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  • 61 as and when

    hardly … when — лишь только …, как

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  • 62 Usage note : since

    In time expressions
    since is used in English after a verb in the present perfect or progressive present perfect tense to indicate when something that is still going on started. To express this French uses a verb in the present tense + depuis:
    I’ve been waiting since Saturday
    = j’attends depuis samedi
    I’ve lived in Rome since 1988
    = j’habite à Rome depuis 1988
    When since is used after a verb in the past perfect tense, French uses the imperfect + depuis:
    I had been waiting since nine o’clock
    = j’attendais depuis neuf heures
    In negative time expressions
    Again since is translated by depuis, but in negative sentences the verb tenses used in French are the same as those used in English:
    I haven’t seen him since Saturday
    = je ne l’ai pas vu depuis samedi
    I hadn’t seen him since 1978
    = je ne l’avais pas vu depuis 1978
    As a conjunction
    In time expressions
    When since is used as a conjunction, it is translated by depuis que and the tenses used in French parallel exactly those used with the preposition depuis (see above):
    since she’s been living in Oxford
    = depuis qu’elle habite à Oxford
    since he’d been in Paris
    = depuis qu’il était à Paris
    Note that in time expressions with since French native speakers will generally prefer to use a noun where possible when English uses a verb:
    I haven’t seen him since he left
    = je ne l’ai pas vu depuis son départ
    she’s been living in Nice since she got married
    = elle habite à Nice depuis son mariage
    For particular usages see the entry since.
    Meaning because
    When since is used to mean because, it is translated by comme or étant donné que:
    since she was ill, she couldn’t go
    = comme elle était malade or étant donné qu’elle était malade, elle ne pouvait pas y aller
    As an adverb
    When since is used as an adverb it is translated by depuis:
    he hasn’t been seen since
    = on ne l’a pas vu depuis
    For particular usages see C in the entry since.

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  • 63 Tibetan literature (Body of largely religious and occult writings that has developed since the 7th century, when Tibetan became a written language)

    Религия: тибетская литература

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  • 64 с каких пор

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  • 65 cuándo

    Multiple Entries: cuando     cuándo
    cuando conjunción
    ven cuándo quieras come when o whenever you like;
    cuándo se mejore when she gets better; ahora es cuándo me viene mejor now is the best time for me
    b) (si) if;
    c) ( en locs)
    de vez en cuando from time to time, every so often
    cuándo adverbio when;
    ¿de cuándo es esa foto? when was that photo taken?;
    ¿desde cuándo lo sabes? how long have you known?; ¿desde cuándo? since when?; ¡cuándo no! (AmL) as usual!
    cuando
    I adverbio (de tiempo) when
    II conj
    1 (temporal) when: cuando quieras, whenever you want
    cuando termines, when you finish
    2 (condicional) (si) if
    3 (concesiva) (aunque) (aun) cuando, even if
    III preposición during, at the time of
    cuando la guerra, during the war
    cuando joven, when young Locuciones: cuando más/mucho, at the most
    cuando menos, at least
    cuando quiera que, whenever
    de cuando en cuando/de vez en cuando, from time to time
    cuándo adverbio interr when?
    ¿desde cuándo?, since when?
    ¿para cuándo vienes?, when are you coming? ' cuándo' also found in these entries: Spanish: abrir - acertar - achantarse - ahorcarse - antojarse - apéndice - asesinar - asomar - atravesada - atravesado - aun - avisar - baja - bajo - balón - bastante - bien - bisbiseo - bobalicón - bobalicona - boca - caer - caerse - calmarse - campante - casarse - cerca - cerdo - cien - codazo - comecome - como - cómo - componenda - cónclave - contra - cordera - cordero - corta - corto - cota - cuando - dejarse - delirio - demasiada - demasiado - demonio - derrumbarse - desconectarse - desde English: accustom - add in - admit - advise - again - agree - alter - alternate - antidepressant - appreciate - apron - as - ashen - ask - averse - away - baby - back - back off - bed - beeline - behave - blow - blue - bluff - blunt - blur - boo - bow out - buckle - burglar alarm - burst - by-election - cat - catch - clean - come on - come out - composure - console - crack - crop up - cry out for - dare - deadline - delay - devil - dicey - dinner - dishearten

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  • 66 cuando

    Multiple Entries: cuando     cuándo
    cuando conjunción
    ven cuando quieras come when o whenever you like;
    cuando se mejore when she gets better; ahora es cuando me viene mejor now is the best time for me
    b) (si) if;
    c) ( en locs)
    de vez en cuando from time to time, every so often
    cuándo adverbio when;
    ¿de cuando es esa foto? when was that photo taken?;
    ¿desde cuando lo sabes? how long have you known?; ¿desde cuando? since when?; ¡cuando no! (AmL) as usual!
    cuando
    I adverbio (de tiempo) when
    II conj
    1 (temporal) when: cuando quieras, whenever you want
    cuando termines, when you finish
    2 (condicional) (si) if
    3 (concesiva) (aunque) (aun) cuando, even if
    III preposición during, at the time of
    cuando la guerra, during the war
    cuando joven, when young Locuciones: cuando más/mucho, at the most
    cuando menos, at least
    cuando quiera que, whenever
    de cuando en cuando/de vez en cuando, from time to time
    cuándo adverbio interr when?
    ¿desde cuándo?, since when?
    ¿para cuándo vienes?, when are you coming? ' cuando' also found in these entries: Spanish: abrir - acertar - achantarse - ahorcarse - antojarse - apéndice - asesinar - asomar - atravesada - atravesado - aun - avisar - baja - bajo - balón - bastante - bien - bisbiseo - bobalicón - bobalicona - boca - caer - caerse - calmarse - campante - casarse - cerca - cerdo - cien - codazo - comecome - como - cómo - componenda - cónclave - contra - cordera - cordero - corta - corto - cota - cuándo - dejarse - delirio - demasiada - demasiado - demonio - derrumbarse - desconectarse - desde English: accustom - add in - admit - advise - again - agree - alter - alternate - antidepressant - appreciate - apron - as - ashen - ask - averse - away - baby - back - back off - bed - beeline - behave - blow - blue - bluff - blunt - blur - boo - bow out - buckle - burglar alarm - burst - by-election - cat - catch - clean - come on - come out - composure - console - crack - crop up - cry out for - dare - deadline - delay - devil - dicey - dinner - dishearten

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  • 67 пора

    I п`ора жен. pore II
    1. жен. time;
    season;
    weather;
    period;
    prime разг. вечерняя пораeventide в (самую) пору ≈ in the nick of time до поры, до времени ≈ not last forever, for the time being;
    wait for one's opportunity до каких пор ≈ how long, how much longer( о времени) ;
    up to where, how farместе) с каких пор?since when? до сих пор с этих пор до тех пор с тех пор с той поры на первых порах с некоторых пор с этех пор с этой поры
    2. предик. it is time весенняя пораspring tide, springtime
    ж. pore.
    пор|а - ж.
    1. time, period, season;
    ночная ~ night-time;
    осенняя ~ autumn;
    сенокосная ~ haymaking time, hay-time;
    дождливая ~ rainy season;

    2. в знач. сказ. it is time;
    давно ~ it is high time;
    ~ обедать it is time for dinner;
    до ~ы до времени up to a certain time;
    for just so long;
    с каких пор? since when?;
    с давних пор from the earliest times;
    в ту пору at that time;
    в эту пору at this/that time;
    на первых ~ах at first;
    с той ~ы from that time on;
    since then, ever since;
    до тех пор until;
    до каких пор? how long?;
    с этих пор from now on, from then on;
    до сих пор
    1) (о времени) up to now;

    2) (до этого места) up to here;
    в самую пору in the nick of time, just at the right time.

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  • 68 с каких пор?

    с каких пор?: since when?

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  • 69 libertine

    ˈlɪbə:taɪn
    1. сущ.
    1) а) ист. вольноотпущенник б) вольнодумец Syn: free-thinker, freethinker
    2) распутник, развратник Since when is it that the principal libertine has altered his morals so much? ≈ С каких это пор закоренелые распутники меняют свои моральные устои так сильно? Syn: profligate
    2. прил.
    1) а) ист. вольноотпущенный б) свободомыслящий
    2) безнравственный, распущенный, развратный Syn: immoral, dissolute( книжное) распутник (книжное) вольнодумец (историческое) вольноотпущенник > a chartered * (книжное) баловень;
    тот, кому все разрешается > he is a chartered * ему все можно( книжное) распутный( книжное) свободомыслящий (историческое) вольноотпущенный libertine безнравственный, распущенный ~ вольнодумец ~ ист. вольноотпущенник ~ ист. вольноотпущенный ~ распутник ~ свободомыслящий

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  • 70 londres

    Londres sustantivo masculino London
    Londres sustantivo femenino London ' Londres' also found in these entries: Spanish: ir - tirarse - andar - distancia - domicilio - estar - propiamente - telefonear English: central - city - Cockney - connected - flat - go - have - leave behind - LIBOR - lie - London - previous - pros and cons - put in - should - some - west - Downing Street - east - ever - home - not - other - outside - since - when

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  • 71 knickerbockers

    N
    1. नेकर\{खास\knickerbockersकिस्म\knickerbockersका\}
    Since when have you started wearing Knickerbockers.

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  • 72 libertine

    ['lɪbətiːn], [-taɪn] 1. сущ.
    1)
    а) ист. вольноотпущенник
    б) книжн. вольнодумец
    Syn:
    2) распутник, развратник

    Since when is it that the principal libertine has altered his morals so much? — С каких это пор закоренелый распутник так сильно сменил свои моральные устои?

