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1) (probable: the likely result; It's likely that she'll succeed.) probable2) (looking etc as if it might be good, useful, suitable etc: a likely spot for a picnic; She's the most likely person for the job.) propicio, convenientelikely adj1. probable2. que tiene posibilidadeswho is most likely to win the election? ¿quién tiene más posibilidades de ganar las elecciones?tr['laɪklɪ]1 probable1 probablemente\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas likely as not familiar lo más seguronot bloody likely! familiar ¡ni hablar!, ¡y un jamón!likely ['laɪkli] adv: probablementemost likely he's sick: lo más probable es que esté enfermothey're likely to come: es probable que vengan1) probable: probableto be likely to: ser muy probable que2) suitable: apropiado, adecuado3) believable: verosímil, creíble4) promising: prometedoradj.• abonado, -a adj.• fácil adj.• indicado, -a adj.• probable adj.• prometedor adj.• verosímil adj.adv.• probablemente adv.
I 'laɪkliadjective -lier, -liesta) ( probable) <outcome/winner> probablerain is likely — es posible or probable que llueva
a likely story! — (iro) cuéntame otra! (iró), no me digas! (iró)
to be likely to + INF: it is likely to be a tough match lo más probable es que sea un partido difícil; are you likely to be in tomorrow? — ¿estarás en casa mañana?
b) ( promising)
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['laɪklɪ]1. ADJ(compar likelier) (superl likeliest)1) (=probable) [outcome, consequences] probablewhat kind of changes are likely? — ¿qué tipo de cambios son probables?
it is likely that — es probable que + subjun
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a likely story or tale! — iro ¡menudo cuento!, ¡y yo que me lo creo! iro2) (=suitable)here comes a likely-looking character — aquí viene un tipo que parece adecuado or que bien puede servir
2.ADV (=probably)she will very or most likely arrive late — lo más probable es que llegue tarde
some prisoners will likely be released soon — (US) es probable que pronto se deje en libertad a algunos prisioneros
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(as) likely as not he'll arrive early — lo más probable es que llegue pronto, seguramente llegará pronto•
this is more than likely true — lo más probable or seguro es que sea cierto"I expect she'll be re-elected" - "yes, more than likely" — -me imagino que la volverán a elegir -si, seguramente
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not likely! * — ¡ni hablar! ** * *
I ['laɪkli]adjective -lier, -liesta) ( probable) <outcome/winner> probablerain is likely — es posible or probable que llueva
a likely story! — (iro) cuéntame otra! (iró), no me digas! (iró)
to be likely to + INF: it is likely to be a tough match lo más probable es que sea un partido difícil; are you likely to be in tomorrow? — ¿estarás en casa mañana?
b) ( promising)
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I P.P. eignenII Adj.1. suitable ( für, zu for); (passend) right (for); (befähigt) qualified; körperlich etc.: fit; geeignete Schritte appropriate action Sg.; gut geeignet just right; er ist nicht dafür geeignet he’s not the right man (for it); er ist für seinen Job nicht geeignet he’s not the right man for ( oder cut out for) the job (he’s doing); im geeigneten Augenblick at the right moment; sie ist als oder zur Lehrerin nicht geeignet she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher* * *fit; suitable; becoming; appropriate; apt; possible; proper; good; eligible; seemly; likely; fitting; applicative* * *ge|eig|net [gə'|aignət]adj(= passend) suitable; (= richtig) rightsie ist für diesen Posten nicht geéígnet — she's not the right person for this job
er ist nicht der geéígnete Mann für meine Tochter — he's not the right or a suitable man for my daughter
im geéígneten Augenblick — at the right moment
er ist zu dieser Arbeit nicht geéígnet — he's not suited to this work
See:→ auch eignen* * *1) conveniently2) (easy to reach etc; accessible: Keep this in a convenient place.) convenient3) (suitable or worthy to be chosen: the most eligible candidate.) eligible4) (suitable: a good man for the job.) good5) (looking etc as if it might be good, useful, suitable etc: a likely spot for a picnic; She's the most likely person for the job.) likely6) ((negative unsuited) fitted, or appropriate (to or for): I don't think he's suited to/for this work.) suited7) (right or appropriate for a purpose or occasion: I haven't any suitable shoes for the wedding; Those shoes are not suitable for walking in the country; Many people applied for the job but not one of them was suitable.) suitable* * *ge·eig·net[gəˈʔaignət]adj (passend) suitablejetzt ist nicht der \geeignete Augenblick, darüber zu sprechen it's not the right time to talk about it* * ** * *B. adj1. suitable (geeignete Schritte appropriate action sg;gut geeignet just right;er ist nicht dafür geeignet he’s not the right man (for it);er ist für seinen Job nicht geeignet he’s not the right man for ( oder cut out for) the job (he’s doing);im geeigneten Augenblick at the right moment;zur Lehrerin nicht geeignet she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher2.* * ** * *adj.applicative adj.appropriate adj.apt adj.convenient adj.decent adj.dedicated adj.eligible adj.fit adj.practical adj.proper adj.qualified adj.suitable adj. adv.applicatively adv.eligibly adv.properly adv.suitably adv. -
