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1 political bloc
пол. политический блок (объединение для достижения общих политических целей; может быть соглашением о совместных действиях между государствами, политическими партиями, общественными организациями; в парламентах партийные фракции составляют блоки для поддержки или отклонения какого-л. закона)See: -
2 military and political bloc
Дипломатический термин: военно-политический блокУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > military and political bloc
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3 military-political bloc
Военный термин: военно-политический блокУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > military-political bloc
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4 military-political bloc
Politics english-russian dictionary > military-political bloc
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English-Russian military dictionary > military-political bloc
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6 military-political bloc
English-Russian dictionary of terms that are used in computer games > military-political bloc
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7 bloc
сущ. франц.пол. блок, объединение (государств с относительно сходными государственными режимами и интересами либо партий с общими идеалами, целями или задачами)See:
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Bloc Gold Area "золотая зона" (блок): межгосударственная группировка с участием Франции, Бельгии, Швейцарии, Нидерландов и некоторых других стран, которые придерживались той или иной формы золотого стандарта в 1933-1936 гг.; Великобритания отказалась от золотого стандарта в 1931 г., и ее примеру скоро последовало примерно 40 государств, см. gold standard. -
8 bloc
n фр.блок, объединение- anti-dictatorial bloc
- anti-imperialist bloc
- bloc of deputies
- divided by blocs
- East bloc
- Eastern bloc
- economic bloc
- fascist bloc
- hostile bloc
- Middle Europe power bloc
- military bloc
- military-political bloc
- NATO bloc
- neutral bloc
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9 political
прил.1) политическийSee:political activity, political adventurism, political anthropology, political apathy, political arena, political arithmetic, political astrology, political asylum, political attitude, political authority, political autonomy, political awareness, political behaviour, political behaviouralism, political bureau, political bureaucracy, political business cycle, political center, political centre, political centrism, political class, political cleavage, political clique, political collective unconsciousness, political confidence, political conflict, political consciousness, political conservatism, political conspiracy, political correctness, political corruption, political credit risk, political culture, political cybernetics, political cycle, political democracy, political determinism, political development, political drift, political economy, political education, political elite, political emblems, political engagement, political environment, political family, political figure, political finance, political forecasting, political freedom, political fund, political game, political geography, political globalization, political history, political ideology, political inactivity, political indoctrination, political inflation, political integration, political involvement, political leader, political leadership, political legitimacy, political leverage, political man, political manipulation, political market, political marketing, political martyr, political martyrdom, political mobilization, political modernization, political mood, political movement, political myth, political mythology, political negativism, political obstruction, political organization, political participation, political party, political passivity, political philosophy, political police, political power, political powers, political pragmatism, political prediction, political pressure, political priorities, political process, political prognostication, political propaganda, political psychology, political rationalism, political rationality, political reaction, political realism, political regime, political rehabilitation, political relations, political representation, political rhetoric, political right, political risk, political ritual, political romanticism, political science, political scientists, political sectarianism, political self-consciousness, political sight, political situation, political socialization, political society, political sociology, political space, political sphere, political stability, political strategy, political strike, political surveillance, political symbols, political system, political tactics, political technology, political theory, political thought, political time, political tolerance, political utopia, political values, political broker, Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 20002) гос. упр. государственныйSee:3) пол. связанный с политикой определенной партии; узкопартийныйSee: -
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12 interdependence of states
пол. взаимозависимость государств ( зависимость государств друг от друга с точки зрения экономического обмена и согласования политического поведения; одна из основных характеристик современной мировой системы, или мирового сообщества, оказавшая решающее влияние на теоретические и мировоззренческие основы международной политики конца 20 в.)Today, an agreed strategy is an imperative resulting from the interdependence of states. — В настоящее время, согласованная стратегия является необходимым условием, вытекающим из взаимозависимости государств.