    Syn:
    2. прил.
    1)
    а) ист. вольноотпущенный
    б) книжн. свободомыслящий
    2) безнравственный, распущенный, развратный
    Syn:

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  • 73 buddy

    buddy ['bʌdɪ] (pl buddies)
    esp American familiar (friend) copain (copine) m,f; (for Aids patient) = personne qui tient compagnie à un malade du sida à son domicile et l'aide dans ses travaux ménagers;
    since when are they such buddies? depuis quand sont-ils si copains?;
    they're best or big buddies ce sont les meilleurs copains du monde;
    American say there, old buddy dis donc, mon vieux ou mon pote
    ►► American buddy movie film m qui raconte les histoires de deux copains
    to buddy up to sb faire de la lèche à qn

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  • 74 buddy-buddy

    esp American (close, friendly) copain (copine) ( with avec);
    since when are they so buddy-buddy? depuis quand sont-ils si copains?;
    those two are very buddy-buddy ils sont très copain-copain

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  • 75 Usage note : have

    When used as an auxiliary in present perfect, future perfect and past perfect tenses, have is normally translated by avoir:
    I have seen
    = j’ai vu
    I had seen
    = j’avais vu
    However, some verbs in French, especially verbs of movement and change of state (e.g. aller, venir, descendre, mourir), take être rather than avoir in these tenses:
    he has left
    = il est parti
    In this case, remember the past participle agrees with the subject of the verb:
    she has gone
    = elle est allée
    Reflexive verbs (e.g. se lever, se coucher) always conjugate with être:
    she has fainted
    = elle s’est évanouie
    For translations of time expressions using for or since (he has been in London for six months, he has been in London since June), see the entries for and since.
    For translations of time expressions using just (I have just finished my essay, he has just gone), see the entry just1.
    to have to meaning must is translated by either devoir or the impersonal construction il faut que + subjunctive:
    I have to leave now
    = il faut que je parte maintenant or je dois partir maintenant
    In negative sentences, not to have to is generally translated by ne pas être obligé de e.g.
    you don’t have to go
    = tu n’es pas obligé d’y aller
    For examples and particular usages see the entry have.
    When have is used as a straightforward transitive verb meaning possess, have (or have got) can generally be translated by avoir, e.g.
    I have (got) a car
    = j’ai une voiture
    she has a good memory
    = elle a une bonne mémoire
    they have (got) problems
    = ils ont des problèmes
    For examples and particular usages see entry ; see also got.
    have is also used with certain noun objects where the whole expression is equivalent to a verb:
    to have dinner = to dine
    to have a try = to try
    to have a walk = to walk
    In such cases the phrase is very often translated by the equivalent verb in French (dîner, essayer, se promener). For translations consult the appropriate noun entry (dinner, try, walk).
    had is used in English at the beginning of a clause to replace an expression with if. Such expressions are generally translated by si + past perfect tense, e.g.
    had I taken the train, this would never have happened
    = si j’avais pris le train, ce ne serait jamais arrivé
    had there been a fire, we would all have been killed
    = s’il y avait eu un incendie, nous serions tous morts
    For examples of the above and all other uses of have see the entry.

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  • 76 Usage note : for

    When for is used as a preposition, followed by a noun or pronoun, it is translated by pour:
    for my sister
    = pour ma sœur
    for the garden
    = pour le jardin
    for me
    = pour moi
    For particular usages see the entry for.
    When for is used as a preposition indicating purpose followed by a verb it is translated by pour + infinitive:
    for cleaning windows
    = pour nettoyer les vitres
    When for is used in the construction to be + adjective + for + pronoun + infinitive the translation in French is être + indirect pronoun + adjective + de + infinitive:
    it’s impossible for me to stay
    = il m’est impossible de rester
    it was hard for him to understand that…
    = il lui était difficile de comprendre que…
    it will be difficult for her to accept the changes
    = il lui sera difficile d’accepter les changements
    For the construction to be waiting for sb to do see the entry wait.
    For particular usages see the entry for.
    In time expressions
    for is used in English after a verb in the progressive present perfect tense to express the time period of something that started in the past and is still going on. To express this French uses a verb in the present tense + depuis:
    I have been waiting for three hours (and I am still waiting)
    = j’attends depuis trois heures
    we’ve been together for two years (and we’re still together)
    = nous sommes ensemble depuis deux ans
    When for is used in English after a verb in the past perfect tense, French uses the imperfect + depuis:
    I had been waiting for two hours (and was still waiting)
    = j’attendais depuis deux heures
    for is used in English negative sentences with the present perfect tense to express the time that has elapsed since something has happened. To express this, French uses the same tense as English (the perfect) + depuis:
    I haven’t seen him for ten years (and I still haven’t seen him)
    = je ne l’ai pas vu depuis dix ans
    In spoken French, there is another way of expressing this: ça fait or il y a dix ans que je ne l’ai pas vu.
    When for is used in English in negative sentences after a verb in the past perfect tense, French uses the past perfect + depuis:
    I hadn’t seen him for ten years
    = je ne l’avais pas vu depuis dix ans, or (in spoken French) ça faisait or il y avait dix ans que je ne l’avais pas vu
    for is used in English after the preterite to express the time period of something that happened in the past and is no longer going on. Here French uses the present perfect + pendant:
    last Sunday I gardened for two hours
    = dimanche dernier, j’ai jardiné pendant deux heures
    for is used in English after the present progressive tense or the future tense to express an anticipated time period in the future. Here French uses the present or the future tense + pour:
    I’m going to Rome for six weeks
    = je vais à Rome pour six semaines
    I will go to Rome for six weeks
    = j’irai à Rome pour six semaines
    Note, however, that when the verb to be is used in the future with for to emphasize the period of time, French uses the future + pendant:
    I will be in Rome for six weeks
    = je serai à Rome pendant six semaines
    he will be away for three days
    = il sera absent pendant trois jours
    For particular usages see A13, 14, 15 and 16 in the entry for.
    for is often used in English to form a structure with nouns, adjectives and verbs (weakness for, eager for, apply for, fend for etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate noun, adjective or verb entry (weakness, eager, apply, fend etc.).

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  • 77 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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  • 78 Introduction

       Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.
       Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.
       Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.
       Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).
       Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.
       Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.
       LAND AND PEOPLE
       The Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).
       For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.
       Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into the
       Atlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.
       Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:
       1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)
       1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)
       1864 4,287,000 first census
       1890 5,049,700
       1900 5,423,000
       1911 5,960,000
       1930 6,826,000
       1940 7,185,143
       1950 8,510,000
       1960 8,889,000
       1970 8,668,000* note decrease
       1980 9,833,000
       1991 9,862,540
       1996 9,934,100
       2006 10,642,836
       2010 10,710,000 (estimated)

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  • 79 time

    1. noun
    1) no pl., no art. Zeit, die

    for all time — für immer [und ewig]

    past/present/future time — Vergangenheit, die/Gegenwart, die/Zukunft, die

    stand the test of timedie Zeit überdauern; sich bewähren

    in [the course of] time, as time goes on/went on — mit der Zeit; im Laufe der Zeit

    time will tell or show — die Zukunft wird es zeigen

    at this point or moment in time — zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt

    time flies — die Zeit vergeht [wie] im Fluge

    in time, with time — (sooner or later) mit der Zeit

    in a week's/month's/year's time — in einer Woche/in einem Monat/Jahr

    there is time for thatdafür ist od. haben wir noch Zeit

    it takes me all my time to do it — es beansprucht meine ganze Zeit, es zu tun

    waste of time — Zeitverschwendung, die

    spend [most of one's/a lot of] time on something/[in] doing something — [die meiste/viel] Zeit mit etwas zubringen/damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

    I have been waiting for some/a long time — ich warte schon seit einiger Zeit/schon lange

    she will be there for [quite] some time — sie wird ziemlich lange dort sein

    be pressed for time — keine Zeit haben; (have to finish quickly) in Zeitnot sein

    pass the timesich (Dat.) die Zeit vertreiben

    length of time — Zeit[dauer], die

    make time for somebody/something — sich (Dat.) für jemanden/etwas Zeit nehmen

    in one's own timein seiner Freizeit; (whenever one wishes) wann man will

    take one's time [over something] — sich (Dat.) [für etwas] Zeit lassen; (be slow) sich (Dat.) Zeit [mit etwas] lassen

    time is money(prov.) Zeit ist Geld (Spr.)

    in [good] time — (not late) rechtzeitig

    all the or this time — die ganze Zeit; (without ceasing) ständig

    in [less than or next to] no time — innerhalb kürzester Zeit; im Nu od. Handumdrehen

    in half the timein der Hälfte der Zeit

    half the time(coll.): (as often as not) fast immer

    it will take [some] time — es wird einige Zeit dauern

    have the/no time — Zeit/keine Zeit haben

    have no time for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas ist einem seine Zeit zu schade

    there is no time to lose or be lost — es ist keine Zeit zu verlieren

    lose no time in doing something(not delay) etwas unverzüglich tun

    do time(coll.) eine Strafe absitzen (ugs.)

    in my time(heyday) zu meiner Zeit (ugs.); (in the course of my life) im Laufe meines Lebens

    in my time(period at a place) zu meiner Zeit (ugs.)

    time off or out — freie Zeit

    get/take time off — frei bekommen/sich (Dat.) frei nehmen (ugs.)

    Time! (Boxing) Stop!; Time!; (Brit.): (in pub) Feierabend!

    have a lot of time for somebody(fig.) für jemandem viel übrig haben

    3) no pl. (moment or period destined for purpose) Zeit, die

    harvest/Christmas time — Ernte-/Weihnachtszeit, die

    now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die richtige Zeit, es zu tun

    when the time comes/came — wenn es so weit ist/als es so weit war

    on time(punctually) pünktlich

    ahead of timezu früh [ankommen]; vorzeitig [fertig werden]

    all in good time — alles zu seiner Zeit; see also academic.ru/5926/be">be 2. 1)

    4) in sing. or pl. (circumstances) Zeit, die

    times are good/bad/have changed — die Zeiten sind gut/schlecht/haben sich verändert

    have a good timeSpaß haben (ugs.); sich amüsieren

    have a hard time [of it] — eine schwere Zeit durchmachen

    5) (associated with events or person[s]) Zeit, die

    in time of peace/war — in Friedens-/Kriegszeiten

    in Tudor/ancient times — zur Zeit der Tudors/der Antike

    in former/modern times — früher/heutzutage

    ahead of or before one's/its time — seiner Zeit voraus

    at one time(previously) früher

    6) (occasion) Mal, das

    next time you comewenn du das nächste Mal kommst

    ten/a hundred/a thousand times — zehn- / hundert- / tausendmal

    many's the time [that]..., many a time... — viele Male...

    at a time like this/that — unter diesen/solchen Umständen

    at the or that time — (in the past) damals

    at one time, at [one and] the same time — (simultaneously) gleichzeitig

    at the same time(nevertheless) gleichwohl

    time and [time] again, time after time — immer [und immer] wieder

    pay somebody £6 a time — jemandem für jedes Mal 6 Pfund zahlen

    for hours/weeks at a time — stundenlang/wochenlang [ohne Unterbrechung]

    7) (point in day etc.) [Uhr]zeit, die

    what time is it?, what is the time? — wie spät ist es?

    have you [got] the time? — kannst du mir sagen, wie spät es ist?

    tell the time(read a clock) die Uhr lesen

    time of day — Tageszeit, die

    [at this] time of [the] year — [um diese] Jahreszeit

    at this time of [the] night — zu dieser Nachtstunde

    pass the time of day(coll.) ein paar Worte wechseln

    by this/that time — inzwischen

    by the time [that] we arrived — bis wir hinkamen

    [by] this time tomorrow — morgen um diese Zeit

    keep good time[Uhr:] genau od. richtig gehen

    8) (amount) Zeit, die

    make good timegut vorwärts kommen

    [your] time's up! — deine Zeit ist um (ugs.) od. abgelaufen

    four times the size of/higher than something — viermal so groß wie/höher als etwas

    10) (Mus.) (duration of note) Zeitdauer, die; (measure) Takt, der

    out of time/in time — aus dem/im Takt

    keep time with somethingbei etwas den Takt [ein]halten

    2. transitive verb
    1) (do at correct time) zeitlich abstimmen

    be well/ill timed — zur richtigen/falschen Zeit kommen

    2) (set to operate at correct time) justieren (Technik); einstellen
    3) (arrange time of arrival/departure of)

    the bus is timed to connect with the trainder Bus hat einen direkten Anschluss an den Zug

