaquet, ce genre de jeu ; books, records-that sort of thing des livres, des disques, ce genre de choses ; that's my sort of holiday GB ou vacation US c'est le genre de vacances que j'aime ; I'm not that sort of person ce n'est pas mon genre ; it's some sort of computer c'est une sorte d'ordinateur ; there must by some sort of mistake il doit y avoir une erreur ; this must be some sort of joke ça doit être une plaisanterie ; he must be some sort of madman ce doit être un fou ; I need a bag of some sort j'ai besoin d'un sac quelconque ; you must have some sort of idea tu dois avoir une idée ; an odd ou strange sort of chap un drôle de type ; radiation of any sort is harmful toutes les sortes de radiation sont dangereuses ; any sort of knife will do n'importe quel couteau fera l'affaire ; what sort of person would do such a thing? qui pourrait faire une chose pareille? ; what sort of person does she think I am? pour qui me prend-elle? ; what sort of thing does she like/read? qu'est-ce qu'elle aime/lit? ; what sort of a reply/an excuse is that? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette réponse/excuse? ; you know the sort of thing (I mean) tu vois ce que je veux dire ; the same sort of thing la même chose ; a liar of the worst sort un menteur de la pire or de la plus belle espèce ; in an embarrassed sort of way d'une façon plutôt embarrassée ; something of that ou the sort quelque chose comme ça ; I didn't say anything of the sort! je n'ai jamais dit une chose pareille! ; nothing of the sort ( not in the least) pas du tout ; ‘this milk is off’-‘it's nothing of the sort!’ ‘ce lait est tourné’-‘mais non, pas du tout!’ ; ‘I'll pay’-‘you'll do nothing of the sort!’ ‘je vais payer’-‘il n'en est pas question!’ ; ‘you're being awkward’-‘I'm being nothing of the sort’ ‘tu es vraiment exigeant’-‘ce n'est pas vrai du tout!’ ;
    2 ( in vague description) espèce f, sorte f ; some sort of bird une sorte or espèce d'oiseau ; a sort of blue uniform une sorte or espèce d'uniforme bleu ; a sort of elephant without a trunk une sorte or espèce d'éléphant sans trompe ;
    3 ( type of person) I know your/his sort je connais les gens de votre/son espèce ; people of her sort les gens de son espèce ; he's not the sort to betray his friends ce n'est pas le genre à trahir ses amis ; she's the sort who would cheat c'est le genre or elle est du genre à tricher ; we see all sorts here on voit toutes sortes de gens ici ; he's a good sort c'est un brave type ; she's a good sort c'est une brave fille ;
    4 Comput tri m.
    B of sorts, of a sort adv phr a duck of sorts ou of a sort une sorte de canard ; a hero of sorts une sorte de héros ; progress of sorts un semblant de progrès ; an answer of sorts un semblant de réponse.
    1 ( a bit) sort of cute/eccentric/embarrassed plutôt mignon/excentrique/gêné ; to sort of understand/sympathize comprendre/compatir plus ou moins ; ‘is it hard?-‘sort of’ ‘est-ce que c'est difficile?’-‘plutôt, oui’ ; ‘did you enjoy the film?’-‘sort of’ ‘est-ce que le film t'a plu?’-‘oui, c'était pas mal’ ;
    2 ( approximately) sort of blue-green dans les bleu-vert ; it just sort of happened c'est arrivé comme ça ; he was just sort of lying there il était étendu par terre comme ça.
    D vtr
    1 (classify, arrange) classer [data, files, stamps] ; trier [letters, apples, potatoes] ; to sort books into piles ranger des livres en piles ; to sort buttons by colour ranger des boutons par couleur ; to sort the apples according to size classer les pommes selon leur taille ;
    2 ( separate) séparer ; to sort the good potatoes from the bad séparer les bonnes pommes de terre des mauvaises ; to sort the old stock from the new séparer les vieux stocks des nouveaux.
    to be ou feel out of sorts ( ill) ne pas être dans son assiette ; ( grumpy) être de mauvais poil ○ ; it takes all sorts (to make a world) Prov il faut de tout pour faire un monde Prov.
    ■ sort out:
    ▶ sort [sth] out, sort out [sth]
    1 ( resolve) régler [problem, matter] ; to sort out the confusion dissiper un malentendu ; it will take me hours to sort this mess out il va me falloir des heures pour remettre de l'ordre dans tout ça ; I'll sort it out je m' en occuperai ; they have sorted out their differences ils ont réglé leurs différends ; go and sort it out elsewhere allez vous expliquer ailleurs ; it's time to sort this thing out il est temps de tirer cette affaire au clair ;
    2 ( organize) s'occuper de [details, arrangements] ; clarifier [ideas] ; I'll sort something out with Tim j'arrangerai quelque chose avec Tim ; Rex will sort something out for you Rex arrangera quelque chose pour vous ; I'll sort out with him what I have to do je verrai avec lui ce que j'ai à faire ;
    3 (tidy up, put in order) ranger [cupboard, desk] ; classer [files, documents] ; mettre de l'ordre dans [finances, affairs] ; to sort out one's life mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie ;
    4 ( select) trier [photos, clothes] ;
    5 ( find) trouver [replacement, stand-in] ;
    6 ( mend) réparer [clutch, fault] ;
    ▶ sort out [sth]
    1 ( separate) to sort out the clean socks from the dirty séparer les chaussettes propres des chaussettes sales ; to sort out the truth from the lies démêler le vrai du faux ;
    2 ( establish) to sort out who is responsible établir qui est responsable ; we're still trying to sort out what happened nous essayons toujours de comprendre ce qui s'est passé ;
    ▶ sort [sb] out ○
    1 ( punish) régler son compte à qn ○ ;
    2 ( help) [representative, receptionist, organizer] aider [person] ; the doctor will soon sort you out le médecin te remettra sur pied ;
    ▶ sort [oneself] out ( get organized) s'organiser ; ( in one's personal life) résoudre ses problèmes ; to get oneself sorted out s'organiser ; things will sort themselves out les choses vont s'arranger d'elles-mêmes ; the problem sorted itself out le problème s'est résolu de lui-même.
    ▶ sort through [sth] regarder, passer [qch] en revue [files, invoices] ; sort through the cards until you find the ace of clubs regarde toutes les cartes une par une pour trouver l'as de trèfle.

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