speaking+part

as [əz, stressed æz]

alors que ⇒ 1 (a) comme ⇒ 1 (b), 2 puisque ⇒ 1 (c) que ⇒ 1 (e) en tant que ⇒ 2 contre ⇒ 4 quant à ⇒ 6 à partir de ⇒ 7, 11 comme si ⇒ 8, 13 déjà ⇒ 9 pour ainsi dire ⇒ 10 en plus, aussi ⇒ 15 (a) en plus de ⇒ 16 encore ⇒ 17

1 conjunction

(a) (while) alors que;

∎ the phone rang as I was coming in le téléphone s'est mis à sonner alors que ou au moment où j'entrais;

∎ I listened as she explained the plan to them je l'ai écoutée leur expliquer le projet;

∎ as a student, he worked part-time lorsqu'il était étudiant, il travaillait à mi-temps;

∎ as he advanced, I retreated (au fur et) à mesure qu'il avançait, je reculais;

∎ take two aspirins as needed prenez deux aspirines en cas de douleur

(b) (like) comme, ainsi que;

∎ A as in Abel A comme Anatole;

∎ as usual comme d'habitude;

∎ as shown by the unemployment rate comme ou ainsi que le montre le taux de chômage;

∎ as is often the case comme c'est souvent le cas;

∎ she is a doctor, as is her sister elle est médecin comme sa sœur;

∎ as I told you comme je vous l'ai dit;

∎ as you know, the inflation rate has gone up comme vous le savez, le taux d'inflation a augmenté;

∎ do as you see fit faites comme bon vous semble;

∎ leave it as it is laissez-le tel qu'il est ou tel quel;

∎ to buy sth as is acheter qch en l'état;

∎ Military as you were! repos!;

∎ humorous my mistake! as you were! c'est moi qui me trompe! faites comme si je n'avais rien dit!

(c) (since) puisque;

∎ let her drive, as it's her car laissez-la conduire, puisque c'est sa voiture;

∎ as you're the one in charge, you'd better be there étant donné que c'est vous le responsable, il faut que vous soyez là

(d) formal (concessive use)

∎ old as I am, I can still keep up with them malgré mon âge, j'arrive à les suivre;

∎ try as they might, they couldn't persuade her malgré tous leurs efforts, ils n'ont pu la convaincre;

∎ powerful as the president is, he cannot stop his country's disintegration quelque pouvoir qu'ait le président, il ne peut empêcher la ruine de son pays

(e) (with 'the same', 'such')

∎ I had the same problems as you did j'ai eu les mêmes problèmes que toi;

∎ at the same time as last week à la même heure que la semaine dernière;

∎ such a problem as only an expert can solve un problème que seul un expert peut résoudre

2 preposition

en tant que, comme;

∎ as her husband, he cannot testify étant son mari, il ne peut pas témoigner;

∎ he was dressed as a clown il était habillé en clown;

∎ I advised him as his friend, not as his teacher je l'ai conseillé en tant qu'ami, pas en tant que professeur;

∎ with Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara avec Vivien Leigh dans le rôle de Scarlett O'Hara

3 adverb

∎ (in comparisons) it's twice as big c'est deux fois plus grand;

∎ it costs half as much again ça coûte la moitié plus;

∎ as... as aussi... que;

∎ he's as intelligent as his brother il est aussi intelligent que son frère;

∎ he isn't as talented as you (are) il n'est pas aussi doué que vous;

∎ as often as possible aussi souvent que possible;

∎ not as often as I would like pas aussi souvent que je voudrais;

∎ they aren't as innocent as they look ils ne sont pas aussi innocents qu'ils en ont l'air;

∎ I worked as much for you as for me j'ai travaillé autant pour toi que pour moi

4 as against preposition

contre;

∎ he received 39 votes as against the 17 for his rival il a obtenu 39 votes contre 17 pour son adversaire

5 as and when

1 conjunction

2 adverb

familiar en temps voulu^□ ;

∎ you'll be sent the money as and when on vous enverra l'argent en temps voulu

6 as for preposition

quant à;

∎ as for me, I don't intend to go pour ma part ou quant à moi, je n'ai pas l'intention d'y aller;

∎ as for your threats, they don't scare me in the least pour ce qui est de ou quant à vos menaces, elles ne me font pas peur du tout

7 as from preposition

à partir de;

∎ as from yesterday depuis hier;

∎ as from tomorrow à partir de demain;

∎ as from next week I'll be unemployed je serai au chômage à partir de la semaine prochaine

8 as if conjunction

comme si;