    4) (measure time taken by) stoppen
    •• Cultural note:
    Eine britische überregionale Tageszeitung, deren Pendant am Sonntag The Sunday Times ist. Sie ist eine broadsheet-Zeitung und zählt zur seriösen Presse. Sie ist politisch unabhängig, wird jedoch gemeinhin als konservativ angesehen. Sie ist die älteste Zeitung in England und wurde erstmals 1785 veröffentlicht
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) die Zeit
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) die Zeit
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.)
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') die Zeit
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) der Zeitpunkt
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) das Mal
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) die Zeiten (pl.)
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) das Tempo
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) Zeit messen von
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) den Zeitpunkt wählen
    - timeless
    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again
    * * *
    [taɪm]
    I. NOUN
    1. no pl (considered as a whole) Zeit f
    \time stood still die Zeit stand still
    \time marches [or moves] on die Zeit bleibt nicht stehen
    the best player of all \time der bester Spieler aller Zeiten
    in the course of \time mit der Zeit
    over the course of \time im Lauf[e] der Zeit
    to be a matter [or question] of \time eine Frage der Zeit sein
    \time is on sb's side die Zeit arbeitet für jdn
    as \time goes by [or on] im Lauf[e] der Zeit
    to kill \time die Zeit totschlagen
    to make \time for sth sich dat die Zeit für etw akk nehmen
    \time-tested [alt]bewährt
    for all \time für immer [o alle Zeit]
    in \time mit der Zeit
    over [or with] \time im Lauf[e] der Zeit
    2. no pl (period, duration) Zeit f
    \time's up ( fam) die Zeit ist um
    we spent part of the \time in Florence, and part of the \time in Rome wir verbrachten unsere Zeit teils in Florenz und teils in Rom
    you'll forget her, given \time mit der Zeit wirst du sie vergessen
    it will take some \time es wird eine Weile dauern
    sorry, folks, we're [all] out of \time now AM, AUS ( fam) tut mir leid Leute, aber wir sind schon über der Zeit
    I haven't seen one of those in a long \time so etwas habe ich schon lange nicht mehr gesehen
    half the \time, he misses class er fehlt die halbe Zeit
    the \time is ripe die Zeit ist reif
    we talked about old \times wir sprachen über alte Zeiten
    breakfast/holiday \time Frühstücks-/Urlaubszeit f
    extra \time SPORT Verlängerung f
    they played extra \time sie mussten in die Verlängerung
    three minutes into extra \time, Ricardo scored the decisive goal nach drei Minuten Verlängerung erzielte Ricardo das entscheidende Tor
    free [or spare] \time Freizeit f
    future \time Zukunft f
    injury \time BRIT SPORT Nachspielzeit f
    to have \time on one's hands viel Zeit zur Verfügung haben
    at this moment in \time zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt
    period of \time Zeitraum m
    for a prolonged period of \time über einen längeren Zeitraum
    running \time FILM Spielzeit f
    past \time Vergangenheit f
    present \time Gegenwart f
    in one week's \time in einer Woche
    in one's own \time in seiner Freizeit
    a short \time later kurz darauf
    some/a long \time ago vor einiger/langer Zeit
    most of the \time meistens
    to do sth for a \time etw eine Zeit lang tun
    to find [the] \time to do sth Zeit finden, etw zu tun
    to gain/lose \time Zeit gewinnen/verlieren
    there's no \time to lose [or to be lost] wir dürfen [jetzt] keine Zeit verlieren, es ist höchste Zeit
    to give sb a hard \time ( fam) jdm zusetzen
    to have the \time of one's life sich akk großartig amüsieren
    to have all the \time in the world alle Zeit der Welt haben
    to have an easy/hard \time with sth keine Probleme/Probleme mit etw dat haben
    to make \time for sb/sth sich dat Zeit für jdn/etw nehmen
    to pass the \time sich dat die Zeit vertreiben
    to be pressed for \time in Zeitnot sein
    to run out of \time nicht genügend Zeit haben
    to save \time Zeit sparen
    to spend [a lot of] \time [in] doing sth [viel] Zeit damit verbringen, etw zu tun
    to take [a long/short] \time [lange/nicht lange] dauern
    to take one's \time sich dat Zeit lassen
    to take the \time and trouble to do sth sich dat die Mühe machen, etw zu tun
    to waste \time Zeit vergeuden [o verschwenden]
    to waste sb's \time jds Zeit vergeuden
    after a \time nach einer gewissen Zeit
    all the [or this] \time die ganze Zeit; (always) immer
    for a \time eine Zeit lang
    for a long/short \time [für] lange/kurze Zeit
    for the \time being vorläufig
    leave the ironing for the \time being - I'll do it later lass das Bügeln einst mal - ich mach's später
    in no [or next to no] [or less than no] \time [at all] im Nu
    3. (pertaining to clocks)
    have you got the \time? können Sie mir sagen, wie spät es ist?
    what's the \time? [or what \time is it?] wie spät ist es?
    excuse me, have you got the \time [on you]? Entschuldigung, haben Sie eine Uhr?
    can you already tell the \time? na, kannst du denn schon die Uhr lesen?
    oh dear, is that the right \time? oh je, ist es denn wirklich schon so spät/noch so früh?
    the \time is 8.30 es ist 8.30 Uhr
    to keep bad/good \time watch, clock falsch/richtig gehen
    to gain/lose \time watch, clock vor-/nachgehen
    4. (specific time or hour) Zeit f
    the \time is drawing near when we'll have to make a decision der Zeitpunkt, zu dem wir uns entscheiden müssen, rückt immer näher
    he recalled the \time when they had met er erinnerte sich daran, wie sie sich kennengelernt hatten
    do you remember the \time Alistair fell into the river? erinnerst du dich noch daran, wie Alistair in den Fluss fiel?
    we always have dinner at the same \time wir essen immer um dieselbe Zeit zu Abend
    I was exhausted by the \time I got home ich war erschöpft, als ich zu Hause ankam
    I'll call you ahead of \time esp AM ich rufe dich noch davor an
    at this \time of day/year zu dieser Tages-/Jahreszeit
    for this \time of day/year für diese Tages-/Jahreszeit
    what are you doing here at this \time of the day [or night]? was machst du um diese Uhrzeit hier?
    this \time tomorrow/next month morgen/nächsten Monat um diese Zeit
    5. (occasion) Mal nt
    the last \time we went to Paris,... das letzte Mal, als wir nach Paris fuhren,...
    I'll know better next \time das nächste Mal bin ich schlauer
    there are \times when I... es gibt Augenblicke, in denen ich...
    sometimes I enjoy doing it, but at other \times I hate it manchmal mache ich es gerne, dann wiederum gibt es Momente, in denen ich es hasse
    every [or each] \time jedes Mal
    for the first \time zum ersten Mal
    some other \time ein andermal
    one/two at a \time jeweils eine(r, s)/zwei; persons jeweils einzeln/zu zweit
    at \times manchmal
    at all \times immer, jederzeit
    at any [given] [or [any] one] \time immer, jederzeit
    at the \time damals
    at the best of \times im besten [o günstigen] Fall[e]
    he can't read a map at the best of \times er kann nicht mal unter normalen Umständen eine Karte lesen
    at the present [or AM this] \time im Moment
    from \time to \time gelegentlich, ab und zu
    6. (frequency) Mal nt
    the \times I've told you... [or how many \times have I told you...] wie oft habe ich dir schon gesagt...
    these shares are selling at 10 \time earnings diese Aktien werden mit einem Kurs-Gewinn-Verhältnis von 10 verkauft
    \time and [\time] again immer [und immer] wieder
    three/four \times a week/in a row drei/vier Mal in der Woche/hintereinander
    three \times champion BRIT, AUS [or AM three \time champion] dreimaliger Meister/dreimalige Meisterin
    three \times as much dreimal so viel
    for the hundredth/thousandth/umpteenth \time zum hundertsten/tausendsten/x-ten Mal
    lots of [or many] \times oft, viele Male
    it's \time for bed es ist Zeit, ins Bett zu gehen
    the \time has come to... es ist an der Zeit,...
    it's \time [that] I was leaving es wird Zeit, dass ich gehe
    [and] about \time [too] BRIT, AUS (yet to be accomplished) wird aber auch [langsam] Zeit!; (already accomplished) wurde aber auch [langsam] Zeit!
    it's high \time that she was leaving höchste Zeit, dass sie geht!; (already gone) das war aber auch höchste Zeit, dass sie endlich geht!
    we finished two weeks ahead of \time wir sind zwei Wochen früher fertig geworden
    we arrived in good \time for the start of the match wir sind rechtzeitig zum Spielbeginn angekommen
    to do sth dead [or exactly] [or right] on \time ( fam) etw pünktlich machen fam
    the bus arrived dead on \time der Bus kam auf die Minute genau
    in \time rechtzeitig
    on \time pünktlich; (as scheduled) termingerecht
    8. often pl (era, lifetime) Zeit f
    \times are difficult [or hard] die Zeiten sind hart
    at the \time of the Russian Revolution zur Zeit der Russischen Revolution
    in Victorian \times im Viktorianischen Zeitalter
    she is one of the best writers of modern \times sie ist eine der besten Schriftstellerinnen dieser Tage [o unserer Zeit]
    at one \time, George Eliot lived here George Eliot lebte einmal hier
    this was before my \time das war vor meiner Zeit
    she has grown old before her \time sie ist vorzeitig gealtert
    my grandmother has seen a few things in her \time meine Großmutter hat in ihrem Leben einiges gesehen
    \time was when you could... es gab Zeiten, da konnte man...
    if one had one's \time over again wenn man noch einmal von vorne anfangen könnte
    at his \time of life in seinem Alter
    the best.... of all \time der/die beste... aller Zeiten
    to keep up [or AM change] with the \times mit der Zeit gehen
    to be ahead of [or esp BRIT before] one's \time seiner Zeit voraus sein
    to be behind the \times seiner Zeit hinterherhinken
    from [or since] \time immemorial [or esp BRIT out of mind] seit undenklichen Zeiten
    in [or during] former/medieval \times früher/im Mittelalter
    in \times gone by früher
    in my \time zu meiner Zeit
    in our grandparents' \time zu Zeiten unserer Großeltern
    in \times past in der Vergangenheit, früher
    arrival/departure \time Ankunfts-/Abfahrtszeit f
    10. (hour registration method)
    daylight saving \time Sommerzeit f
    Greenwich Mean T\time Greenwicher Zeit f
    11. SPORT Zeit f
    record \time Rekordzeit f
    he won the 100 metres in record \time er gewann das 100-Meter-Rennen in einer neuen Rekordzeit
    two \times five is ten zwei mal fünf ist zehn
    ten \times bigger than... zehnmal so groß wie...
    13. no pl MUS Takt m
    to be/play out of \time aus dem Takt sein
    to beat \time den Rhythmus schlagen
    to get out of \time aus dem Takt kommen
    to keep \time den Takt halten
    in three-four \time im Dreivierteltakt
    14. (remunerated work)
    part \time Teilzeit f
    short \time BRIT Kurzarbeit f
    to have \time off frei haben
    to take \time off sich dat freinehmen
    \time off arbeitsfreie Zeit
    to be paid double \time den doppelten Stundensatz [o 100% Zuschlag] bezahlt bekommen
    to work [or be on] short \time BRIT kurzarbeiten
    15. BRIT (end of pub hours)
    “\time [please]!” „Feierabend!“ (wenn ein Pub abends schließt)
    16. ([not] like)
    to not give sb the \time of day jdn ignorieren
    to not have much \time for sb jdn nicht mögen
    to have a lot of \time for sb großen Respekt vor jdm haben
    17.
    \times are changing die Zeiten ändern sich
    to do [or serve] \time ( fam) sitzen fig fam
    \time is of the essence die Zeit drängt
    \time flies [when you're having fun] ( saying) wie die Zeit vergeht!
    all good things in all good \time alles zu seiner Zeit
    \time is a great healer, \time heals all wounds ( prov) die Zeit heilt alle Wunden prov
    \time hangs heavy die Zeit steht still
    \time is money ( prov) Zeit ist Geld prov
    to know the \time of the day sich akk auskennen
    \time moves on [or passes] die Zeit rast
    there's a \time and a place [for everything] ( prov) alles zu seiner Zeit
    there's no \time like the present ( saying) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen prov
    [only] \time can [or will] tell ( saying) erst die Zukunft wird es zeigen
    \time and tide wait for no man [or no one] ( prov) man muss die Gelegenheit beim Schopf[e] packen
    a week is a long \time in politics ( saying) eine Woche ist lang in der Politik
    to \time sb over 100 metres jds Zeit beim 100-Meter-Lauf nehmen
    the winning team was \timed at 5 minutes 26 seconds die Siegermannschaft wurde mit 5 Minuten und 26 Sekunden gestoppt
    to \time an egg darauf achten, dass man fürs Eierkochen die richtige Zeit einhält
    to \time sth für etw akk den richtigen Zeitpunkt wählen
    to be ill/well \timed zum genau falschen/richtigen Zeitpunkt kommen
    3. (arrange when sth should happen)
    to \time sth to... etw so planen, dass...
    we \timed our trip to coincide with her wedding wir legten unsere Reise so, dass sie mit ihrer Hochzeit zusammenfiel
    to \time a bomb to explode at... eine Bombe so einstellen, dass sie um... explodiert
    * * *
    [taɪm]
    1. NOUN
    1) Zeit f