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My initial step... was to attempt to reduce the concept of ordering in a sequence to that of logical consequence, so as to proceed from there to the concept of number. To prevent anything intuitive from penetrating here unnoticed, I had to bend every effort to keep the chain of inference free of gaps. In attempting to comply with this requirement in the strictest possible way, I found the inadequacy of language to be an obstacle. (Frege, 1972, p. 104)I believe I can make the relation of my 'conceptual notation' to ordinary language clearest if I compare it to the relation of the microscope to the eye. The latter, because of the range of its applicability and because of the ease with which it can adapt itself to the most varied circumstances, has a great superiority over the microscope. Of course, viewed as an optical instrument it reveals many imperfections, which usually remain unnoticed only because of its intimate connection with mental life. But as soon as scientific purposes place strong requirements upon sharpness of resolution, the eye proves to be inadequate.... Similarly, this 'conceptual notation' is devised for particular scientific purposes; and therefore one may not condemn it because it is useless for other purposes. (Frege, 1972, pp. 104-105)To sum up briefly, it is the business of the logician to conduct an unceasing struggle against psychology and those parts of language and grammar which fail to give untrammeled expression to what is logical. He does not have to answer the question: How does thinking normally take place in human beings? What course does it naturally follow in the human mind? What is natural to one person may well be unnatural to another. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)We are very dependent on external aids in our thinking, and there is no doubt that the language of everyday life-so far, at least, as a certain area of discourse is concerned-had first to be replaced by a more sophisticated instrument, before certain distinctions could be noticed. But so far the academic world has, for the most part, disdained to master this instrument. (Frege, 1979, pp. 6-7)There is no reproach the logician need fear less than the reproach that his way of formulating things is unnatural.... If we were to heed those who object that logic is unnatural, we would run the risk of becoming embroiled in interminable disputes about what is natural, disputes which are quite incapable of being resolved within the province of logic. (Frege, 1979, p. 128)[L]inguists will be forced, internally as it were, to come to grips with the results of modern logic. Indeed, this is apparently already happening to some extent. By "logic" is not meant here recursive function-theory, California model-theory, constructive proof-theory, or even axiomatic settheory. Such areas may or may not be useful for linguistics. Rather under "logic" are included our good old friends, the homely locutions "and," "or," "if-then," "if and only if," "not," "for all x," "for some x," and "is identical with," plus the calculus of individuals, event-logic, syntax, denotational semantics, and... various parts of pragmatics.... It is to these that the linguist can most profitably turn for help. These are his tools. And they are "clean tools," to borrow a phrase of the late J. L. Austin in another context, in fact, the only really clean ones we have, so that we might as well use them as much as we can. But they constitute only what may be called "baby logic." Baby logic is to the linguist what "baby mathematics" (in the phrase of Murray Gell-Mann) is to the theoretical physicist-very elementary but indispensable domains of theory in both cases. (Martin, 1969, pp. 261-262)There appears to be no branch of deductive inference that requires us to assume the existence of a mental logic in order to do justice to the psychological phenomena. To be logical, an individual requires, not formal rules of inference, but a tacit knowledge of the fundamental semantic principle governing any inference; a deduction is valid provided that there is no way of interpreting the premises correctly that is inconsistent with the conclusion. Logic provides a systematic method for searching for such counter-examples. The empirical evidence suggests that ordinary individuals possess no such methods. (Johnson-Laird, quoted in Mehler, Walker & Garrett, 1982, p. 130)The fundamental paradox of logic [that "there is no class (as a totality) of those classes which, each taken as a totality, do not belong to themselves" (Russell to Frege, 16 June 1902, in van Heijenoort, 1967, p. 125)] is with us still, bequeathed by Russell-by way of philosophy, mathematics, and even computer science-to the whole of twentieth-century thought. Twentieth-century philosophy would begin not with a foundation for logic, as Russell had hoped in 1900, but with the discovery in 1901 that no such foundation can be laid. (Everdell, 1997, p. 184)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Logic
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84 Philosophy
And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive ScienceIn the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- ControlIn his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy
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ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЁТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ VP subj: human to kill o.s.: X покончил с собой - X committed suicide X took his (own) life X did away with himself X finished himself off.Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).«...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил (отца) не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это „хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!» (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).Кавалеров:) Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). (К.:) You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself ofT (6a) -