∎ he looks as if he's drunk on dirait qu'il est soûl;

∎ he carried on as if nothing had happened il a continué comme si de rien n'était ou comme s'il ne s'était rien passé;

∎ as if aware of my look, she turned comme si elle avait senti mon regard, elle s'est retournée;

∎ as if by chance comme par hasard;

∎ he moved as if to strike him il a fait un mouvement comme pour le frapper;

∎ it's not as if she were my sister ce n'est quand même pas comme si c'était ma sœur;

∎ as if it mattered! comme si ça avait aucune importance!;

∎ as if I would allow it! comme si j'allais le permettre!;

∎ humorous as if! tu parles!;

∎ he said he would do it - as if! il a dit qu'il le ferait - mon œil!

9 as it is adverb

(a) (in present circumstances) les choses étant ce qu'elles sont;

∎ she's hoping for promotion, but as it is there's little chance of that elle espère obtenir une promotion, mais dans la situation actuelle ou les choses étant ce qu'elles sont, il est peu probable que cela arrive

(b) (already) déjà;

∎ you've got enough work as it is vous avez déjà assez de travail, vous avez assez de travail comme ça;

∎ as it is I'm an hour late j'ai déjà une heure de retard

10 as it were adverb

pour ainsi dire

11 as of preposition

à partir de;

∎ as of yesterday depuis hier;

∎ as of tomorrow à partir de demain;

∎ as of next week I'll be unemployed je serai au chômage à partir de la semaine prochaine

12 as such adverb

(a) (properly speaking) véritablement, à proprement parler;

∎ it's not a contract as such, more a gentleman's agreement ce n'est pas un véritable contrat ou pas un contrat à proprement parler ou pas véritablement un contrat, mais plutôt un accord entre hommes de parole

(b) (in itself) même, en soi;

∎ the place as such isn't great l'endroit même ou en soi n'est pas terrible

(c) (in that capacity) à ce titre, en tant que tel;

∎ I'm his father and as such, I insist on knowing je suis son père et à ce titre j'insiste pour qu'on me mette au courant

13 as though conjunction

comme si;

∎ he looks as though he's drunk on dirait qu'il est soûl;

∎ he carried on as though nothing had happened il a continué comme si de rien n'était ou comme s'il ne s'était rien passé;

∎ as though aware of my look, she turned comme si elle avait senti mon regard, elle s'est retournée;

∎ it's not as though she were my sister ce n'est quand même pas comme si c'était ma sœur

14 as to preposition

∎ (regarding) to question sb as to his/her motives interroger qn sur ses motifs;

∎ I'm still uncertain as to the nature of the problem j'hésite encore sur la nature du problème;

∎ as to that quant à cela, pour cela

15 as well adverb

(a) (in addition) en plus; (also) aussi;

∎ I'd like one as well j'en voudrais un aussi;

∎ he bought the house and the land as well il a acheté la maison et la propriété aussi;

∎ and then the car broke down as well! et par-dessus le marché la voiture est tombée en panne!

(b) (with modal verbs)

∎ you may as well tell me the truth autant me dire ou tu ferais aussi bien de me dire la vérité;

∎ now that we're here, we might as well stay puisque nous sommes là, autant rester;

∎ shall we go to the cinema? - we might as well et si on allait au cinéma? - pourquoi pas?;

∎ she was angry, as well she might be elle était furieuse, et ça n'est pas surprenant;

∎ he has a few doubts about the job, as well he might il a quelques doutes sur cet emploi, ce qui n'est guère surprenant;

∎ he apologized profusely - as well he should! il s'est confondu en excuses - j'espère bien!;

∎ perhaps I'd better leave - that might be as well peut-être vaudrait-il mieux que je m'en aille - je crois que ça vaut mieux;

∎ it would be as well not to break it ce serait mieux si on pouvait éviter de le casser;

∎ I decided not to write back - just as well really j'ai décidé de ne pas répondre - c'est mieux comme ça;

∎ it would be just as well if you were present il vaudrait mieux que vous soyez là;

∎ it's just as well he missed his flight c'est une bonne chose qu'il ait manqué l'avion

16 as well as conjunction

(in addition to) en plus de;

∎ so she's a liar as well as a thief alors comme ça, c'est une menteuse en plus d'être une voleuse;

∎ Jim looks after the children as well as helping around the house Jim s'occupe des enfants en plus de participer au ménage

17 as yet adverb

encore;

∎ I don't have the answer as yet je n'ai pas encore la réponse;