    only time will tell whether... — es muss sich erst herausstellen, ob...

    to take (one's) time (over sth)sich (dat) (bei etw) Zeit lassen

    in ( next to or less than) no time — im Nu, im Handumdrehen

    at this ( present) point or moment in time — zu diesem or zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt

    to have a lot of/no time for sb/sth — viel/keine Zeit für jdn/etw haben; ( fig

    to find time (for sb/sth) — Zeit (für jdn/etw) finden

    to make time (for sb/sth) — sich (dat) Zeit (für jdn/etw) nehmen

    he lost no time in telling her —

    in one's own/the company's time — in or während der Freizeit/Arbeitszeit

    don't rush, do it in your own time — nur keine Hast, tun Sie es, wie Sie es können

    to do time ( inf, in prison )sitzen (inf)

    he'll let you know in his own good time — er wird Ihnen Bescheid sagen, wenn er so weit ist

    it's a long time ( since...) — es ist schon lange her(, seit...)

    to have time on one's hands —

    too many people who have time on their hands — zu viele Leute, die zu viel freie Zeit haben

    having time on my hands I went into a caféda ich (noch) Zeit hatte, ging ich ins Café

    2)

    by clock what time is it?, what's the time? — wie spät ist es?, wie viel Uhr ist es?

    the time is 2.30 — es ist 2.30 Uhr, die Zeit: 2.30 Uhr

    it's 2 o'clock local time — es ist 2.00 Uhr Ortszeit

    the winning time was... — die Zeit des Siegers war...

    it's time (for me/us etc) to go, it's time I was/we were etc going, it's time I/we etc went — es wird Zeit, dass ich gehe/wir gehen etc

    time gentlemen please!Feierabend! (inf), bitte, trinken Sie aus, wir schließen gleich

    I wouldn't even give him the time of dayich würde ihm nicht einmal guten or Guten Tag sagen __diams; to tell the time (person) die Uhr kennen; (instrument) die Uhrzeit anzeigen

    can you tell the time?kennst du die Uhr? __diams; to make good time gut or schnell vorankommen

    if we get to Birmingham by 3 we'll be making good time — wenn wir um 3 Uhr in Birmingham sind, sind wir ziemlich schnell

    it's about time he was here (he has arrived) — es wird (aber) auch Zeit, dass er kommt; (he has not arrived) es wird langsam Zeit, dass er kommt

    (and) about time too!das wird aber auch Zeit! __diams; ahead of time zu früh

    we are ahead of timewir sind früh dran __diams; behind time zu spät

    at one time — früher, einmal

    but at the same time, you must admit that... — aber andererseits müssen Sie zugeben, dass...

    it was hard, but at the same time you could have tried — es war schwierig, aber Sie hätten es trotzdem versuchen können __diams; in/on time rechtzeitig

    3) = moment, season Zeit f

    this is hardly the time or the place to... — dies ist wohl kaum die rechte Zeit oder der rechte Ort, um...

    this is no time for quarrelling or to quarrel — jetzt ist nicht die Zeit, sich zu streiten

    well, this is a fine time to tell me that (iro)Sie haben sich (dat) wahrhaftig eine gute Zeit ausgesucht, um mir das zu sagen

    there are times when... — es gibt Augenblicke, wo or da (geh)...

    at the or that time — damals, zu der Zeit, seinerzeit

    at this (particular) time, at the present time — zurzeit

    sometimes..., (at) other times... —

    from that time on since that time — von der Zeit an, von da an seit der Zeit

    this time last year/week — letztes Jahr/letzte Woche um diese Zeit

    to choose or pick one's timesich (dat) einen günstigen Zeitpunkt aussuchen

    the time has come (to do sth) — es ist an der Zeit(, etw zu tun)

    when the time comes for you to be the leader — wenn Sie an der Reihe sind, die Führung zu übernehmen __diams; at + times manchmal

    at all times — jederzeit, immer

    by the time we arrive, there's not going to be anything left — bis wir ankommen, ist nichts mehr übrig

    by that time we'll knowdann or bis dahin wissen wir es __diams; by this time inzwischen

    by this time next year/tomorrow — nächstes Jahr/morgen um diese Zeit __diams; from time to time, (US) time to time dann und wann, von Zeit zu Zeit

    until such time as... — so lange bis...

    until such time as you apologize — solange du dich nicht entschuldigst, bis du dich entschuldigst

    this time of the day/year — diese Tages-/Jahreszeit

    at this time of the week/month — zu diesem Zeitpunkt der Woche/des Monats

    now's the time to do it —

    now's my/your etc time to do it — jetzt habe ich/hast du etc Gelegenheit, es zu tun

    4)

    = occasion this time — diesmal, dieses Mal

    every or each time... — jedes Mal, wenn...

    many a time, many times — viele Male

    many's the time I have heard him say... — ich habe ihn schon oft sagen hören...

    time and (time) again, time after time — immer wieder, wieder und wieder (geh)

    I've told you a dozen times... — ich habe dir schon x-mal gesagt...

    nine times out of ten... — neun von zehn Malen...

    they came in one/three etc at a time — sie kamen einzeln/immer zu dritt etc herein

    for weeks at a timewochenlang __diams; a time

    he pays me £10 a time — er zahlt mir jedes Mal £ 10

    rides on the roundabout cost £2 a time — eine Fahrt auf dem Karussell kostet £ 2 __diams; (the) next time

    (the) last time he was here — letztes Mal or das letzte Mal, als er hier war

    5) MATH

    it was ten times as big as or ten times the size of... —

    6)

    = rate Sunday is (paid) double time/time and a half — sonntags gibt es 100%/50% Zuschlag

    7) = era Zeit f

    time was when... — es gab Zeiten, da...

    when times are hard —

    times are changing for the better/worse — es kommen bessere/schlechtere Zeiten

    times have changed for the better/worse — die Zeiten haben sich gebessert/verschlechtert

    to be behind the times — rückständig sein, hinter dem Mond leben (inf)

    8)

    = experience to have the time of one's life — eine herrliche Zeit verbringen, sich glänzend amüsieren

    what a time we had or that was! —

    what times we had!, what times they were! — das waren (noch) Zeiten!

    to have an easy/a hard time — es leicht/schwer haben

    we had an easy/a hard time getting to the finals — es war leicht für uns/wir hatten Schwierigkeiten, in die Endrunde zu kommen

    was it difficult? – no, we had an easy time (of it) —

    to have a bad/rough time — viel mitmachen

    to give sb a bad/rough etc time (of it) — jdm das Leben schwer machen

    we had such a bad time with the travel agency —

    we had a good time — es war (sehr) schön, es hat uns (dat)

    she'll give you a good time for £30 — bei ihr kannst du dich für £ 30 amüsieren

    9) = rhythm Takt m

    you're singing out of time (with the others) — du singst nicht im Takt (mit den anderen)

    3/4 time — Dreivierteltakt m

    2. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1)

    = choose time of to time sth perfectly — genau den richtigen Zeitpunkt für etw wählen

    you must learn to time your requests a little more tactfully — du musst lernen, deine Forderungen zu einem geeigneteren Zeitpunkt vorzubringen

    he timed his arrival to coincide with... —

    the bomb is timed to explode at... — die Bombe ist so eingestellt, dass sie um... explodiert

    2) = measure time of with stopwatch stoppen; speed messen

    to time sb (over 1000 metres) — jdn (auf 1000 Meter) stoppen, jds Zeit (auf or über 1000 Meter) nehmen

    time how long it takes you, time yourself — sieh auf die Uhr, wie lange du brauchst; (with stopwatch) stopp, wie lange du brauchst

    to time an egg — auf die Uhr sehen, wenn man ein Ei kocht

    a computer that times its operator — ein Computer, der die Zeit misst, die sein Operator braucht

