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1 importance
[ɪm'pɔːt(ə)ns]nважность, значительность, значимость, ответственностьWe attached no importance to his words. — Мы не придали его словам значения.
Don't put so much importance to this matter. — Не придавайте этому так много значения.
See that the proper importance is given to it. — Проследите за тем, чтобы этому было придано должное значение. /Проследите за тем, чтобы к этому отнеслись с должным вниманием.
- importance of smth- importance of the matter cannot be overestimated
- event of importance
- question of importance
- problem of importance
- matter of utmost highest importance
- person of great importance
- family of some importance
- people of some importance
- man of little importance
- point of grave importance
- prodject of local importance
- town of secondary importance
- detail without importance
- nothing of importance resulted from the meeting
- no trade of any importance
- attach importance to numbers
- be of political importance
- be of military importance
- acquire considerable importance
- lend additional importance to the statement
- complete with one another in commercial importance
- do smth with apparent importance
- be of world importance
- give oneself an air of bustling importance
- stress the relative importance of the place
- exaggerate the importance of the event
- assume importance
- measure smb's importance by smb's income
- grow in importanceUSAGE:(1.) Русским словосочетаниям "иметь (не иметь) значение, быть важным (не важным)" в английском языке соответствуют обороты to be of (no) importance: I did not know it was of such importance я не знал, что это так важно. Существительное importance усиливается прилагательными great, highest, little: we attached little importance to his words мы не придали его словам большого значения. Русское предложение "это не важно" также может быть передано глагол to matter или словосочетанием to make difference: If doesn't matter. It makes no difference. (2.) See easy, adj; USAGE (1.). (3.) See absolutely, adv -
2 essential
1. adjective1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]essential to life — lebensnotwendig od. -wichtig
2. noun, esp. in pl.it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...
1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, dasthe essentials of French grammar — die Grundzüge der französischen Grammatik
* * *[i'senʃəl] 1. adjective(absolutely necessary: Strong boots are essential for mountaineering; It is essential that you arrive punctually.) wesentlich2. noun(a thing that is fundamental or necessary: Everyone should learn the essentials of first aid; Is a television set an essential?) das Wesentliche- academic.ru/25041/essentially">essentially* * *es·sen·tial[ɪˈsen(t)ʃəl]I. adj1. (indispensable) unbedingt erforderlich, unentbehrlich, unverzichtbarit is \essential to record the data accurately eine genaue Aufzeichnung der Daten ist unabdingbar\essential vitamins lebensnotwendige [o lebenswichtige] [o fachspr essenzielle] Vitamine▪ to be \essential to [or for] sb/sth für jdn/etw von größter Wichtigkeit seinit is \essential [that] our prices remain competitive unsere Preise müssen unbedingt wettbewerbsfähig bleiben\essential component Grundbestandteil m\essential subject zentrales ThemaI regard my car as an \essential mein Auto ist für mich absolut unverzichtbarthe \essentials of Spanish die Grundzüge des Spanischenthe bare \essentials das [Aller]nötigsteto be reduced to its \essentials auf das Wesentliche reduziert werden* * *[I'senSəl]1. adj1) (= necessary, vital) (unbedingt or absolut) erforderlich or notwendig; services, supplies lebenswichtigit is essential to act quickly —
it is essential that he come(s) — es ist absolut or unbedingt erforderlich, dass er kommt, er muss unbedingt kommen
it is essential that you understand this — du musst das unbedingt verstehen
this is of essential importance — dies ist von entscheidender Bedeutung
certain vitamins are essential for good health — bestimmte Vitamine sind für die Gesundheit unerlässlich
the essential thing is to... — wichtig ist vor allem, zu...
2) (= of the essence, basic) wesentlich, essenziell (geh), essentiell (geh); (PHILOS) essenziell, essentiell, wesenhaft; question, role entscheidendthe essential feature of his personality — der Grundzug or der grundlegende Zug seiner Persönlichkeit
I don't doubt his essential goodness — ich zweifle nicht an, dass er im Grunde ein guter Mensch ist
to establish the essential nature of the problem —
to establish the essential nature of the disease — feststellen, worum es sich bei dieser Krankheit eigentlich handelt
2. n1)(= necessary thing)
a compass is an essential for mountain climbing — ein Kompass ist unbedingt notwendig zum Bergsteigenthe first essential is to privatize the industry — als Erstes muss die Industrie unbedingt privatisiert werden
just bring the essentials — bring nur das Allernotwendigste mit
with only the bare essentials — nur mit dem Allernotwendigsten ausgestattet
the essentials of German grammar — die Grundlagen pl or die Grundzüge pl der deutschen Grammatik
* * *essential [ıˈsenʃl]1. wesentlich:a) grundlegend, fundamentalb) inner(er, e, es), eigentlich, (lebens)wichtig, unentbehrlich, unbedingt erforderlich (to, for für):essential to life lebensnotwendig, -wichtig;it is essential for both of them to come es ist unbedingt erforderlich, dass sie beide kommen;essential goods lebenswichtige Güter;2. CHEM rein, destilliert:essential oil ätherisches Öl3. MUS Haupt…, Grund…:essential chord Grundakkord mB s meist pl1. (das) Wesentliche oder Wichtigste, Hauptsache f, wesentliche Umstände pl oder Punkte pl oder Bestandteile pl:the bare essentials das Allernotwendigste2. (wesentliche) Voraussetzung (to für):3. unentbehrliche Person oder Sache* * *1. adjective1) (fundamental) wesentlich [Unterschied, Merkmal, Aspekt]; entscheidend [Frage]2) (indispensable) unentbehrlich; lebenswichtig [Nahrungsmittel, Güter]; unabdingbar [Erfordernis, Qualifikation, Voraussetzung]; unbedingt notwendig [Bestandteile, Maßnahmen, Ausrüstung]; wesentlich, entscheidend [Rolle]essential to life — lebensnotwendig od. -wichtig
2. noun, esp. in pl.it is [absolutely or most] essential that... — es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass...