∎ an as yet undisclosed sum une somme qui n'a pas encore été révélée

✾ Play 'As you like it' Shakespeare 'Comme il vous plaira'

behalf [bɪ'hɑ:f]

noun

∎ British on behalf of sb, American in behalf of sb (as their representative) de la part de ou au nom de qn; (in their interest) dans l'intérêt de ou pour qn;

∎ on behalf of everyone here, I thank you au nom de tous ceux qui sont ici présents, je vous remercie;

∎ I'm here on behalf of the president je viens de la part du président;

∎ speaking on my own behalf or on behalf of myself en mon (propre) nom;

∎ she accepted the award on his behalf elle a reçu le prix en son nom ou pour lui;

∎ she acted on his behalf when he was ill c'est elle qui l'a représenté quand il était malade;

∎ your lawyer acts on your behalf votre avocat agit en votre nom;

∎ the commission decided on their behalf la commission a décidé en leur nom;

∎ don't worry on my behalf ne vous inquiétez pas à mon sujet

just¹ [dʒʌst]

juste ⇒ 1 (a)-(f) seulement ⇒ 1 (c) exactement ⇒ 1 (d) à peine ⇒ 1 (e) absolument ⇒ 1 (i) presque ⇒ 2 (a)

1 adverb

(a) (indicating immediate past) juste;

∎ just the other day pas plus tard que l'autre jour;

∎ just last week pas plus tard que la semaine dernière;

∎ she has just gone out elle vient juste de sortir;

∎ they had (only) just arrived ils venaient (tout) juste d'arriver;

∎ I've (only) just seen him going downstairs je viens de le voir à l'instant qui descendait;

∎ I've just been speaking to him on the phone je viens juste de lui parler au téléphone, je lui parlais au téléphone à l'instant;

∎ she's just this moment or minute left the office elle vient de sortir du bureau à l'instant;

∎ he's just been to Mexico il revient ou rentre du Mexique;

∎ I saw him just yesterday, I just saw him yesterday je l'ai vu pas plus tard qu'hier;

∎ he has just left school il sort du lycée;

∎ Scottish & Irish familiar I'm just after seeing him je viens de le voir^□

(b) (indicating present or immediate future) juste;

∎ I was just going to phone you j'allais juste ou justement te téléphoner, j'étais sur le point de te téléphoner;

∎ my hair is just turning grey or is just beginning to turn grey mes cheveux commencent juste à grisonner;

∎ familiar I'm just off je m'en vais^□ ;

∎ familiar just coming! j'arrive tout de suite!^□ ;

∎ to be just about to do sth être sur le point de faire qch;

∎ I was just about to tell you j'allais justement te le dire;

∎ I'm just making tea, do you want some? je suis en train de faire du thé, tu en veux?

(c) (only, merely) juste, seulement;

∎ just a few quelques-uns/quelques-unes seulement;

∎ just a little juste un peu;

∎ just a minute or a moment or a second, please une (petite) minute ou un (petit) instant, s'il vous plaît;

∎ just a minute, aren't you supposed to be somewhere else? une seconde, tu n'es pas censé être ailleurs?;

∎ tell him just to wait dites-lui qu'il n'a qu'à attendre;

∎ familiar I'll just pop in je ne ferai qu'entrer et sortir;

∎ just ask if you need money vous n'avez qu'à demander si vous avez besoin d'argent;

∎ do you want some whisky? - just a drop est-ce que tu veux du whisky? - juste une goutte;

∎ it costs just $10 ça ne coûte que 10 dollars, ça coûte 10 dollars seulement;

∎ we have just a few copies left il nous (en) reste quelques exemplaires seulement ou juste quelques exemplaires;

∎ it was just a dream ce n'était qu'un rêve;

∎ he's just a clerk ce n'est qu'un simple employé;

∎ she's just a baby ce n'est qu'un bébé;

∎ we're just friends nous sommes amis, c'est tout;

∎ I have come just to see you je viens seulement ou juste ou uniquement pour vous voir;

∎ he was just trying to help il voulait juste ou simplement rendre service;

∎ if he could just work a little harder! si seulement il pouvait travailler un peu plus!;

∎ if the job is so unpleasant you should just leave si le travail est désagréable à ce point, tu n'as qu'à démissionner;

∎ don't argue, just do it! ne discute pas, fais-le, c'est tout!;

∎ if you can just sign here please juste une petite signature ici, s'il vous plaît;

∎ you can't ask just anybody to present the prizes tu ne peux pas demander au premier venu de présenter les prix;

∎ this is not just any horse race, this is the Derby! ça n'est pas n'importe quelle course de chevaux, c'est le Derby!