    * * *
    time [taım]
    A s
    1. Zeit f:
    time past, present, and to come Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft;
    for all time für alle Zeiten;
    as time went on im Laufe der Zeit;
    time will show die Zeit wird es lehren;
    2. (endliche oder irdische) Zeit (Ggs Ewigkeit)
    3. ASTRON Zeit f:
    4. Zeit f, Uhr(zeit) f:
    what’s the time?, what time is it? wie viel Uhr ist es?, wie spät ist es?;
    what time? um wie viel Uhr?;
    the time is half past three es ist jetzt halb vier;
    a) zu dieser (späten) Tageszeit, zu so später Stunde,
    b) fig so spät, in diesem späten Stadium;
    can you tell me the time of day?, have you got the time? können Sie mir sagen, wie spät es ist?;
    a) sich Gesellschaft leisten,
    b) (kurz) miteinander plaudern;
    a) jemandem Gesellschaft leisten,
    b) (kurz) mit jemandem plaudern;
    know the time of day umg wissen, was es geschlagen hat;
    so that’s the time of day! umg so stehts also!;
    some time about noon etwa um Mittag;
    this time tomorrow morgen um diese Zeit;
    this time twelve months heute übers Jahr;
    keep good time richtig oder genau gehen (Uhr)
    5. Zeit(dauer) f, Zeitabschnitt m, ( auch PHYS Fall- etc) Dauer f, WIRTSCH auch Arbeitszeit f (im Herstellungsprozess etc):
    a long time lange Zeit;
    that was a long time ago das ist schon lange her;
    some time longer noch einige Zeit;
    be a long time in doing sth lange (Zeit) dazu brauchen, etwas zu tun;
    long time no hear (see) umg wir haben ja schon seit einer Ewigkeit nichts mehr voneinander gehört (wir haben uns ja schon seit einer Ewigkeit nicht mehr gesehen);
    time of a draft WIRTSCH Laufzeit f eines Wechsels;
    in times of war in Kriegszeiten; all A 1, hard A 10, no1 C 1, probation 3
    6. Zeit(punkt) f(m):
    time of arrival Ankunftszeit;
    an unfortunate time ein unglücklicher Zeitpunkt;
    a) zu dieser Zeit, damals,
    b) gerade;
    at the present time derzeit, gegenwärtig;
    a) gleichzeitig, zur selben Zeit,
    b) trotzdem;
    at that time zu der Zeit;
    at this time of the year zu dieser Jahreszeit;
    at one time einst, früher (einmal);
    at some time irgendwann (einmal);
    for the time für den Augenblick;
    a) vorläufig, fürs Erste,
    b) unter den gegenwärtigen Umständen;
    in three weeks’ time in oder binnen drei Wochen; about A 2, departure 2
    7. meist pl Zeit(alter) f(n), Zeiten pl, Epoche f:
    at ( oder in) the time of Queen Anne zur Zeit der Königin Anna;
    in our time in unserer Zeit;
    she was a legend in her own time sie war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende;
    other times, other manners (Sprichwort) andere Zeiten, andere Sitten; old A 4
    8. pl Zeiten pl, Zeitverhältnisse pl
    9. the times pl die Zeit: move B 2
    10. Frist f, (zugemessene) Zeit:
    time of delivery WIRTSCH Lieferfrist, -zeit;
    time for payment Zahlungsfrist;
    ask time WIRTSCH um Frist(verlängerung) bitten;
    you must give me time Sie müssen mir Zeit geben oder lassen
    11. (verfügbare) Zeit:
    buy a little time etwas Zeit schinden, eine kleine Galgenfrist gewinnen;
    I can never call my time my own ich kann nie frei über meine Zeit verfügen;
    have no time keine Zeit haben;
    have no time for sb fig nichts übrighaben für jemanden;
    have all the time in the world umg jede Menge Zeit haben;
    take (the) time sich die Zeit nehmen ( to do zu tun);
    take one’s time sich Zeit lassen;
    take your time auch es eilt nicht, überleg es dir in aller Ruhe;
    time is up! die Zeit ist um oder abgelaufen!; forelock1
    12. ( oft schöne) Zeit, Erlebnis n:
    have the time of one’s life
    a) sich großartig amüsieren,
    b) leben wie ein Fürst
    13. unangenehme Zeit, Unannehmlichkeit f
    14. (Zeit-)Lohn m, besonders Stundenlohn m
    15. umg (Zeit f im) Knast m:
    do time (im Gefängnis) sitzen ( for wegen)
    16. Lehrzeit f, -jahre pl
    17. (bestimmte oder passende) Zeit:
    the time has come for sth to happen es ist an der Zeit, dass etwas geschieht;
    there is a time for everything, all in good time alles zu seiner Zeit;
    it’s time for bed es ist Zeit, ins oder zu Bett zu gehen;
    it’s time for breakfast es ist Zeit zum Frühstück(en); high time
    18. a) (natürliche oder normale) Zeit
    b) (Lebens)Zeit f:
    time of life Alter n;
    his time is drawing near seine Zeit ist gekommen, sein Tod naht heran;
    the time was not yet die Zeit war noch nicht gekommen
    19. a) Schwangerschaft f
    b) Niederkunft f:
    she is far on in her time sie ist hochschwanger;
    she is near her time sie steht kurz vor der Entbindung
    20. (günstige) Zeit:
    now is the time jetzt ist die passende Gelegenheit, jetzt gilt es ( beide:
    to do zu tun);
    at such times bei solchen Gelegenheiten
    21. Mal n:
    the first time das erste Mal;
    for the first time zum ersten Mal;
    each time that … jedes Mal, wenn …;
    time and again, time after time immer wieder;
    at some other time, another time ein andermal;
    at a time auf einmal, zusammen, zugleich, jeweils;
    one at a time einzeln, immer eine(r, s);
    two at a time zu zweit, paarweise, jeweils zwei; every Bes Redew, lucky 1
    22. pl mal, …mal:
    three times four is twelve drei mal vier ist zwölf;
    twenty times zwanzigmal;
    three times the population of Coventry dreimal so viele Einwohner wie Coventry;
    four times the size of yours viermal so groß wie deines;
    six times the amount die sechsfache Menge;
    several times mehrmals
    23. besonders SPORT (erzielte, gestoppte) Zeit:
    the winner’s time is 2.50 minutes
    24. Einheit f der Zeit (im Drama)
    25. LIT metrische Einheit, besonders Mora f (kleinste metrische Einheit im Verstakt)
    26. Tempo n, Zeitmaß n
    27. MUS
    a) time value
    b) Tempo n, Zeitmaß n
    c) Rhythmus m, Takt(bewegung) m(f)
    d) Takt (-art f) m:
    time variation Tempoveränderung f;
    in time to the music im Takt zur Musik;
    beat (keep) time den Takt schlagen (halten)
    28. MIL Marschtempo n, Schritt m: mark1 B 1
    B v/t
    1. (mit der Uhr) messen, (ab-)stoppen, die Zeit messen von (oder gen)
    2. timen ( auch SPORT), die Zeit oder den richtigen Zeitpunkt wählen oder bestimmen für, zur rechten Zeit tun
    3. zeitlich abstimmen
    4. die Zeit festsetzen für, (zeitlich) legen:
    the train is timed to leave at 7 der Zug soll um 7 abfahren;
    he timed the test at 30 minutes er setzte für den Test 30 Minuten an
    5. eine Uhr richten, stellen:
    the alarm clock is timed to ring at six der Wecker ist auf sechs gestellt
    6. zeitlich regeln (to nach), TECH den Zündpunkt etc einstellen, (elektronisch etc) steuern
    7. das Tempo oder den Takt angeben für
    C v/i
    1. Takt halten
    2. zeitlich zusammen- oder übereinstimmen ( with mit)Besondere Redewendungen: against time gegen die Zeit oder Uhr, mit größter Eile;
    be ahead of time zu früh (daran) sein;
    be (well) ahead of ( oder in advance of) one’s time seiner Zeit (weit) voraus sein;
    be behind time zu spät daran sein, Verspätung haben;
    be 10 minutes behind time 10 Minuten Verspätung haben;
    be behind one’s time rückständig sein;
    between times in den Zwischenzeiten;
    five minutes from time SPORT fünf Minuten vor Schluss;
    from time to time von Zeit zu Zeit;
    a) rechtzeitig ( to do um zu tun),
    b) mit der Zeit,
    c) im (richtigen) Takt in time of in Zeiten von (od gen);
    a) pünktlich,
    b) bes US für eine (bestimmte) Zeit,
    c) WIRTSCH US auf Zeit, besonders auf Raten out of time
    a) zur Unzeit, unzeitig,
    b) vorzeitig,
    c) zu spät,
    d) aus dem Takt oder Schritt till such time as … so lange, bis …;
    with time mit der Zeit;
    time was, when … die Zeit ist vorüber, als …;
    time has been when … es gab eine Zeit, da …; any A 2, no1 C 1
    t. abk
    1. teaspoon (teaspoonful) TL
    3. tempore, in the time of
    4. LING tense
    5. time
    6. ton ( tons pl) t
    7. LING transitive
    T. abk
    3. Thursday Do.
    4. time
    5. Tuesday Di.
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) no pl., no art. Zeit, die

    for all time — für immer [und ewig]

    past/present/future time — Vergangenheit, die/Gegenwart, die/Zukunft, die

    stand the test of time — die Zeit überdauern; sich bewähren

    in [the course of] time, as time goes on/went on — mit der Zeit; im Laufe der Zeit

    time will tell or show — die Zukunft wird es zeigen

    at this point or moment in time — zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt

    time flies — die Zeit vergeht [wie] im Fluge

    in time, with time — (sooner or later) mit der Zeit

    2) (interval, available or allotted period) Zeit, die

    in a week's/month's/year's time — in einer Woche/in einem Monat/Jahr

    there is time for thatdafür ist od. haben wir noch Zeit

    it takes me all my time to do it — es beansprucht meine ganze Zeit, es zu tun

    give one's time to somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) seine Zeit opfern

    waste of time — Zeitverschwendung, die

    spend [most of one's/a lot of] time on something/[in] doing something — [die meiste/viel] Zeit mit etwas zubringen/damit verbringen, etwas zu tun

    I have been waiting for some/a long time — ich warte schon seit einiger Zeit/schon lange

    she will be there for [quite] some time — sie wird ziemlich lange dort sein

    be pressed for time — keine Zeit haben; (have to finish quickly) in Zeitnot sein

    pass the timesich (Dat.) die Zeit vertreiben

    length of time — Zeit[dauer], die

    make time for somebody/something — sich (Dat.) für jemanden/etwas Zeit nehmen

    in one's own time — in seiner Freizeit; (whenever one wishes) wann man will

    take one's time [over something] — sich (Dat.) [für etwas] Zeit lassen; (be slow) sich (Dat.) Zeit [mit etwas] lassen

    time is money(prov.) Zeit ist Geld (Spr.)

    in [good] time — (not late) rechtzeitig

    all the or this time — die ganze Zeit; (without ceasing) ständig

    in [less than or next to] no time — innerhalb kürzester Zeit; im Nu od. Handumdrehen

    half the time(coll.): (as often as not) fast immer

    it will take [some] time — es wird einige Zeit dauern

    have the/no time — Zeit/keine Zeit haben

    have no time for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas ist einem seine Zeit zu schade

    there is no time to lose or be lost — es ist keine Zeit zu verlieren

    lose no time in doing something (not delay) etwas unverzüglich tun

    do time(coll.) eine Strafe absitzen (ugs.)

    in my time (heyday) zu meiner Zeit (ugs.); (in the course of my life) im Laufe meines Lebens

    in my time (period at a place) zu meiner Zeit (ugs.)

    time off or out — freie Zeit

    get/take time off — frei bekommen/sich (Dat.) frei nehmen (ugs.)