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СОСЛУЖИТЬ СЛУЖБУ VP1. \С-350 кому -чему (какую) (subj: human to have done sth. that benefits s.o. or sth., is useful to s.o. or sth.: X сослужил службу Y-y - X did (rendered, occasioned) Y a serviceX did person Y a favor X did person Y a good turn.(Мурзавецкая:) Как по-твоему, кому ты должен служить: мне или ей? (Чугунов:) Никому, кроме вас, благодетельница. (Мурзавецкая:) Вот и сослужи своей благодетельнице службу великую, избавь её от заботы! Ведь иссушил меня племянничек-то. (Чугунов:) Ничего-с, можно-с, не извольте беспокоиться (Островский 5). (М.:) In your opinion, whom ought you to serve, me or her? (Ch.:) No one but you, my benefactress. (M.:) Then do your benefactress a great service, save her from anxiety. You know my nephew has been a vexation to me. (Ch.:) Don't worryit can be done. Please don't be uneasy (5a).Если бы отделённый Фёдор Лепендин болел дольше, то, может быть, он и сослужил бы ещё какую-нибудь службу науке (Федин 1). If Private Lependin had been ill longer he might perhaps have occasioned still further service to science (1a).2. сослужить свою службу ( subj: concr or collect) (of an object) to fulfill its function, (of a group, organization etc) to fulfill its mission ( usu. with the implication that the object or group in question has exhausted its usefulness)X сослужил свою службу — X has served its purposeX has done its job.(authors usage) Этот аппарат уже отслужил свою службу и больше в таком виде ему (Сталину) не нужен, ему нужен другой аппарат... (Рыбаков 2). This organization had served its purpose and had no further use in its present form, he (Stalin) needed a new one. (2a).3. usu. сослужить какую ( usu. хорошую, неплохую, плохую, недобрую etc) службу кому-чему ( subj: usu. concr or abstr) to have had a certain (a positive, a harmful etc) effect on s.o. or sth.: X сослужил Y-y хорошую службу — X was (really) helpful to YX stood Y in good steadX сослужил Y-y плохую службу — X did Y a disserviceX did Y harm (in limited contexts) X did Y more harm than good.Даже легкий намек на знакомство (с Мятлевым) мог сослужить ей (Лавинии) дурную службу... (Окуджава 2). Even the slightest hint that they (Myatlev and Lavinia) might be acquainted could do her a disservice (2a) -
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• ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЕТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to kill o.s.:- X finished himself off.♦ Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).♦ "...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил [ отца] не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!" (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).♦ [Кавалеров:] Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). [К.:] You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself off (6a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покончить жизнь самоубийством
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• ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЕТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to kill o.s.:- X finished himself off.♦ Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).♦ "...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил [ отца] не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!" (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).♦ [Кавалеров:] Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). [К.:] You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself off (6a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покончить с жизнью
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• ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЕТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to kill o.s.:- X finished himself off.♦ Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).♦ "...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил [ отца] не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!" (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).♦ [Кавалеров:] Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). [К.:] You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself off (6a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покончить с собой
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90 покончить самоубийством
• ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЕТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to kill o.s.:- X finished himself off.♦ Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).♦ "...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил [ отца] не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!" (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).♦ [Кавалеров:] Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). [К.:] You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself off (6a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покончить самоубийством
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91 покончить счеты с жизнью
• ПОКОНЧИТЬ С СОБОЙ; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (СЧЕТЫ) С ЖИЗНЬЮ lit; ПОКОНЧИТЬ (ЖИЗНЬ) САМОУБИЙСТВОМ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to kill o.s.:- X finished himself off.♦ Оставшись одна, Соня тотчас же стала мучиться от страха при мысли, что, может быть, действительно он покончит самоубийством (Достоевский 3). Left alone, Sonya immediately began to be tormented by fear at the thought that he might indeed commit suicide (3c).♦ "...Так как подсудимый уверяет, что убил [ отца] не он, то, стало быть, должен был убить Смердяков... Вот, вот, стало быть, откуда произошло это "хитрое" и колоссальное обвинение на несчастного, вчера покончившего с собой идиота!" (Достоевский 2). "...The defendant insists it was not he who killed his father, so Smerdyakov must have killed him....Here, here then is the source of this 'cunning' and colossal accusation against the unfortunate idiot who yesterday took his own life!" (2a).♦ [Кавалеров:] Вы хотите, чтобы все было полезно, а я хочу быть бесполезным. Взять, например, и покончить с собой (Олеша 6). [К.:] You want everything to be useful, but I want to be useless. For example, I might just finish myself off (6a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > покончить счеты с жизнью