See:Англо-русский экономический словарь > interdependence of states
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13 vote
1) голос | голосовать2) право голоса3) голосование | решать голосованием5) вотум; решение | выносить вотум•votes and proceedings of parliament — протоколы парламентских заседаний;
vote by ballot — баллотировка;
vote by correspondence [by mail] — голосование по почте;
vote by proxy — голосование через представителя, голосование по доверенности;
vote by show of hands — голосование поднятием рук;
vote en bloc — единодушное голосование;
to vote affirmatively — голосовать "за";
to vote alternatively — голосовать альтернативно;
to vote article by article — голосовать по статьям;
to vote aye — голосовать "за";
to vote by acclamation — 1. принять, утвердить без голосования на основании единодушного одобрения 2. вынести вотум без голосования на основании единодушного одобрения;
to vote by ballot — голосовать избирательными бюллетенями или баллотировочными шарами;
to vote by block — голосовать блоком;
to vote by cards — голосовать мандатами;
to vote by rising — голосовать вставанием;
to vote by roll call — голосовать поимённо;
to vote by sitting and standing — голосовать вставанием;
to vote by snap — амер. голосовать поднятием рук;
to vote confidence — вынести вотум доверия;
to vote down — отвергнуть голосованием, "провалить";
to vote finally — 1. голосовать окончательно 2. решить, утвердить ( голосованием) окончательно 3. вынести окончательный вотум;
to vote nay — голосовать "против";
to vote negatively — голосовать "против";
to vote non-confidence — вынести вотум недоверия;
to vote plurally — подавать голос более чем в одном избирательном округе;
to vote secretly — голосовать тайно;
to vote separately — голосовать раздельно;
to vote through — провести голосованием;
to vote unanimously — (про)голосовать единогласно;
to vote viva voce — голосовать устно;
to vote want of confidence — вынести вотум недоверия;
- vote of confidenceto vote without debate — голосовать без обсуждения;
- vote of credit
- vote of no confidence
- absentee vote
- absent vote
- acclamation vote
- advisory vote
- affirmative vote
- alternative vote
- article-by-article vote
- aye vote
- ballot vote
- block vote
- card vote
- casting vote
- cemetery vote
- censure vote
- close vote
- concurring votes
- confidence vote
- correspondence vote
- credit vote
- cross vote
- cumulative vote
- decisive vote
- direct vote
- electoral vote
- en-bloc vote
- faggot vote
- federal vote
- final vote
- floor vote
- free vote
- mail vote
- majority vote
- minority vote
- multiple vote
- nation-wide vote
- nay vote
- non-confidence vote
- no-confidence vote
- party opposition vote
- plural vote
- political vote
- popular vote
- postal vote
- proxy vote
- rising vote
- roll-call vote
- secret vote
- separate vote
- show-of-hands vote
- single transferable vote
- sitting-and-standing vote
- snap vote
- state vote
- straw vote
- tie vote
- token vote
- tombstone vote
- unanimous vote
- unit vote
- viva-voce vote
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1. n союз, объединение; связь; соединение, слияние; интеграцияto dissolve an alliance — разорвать союз; выйти из союза
to revoke an alliance — разорвать союз; выйти из союза
2. n союз; альянс3. n союз, объединение, ассоциация, федерация4. n брак; брачный союз5. n родство, общностьСинонимический ряд:1. association (noun) adherence; anschluss; association; bloc; cahoots; coalition; confederacy; confederation; conjointment; conjunction; connection; co-operation; federation; hookup; league; partnership; tie-up; togetherness; union2. combination (noun) affiliation; affinity; combination; compact; coupling; intermarriage; marriage; merger; relationshipАнтонимический ряд:disruption; disunion; divorce; enmity; estrangement; hostility; separation -
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сущ.1) общ. союзSee:2)а) пол. объединение, союз, блок (объединение парти, движений, общественных организаций для совместных действий)See:б) эк. объединение, союз, альянс ( коммерческих компаний для совместной деятельности)See:alliance strategies, business alliance, corporate alliance, strategic alliance, International Intellectual Property Alliance, Internet Alliance, Professional Alliance, H.M. Civil Service, Professional Alliance, H.M. Civil Service3) пол., воен. альянс, блок (два или несколько государств, связанные взаимными обязательствами, которые, как правило, касаются военных и геополитических вопросов)defensive alliance, mutual defense alliance
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пол. лидер фермеров (руководитель, президент сельскохозяйственной общественной организации; глава партии, защищающей интересы фермеров)Mr. Maher was the farm leader who created an understanding in urban Ireland of the value of the rural community to the country. — Мистер Маэр был лидером фермеров, который вызвал у горожан Ирландии понимание важности сельскохозяйственного сообщества для страны.