    Time! (Boxing) Stop!; Time!; (Brit.): (in pub) Feierabend!

    have a lot of time for somebody(fig.) für jemandem viel übrig haben

    harvest/Christmas time — Ernte-/Weihnachtszeit, die

    now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die richtige Zeit, es zu tun

    when the time comes/came — wenn es so weit ist/als es so weit war

    on time (punctually) pünktlich

    ahead of timezu früh [ankommen]; vorzeitig [fertig werden]

    all in good time — alles zu seiner Zeit; see also be 2. 1)

    4) in sing. or pl. (circumstances) Zeit, die

    times are good/bad/have changed — die Zeiten sind gut/schlecht/haben sich verändert

    have a good timeSpaß haben (ugs.); sich amüsieren

    have a hard time [of it] — eine schwere Zeit durchmachen

    5) (associated with events or person[s]) Zeit, die

    in time of peace/war — in Friedens-/Kriegszeiten

    in Tudor/ancient times — zur Zeit der Tudors/der Antike

    in former/modern times — früher/heutzutage

    ahead of or before one's/its time — seiner Zeit voraus

    6) (occasion) Mal, das

    ten/a hundred/a thousand times — zehn- / hundert- / tausendmal

    many's the time [that]..., many a time... — viele Male...

    at a time like this/that — unter diesen/solchen Umständen

    at the or that time — (in the past) damals

    at one time, at [one and] the same time — (simultaneously) gleichzeitig

    time and [time] again, time after time — immer [und immer] wieder

    pay somebody £6 a time — jemandem für jedes Mal 6 Pfund zahlen

    for hours/weeks at a time — stundenlang/wochenlang [ohne Unterbrechung]

    7) (point in day etc.) [Uhr]zeit, die

    what time is it?, what is the time? — wie spät ist es?

    have you [got] the time? — kannst du mir sagen, wie spät es ist?

    tell the time (read a clock) die Uhr lesen

    time of day — Tageszeit, die

    [at this] time of [the] year — [um diese] Jahreszeit

    at this time of [the] night — zu dieser Nachtstunde

    pass the time of day(coll.) ein paar Worte wechseln

    by this/that time — inzwischen

    by the time [that] we arrived — bis wir hinkamen

    [by] this time tomorrow — morgen um diese Zeit

    keep good time[Uhr:] genau od. richtig gehen

    8) (amount) Zeit, die

    [your] time's up! — deine Zeit ist um (ugs.) od. abgelaufen

    four times the size of/higher than something — viermal so groß wie/höher als etwas

    10) (Mus.) (duration of note) Zeitdauer, die; (measure) Takt, der

    out of time/in time — aus dem/im Takt

    keep time with something — bei etwas den Takt [ein]halten

    2. transitive verb
    1) (do at correct time) zeitlich abstimmen

    be well/ill timed — zur richtigen/falschen Zeit kommen

    3) (arrange time of arrival/departure of)
    •• Cultural note:
    Eine britische überregionale Tageszeitung, deren Pendant am Sonntag The Sunday Times ist. Sie ist eine broadsheet-Zeitung und zählt zur seriösen Presse. Sie ist politisch unabhängig, wird jedoch gemeinhin als konservativ angesehen. Sie ist die älteste Zeitung in England und wurde erstmals 1785 veröffentlicht
    * * *
    adj.
    zeitlich adj. n.
    Tempo -s n.
    Zeit -en f.

    English-german dictionary > time

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    Data Centers are a hot topic these days. No matter where you look, this once obscure aspect of infrastructure is getting a lot of attention. For years, there have been cost pressures on IT operations and this, when the need for modern capacity is greater than ever, has thrust data centers into the spotlight. Server and rack density continues to rise, placing DC professionals and businesses in tighter and tougher situations while they struggle to manage their IT environments. And now hyper-scale cloud infrastructure is taking traditional technologies to limits never explored before and focusing the imagination of the IT industry on new possibilities.

    В настоящее время центры обработки данных являются широко обсуждаемой темой. Куда ни посмотришь, этот некогда малоизвестный аспект инфраструктуры привлекает все больше внимания. Годами ИТ-отделы испытывали нехватку средств и это выдвинуло ЦОДы в центр внимания, в то время, когда необходимость в современных ЦОДах стала как никогда высокой. Плотность серверов и стоек продолжают расти, все больше усложняя ситуацию для специалистов в области охлаждения и организаций в их попытках управлять своими ИТ-средами. И теперь гипермасштабируемая облачная инфраструктура подвергает традиционные технологии невиданным ранее нагрузкам, и заставляет ИТ-индустрию искать новые возможности.

    At Microsoft, we have focused a lot of thought and research around how to best operate and maintain our global infrastructure and we want to share those learnings. While obviously there are some aspects that we keep to ourselves, we have shared how we operate facilities daily, our technologies and methodologies, and, most importantly, how we monitor and manage our facilities. Whether it’s speaking at industry events, inviting customers to our “Microsoft data center conferences” held in our data centers, or through other media like blogging and white papers, we believe sharing best practices is paramount and will drive the industry forward. So in that vein, we have some interesting news to share.

    В компании MicroSoft уделяют большое внимание изучению наилучших методов эксплуатации и технического обслуживания своей глобальной инфраструктуры и делятся результатами своих исследований. И хотя мы, конечно, не раскрываем некоторые аспекты своих исследований, мы делимся повседневным опытом эксплуатации дата-центров, своими технологиями и методологиями и, что важнее всего, методами контроля и управления своими объектами. Будь то доклады на отраслевых событиях, приглашение клиентов на наши конференции, которые посвящены центрам обработки данных MicroSoft, и проводятся в этих самых дата-центрах, или использование других средств, например, блоги и спецификации, мы уверены, что обмен передовым опытом имеет первостепенное значение и будет продвигать отрасль вперед.

    Today we are sharing our Generation 4 Modular Data Center plan. This is our vision and will be the foundation of our cloud data center infrastructure in the next five years. We believe it is one of the most revolutionary changes to happen to data centers in the last 30 years. Joining me, in writing this blog are Daniel Costello, my director of Data Center Research and Engineering and Christian Belady, principal power and cooling architect. I feel their voices will add significant value to driving understanding around the many benefits included in this new design paradigm.

    Сейчас мы хотим поделиться своим планом модульного дата-центра четвертого поколения. Это наше видение и оно будет основанием для инфраструктуры наших облачных дата-центров в ближайшие пять лет. Мы считаем, что это одно из самых революционных изменений в дата-центрах за последние 30 лет. Вместе со мной в написании этого блога участвовали Дэниел Костелло, директор по исследованиям и инжинирингу дата-центров, и Кристиан Белади, главный архитектор систем энергоснабжения и охлаждения. Мне кажется, что их авторитет придаст больше веса большому количеству преимуществ, включенных в эту новую парадигму проектирования.

    Our “Gen 4” modular data centers will take the flexibility of containerized servers—like those in our Chicago data center—and apply it across the entire facility. So what do we mean by modular? Think of it like “building blocks”, where the data center will be composed of modular units of prefabricated mechanical, electrical, security components, etc., in addition to containerized servers.

    Was there a key driver for the Generation 4 Data Center?

    Наши модульные дата-центры “Gen 4” будут гибкими с контейнерами серверов – как серверы в нашем чикагском дата-центре. И гибкость будет применяться ко всему ЦОД. Итак, что мы подразумеваем под модульностью? Мы думаем о ней как о “строительных блоках”, где дата-центр будет состоять из модульных блоков изготовленных в заводских условиях электрических систем и систем охлаждения, а также систем безопасности и т.п., в дополнение к контейнеризованным серверам.
    Был ли ключевой стимул для разработки дата-центра четвертого поколения?


    If we were to summarize the promise of our Gen 4 design into a single sentence it would be something like this: “A highly modular, scalable, efficient, just-in-time data center capacity program that can be delivered anywhere in the world very quickly and cheaply, while allowing for continued growth as required.” Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, keep in mind that these concepts have been in initial development and prototyping for over a year and are based on cumulative knowledge of previous facility generations and the advances we have made since we began our investments in earnest on this new design.

    Если бы нам нужно было обобщить достоинства нашего проекта Gen 4 в одном предложении, это выглядело бы следующим образом: “Центр обработки данных с высоким уровнем модульности, расширяемости, и энергетической эффективности, а также возможностью постоянного расширения, в случае необходимости, который можно очень быстро и дешево развертывать в любом месте мира”. Звучит слишком хорошо для того чтобы быть правдой, не так ли? Ну, не забывайте, что эти концепции находились в процессе начальной разработки и создания опытного образца в течение более одного года и основываются на опыте, накопленном в ходе развития предыдущих поколений ЦОД, а также успехах, сделанных нами со времени, когда мы начали вкладывать серьезные средства в этот новый проект.

    One of the biggest challenges we’ve had at Microsoft is something Mike likes to call the ‘Goldilock’s Problem’. In a nutshell, the problem can be stated as:

    The worst thing we can do in delivering facilities for the business is not have enough capacity online, thus limiting the growth of our products and services.

    Одну из самых больших проблем, с которыми приходилось сталкиваться Майкрософт, Майк любит называть ‘Проблемой Лютика’. Вкратце, эту проблему можно выразить следующим образом:

    Самое худшее, что может быть при строительстве ЦОД для бизнеса, это не располагать достаточными производственными мощностями, и тем самым ограничивать рост наших продуктов и сервисов.

    The second worst thing we can do in delivering facilities for the business is to have too much capacity online.

    А вторым самым худшим моментом в этой сфере может слишком большое количество производственных мощностей.

    This has led to a focus on smart, intelligent growth for the business — refining our overall demand picture. It can’t be too hot. It can’t be too cold. It has to be ‘Just Right!’ The capital dollars of investment are too large to make without long term planning. As we struggled to master these interesting challenges, we had to ensure that our technological plan also included solutions for the business and operational challenges we faced as well.
    So let’s take a high level look at our Generation 4 design

    Это заставило нас сосредоточиваться на интеллектуальном росте для бизнеса — refining our overall demand picture. Это не должно быть слишком горячим. И это не должно быть слишком холодным. Это должно быть ‘как раз, таким как надо!’ Нельзя делать такие большие капиталовложения без долгосрочного планирования. Пока мы старались решить эти интересные проблемы, мы должны были гарантировать, что наш технологический план будет также включать решения для коммерческих и эксплуатационных проблем, с которыми нам также приходилось сталкиваться.
    Давайте рассмотрим наш проект дата-центра четвертого поколения

    Are you ready for some great visuals? Check out this video at Soapbox. Click here for the Microsoft 4th Gen Video.

    It’s a concept video that came out of my Data Center Research and Engineering team, under Daniel Costello, that will give you a view into what we think is the future.

    From a configuration, construct-ability and time to market perspective, our primary goals and objectives are to modularize the whole data center. Not just the server side (like the Chicago facility), but the mechanical and electrical space as well. This means using the same kind of parts in pre-manufactured modules, the ability to use containers, skids, or rack-based deployments and the ability to tailor the Redundancy and Reliability requirements to the application at a very specific level.