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92 сослужить службу
[VP]=====⇒ to have done sth. that benefits s.o. or sth., is useful to s.o. or sth.:- X сослужил службу Y-y ≈ X did (rendered, occasioned) Y a service;- X did person Y a good turn.♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Как по-твоему, кому ты должен служить: мне или ей? [Чугунов:] Никому, кроме вас, благодетельница. [Мурзавецкая:] Вот и сослужи своей благодетельнице службу великую, избавь её от заботы! Ведь иссушил меня племянничек-то. [Чугунов:] Ничего-с, можно-с, не извольте беспокоиться (Островский 5). [М.:] In your opinion, whom ought you to serve, me or her? [Ch.:] No one but you, my benefactress. [M.:] Then do your benefactress a great service, save her from anxiety. You know my nephew has been a vexation to me. [Ch.:] Don't worry; it can be done. Please don't be uneasy (5a).♦ Если бы отделённый Фёдор Лепендин болел дольше, то, может быть, он и сослужил бы ещё какую-нибудь службу науке (Федин 1). If Private Lependin had been ill longer he might perhaps have occasioned still further service to science (1a).2. сослужить свою службу [subj: concr or collect]⇒ (of an object) to fulfill its function, (of a group, organization etc) to fulfill its mission (usu. with the implication that the object or group in question has exhausted its usefulness):- X has done its job.♦ [authors usage] Этот аппарат уже отслужил свою службу и больше в таком виде ему [Сталину] не нужен, ему нужен другой аппарат... (Рыбаков 2). This organization had served its purpose and had no further use in its present form; he [Stalin] needed a new one. (2a).3. usu. сослужить какую (usu. хорошую, неплохую, плохую, недобрую etc) службу кому-чему [subj: usu. concr or abstr]⇒ to have had a certain (a positive, a harmful etc) effect on s.o. or sth.:- X did Y harm;- [in limited contexts] X did Y more harm than good.♦ Даже легкий намек на знакомство [с Мятлевым] мог сослужить ей [Лавинии] дурную службу... (Окуджава 2). Even the slightest hint that they [Myatlev and Lavinia] might be acquainted could do her a disservice (2a)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сослужить службу
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93 естественный
natural, intrinsic• В свете всех этих фактов становится естественным (вычислить и т. п.)... - In view of all these facts it becomes natural to...• Для ранних исследователей, однако, было естественным... - It was natural however for early investigators to...• Кажется естественным потребовать... - It seems natural to require...• Могло бы показаться естественным начать наше исследование с... - It might seem natural to start our investigation with...• Таким образом, следующим естественным шагом является идея, что... - It is thus a natural step to think of...• Это естественным образом приводило к различным схемам для... - It led naturally to various schemes for...• Это позволяет нам установить естественное и полезное соотношение между... - This allows us to establish a natural and useful connection between...• Этот результат предлагает естественное обобщение... - This result suggests a natural generalization of... -
94 contribution margin
Fina way of showing how much individual products or services contribute to net profit.EXAMPLEIts calculation is straightforward:Sales price – variable cost = contribution marginOr, for providers of services:Total revenue – total variable cost = contribution marginFor example, if the sales price of a good is $500 and variable cost is $350, the contribution margin is $150, or 30% of sales. This means that 30 cents of every sales dollar remain to contribute to fixed costs and to profit, after the costs directly related to the sales are subtracted.Contribution margin is especially useful to a company comparing different products or services. For example:Obviously, Product C has the highest contribution percentage, even though Product A generates more total profit. The analysis suggests that the company might do well to aim to achieve a sales mix with a higher proportion of Product C. It further suggests that prices for Products A and B may be too low, or that their cost structures need attention. Notably, none of this information appears on a standard income statement.Contribution margin can be tracked over a long period of time, using data from several years of income statements. It can also be invaluable in calculating volume discounts for preferred customers, and break-even sales or volume levels. -
95 price-earnings ratio
Fina company’s share price divided by earnings per share (EPS).EXAMPLEWhile EPS is an actual amount of money, usually expressed in cents per share, the P/E ratio has no units, it is just a number. Thus if a quoted company has a share price of $100 and EPS of $12 for the last published year, then it has a historical P/E of 8.3. If analysts are forecasting for the next year EPS of, say, $14 then the forecast P/E is 7.1.The P/E ratio is predominantly useful in comparisons with other shares rather than in isolation. For example, if the average P/E in the market is 20, there will be many shares with P/Es well above and well below this, for a variety of reasons. Similarly, in a particular sector, the P/Es will frequently vary from the sector average, even though the constituent companies may all be engaged in similar businesses. The reason is that even two businesses doing the same thing will not always be doing it as profitably as each other. One may be far more efficient, as demonstrated by a history of rising EPS compared with the flat EPS picture of the other over a series of years, and the market might recognize this by awarding the more profitable share a higher P/E. -
96 second
̈ɪˈsekənd I
1. сущ.