(d) (exactly, precisely) exactement, juste;

∎ just here/there juste ici/là;

∎ just at that moment juste à ce moment-là;

∎ that's just what I needed c'est exactement ou juste ce qu'il me fallait; ironic il ne me manquait plus que ça;

∎ just what are you getting at? où veux-tu en venir exactement?;

∎ just why does she do it? pour quelles raisons exactement le fait-elle?, pourquoi exactement le fait-elle?;

∎ he's just like his father c'est son père tout craché;

∎ she's just the person for the job elle a exactement le profil requis pour ce poste;

∎ that dress is just the same as yours cette robe est exactement la même que la tienne;

∎ oh, I can just picture it! oh, je vois tout à fait!;

∎ that hat is just you ce chapeau te va à merveille;

∎ you speak French just as well as I do ton français est tout aussi bon que le mien;

∎ I'd just as soon go tomorrow j'aimerais autant y aller demain;

∎ it's just ten o'clock il est dix heures juste(s) ou pile, il est tout juste dix heures;

∎ ironic (it's) just my luck! c'est bien ma chance!;

∎ don't come in just yet n'entre pas tout de suite;

∎ that's just it or just the point! précisément!, justement!, voilà!

(e) (barely) (tout) juste, à peine;

∎ I could just make out what they were saying je parvenais tout juste à entendre ce qu'ils disaient;

∎ you came just in time! tu es arrivé juste à temps!;

∎ she's just in time for a drink elle arrive pile pour ou elle arrive juste à temps pour prendre un verre;

∎ he (only) just managed to catch the train il a eu le train de justesse, c'est tout juste s'il a eu le train;

∎ she caught the train but (only) just elle a eu le train mais c'était juste ou c'était de justesse;

∎ they (only) just missed the train ils ont manqué le train de peu;

∎ I just missed a lorry j'ai failli heurter un camion;

∎ the trousers just fit me je rentre tout juste dans le pantalon

(f) (a little)

∎ it costs just over/under £50 ça coûte un tout petit peu plus de/moins de 50 livres;

∎ it's just after/before two o'clock il est un peu plus/moins de deux heures;

∎ just after my birthday juste après ou peu après mon anniversaire;

∎ just afterwards juste après;

∎ just in front/behind/above/below juste devant/derrière/au-dessus/au-dessous;

∎ it's just to the right of the painting c'est juste à droite du tableau

(g) (possibly)

∎ I may or might just be able to do it il n'est pas impossible que je puisse le faire;

∎ his story might or could just be true son histoire pourrait être vraie, il est possible que son histoire soit vraie

(h) (emphatic use)

∎ just think what might have happened! imagine un peu ce qui aurait pu arriver!;

∎ we just can't understand it nous n'arrivons vraiment pas à comprendre;

∎ just wait till I find the culprit! attends un peu que je trouve le coupable!;

∎ just be quiet, will you! veux-tu bien te taire!;

∎ now just you wait a minute, Kate! hé, une petite minute, Kate!;

∎ just (you) try! essaie donc un peu!;

∎ I just won't do it il n'est pas question que je le fasse;

∎ it just isn't good enough c'est loin d'être satisfaisant, c'est tout;

∎ British he looks terrible in that suit - doesn't he just! ce costume ne lui va pas du tout - je ne te le fais pas dire!;

∎ British do you remember? - don't I just! tu t'en souviens? - et comment (que je m'en souviens)!;

∎ why don't you want to go? - I just don't pourquoi est-ce que tu ne veux pas y aller? - je ne veux pas, c'est tout!

(i) (utterly, completely) absolument;

∎ the meal was just delicious le repas était tout simplement ou vraiment délicieux;

∎ everything is just fine tout est parfait;

∎ this is just ridiculous! c'est vraiment ridicule!;

∎ don't you just love that hat? adorable, ce chapeau, non?;

∎ I just loved Barcelona j'ai vraiment adoré Barcelone

(j) (on signs)

∎ just picked cueilli du jour;

∎ just cooked cuit du jour;

∎ just arrived fraîchement arrivé

2 just about adverb

(a) (very nearly) presque, quasiment;

∎ it's just about ten o'clock il est plus ou moins ou à peu près dix heures;

∎ dinner is just about ready le dîner est presque prêt;

∎ she's just about as tall as you elle est presque aussi grande que toi;

∎ familiar that just about does it! ça suffit comme ça!;

∎ I've just about had enough of your sarcasm! j'en ai franchement assez de tes sarcasmes!;