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17 policy
n1) политика; политический курс; стратегия; система; ( towards smth) позиция•to abandon policy — отходить / отказываться от политики
to adhere to policy — придерживаться политики; быть верным какой-л. политике
to administer policy — проводить политику; осуществлять политику
to adopt policy — принимать политику, брать на вооружение политический курс
to back down from policy — отказываться от какой-л. политики
to be at odds with policy — противоречить какой-л. политике
to be committed to one's policy — быть приверженным своей политике
to be wary about smb's policy — настороженно относиться к чьему-л. политическому курсу
to break away from smb's policy — отходить от чьей-л. политики
to camouflage one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to carry out / to carry through policy — проводить политику
to champion policy — защищать / отстаивать политику
to conflict with smb's policy — противоречить чьей-л. политике
to coordinate one's policy over smth — координировать свою политику в каком-л. вопросе
to cover up one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to decide policy — определять политику, принимать политические решения
to develop / to devise policy — разрабатывать политику
to dismantle one's policy — отказываться от своей политики
to dissociate oneself from smb's policy — отмежевываться от чьей-л. политики
to dither about one's policy — колебаться при проведении своей политики
to effect a policy of insurance — страховаться; приобретать страховой полис
to embark on / to embrace policy — принимать какой-л. политический курс
to execute / to exercise policy — проводить политику
to follow policy — следовать политике; проводить политику
to harmonize policy — координировать / согласовывать политику
to justify one's policy — оправдывать свою политику
to lay policy before the electorate for approval — излагать политический курс для его одобрения избирателями
to make clear one's policy — разъяснять свою политику
to overturn policy — отвергать политику, отказываться от какой-л. политики
to proclaim one's commitment to policy — публично обязываться проводить какую-л. политику
to propagate policy — пропагандировать / рекламировать политику
to put across smb's policy to smb — доводить свою политику до кого-л.
to railroad through one's policy — протаскивать свою политику
to reappraise one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reassess one's policy toward a country — пересматривать свою политику по отношению к какой-л. стране
to reconsider one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to relax one's policy towards smb — смягчать свою политику по отношению к кому-л.
to rethink one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reverse one's policy — изменять свою политику
to shape policy — определять / разрабатывать политику
to spearhead one's policy — направлять острие своей политики
to spell out one's policy in advance — заранее излагать свою политику
to stick to a policy — придерживаться какой-л. политики
to thrash out policy — вырабатывать / обсуждать политику
to tone down one's more controversial policy — ограничивать свои менее популярные политические меры
- active policyto validate policy — поддерживать какую-л. политику / политическую линию
- adventurist policy
- adventuristic policy
- advocacy of policy
- advocate of policy
- aggressive policy
- agrarian policy
- agricultural policy
- alternative policy
- annexationist policy
- anti-inflationary policy
- anti-national policy
- anti-nuclear policy
- anti-recessionary policy
- appropriate policy
- architect of policy
- arms policy
- austere policy
- austerity policy
- autonomous policy
- balanced policy
- banking policy
- bankrupt policy
- basic policy
- beggar-my-neighbor policy
- bellicose policy
- big stick policy
- big-time policy
- bipartisan policy
- blind-eye policy
- bloc policy
- bomb-in-the-basement policy
- breach of policy
- bridge-building policy
- brinkmanship policy
- brink-of-war policy
- broad-brush policy
- budget policy