1) (indispensable element) Notwendigste, das2) (fundamental element) Wesentliche, das* * *adj.Pflicht- präfix.notwendig adj.wesentlich adj. n.wesentlich adj. -
3 much
much [mʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun2. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun• does it cost much? est-ce que ça coûte cher ?• is it worth much? est-ce que ça a de la valeur ?► much of ( = a large part of) une bonne partie de• much of what you say une bonne partie de ce que vous dites► to make much of sth attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch► not/nothing... much ( = a small amount) pas beaucoup• what was stolen? -- nothing much qu'est-ce qui a été volé ? -- pas grand-chose━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Constructions with valoir are often used when assessing value or merit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• there isn't much in it (in choice, competition) ça se vaut2. adjective• it's a bit much! (inf) c'est un peu fort !3. adverba. ( = to a great degree) beaucoup• I very much hope that... j'espère de tout cœur que...b. ( = more or less) it's much the same c'est quasiment la même chose► as much• I thought as much! c'est bien ce que je pensais !• as much time as... autant de temps que...• twice as much money as... deux fois plus d'argent que...• you could pay as much as $200 for that ça peut te coûter jusqu'à 200 dollars► however much• however much you like him... quelle que soit votre affection pour lui,...► how much? combien ?• how much does it cost? combien ça coûte ?► much as• much as I dislike doing this,... bien que je n'aime pas du tout faire cela,...► much less ( = and even less)he couldn't understand the question, much less answer it il ne pouvait pas comprendre la question et encore moins y répondre► not much of a (inf) ( = not a great)• he'd drunk so much that... il avait tellement bu que...• so much so that... à tel point que...• so much for his help! c'est ça qu'il appelle aider !• so much for that! tant pis !• so much the better! tant mieux !► not so much... as• I think of her not so much as a doctor but as a friend je la considère plus comme une amie que comme un médecin► this/that much• this much? (ça ira) comme ça ?• I know this much... ce que je sais, c'est que...• this much is certain... un point est acquis...* * *Note: When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoupFor particular usages, see I belowWhen much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-choseWhen much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent[mʌtʃ] 1.1) ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup2) ( often) beaucoup, souvent3) ( nearly) plus ou moins, à peu prèsvery much — ( a lot) beaucoup; ( absolutely) tout à fait
I thought as much — ça ne m'étonne pas, je m'en doutais
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord
5) (emphatic: setting up a contrast)2.the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante
1) ( a great deal) beaucoup; ( in negative sentences) grand-chosemuch of the difficulty lies in... — une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans...
to make much of something — ( focus on) insister sur quelque chose; ( understand) comprendre quelque chose
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much — tellement, tant
so much of the time, it's a question of patience — la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience
it's too much! — lit c'est trop!; ( in protest) c'en est trop!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix
it can cost as much as £50 — ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling
as much as to say... — d'un air de dire...
do you know how much this means to me? — est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi?
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not ou nothing much — ce n'est pas grand-chose
it's not up to much — GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose
3.I'm not much of a one for cooking — (colloq) la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort (colloq)
quantifier beaucoup de4.much+ combining form5.much-loved/-respected — très apprécié/respecté
much as conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)6.much as we regret our decision we have no choice — bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix
much less conjunctional phrase encore moins7.I've never seen him much less spoken to him — je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler
so much as adverbial phrasewithout so much as saying goodbye/as an apology — sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser
••there isn't much in GB ou to US it — (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près
there isn't much in it for us — ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose
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4 behind smb.'s back
за чьей-л. спиной, тайком, за глазаLord Illingworth: "It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true." (O. Wilde, ‘A Woman of No Importance’, act I) — Лорд Иллингворт: "Это прямо чудовищно, как люди себя ведут нынче: говорят о человеке за его спиной чистейшую правду."
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