∎ have you finished? - just about est-ce que vous avez terminé? - presque

(b) (barely) (tout) juste;

∎ can you reach the shelf? - just about! est-ce que tu peux atteindre l'étagère? - (tout) juste!;

∎ his handwriting is just about legible son écriture est tout juste ou à peine lisible

(c) (approximately)

∎ their plane should be taking off just about now leur avion devrait être sur le point de décoller

3 just as conjunction

(a) (at the same time as) juste au moment où;

∎ they arrived just as we were leaving ils sont arrivés juste au moment où nous partions;

∎ just as the door was opening au moment même où la porte s'ouvrait

(b) (exactly as)

∎ just as I thought/predicted comme je le pensais/prévoyais;

∎ just as you like or wish comme vous voulez ou voudrez;

∎ why not come just as you are? pourquoi ne viens-tu pas comme tu es?

4 just in case

1 conjunction

juste au cas où;

∎ just in case we don't see each other juste au cas où nous ne nous verrions pas

2 adverb

au cas où;

∎ take a coat, just in case prends un manteau, on ne sait jamais ou au cas où

5 just like that adverb

familiar comme ça;

∎ he told me to clear off, just like that! il m'a dit de me tirer, carrément!;

∎ I can't do it just like that, I need some notice je ne peux pas le faire comme ça, sans être prévenu à l'avance

6 just now adverb

(a) (at this moment)

∎ I'm busy just now je suis occupé pour le moment;

∎ not just now pas en ce moment;

∎ she's not leaving just now elle ne part pas encore, elle ne part pas tout de suite

(b) (a short time ago)

∎ I heard a noise just now je viens juste d'entendre un bruit;

∎ I've just now come from there j'en viens à l'instant;

∎ when did this happen? - just now quand cela s'est-il passé? - à l'instant

7 just on adverb

British exactement;

∎ they've been married just on thirty years ça fait exactement trente ans qu'ils sont mariés;

∎ the fish weighed just on 3 kilos le poisson pesait exactement 3 kilos;

∎ it's just on ten o'clock il est dix heures juste(s) ou pile, il est tout juste dix heures

8 just so

1 adverb

formal (expressing agreement) c'est exact;

∎ are you a magistrate? - just so vous êtes magistrat? - c'est exact

2 adjective

British (properly arranged) parfait;

∎ she likes everything (to be) just so elle aime que tout soit parfait;

∎ he set the vase down just so (carefully) il a posé le vase avec soin

9 just then adverb

à ce moment-là;

∎ I was just then getting ready to go out je me préparais justement à sortir;

∎ just then, a strange figure appeared à ce moment-là, une silhouette étrange apparut

10 just the same adverb

(nonetheless) quand même;

∎ just the same, it's as well to check il vaut quand même mieux vérifier

✾ Book 'Just So Stories' Kipling 'Histoires comme ça'

just²

1 adjective

(a) (fair, impartial) juste, équitable;

∎ a just law une loi juste ou équitable;

∎ a ruler who was just to or towards all men un souverain qui a su faire preuve d'équité (envers tous)

(b) (reasonable, moral) juste, légitime;

∎ a just cause une juste cause;

∎ he has just cause for complaint il a de bonnes raisons pour se plaindre;

∎ to show just cause for concern, to have just cause to be concerned avoir de bonnes raisons de s'inquiéter

(c) (deserved) juste, mérité;

∎ a just reward une juste récompense, une récompense bien méritée;

∎ he got his just deserts il n'a eu que ce qu'il méritait, ce n'est que justice

(d) (accurate) juste, exact;

∎ a just account of the facts un compte rendu exact des faits

(e) Religion (righteous) juste

2 plural noun

∎ the just les justes mpl;