- cadres policy
- carrot and stick policy
- cautious policy
- centrist policy
- champion of policy
- change in policy
- change of emphasis in policy
- change of policy
- circumspect policy
- class policy
- clean-air policy
- closed-door trade policy
- coherent policy
- cold war policy
- colonial policy
- colonialist policy
- commercial policy
- commitment to policy of nonintervention
- common policy
- comprehensive national science and technology policy
- comprehensive set of policy
- concerted policy
- conduct of policy
- confrontation policy
- consistent policy
- containment policy
- continuity in policy
- continuity of policy
- continuity with smb's policy
- controversial policy
- coordinated policy
- cornerstone of policy
- counterproductive policy
- country's fundamental policy
- credible policy
- credit card policy
- credit policy
- crumbling policy
- cultural policy
- current policy
- damaging policy
- defeatist policy
- defense policy
- deflationary policy
- demilitarization policy
- democratic policy
- departure in policy
- destabilization policy
- deterrent policy
- development policy
- diametrically opposed policy
- dilatory policy
- diplomatic policy
- disarmament policy
- discretionary policy
- discriminatory policy
- disinflation policy
- distortion of policy
- divide-and-rule policy
- domestic policy
- dynamic policy
- economic and commercial policy
- economic policy
- embargo policy
- emigration policy
- emission policy
- employment policy
- energy policy
- environmental policy
- erroneous policy
- European policy
- even-handed policy
- expansionary policy
- expansionist policy
- experience of policy
- extreme right-wing policy
- fair policy
- farm policy
- far-reaching policy
- far-sighted policy
- federal policy
- financial policy
- firm policy
- fiscal policy
- flexible policy
- for reasons of policy
- foreign aid policy
- foreign policy
- foreign trade policy
- foreign-economic policy
- formation of foreign policy
- formulation of policy
- forward-looking policy
- framework for policy
- free trade policy
- general policy
- generous policy
- give-and-take policy
- global policy
- godfather to policy
- good neighbor policy
- government policy
- government's policy
- great-power policy
- green policy
- gunboat policy
- hands-off policy
- hard-line policy
- harmful policy
- harmonized policy
- health policy
- hegemonic policy
- high-risk policy
- home policy
- ill-thought-out policy
- imperial policy
- imperialist policy
- import policy
- import substitution policy
- in line with policy
- in the field of foreign policy
- inadmissibility of policy
- independent line of policy
- independent policy
- industrial policy
- inflationary policy
- inhuman policy
- instigatory policy
- insurance policy
- internal policy
- international policy
- internment policy
- interventionist policy
- intolerableness of policy
- investment policy
- iron-fist policy
- irreversible policy
- it's against our policy
- kid-glove policy
- labor mediation policy
- laissez-faire policy
- land policy
- language policy
- leash-loosening policy
- left-wing policy
- lending policy
- liberal policy
- liberalization of policy
- liberalized policy
- line of policy
- long-range policy
- long-term policy
- lunatic policy
- main plank of smb's policy
- major changes to policy
- manifestation of policy
- maritime policy
- marketing policy
- massive condemnation of smb's policy
- militaristic policy
- misconduct of policy
- mobile policy
- moderate policy
- monetarist policy
- monetary policy
- much-heralded policy
- mushy policy
- national policy
- nationalistic policy
- nationalities policy
- native policy
- nativist policy
- neo-colonialist policy
- NEP
- neutral policy
- neutrality policy
- New Economic Policy
- news policy
- nonaligned policy
- nonalignment policy
- noninterference policy
- nonintervention policy
- nonnuclear policy
- nuclear defense policy
- nuclear deterrent policy
- nuclear policy
- nuclear-free policy
- obstructionist policy
- official policy
- official trade policy
- oil policy