1) а) помощник;
следующий по рангу second in command ≈ заместитель командира б) полигр. помощник наборщика
2) а) спорт вице-чемпион;
получивший второй приз, вторую премию;
пришедший вторым б) альпинист, идущий вторым в связке
3) грам. второе лицо( сокр. от second person)
3) универ. вторая, не высшая оценка
4) второй класс( в различных видах транспорта)
5) секундант
6) второе число
7) мн. товар второго сорта, низшего качества;
мука грубого помола These stockings are seconds and have some slight defects. ≈ Эти чулки второго сорта и имеют незначительные дефекты.
8) муз. а) второй голос;
альт б) секунда (один из самых коротких музыкальных интервалов)
2. прил.
1) а) второй (идущий по счету после первого) He stood second in line. ≈ Он был вторым в шеренге. on second thoughts ≈ по зрелом размышлении б) второстепенный;
второсортный (занимающий второе место по важности или качеству) second violin, second fiddle ≈ вторая скрипка
2) а) каждый второй( о цикличности во времени) to elect smb. every second year ≈ избирать кого-л. через каждые два года Syn: alternate
2., other
1. б) второй, очень похожий He is the second Napoleon. ≈ Да он же просто второй Наполеон!
3) подчиненный, ниже по званию, находящийся ниже (в какой-л. иерархии) to be second to none ≈ никому не подчиняться Syn: inferior
2., subordinate
1.
4) повторный;
вторичный second advent, second coming ≈ второе пришествие Syn: repeated, recurring
5) дополнительный, добавочный Syn: extra, additional ∙ at second hand ≈ из вторых рук second sight ≈ ясновидение second teeth ≈ постоянные (не молочные) зубы second to none ≈ непревзойденный second chamber ≈ верхняя палата( парламента)
3. гл.
1) а) поддерживать, помогать to second one's efforts ≈ поддерживать кого-л. в каких-л. усилиях, начинаниях Syn: support
2., back up, assist, encourage б) подпевать;
петь вторым голосом, исполнять партию второго голоса
2) одобрить, оказать поддержку (в споре, дискуссии и т.д.) Mrs. Charlton instantly seconded the proposal. ≈ Миссис Чарльтон тот час же одобрила предложение.
3) быть секундантом
4) воен. откомандировывать The officer was seconded to another branch of the army to lead special training courses. ≈ Офицера откомандировали в другое подразделение армии для того, чтобы он прошел курс специальной подготовки.
4. нареч.
1) во-вторых
2) вторым номером;
во второй группе to come second ≈ финишировать со вторым результатом II сущ.