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access time вчт. время доступа access time момент допуска across-the-board time фиксированный момент движения цен на фондовой бирже, затрагивающего все акции action time рабочее время active time активное время active time продолжительность обслуживания actual time фактическое время add time вчт. время сложения air time время выхода в эфир in good time заранее, заблаговременно; all in good time все в свое время; in bad time не вовремя, с опозданием, поздно all-in time произ. стандартный срок allowed time допустимое время arrival time вчт. время входа times to come будущее; as times go по нынешним временам at a time одновременно at my time of life в мои годы, в моем возрасте at times временами; some time or other когда-нибудь; at no time никогда at one time одновременно to make time амер. ехать на определенной скорости; on time амер. точно, вовремя; at one time некогда at the same time в то же самое время at the same time вместе с тем; тем не менее; for the time being пока, до поры до времени at the time в то время at the time of во время at times временами; some time or other когда-нибудь; at no time никогда attended time вчт. время обслуживания available time полезное время in time вовремя; to be in time поспеть, прийти вовремя; in course of time со временем; out of time несвоевременно time муз. темп; такт; to beat time отбивать такт to keep time = to beat time before one's time до (кого-л.); до (чьего-л.) рождения before (behind) the times (или one's time) передовой (отсталый) по взглядам in no time необыкновенно быстро, моментально; before time слишком рано big time разг. успех bit time вчт. такт передачи broadcasting time время трансляции build-up time вчт. время нарастания очереди calculating time вчт. время счета changeover time время перехода к выпуску новой продукции closing time время закрытия closing time время окончания работы compensation time время компенсации compile time вчт. время трансляции computation time вчт. время вычислений computer time машинное время computer time вчт. машинное время computing time вчт. время вычмсления connect time вчт. продолжительность сеанса связи cooling time время охлаждения critical time предельное время cutoff time время прекращения data time вчт. время обмена данными daylight saving time летнее время debug time вчт. время отладки debugging time вчт. время отладки deceleration time вчт. время останова delay time время задержки delay time вчт. время задержки delay time время запаздывания delay time выдержка времени delivery time срок поставки time срок; it is time we were going нам пора идти; time is up срок истек; to do time разг. отбывать тюремное заключение double time ускоренный марш down time вчт. время неисправного состояния down time вчт. простой dwell time вчт. время пребывания в системе effective time полезное время effective waiting time вчт. эффективное время ожидания elapsed time астрономическое время работы elapsed time истекшее время elapsed time общее затраченное время elapsed time фактическая продолжительность entry time вчт. момент входа event time вчт. момент появления события fetch time вчт. время выборки flexible working time гибкий рабочий график in a short time в скором времени; for a short time на короткое время, ненадолго time время; what is the time? который час?; the time of day время дня, час; from time to time время от времени to give (smb.) the time of day, to pass the time of day (with smb.) здороваться; обмениваться приветствиями giving time предоставленное время to go with the times не отставать от жизни; идти в ногу со временем handling time время перемещения handling time время переработки handling time время транспортировки time (часто pl) эпоха, времена; hard times тяжелые времена; time out of mind с незапамятных времен; Shakespeare's times эпоха Шекспира to have a good time, to make a time of it хорошо провести время to while away the time коротать время; to have time on one's hands иметь массу свободного времени idle time вчт. время простоя idle time нерабочий период idle time перерыв в работе idle time период бездействия idle time простой idle time вчт. простой in a short time в скором времени; for a short time на короткое время, ненадолго in good time заранее, заблаговременно; all in good time все в свое время; in bad time не вовремя, с опозданием, поздно in time вовремя; to be in time поспеть, прийти вовремя; in course of time со временем; out of time несвоевременно in good time заранее, заблаговременно; all in good time все в свое время; in bad time не вовремя, с опозданием, поздно in good time точно, своевременно there is no time to lose нельзя терять ни минуты; in (или on) one's own time в свободное время in time вовремя; to be in time поспеть, прийти вовремя; in course of time со временем; out of time несвоевременно ineffective time вчт. время простоя inoperable time нерабочее время instruction time вчт. время выполнения команды interaction time вчт. время взаимодействия time attr. повременный; it beats my time это выше моего понимания; to sell time амер. предоставлять время для выступления по радио или телевидению (за плату) time срок; it is time we were going нам пора идти; time is up срок истек; to do time разг. отбывать тюремное заключение time жизнь, век; it will last my time этого на мой век хватит to keep (good) time идти хорошо (о часах); to keep bad time идти плохо (о часах) to keep time = to beat time to keep time выдерживать ритм to keep time идти верно (о часах) to keep (good) time идти хорошо (о часах); to keep bad time идти плохо (о часах) knocking-off time рын.тр. время окончания работы lag time продолжительность запаздывания latency time вчт. время ожидания lead time время между принятием решения и началом действия lead time время на освоение новой продукции, на выполнение нового заказа lead time время подготовки к выпуску продукции lead time время протекания процесса lead time время реализации заказа lead time задержка, затягивание lead time срок разработки новой продукции load time время загрузки load time вчт. время загрузки loading time время погрузки local time местное время lost time потерянное время lost time is never found again посл. потерянного времени не воротишь; one (two) at a time по одному (по двое) maintenance time продолжительность технического обслуживания to have a good time, to make a time of it хорошо провести время to make time амер. ехать на определенной скорости; on time амер. точно, вовремя; at one time некогда to make time амер. спешить, пытаясь наверстать упущенное make-ready time подготовительное время times outof (или without) number бесчисленное количество раз; many a time часто, много раз mean time between failures среднее время безотказной работы mean time to repair среднее время восстановления minimum time минимальное время multiplication time вчт. время умножения negotiated working time нормированное рабочее время negotiated working time согласованное рабочее время off time вчт. время простоя lost time is never found again посл. потерянного времени не воротишь; one (two) at a time по одному (по двое) opening time время открытия operable time вчт. время готовности operable time рабочее время operating time время эксплуатации operating time наработка operating time вчт. рабочее время operating time срок службы operating time эксплуатационное время operation time вчт. время выполнения операции over time вчт. с течением времени part time неполный рабочий день to give (smb.) the time of day, to pass the time of day (with smb.) здороваться; обмениваться приветствиями payout time срок выплаты preempted time вчт. продолжительность прерывания обслуживания prime time наиболее удобное время processing time вчт. время обработки данных processing time вчт. время обслуживания processing time продолжительность обработки processor time вчт. время счета production time