- old faces can't make new policy
- one-child-family policy
- one-sided policy
- open-door policy
- openly pursued policy
- opportunistic policy
- optimal policy
- ostrich policy
- ostrich-like policy
- outward-looking policy
- overall policy
- overtly racist policy
- parliamentary policy
- party policy
- passive policy
- pay-curb policy
- peace policy
- peaceful policy
- peace-loving policy
- personnel policy
- plunderous policy
- policy from positions of strength
- policy from strength
- policy in science and technology
- policy is bearing fruit
- policy is constitutional
- policy of a newspaper
- policy of aid
- policy of alliances
- policy of amicable cooperation with smb
- policy of appeasement
- policy of belt-tightening
- policy of capitulation
- policy of compromise
- policy of conciliation
- policy of confrontation
- policy of connivance
- policy of containment
- policy of cooperation
- policy of democracy and social progress
- policy of détente
- policy of deterrence
- policy of dictate
- policy of discrimination
- policy of economic blockade and sanctions
- policy of economy
- policy of elimination
- policy of expansion and annexation
- policy of fiscal rigor
- policy of freedom of expression
- policy of friendship
- policy of genocide
- policy of good-neighborliness
- policy of goodwill
- policy of inaction
- policy of intervention
- policy of intimidation
- policy of isolation
- policy of militarism
- policy of militarization
- policy of military confrontation
- policy of military force
- policy of national reconciliation
- policy of neutrality
- policy of nonalignment
- policy of noninterference
- policy of nonintervention
- policy of nonviolence
- policy of obstruction
- policy of openness
- policy of pacification
- policy of peace
- policy of peaceful co-existence
- policy of plunder
- policy of protectionism
- policy of racial segregation and discrimination
- policy of reconciliation
- policy of reform
- policy of reforms
- policy of regulating prices
- policy of renewal
- policy of restraint
- policy of revanche
- policy of revenge
- policy of subjugation
- policy of violence
- policy of wage restraint
- policy of war
- policy towards a country
- policy vis-à-vis a country
- policy with regard to a country
- policy won out
- political policy
- population policy
- position-of-strength policy
- practical policy
- predatory policy
- price control policy
- price-formation policy
- price-pricing policy
- pricing policy
- principled policy
- progressive policy
- proponent of policy
- protagonist of policy
- protectionist policy
- pro-war policy
- pro-Western policy
- public policy
- push-and-drag policy
- racial policy
- racist policy
- radical policy
- rapacious policy
- reactionary policy
- realistic policy
- reappraisal of policy
- reassessment of policy
- recession-induced policy
- reevaluation of policy
- reexamination of policy
- reform policy
- reformist policy
- regional policy
- renewal of policy
- re-orientation of policy
- repressive policy
- resettlement policy
- rethink of policy
- retrograde policy
- revanchist policy - revisionist policy
- rigid economic policy
- robust foreign policy
- ruinous policy
- safe policy
- sanctions policy
- scientifically substantiated policy
- scorched-earth policy
- selfless policy
- separatist policy - short-sighted policy
- single-child policy
- social policy
- socio-economic policy
- sound policy
- splitting policy
- state policy
- state remuneration of labor policy
- stated policy
- staunch policy
- sterile policy
- stick-and-carrot policy
- stringent policy
- strong policy
- structural policy
- suitable policy
- sustained policy
- sweeping review of policy
- switch in policy
- tariff policy
- tax policy
- taxation policy
- technological policy
- tight policy
- tightening of policy
- time-serving policy
- tough policy
- toughening of policy
- trade policy
- trade-unionist policy
- traditional policy
- treacherous policy
- turn in policy
- turning point in policy
- unified policy
- united policy
- unsophisticated policy
- U-turn in policy