1) секунда (1/60 часть минуты)
2) мгновение, миг, минута, момент (очень короткий промежуток времени) Just a moment, please. ≈ Одну минуточку, подождите, пожалуйста. Syn: moment, instant секунда (мера времени) - 60 *s make one minute в минуте 60 секунд секунда (мера угла) - ten degrees fifteen *s десять градусов пятнадцать секунд мгновение, момент - split * доля секунды - in a split * моментально;
моргнуть не успеешь - wait a *!, half a *! (подождите) минутку! - to do smth. in a few *s моментально сделать что-л. - I shall be ready in a * /in a few *s/ я буду готов сию минуту - I cannot do without it for a * мне это нужно ежесекундно (the *) второе (число) - on the * of May второго мая второй (человек) (который что-л. делает) - you are the * to ask me that вы второй человек, который спрашивает меня об этом - you are the * to jump вы будете прыгать вторым помощник - to act as a most useful * быть хорошим помощником во всем;
быть (чьей-л.) правой рукой получивший вторую премию, второй приз и т. п. - to come in a good *, to be a good * прийти( к финишу) почти вместе с первым - to come in a close * to X. лишь ненамного отстать от Х. - to make a poor * in a race еле-еле прийти к финишу вторым секундант (на дуэли) секундант (бокс) - *s out! освободить ринг! (команда) второй класс( какого-л. транспорта) - I always travel * я всегда путешествую вторым классом товар второго сорта, второсортная продукция мука грубого помола (разговорное) вторая порция( еды) второе (блюдо) (автомобильное) (разговорное) вторая передача - he shifted into * он включил /перешел на/ вторую скорость альпинист, идущий вторым (в связке) (музыкальное) секунда (интервал) - major * большая секунда вторая (университетское) (разговорное) степень бакалавра с отличием второго класса( в Великобритании) > * of exchange( финансовое) второй экземпляр переводного векселя, секунда второй ( по счету) - * deck вторая /(амер) средняя/ палуба - * raceme (ботаника) ветвь второго порядка - * person (грамматика) второе лицо - * conjugation( грамматика) второе спряжение - Henry the S. Генрих II - he is in his * year ему второй год - in the * place во-вторых - the * finger of the right hand средний палец на правой руке второй (по времени) - to go by the * train ехать следующим поездом - the * person to swim the Channel второй человек, переплывший Ла-Манш второй, дополнительный, добавочный - * cause побочная причина - * legs вторая пара ног (у насекомых) второй, повторный - * notice повторное извещение - * (galley) proof вторая корректура( в гранках) - every * day каждый второй день;
через день - to do smth. a * time делать что-л. снова /второй раз/ - to stay in a form for a * year остаться на второй год - they elect a mayor every * year они выбирают мэра каждые два года второстепенный, подчиненный - to be * to the project иметь второстепенное значение для данного проекта - * to the might of this country уступающий по моще этой стране - music comes * with him для него музыка не самое главное в жизни другой, второй - a * pair of shoes другая пара обуви - I want a * opinion я хотел бы услышать другое /еще одно/ мнение еще один, подобный - he is a * Shakespeare он второй Шекспир - * self второе "я" дополнительный;
запасный, запасной - * team (спортивное) вторая команда уступающий (в чем-л.) - to be * to smb. in experience уступать кому-л. по опыту - to be * in seniority быть вторым по старшинству - to be * to smb. in precedence по рангу идти вслед за кем-л. - * in hardness only to the diamond уступающий в твердости только алмазу - * to none непревзойденный - in intelligence he is * to none по уму с ним никто не сравнится, по уму он никому не уступит - we are in a position * to none to... наше положение в отношении... ни с чем не сравнимо - * only to... уступающий (в чем-л.) только... второсортный - articles of * quality товары второго сорта - * cabin каюта второго класса вспомогательный - * master помощник учителя (в школе) второй (по величине, значению и т. п.) - the * city in Europe второй город в Европе - the * largest city in the world второй по величине город в мире - * violin /fiddle/ вторая скрипка( в оркестре) > * name (американизм) фамилия;
второе имя (данное при крещении) > * line (военное) тыловая позиция;
тыловая полоса > to play * fiddle играть вторую скрипку, быть на вторых ролях > * birth второе рождение, возрождение;
(религия) духовное возрождение;
(религия) загробная жизнь > * guess задним умом крепок > the * time of asking( церковное) вторичное оглашение имен вступающих в брак во-вторых вторым номером;
во второй группе;
вторым - to speak * выступать вторым - to come in /to finish/ * прийти вторым, занять второе место (на скачках, в соревновании) выступать в поддержку (предложения, резолюции и т. п.) - to * a motion поддержать резолюцию быть секундантом на дуэли или в боксе (книжное) поддерживать, помогать - to * smb.'s efforts поддерживать чьи-л. усилия - will you * me? вы меня поддержите? - to * words with deeds подкреплять слова делами - to be *ed by smb. получить поддержку с чьей-л. стороны( военное) временно откомандировывать - to be *ed for service on the General Staff быть откомандированным в ставку - major Smith has been *ed to us майор Смит прикомандирован к нам characters per ~, cps вчт. число знаков в секунду characters per ~, cps вчт. число знаков в секунду every ~ каждый второй ~ второй класс (в поезде, на пароходе и т. п.) ;