вчт. производительное время productive time полезное время productive time вчт. полезное время productive time продуктивное время productive time производительно используемое время proving time вчт. время проверки question time время, отведенное в парламенте для вопросов правительству read time вчт. время считывания reading time время, уделяемое чтению real time истинное время real time истинный масштаб времени real time реальное время real time вчт. реальное время real time реальный масштаб времени recovery time вчт. время востановления redemption time время выкупа reference time вчт. начало отсчета времени remaining service time вчт. остаточное время обслуживания repair time вчт. время ремонта repair time продолжительность ремонта representative computing time вчт. эталонное время request-response time вчт. время между запросом и ответом resetting time вчт. время возврата residual waiting time остаточное время ожидания response time вчт. время ответа response time вчт. время отклика resting time время отдыха round-trip propagation time вчт. задержка кругового обхода running time вчт. время прогона sampling time вчт. время получения выборки scheduled time директивный срок scheduled time запланированное время scramble time вчт. конкурентное время search time comp. время поиска seek time вчт. время установки time attr. повременный; it beats my time это выше моего понимания; to sell time амер. предоставлять время для выступления по радио или телевидению (за плату) to serve one's time отбыть срок наказания; she is near her time она скоро родит, она на сносях; to work against time стараться уложиться в срок to serve one's time отбыть срок службы service time вчт. время обслуживания setting time вчт. время установки setup time время перестройки производства setup time вчт. время установки setup time продолжительность подготовительно-заключительных операций time (часто pl) эпоха, времена; hard times тяжелые времена; time out of mind с незапамятных времен; Shakespeare's times эпоха Шекспира to serve one's time отбыть срок наказания; she is near her time она скоро родит, она на сносях; to work against time стараться уложиться в срок simulation time вчт. модельное время time раз; six times five is thirty шестью пять - тридцать; ten times as large в десять раз больше; time after time раз за разом; повторно slot time вчт. интервал ответа so that's the time of day! такие-то дела!; take your time! не спешите!; to kill time убить время sojourn time вчт. длительность пребывания at times временами; some time or other когда-нибудь; at no time никогда speaking time время выступления spent waiting time вчт. время ожиданий standard operation time нормативная наработка standard operation time нормативная продолжительность эксплуатации standard operation time нормативный срок службы standard time норматив времени standard time нормативное время standard time стандартное, декретное время start time вчт. время разгона starting time время начала startup time вчт. время запуска stop time вчт. время останова storage time вчт. время хранения данных storing time время хранения swap time вчт. время перекачки system time вчт. время системы system with limited holding time система с ограниченным временем пребывания so that's the time of day! такие-то дела!; take your time! не спешите!; to kill time убить время takedown time вчт. время освобождения time раз; six times five is thirty шестью пять - тридцать; ten times as large в десять раз больше; time after time раз за разом; повторно testing time вчт. время проверки there is no time to lose нельзя терять ни минуты; in (или on) one's own time в свободное время throughput time производительное время time раз; six times five is thirty шестью пять - тридцать; ten times as large в десять раз больше; time after time раз за разом; повторно time attr. относящийся к определенному времени time attr. повременный; it beats my time это выше моего понимания; to sell time амер. предоставлять время для выступления по радио или телевидению (за плату) time between arrivals вчт. интервал между требованиями time for payment срок платежа time for performance срок исполнения time for presentment срок предъявления time for submission срок представления time срок; it is time we were going нам пора идти; time is up срок истек; to do time разг. отбывать тюремное заключение time of acquisition время приобретения time of balance sheet дата представления балансового отчета time of billing срок фактурирования time of closing of accounts дата закрытия счетов time of conception время зачатия time of crisis кризисный период time время; what is the time? который час?; the time of day время дня, час; from time to time время от времени time of death время смерти time of delivery срок поставки time of deposit период, на который сделан срочный вклад time of dispatch (TOD) время отправки time of distribution время размещения time of falling due срок платежа time of implementation период внедрения time of incurring a debt время образования долга time of invoicing время выписки фактуры time of issue время эмиссии time of loading время погрузки time of maturity срок платежа по векселю time of maturity срок ценной бумаги time of operation время выполнения операции time of operation наработка time of operation продолжительность эксплуатации time of operation срок службы time of payment срок платежа time of performance срок исполнения time of performance of contract срок исполнения договора time of purchase время покупки time of receipt (TOR) дата получения time of recording дата регистрации time of redemption срок выкупа time of redemption срок погашения time of sale время продажи time of sale дата продажи time of signature дата подписи time of surrender время вручения time of taking office дата вступления в должность time of taking up duties дата вступления в должность time of termination время прекращения действия time of termination дата истечения срока time of transmission (TOT) время передачи time of transportation время перевозки time of year время года time off нерабочее время time out вчт. тайм-аут time (часто pl) эпоха, времена; hard times тяжелые времена; time out of mind с незапамятных времен; Shakespeare's times эпоха Шекспира time удачно выбирать время; рассчитывать (по времени); приурочивать; to time to the minute рассчитывать до минуты times outof (или without) number бесчисленное количество раз; many a time часто, много раз times to come будущее; as times go по нынешним временам total time вчт. суммарное время time назначать время; the train timed to leave at 6.30 поезд, отходящий по расписанию в 6 ч. 30 м. transfer time вчт. время передачи transfer time срок передачи translating time вчт. время трансляции turnaround time вчт. длительность цикла обработки turnaround time межремонтный срок службы unexpended service time вчт. оставшееся время обслуживания unit time вчт. единичное время time: unused time вчт. неиспользуемое время up time вчт. рабочее время useful time вчт. полезное время user time вчт. время пользователя wait time вчт. время ожидания waiting time время ожидания waiting time вчт. время ожидания waiting time простой по организационным причинам waiting time простой по техническим причинам wasted service time вчт. затраченное время обслуживания time время; what is the time? который час?; the time of day время дня, час; from time to time время от времени to while away the time коротать время; to have time on one's hands иметь массу свободного времени while: time away бездельничать; to while away the time (или a few hours) проводить, коротать время word time вчт. время выборки слова time рабочее время; to work full (part) time работать полный (неполный) рабочий день или полную (неполную) рабочую неделю working time рабочее время write time вчт. время записи zone time поясное время zone: time attr. зональный; поясной; региональный; zone time поясное время