- viability of policy
- vigorous policy
- vote-losing policy
- wage policy
- wage-freeze policy
- wages policy
- wait-and-see policy
- war-economy policy
- wealth-creating policy
- whip-and-carrot policy
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1. n амер. разг. картель, синдикат; объединениеall-function combine — объединение; выполняющее все функции
2. n амер. комбайн, жатка-молотилка3. n амер. горный комбайн4. n амер. объединение механизмов5. n амер. иск. комбинированное произведение6. v объединять; сочетать7. v объединяться; сливаться, соединяться8. v смешиваться9. v комбинировать; смешивать10. v хим. соединять, присоединять11. v хим. соединяться12. v хим. убирать комбайномСинонимический ряд:1. combination (noun) agglomeration; bloc; coalition; combination; composite; faction; mixture; party; ring2. syndicate (noun) cartel; chain; conglomerate; group; pool; syndicate; trust3. integrate (verb) embody; incorporate; integrate4. join (verb) affiliate; ally; associate; bind; bracket; coadunate; coagment; coalesce; compound; concrete; conjugate; connect; couple; form; involve; join; link; marry; meld; one; relate; wed; yoke5. stir (verb) admix; alloy; amalgamate; blend; coalesce; fuse; intermingle; intermix; merge; mingle; mix; stir; synthesize6. unite (verb) band; coadjute; concur; conjoin; cooperate; league; uniteАнтонимический ряд:divide; separate -
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1. n обруч, ободок; оправа2. n обыкн. спорт. кольца3. n кольцо для спуска4. n кольцо корзины5. n окружность; круг6. n кружок, кругto dance in a ring — танцевать, взявшись за руки
ring mark — корректурный знак, заключённый в кружок
7. n воен. окружение, кольцо8. n цирковая арена9. n ринг; площадка10. n собир. профессиональные игроки на скачках, букмекеры11. n объединение спекулянтов, торговцев, фабрикантов12. n клика, шайка, бандаdrug ring — шайка преступников, сбывающих наркотики
13. n спорт. бокс14. n годовое кольцо древесины15. n тех. фланец, обойма, хомут16. n архит. архивольт17. n тех. обечайка, звено18. n мат. кольцо19. v окружать20. v обводить кружком; очертить круг21. v ставить в кружок22. v надевать кольцо23. v набросить кольцоbolted closing ring — запорное кольцо, стягиваемое болтом
24. v продевать кольцо в носgasket ring — кольцевая прокладка, уплотнительное кольцо
25. v делать кольцевой надрез26. v подниматься или летать кругами, кружить27. v резать кружками, колечками28. n тк. звон; звяканье29. n звонок30. n тк. g31. n звук, звучание32. n отзвук; намёк на33. n подбор колоколовring the bell — позвонить; звонить; звонить в колокол
34. n благовест35. v звенеть; звучать; звонить36. v звучать, казатьсяto ring a bell — напоминать, наводить на мысль, казаться знакомым
37. v звонить; позвонить38. v вызывать звонком39. v бросать со звоном40. v звонить по телефону41. v раздаваться42. v подавать сигналring off — давать отбой, вешать трубку
43. v оглашаться44. v разноситься, распространяться45. v звучать надоедливоtheir praise rang in his ears — от их похвал у него звон стоял в ушах, своими похвалами они ему все уши прожужжали
that plan rings the bell — этот план как раз то, что нужно
Синонимический ряд:1. band (noun) band; bracelet; collar; gang; pack2. boxing (noun) boxing; fisticuffs; prizefighting; pugilism3. cabal (noun) cabal; cartel; junta; league; syndicate4. circle (noun) annulus; arena; circle; circlet; coupling; hoop; link; rink; round5. clique (noun) camarilla; camp; clan; clique; coterie; in-group; mob6. contest (noun) competition; contest7. loop (noun) eye; loop; staple8. party (noun) bloc; coalition; combination; combine; faction; party9. wheel (noun) circuit; wheel10. jingle (verb) bell; bong; chime; echo; jingle; knell; peal; resonate; resound; reverberate; strike; tinkle; toll; vibrate11. summon (verb) announce; call; proclaim; signal; summon; telephone; usher in; usher out12. surround (verb) begird; beset; circle; compass; encircle; enclose; encompass; environ; gird; girdle; hem; loop; rim; round; surround
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