to go second ехать вторым классом ~ получивший второй приз, вторую премию;
he was a good second он пришел к финишу почти вместе с первым ~ второй, другой;
second thoughts пересмотр мнения, решения;
on second thoughts по зрелом размышлении ~ поддерживать, помогать;
to second a motion поддержать предложение ~ повторный;
вторичный;
second ballot перебаллотировка;
second advent( или coming) рел. второе пришествие ~ повторный;
вторичный;
second ballot перебаллотировка;
second advent( или coming) рел. второе пришествие ~ второстепенный;
второсортный, уступающий (по качеству) (to) ;
second cabin каюта второго класса;
second violin (или fiddle) вторая скрипка ~ ~ ясновидение;
second to none непревзойденный;
second chamber верхняя палата( парламента) ~ division вторая (средняя) степень тюремного заключения (в Англии) ;
second teeth постоянные (не молочные) зубы;
at second hand из вторых рук ~ division низший разряд государственных служащих ~ помощник;
следующий по рангу;
second in command воен. заместитель командира ~ lieutenant младший лейтенант;
the second officer( on a ship) второй помощник капитана ~ of exchange второй экземпляр тратты ~ lieutenant младший лейтенант;
the second officer( on a ship) второй помощник капитана ~ дополнительный;
a second pair of shoes сменная пара обуви ~ num. ord. второй;
the second seat in the second row второе кресло во втором ряду ~ ~ ясновидение;
second to none непревзойденный;
second chamber верхняя палата (парламента) ~ division вторая (средняя) степень тюремного заключения (в Англии) ;
second teeth постоянные (не молочные) зубы;
at second hand из вторых рук ~ второй, другой;
second thoughts пересмотр мнения, решения;
on second thoughts по зрелом размышлении ~ ~ ясновидение;
second to none непревзойденный;
second chamber верхняя палата (парламента) ~ второстепенный;
второсортный, уступающий (по качеству) (to) ;
second cabin каюта второго класса;
second violin (или fiddle) вторая скрипка ~ подкреплять;
to second words with deeds подкреплять слова делами these stockings are seconds and have some slight defects эти чулки второго сорта и имеют незначительные дефекты ~ секунда;
момент, мгновение;
wait a second сейчас;
подождите минутку -
97 second
I [ʹsekənd] n1. секунда ( мера времени)2. секунда ( мера угла)3. мгновение, моментin a split second - моментально; ≅ моргнуть не успеешь
wait a second!, half a second! - (подождите) минутку!
to do smth. in a few seconds - моментально сделать что-л.
III shall be ready in a second /in a few seconds/ - я буду готов сию минуту
1. [ʹsekənd] n1. 1) (the second) второе (число)2) второй (человек) (который что-л. делает)you are the second to ask me that - вы второй человек, который спрашивает меня об этом
2. помощникto act as a most useful second - быть хорошим помощником во всём; ≅ быть (чьей-л.) правой рукой
3. получивший вторую премию, второй приз и т. п.to come in a good second, to be a good second - прийти (к финишу) почти вместе с первым
to come in a close second to X. - лишь ненамного отстать от X.
4. 1) секундант ( на дуэли)2) секундант ( бокс)5. второй класс (какого-л. транспорта)6. обыкн. pl1) товар второго сорта; второсортная продукция2) мука грубого помола7. разг.1) вторая порция ( еды)2) второе (блюдо)8. авт. разг. вторая передачаhe shifted into second - он включил /перешёл на/ вторую скорость
9. альпинист, идущий вторым ( в связке)10. муз.1) секунда ( интервал)major [minor] second - большая [малая] секунда
2) втора♢
second of exchange - фин. второй экземпляр переводного векселя, секунда2. [ʹsekənd] a1. второй (по счёту)second deck - вторая /амер. средняя/ палуба
second raceme - бот. ветвь второго порядка
second person - грам. второе лицо
second conjugation - грам. второе спряжение
2. 1) второй (по времени)the second person to swim the Channel - второй человек, переплывший Ла-Манш
2) второй, дополнительный, добавочныйsecond legs [wings] - вторая пара ног [крыльев] ( у насекомого)
3) второй, повторныйevery second day [month, year] - каждый второй день [месяц, год]; через день [месяц, год]
to do [to say] smth. a second time - делать [говорить] что-л. снова /второй раз/
4) второстепенный, подчинённыйto be second to the project - иметь второстепенное значение для данного проекта
3. 1) другой, второйI want a second opinion - я хотел бы услышать другое /ещё одно/ мнение
2) ещё один, подобныйsecond self - второе «я»
4. дополнительный; запасный, запаснойsecond team - спорт. вторая команда
5. 1) уступающий (в чём-л.)to be second to smb. in experience [in knowledge, in intelligence] - уступать кому-л. по опыту [по знаниям, по уму]
to be second to smb. in precedence - по рангу идти вслед за кем-л.
second in hardness only to the diamond - уступающий в твёрдости только алмазу
in intelligence he is second to none - по уму с ним никто не сравнится, по уму он никому не уступит
we are in a position second to none to... - наше положение в отношении... ни с чем не сравнимо
second only to... - уступающий (в чём-л.) только...