   1) Programs and the Complexity of Human Mental Processes

   In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)

   2) Artificial Intelligence Is an Engineering Discipline

   Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)

   3) A Sceptical View of Artificial Intelligence

   Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....

   When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)

   4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually

   Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the Program

   Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)

   6) The Meaning of a Symbolic Description

   What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   7) The Principle of Artificial Intelligence

   [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)

   8) Artificial Intelligence Recognizes the Need for Knowledge in Its Systems

   The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)

   9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form

   The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)

    10) There Are Many Types of Reasoning

   There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:

    Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."

    Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)

    11) Programs Are Beginning to Do Things That Critics Have Asserted to Be Impossible

   Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)

    12) The Synthesis of Man and Machine

   Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)

    13) The Thesis of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)

   The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)

    14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation

   It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)

    15) Four Kinds of Artificial Intelligence

   We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.

   ♦ Nonpsychological AI

   Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.

   ♦ Weak Psychological AI

   Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.

   ♦ Strong Psychological AI

... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)

   ♦ Suprapsychological AI

   Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)

    16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts

   Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)

    17) Form and Content Are Not Fundamentally Different

   Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System

   Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence

   The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.

   The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)

    20) Mathematical Logic Provides the Basis for Theory in AI

   The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....

   AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)

    21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions

   In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)

    22) Definitions of Artificial Intelligence

   Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)

    23) The Computer Can Not Be a Model of the Mind

   Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)

    24) Computers Will Not Always Be Inferior to Human Brains

   The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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his star is in the ascendant его звезда восходит