    Посмотрите это видео, перейдите по ссылке для просмотра видео о Microsoft 4th Gen:

    Это концептуальное видео, созданное командой отдела Data Center Research and Engineering, возглавляемого Дэниелом Костелло, которое даст вам наше представление о будущем.

    С точки зрения конфигурации, строительной технологичности и времени вывода на рынок, нашими главными целями и задачами агрегатирование всего дата-центра. Не только серверную часть, как дата-центр в Чикаго, но также системы охлаждения и электрические системы. Это означает применение деталей одного типа в сборных модулях, возможность использования контейнеров, салазок, или стоечных систем, а также возможность подстраивать требования избыточности и надежности для данного приложения на очень специфичном уровне.

    Our goals from a cost perspective were simple in concept but tough to deliver. First and foremost, we had to reduce the capital cost per critical Mega Watt by the class of use. Some applications can run with N-level redundancy in the infrastructure, others require a little more infrastructure for support. These different classes of infrastructure requirements meant that optimizing for all cost classes was paramount. At Microsoft, we are not a one trick pony and have many Online products and services (240+) that require different levels of operational support. We understand that and ensured that we addressed it in our design which will allow us to reduce capital costs by 20%-40% or greater depending upon class.


    Нашими целями в области затрат были концептуально простыми, но трудно реализуемыми. В первую очередь мы должны были снизить капитальные затраты в пересчете на один мегаватт, в зависимости от класса резервирования. Некоторые приложения могут вполне работать на базе инфраструктуры с резервированием на уровне N, то есть без резервирования, а для работы других приложений требуется больше инфраструктуры. Эти разные классы требований инфраструктуры подразумевали, что оптимизация всех классов затрат имеет преобладающее значение. В Майкрософт мы не ограничиваемся одним решением и располагаем большим количеством интерактивных продуктов и сервисов (240+), которым требуются разные уровни эксплуатационной поддержки. Мы понимаем это, и учитываем это в своем проекте, который позволит нам сокращать капитальные затраты на 20%-40% или более в зависимости от класса.

    For example, non-critical or geo redundant applications have low hardware reliability requirements on a location basis. As a result, Gen 4 can be configured to provide stripped down, low-cost infrastructure with little or no redundancy and/or temperature control. Let’s say an Online service team decides that due to the dramatically lower cost, they will simply use uncontrolled outside air with temperatures ranging 10-35 C and 20-80% RH. The reality is we are already spec-ing this for all of our servers today and working with server vendors to broaden that range even further as Gen 4 becomes a reality. For this class of infrastructure, we eliminate generators, chillers, UPSs, and possibly lower costs relative to traditional infrastructure.

    Например, некритичные или гео-избыточные системы имеют низкие требования к аппаратной надежности на основе местоположения. В результате этого, Gen 4 можно конфигурировать для упрощенной, недорогой инфраструктуры с низким уровнем (или вообще без резервирования) резервирования и / или температурного контроля. Скажем, команда интерактивного сервиса решает, что, в связи с намного меньшими затратами, они будут просто использовать некондиционированный наружный воздух с температурой 10-35°C и влажностью 20-80% RH. В реальности мы уже сегодня предъявляем эти требования к своим серверам и работаем с поставщиками серверов над еще большим расширением диапазона температур, так как наш модуль и подход Gen 4 становится реальностью. Для подобного класса инфраструктуры мы удаляем генераторы, чиллеры, ИБП, и, возможно, будем предлагать более низкие затраты, по сравнению с традиционной инфраструктурой.

    Applications that demand higher level of redundancy or temperature control will use configurations of Gen 4 to meet those needs, however, they will also cost more (but still less than traditional data centers). We see this cost difference driving engineering behavioral change in that we predict more applications will drive towards Geo redundancy to lower costs.

    Системы, которым требуется более высокий уровень резервирования или температурного контроля, будут использовать конфигурации Gen 4, отвечающие этим требованиям, однако, они будут также стоить больше. Но все равно они будут стоить меньше, чем традиционные дата-центры. Мы предвидим, что эти различия в затратах будут вызывать изменения в методах инжиниринга, и по нашим прогнозам, это будет выражаться в переходе все большего числа систем на гео-избыточность и меньшие затраты.

    Another cool thing about Gen 4 is that it allows us to deploy capacity when our demand dictates it. Once finalized, we will no longer need to make large upfront investments. Imagine driving capital costs more closely in-line with actual demand, thus greatly reducing time-to-market and adding the capacity Online inherent in the design. Also reduced is the amount of construction labor required to put these “building blocks” together. Since the entire platform requires pre-manufacture of its core components, on-site construction costs are lowered. This allows us to maximize our return on invested capital.

    Еще одно достоинство Gen 4 состоит в том, что он позволяет нам разворачивать дополнительные мощности, когда нам это необходимо. Как только мы закончим проект, нам больше не нужно будет делать большие начальные капиталовложения. Представьте себе возможность более точного согласования капитальных затрат с реальными требованиями, и тем самым значительного снижения времени вывода на рынок и интерактивного добавления мощностей, предусматриваемого проектом. Также снижен объем строительных работ, требуемых для сборки этих “строительных блоков”. Поскольку вся платформа требует предварительного изготовления ее базовых компонентов, затраты на сборку также снижены. Это позволит нам увеличить до максимума окупаемость своих капиталовложений.
    Мы все подвергаем сомнению

    In our design process, we questioned everything. You may notice there is no roof and some might be uncomfortable with this. We explored the need of one and throughout our research we got some surprising (positive) results that showed one wasn’t needed.

    В своем процессе проектирования мы все подвергаем сомнению. Вы, наверное, обратили внимание на отсутствие крыши, и некоторым специалистам это могло не понравиться. Мы изучили необходимость в крыше и в ходе своих исследований получили удивительные результаты, которые показали, что крыша не нужна.
    Серийное производство дата центров


    In short, we are striving to bring Henry Ford’s Model T factory to the data center. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#Model_T. Gen 4 will move data centers from a custom design and build model to a commoditized manufacturing approach. We intend to have our components built in factories and then assemble them in one location (the data center site) very quickly. Think about how a computer, car or plane is built today. Components are manufactured by different companies all over the world to a predefined spec and then integrated in one location based on demands and feature requirements. And just like Henry Ford’s assembly line drove the cost of building and the time-to-market down dramatically for the automobile industry, we expect Gen 4 to do the same for data centers. Everything will be pre-manufactured and assembled on the pad.

    Мы хотим применить модель автомобильной фабрики Генри Форда к дата-центру. Проект Gen 4 будет способствовать переходу от модели специализированного проектирования и строительства к товарно-производственному, серийному подходу. Мы намерены изготавливать свои компоненты на заводах, а затем очень быстро собирать их в одном месте, в месте строительства дата-центра. Подумайте о том, как сегодня изготавливается компьютер, автомобиль или самолет. Компоненты изготавливаются по заранее определенным спецификациям разными компаниями во всем мире, затем собираются в одном месте на основе спроса и требуемых характеристик. И точно так же как сборочный конвейер Генри Форда привел к значительному уменьшению затрат на производство и времени вывода на рынок в автомобильной промышленности, мы надеемся, что Gen 4 сделает то же самое для дата-центров. Все будет предварительно изготавливаться и собираться на месте.
    Невероятно энергоэффективный ЦОД


    And did we mention that this platform will be, overall, incredibly energy efficient? From a total energy perspective not only will we have remarkable PUE values, but the total cost of energy going into the facility will be greatly reduced as well. How much energy goes into making concrete? Will we need as much of it? How much energy goes into the fuel of the construction vehicles? This will also be greatly reduced! A key driver is our goal to achieve an average PUE at or below 1.125 by 2012 across our data centers. More than that, we are on a mission to reduce the overall amount of copper and water used in these facilities. We believe these will be the next areas of industry attention when and if the energy problem is solved. So we are asking today…“how can we build a data center with less building”?

    А мы упоминали, что эта платформа будет, в общем, невероятно энергоэффективной? С точки зрения общей энергии, мы получим не только поразительные значения PUE, но общая стоимость энергии, затраченной на объект будет также значительно снижена. Сколько энергии идет на производство бетона? Нам нужно будет столько энергии? Сколько энергии идет на питание инженерных строительных машин? Это тоже будет значительно снижено! Главным стимулом является достижение среднего PUE не больше 1.125 для всех наших дата-центров к 2012 году. Более того, у нас есть задача сокращения общего количества меди и воды в дата-центрах. Мы думаем, что эти задачи станут следующей заботой отрасли после того как будет решена энергетическая проблема. Итак, сегодня мы спрашиваем себя…“как можно построить дата-центр с меньшим объемом строительных работ”?
    Строительство дата центров без чиллеров

    We have talked openly and publicly about building chiller-less data centers and running our facilities using aggressive outside economization. Our sincerest hope is that Gen 4 will completely eliminate the use of water. Today’s data centers use massive amounts of water and we see water as the next scarce resource and have decided to take a proactive stance on making water conservation part of our plan.

    Мы открыто и публично говорили о строительстве дата-центров без чиллеров и активном использовании в наших центрах обработки данных технологий свободного охлаждения или фрикулинга. Мы искренне надеемся, что Gen 4 позволит полностью отказаться от использования воды. Современные дата-центры расходуют большие объемы воды и так как мы считаем воду следующим редким ресурсом, мы решили принять упреждающие меры и включить экономию воды в свой план.

    By sharing this with the industry, we believe everyone can benefit from our methodology. While this concept and approach may be intimidating (or downright frightening) to some in the industry, disclosure ultimately is better for all of us.

    Делясь этим опытом с отраслью, мы считаем, что каждый сможет извлечь выгоду из нашей методологией. Хотя эта концепция и подход могут показаться пугающими (или откровенно страшными) для некоторых отраслевых специалистов, раскрывая свои планы мы, в конечном счете, делаем лучше для всех нас.

    Gen 4 design (even more than just containers), could reduce the ‘religious’ debates in our industry. With the central spine infrastructure in place, containers or pre-manufactured server halls can be either AC or DC, air-side economized or water-side economized, or not economized at all (though the sanity of that might be questioned). Gen 4 will allow us to decommission, repair and upgrade quickly because everything is modular. No longer will we be governed by the initial decisions made when constructing the facility. We will have almost unlimited use and re-use of the facility and site. We will also be able to use power in an ultra-fluid fashion moving load from critical to non-critical as use and capacity requirements dictate.