2) второсортный3) вспомогательный4) второй (по величине, значению и т. п.)second violin /fiddle/ - вторая скрипка ( в оркестре; см. тж. ♢)
second line - воен. тыловая позиция; тыловая полоса
to play second fiddle - играть вторую скрипку, быть на вторых ролях [см. тж. 5, 4)]
second birth - а) второе рождение, возрождение; б) рел. духовное возрождение; в) рел. загробная жизнь
second guess - ≅ задним умом крепок
the second time of asking - церк. вторичное оглашение имён вступающих в брак
3. [ʹsekənd] adv1) во-вторых2) вторым номером; во второй группе; вторымto come in /to finish/ second - прийти вторым, занять второе место (на скачках, в соревновании)
4. [ʹsekənd] v1. выступать в поддержку (предложения, резолюции и т. п.)to second a motion [a proposal] - поддержать резолюцию [предложение]
2. быть секундантом на дуэли или в боксе3. книжн. поддерживать; помогатьto second smb.'s efforts - поддерживать чьи-л. усилия
will you second me? - вы меня поддержите?
II [sıʹkɒnd] v воен.to be seconded by smb. - получить поддержку с чьей-л. стороны
временно откомандировыватьto be seconded for service on the General Staff - быть откомандированным в ставку
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98 cost-efficient
прил.эк. = cost-effectiveThis technology is less cost-efficient than it might be. — Эта технология менее эффективна с точки зрения затрат, чем она могла бы быть.
Unit trusts were a useful and cost-efficient method for private investors to acquire a well-diversified portfolio. — Паевые фонды предлагают полезный или эффективный по затратам метод приобретения частными инвесторами правильно диверсифицированного портфеля.
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99 línea divisoria
f.dividing line, division line, border line, borderline.* * *(n.) = cut-off point, demarcation, divide, dividing line, borderline, cut off [cutoff]Ex. The names of Muslim authors throughout the classical period, for which the cut-off point is around the year 1800, were made up of the following elements.Ex. A clearer demarcation might be drawn between the traditional subject headings lists and thesauri by the following summary of differences.Ex. Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.Ex. Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.Ex. Both approaches have in common, however, the problem of establishing a borderline between public interest and private initiative.Ex. It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.* * *la linea divisoria(n.) = great divide, theEx: Historically, there is seen to be a great divide between professional and non professional library staff.
* * *dividing line -
100 mention
I ['menʃn]1) (reference) menzione f., accenno m., citazione f.to make no mention of — non fare menzione o cenno di
2) (acknowledgement) menzione f.II ['menʃn]honourable mention — menzione d'onore o onorevole; mil. menzione
1) (allude to) menzionare, fare menzione di [person, fact]to mention sb., sth. to sb. — parlare di qcn., qcs. a qcn.
to mention that — fare un (breve) accenno a, accennare (brevemente) a
2) (acknowledge) menzionare, citare [ name]; riconoscere [ service]* * *['menʃən] 1. verb1) (to speak of or refer to: He mentioned the plan.) menzionare2) (to remark or say usually briefly or indirectly: She mentioned (that) she might be leaving.) menzionare2. noun((often with of) a (usually brief) remark (about): No mention was made of this matter.) accenno* * *mention /ˈmɛnʃn/n. [cu]menzione; accenno; cenno; citazione: honourable mention, menzione onorevole; to rate a mention, meritare di essere menzionato.♦ (to) mention /ˈmɛnʃn/v. t.menzionare; far menzione di; accennare a; citare● above-mentioned, predetto; suddetto; sopraccitato □ not to mention (o without mentioning), per non parlare di; tralasciando: There were many artists, not to mention our greatest living sculptor, c'erano molti artisti, per non parlare del nostro maggiore scultore vivente □ DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Don't mention it, non c'è di che; prego.NOTA D'USO: - to mention to do o to mention doing?-* * *I ['menʃn]1) (reference) menzione f., accenno m., citazione f.to make no mention of — non fare menzione o cenno di
2) (acknowledgement) menzione f.II ['menʃn]honourable mention — menzione d'onore o onorevole; mil. menzione
1) (allude to) menzionare, fare menzione di [person, fact]to mention sb., sth. to sb. — parlare di qcn., qcs. a qcn.
to mention that — fare un (breve) accenno a, accennare (brevemente) a
2) (acknowledge) menzionare, citare [ name]; riconoscere [ service]
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