    Проект Gen 4 позволит уменьшить ‘религиозные’ споры в нашей отрасли. Располагая базовой инфраструктурой, контейнеры или сборные серверные могут оборудоваться системами переменного или постоянного тока, воздушными или водяными экономайзерами, или вообще не использовать экономайзеры. Хотя можно подвергать сомнению разумность такого решения. Gen 4 позволит нам быстро выполнять работы по выводу из эксплуатации, ремонту и модернизации, поскольку все будет модульным. Мы больше не будем руководствоваться начальными решениями, принятыми во время строительства дата-центра. Мы сможем использовать этот дата-центр и инфраструктуру в течение почти неограниченного периода времени. Мы также сможем применять сверхгибкие методы использования электрической энергии, переводя оборудование в режимы критической или некритической нагрузки в соответствии с требуемой мощностью.
    Gen 4 – это стандартная платформа

    Finally, we believe this is a big game changer. Gen 4 will provide a standard platform that our industry can innovate around. For example, all modules in our Gen 4 will have common interfaces clearly defined by our specs and any vendor that meets these specifications will be able to plug into our infrastructure. Whether you are a computer vendor, UPS vendor, generator vendor, etc., you will be able to plug and play into our infrastructure. This means we can also source anyone, anywhere on the globe to minimize costs and maximize performance. We want to help motivate the industry to further innovate—with innovations from which everyone can reap the benefits.

    Наконец, мы уверены, что это будет фактором, который значительно изменит ситуацию. Gen 4 будет представлять собой стандартную платформу, которую отрасль сможет обновлять. Например, все модули в нашем Gen 4 будут иметь общепринятые интерфейсы, четко определяемые нашими спецификациями, и оборудование любого поставщика, которое отвечает этим спецификациям можно будет включать в нашу инфраструктуру. Независимо от того производите вы компьютеры, ИБП, генераторы и т.п., вы сможете включать свое оборудование нашу инфраструктуру. Это означает, что мы также сможем обеспечивать всех, в любом месте земного шара, тем самым сводя до минимума затраты и максимальной увеличивая производительность. Мы хотим создать в отрасли мотивацию для дальнейших инноваций – инноваций, от которых каждый сможет получать выгоду.
    Главные характеристики дата-центров четвертого поколения Gen4

    To summarize, the key characteristics of our Generation 4 data centers are:

    Scalable
    Plug-and-play spine infrastructure
    Factory pre-assembled: Pre-Assembled Containers (PACs) & Pre-Manufactured Buildings (PMBs)
    Rapid deployment
    De-mountable
    Reduce TTM
    Reduced construction
    Sustainable measures

    Ниже приведены главные характеристики дата-центров четвертого поколения Gen 4:

    Расширяемость;
    Готовая к использованию базовая инфраструктура;
    Изготовление в заводских условиях: сборные контейнеры (PAC) и сборные здания (PMB);
    Быстрота развертывания;
    Возможность демонтажа;
    Снижение времени вывода на рынок (TTM);
    Сокращение сроков строительства;
    Экологичность;

    Map applications to DC Class

    We hope you join us on this incredible journey of change and innovation!

    Long hours of research and engineering time are invested into this process. There are still some long days and nights ahead, but the vision is clear. Rest assured however, that we as refine Generation 4, the team will soon be looking to Generation 5 (even if it is a bit farther out). There is always room to get better.


    Использование систем электропитания постоянного тока.

    Мы надеемся, что вы присоединитесь к нам в этом невероятном путешествии по миру изменений и инноваций!

    На этот проект уже потрачены долгие часы исследований и проектирования. И еще предстоит потратить много дней и ночей, но мы имеем четкое представление о конечной цели. Однако будьте уверены, что как только мы доведем до конца проект модульного дата-центра четвертого поколения, мы вскоре начнем думать о проекте дата-центра пятого поколения. Всегда есть возможность для улучшений.

    So if you happen to come across Goldilocks in the forest, and you are curious as to why she is smiling you will know that she feels very good about getting very close to ‘JUST RIGHT’.

    Generations of Evolution – some background on our data center designs

    Так что, если вы встретите в лесу девочку по имени Лютик, и вам станет любопытно, почему она улыбается, вы будете знать, что она очень довольна тем, что очень близко подошла к ‘ОПИМАЛЬНОМУ РЕШЕНИЮ’.
    Поколения эволюции – история развития наших дата-центров

    We thought you might be interested in understanding what happened in the first three generations of our data center designs. When Ray Ozzie wrote his Software plus Services memo it posed a very interesting challenge to us. The winds of change were at ‘tornado’ proportions. That “plus Services” tag had some significant (and unstated) challenges inherent to it. The first was that Microsoft was going to evolve even further into an operations company. While we had been running large scale Internet services since 1995, this development lead us to an entirely new level. Additionally, these “services” would span across both Internet and Enterprise businesses. To those of you who have to operate “stuff”, you know that these are two very different worlds in operational models and challenges. It also meant that, to achieve the same level of reliability and performance required our infrastructure was going to have to scale globally and in a significant way.

    Мы подумали, что может быть вам будет интересно узнать историю первых трех поколений наших центров обработки данных. Когда Рэй Оззи написал свою памятную записку Software plus Services, он поставил перед нами очень интересную задачу. Ветра перемен двигались с ураганной скоростью. Это окончание “plus Services” скрывало в себе какие-то значительные и неопределенные задачи. Первая заключалась в том, что Майкрософт собиралась в еще большей степени стать операционной компанией. Несмотря на то, что мы управляли большими интернет-сервисами, начиная с 1995 г., эта разработка подняла нас на абсолютно новый уровень. Кроме того, эти “сервисы” охватывали интернет-компании и корпорации. Тем, кому приходится всем этим управлять, известно, что есть два очень разных мира в области операционных моделей и задач. Это также означало, что для достижения такого же уровня надежности и производительности требовалось, чтобы наша инфраструктура располагала значительными возможностями расширения в глобальных масштабах.

    It was that intense atmosphere of change that we first started re-evaluating data center technology and processes in general and our ideas began to reach farther than what was accepted by the industry at large. This was the era of Generation 1. As we look at where most of the world’s data centers are today (and where our facilities were), it represented all the known learning and design requirements that had been in place since IBM built the first purpose-built computer room. These facilities focused more around uptime, reliability and redundancy. Big infrastructure was held accountable to solve all potential environmental shortfalls. This is where the majority of infrastructure in the industry still is today.

    Именно в этой атмосфере серьезных изменений мы впервые начали переоценку ЦОД-технологий и технологий вообще, и наши идеи начали выходить за пределы общепринятых в отрасли представлений. Это была эпоха ЦОД первого поколения. Когда мы узнали, где сегодня располагается большинство мировых дата-центров и где находятся наши предприятия, это представляло весь опыт и навыки проектирования, накопленные со времени, когда IBM построила первую серверную. В этих ЦОД больше внимания уделялось бесперебойной работе, надежности и резервированию. Большая инфраструктура была призвана решать все потенциальные экологические проблемы. Сегодня большая часть инфраструктуры все еще находится на этом этапе своего развития.

    We soon realized that traditional data centers were quickly becoming outdated. They were not keeping up with the demands of what was happening technologically and environmentally. That’s when we kicked off our Generation 2 design. Gen 2 facilities started taking into account sustainability, energy efficiency, and really looking at the total cost of energy and operations.

    Очень быстро мы поняли, что стандартные дата-центры очень быстро становятся устаревшими. Они не поспевали за темпами изменений технологических и экологических требований. Именно тогда мы стали разрабатывать ЦОД второго поколения. В этих дата-центрах Gen 2 стали принимать во внимание такие факторы как устойчивое развитие, энергетическая эффективность, а также общие энергетические и эксплуатационные.

    No longer did we view data centers just for the upfront capital costs, but we took a hard look at the facility over the course of its life. Our Quincy, Washington and San Antonio, Texas facilities are examples of our Gen 2 data centers where we explored and implemented new ways to lessen the impact on the environment. These facilities are considered two leading industry examples, based on their energy efficiency and ability to run and operate at new levels of scale and performance by leveraging clean hydro power (Quincy) and recycled waste water (San Antonio) to cool the facility during peak cooling months.

    Мы больше не рассматривали дата-центры только с точки зрения начальных капитальных затрат, а внимательно следили за работой ЦОД на протяжении его срока службы. Наши объекты в Куинси, Вашингтоне, и Сан-Антонио, Техас, являются образцами наших ЦОД второго поколения, в которых мы изучали и применяли на практике новые способы снижения воздействия на окружающую среду. Эти объекты считаются двумя ведущими отраслевыми примерами, исходя из их энергетической эффективности и способности работать на новых уровнях производительности, основанных на использовании чистой энергии воды (Куинси) и рециклирования отработанной воды (Сан-Антонио) для охлаждения объекта в самых жарких месяцах.

    As we were delivering our Gen 2 facilities into steel and concrete, our Generation 3 facilities were rapidly driving the evolution of the program. The key concepts for our Gen 3 design are increased modularity and greater concentration around energy efficiency and scale. The Gen 3 facility will be best represented by the Chicago, Illinois facility currently under construction. This facility will seem very foreign compared to the traditional data center concepts most of the industry is comfortable with. In fact, if you ever sit around in our container hanger in Chicago it will look incredibly different from a traditional raised-floor data center. We anticipate this modularization will drive huge efficiencies in terms of cost and operations for our business. We will also introduce significant changes in the environmental systems used to run our facilities. These concepts and processes (where applicable) will help us gain even greater efficiencies in our existing footprint, allowing us to further maximize infrastructure investments.

    Так как наши ЦОД второго поколения строились из стали и бетона, наши центры обработки данных третьего поколения начали их быстро вытеснять. Главными концептуальными особенностями ЦОД третьего поколения Gen 3 являются повышенная модульность и большее внимание к энергетической эффективности и масштабированию. Дата-центры третьего поколения лучше всего представлены объектом, который в настоящее время строится в Чикаго, Иллинойс. Этот ЦОД будет выглядеть очень необычно, по сравнению с общепринятыми в отрасли представлениями о дата-центре. Действительно, если вам когда-либо удастся побывать в нашем контейнерном ангаре в Чикаго, он покажется вам совершенно непохожим на обычный дата-центр с фальшполом. Мы предполагаем, что этот модульный подход будет способствовать значительному повышению эффективности нашего бизнеса в отношении затрат и операций. Мы также внесем существенные изменения в климатические системы, используемые в наших ЦОД. Эти концепции и технологии, если применимо, позволят нам добиться еще большей эффективности наших существующих дата-центров, и тем самым еще больше увеличивать капиталовложения в инфраструктуру.

    This is definitely a journey, not a destination industry. In fact, our Generation 4 design has been under heavy engineering for viability and cost for over a year. While the demand of our commercial growth required us to make investments as we grew, we treated each step in the learning as a process for further innovation in data centers. The design for our future Gen 4 facilities enabled us to make visionary advances that addressed the challenges of building, running, and operating facilities all in one concerted effort.

    Это определенно путешествие, а не конечный пункт назначения. На самом деле, наш проект ЦОД четвертого поколения подвергался серьезным испытаниям на жизнеспособность и затраты на протяжении целого года. Хотя необходимость в коммерческом росте требовала от нас постоянных капиталовложений, мы рассматривали каждый этап своего развития как шаг к будущим инновациям в области дата-центров. Проект наших будущих ЦОД четвертого поколения Gen 4 позволил нам делать фантастические предположения, которые касались задач строительства, управления и эксплуатации объектов как единого упорядоченного процесса.


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