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1 work
1. n1) работа, труд; производство2) печатный труд, сочинение, произведение3) pl предприятие4) pl механизм•to appeal to smb to return to work — призывать кого-л. вернуться на работу
to be the work of smb — быть делом рук кого-л.
to carry on / out work — выполнять / делать работу, заниматься работой
to conduct / to do work — выполнять / делать работу, заниматься работой
to co-ordinate the economic and social work — координировать экономическую и социальную деятельность
to cut / to lessen / to reduce the hours of work — сокращать рабочий день
to direct and co-ordinate smb's work — направлять и координировать чью-л. деятельность
to do the donkey work — разг. вкалывать, ишачить
to focus the work on economic and social development — сосредоточивать работу на социально-экономическом развитии
to initiate work — начинать работу, приступить к работе
to inspect smb's work — проверять чью-л. работу
to intensify the work — усиливать работу, интенсифицировать труд
to perform the work — выполнять / делать работу, заниматься работой
to pour sand in the work — перен. вставлять палки в колеса
to return to work — возвращаться на работу (напр. после забастовки)
to stay away from work — не выходить на работу; бастовать
to stop work — прекращать работу, бастовать
to supplement the work of smb — дополнять чью-л. работу
- active workto undertake work — браться за / начинать / предпринимать работу
- allotment of work
- amount of work
- brain work
- casual work
- classified work
- collective work
- contract work
- contractual work
- creative work
- cultural work
- day-to-day work
- dead horse work
- decontamination work
- development work
- disincentive to work
- educational work
- efficient work
- emergency work
- explanatory work
- extra work
- field work
- fruitful work
- full-time work
- habits of work
- hand work
- hard work
- health work
- ideological work
- improvement in work
- in search of work
- independent work
- international work
- joint work
- killing work
- low-paid work
- maintenance work
- manual work
- mental work
- odd work
- office work
- organizational work
- out of work
- overtime work
- pace of work
- part-time work
- person out of work
- physical work
- pick-and-shovel work
- Pickle Work
- piece work
- political work
- practical work
- preliminary work
- preparatory work
- productive work - public sector work
- public work
- publicity work
- quality of work
- regular work
- relief work
- research work
- return to work - rush work
- schedule work
- seasonal work
- short-time work
- skilled work
- skunk work
- slovenly work
- social work
- subsidiary work
- task work
- team work
- temporary work
- theoretical works
- those in work
- time work
- undercover works
- vital work
- volunteer work
- wage work
- wet work
- work in process
- year-round work 2. vработать; трудитьсяto work closely with smb — тесно сотрудничать с кем-л.
to work for Jesus — жарг. "работать на дядю" ( бесплатно выполнять дополнительную работу)
to work out — разрабатывать (план и т.п.)
to work together — работать вместе; сотрудничать
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2 hindrance
[ʹhındrəns] nпомеха, препятствиеto be a (great) hindrance to smb. - быть (большой /серьёзной/) помехой для кого-л.
to remove a hindrance - убрать помеху /препятствие/
it was a great hindrance to my studies [to my work] - это очень мешало моим занятиям [моей работе]
he was more of a hindrance to me than a help - он мне больше мешал, чем помогал
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3 act
1. n дело; поступокact of treachery — акт предательства, предательский поступок
conciliatory act — примирительный поступок; акт примирения
lawless act — незаконное действие; незаконный поступок
2. n акт, действие; деяниеunilateral act — односторонний акт, одностороннее действие
acts of force — действия, связанные с применением силы
3. n акт; закон; постановление; решениеact of outrage — акт грубого произвола; насилие; оскорбление
act not warranted by law — действие, не основанное на законе
4. n юр. дип. акт, документ5. n неодобр. сценаto put on an act — разыграть сцену, устроить спектакль
6. n номер программыthe next act will be a magician — следующий номер программы — фокусник
7. n труппа, группа актёров, исполнителей8. n унив. диссертация9. n употр. гл. ед. ч. библ. с в Деяния апостоловspecific act — конкретное действие, деяние
violent act — насильственное действие, деяние
U.S. Grain Standards Act — стандарт США на зерно
act in pais — акт, совершённый вне судебного заседания
10. n иск. фото акт, изображение обнажённой натурыact of violence — акт насилия, насильственное действие
act of defence — акт обороны, оборонительное действие
ancillary act — дополнительный, вспомогательный акт
11. v действовать, поступать; вести себя12. v действовать, принимать участие13. v действовать, работать14. v влиять, воздействовать15. v быть на высоте; соответствовать16. v работать, служить; действовать в качестве …17. v театр. исполнять, играть18. v играться19. v неодобр. прикидываться, притворятьсяhe acted very angry — он сделал вид, что страшно рассердился
Синонимический ряд:1. action (noun) accomplishment; achievement; action; deed; doing; exploit; feat; step; thing; transaction2. law (noun) award; bill; decree; document; edict; enactment; judgment; law; legislation; measure; order; statute; verdict; writ3. performance (noun) impersonation; masquerade; performance; pose; pretence; routine; scene; sham; show; simulation; sketch; skit; stint; turn4. assume (verb) affect; assume; bluff; counterfeit; fake; feign; imitate; pose; pose as; pretend; put on; sham5. behave (verb) acquit; appear; bear; behave; carry; comport; comport oneself; conduct; deal; demean; deport; disport; do; execute; exert energy; go on; make; move; quit; react; seem; take; transact6. discourse (verb) discourse; dramatize; personate; play; playact7. dramatise (verb) dramatise; parody; present; rehearse; simulate8. function (verb) function; go; officiate; operate; run; serve; work9. give (verb) enact; give; perform; put on; stage10. represent (verb) impersonate; portray; representАнтонимический ряд:cease; cessation; discontinue; give up; halt; hesitate; inactivity; indolence; quiescence; quiet; refrain; repose; rest -
4 let
I 1. transitive verb,-tt-, let1) (allow to) lassenlet somebody do something — jemanden etwas tun lassen
don't let things get you down/worry you — lass dich nicht entmutigen/mach dir keine Sorgen
don't let him upset you — reg dich seinetwegen nicht auf
I'll come if you will let me — ich komme, wenn ich darf
let somebody/something alone — jemanden/etwas in Ruhe lassen
let somebody be — jemanden in Ruhe od. Frieden lassen
let go [of] something/somebody — etwas/jemanden loslassen
let somebody go — (from captivity) jemanden freilassen
let go — (release hold) loslassen; (neglect) herunterkommen lassen [Haus]; (let pass) durchgehen lassen [Bemerkung]
let it go [at that] — es dabei belassen od. bewenden lassen
let oneself go — (neglect oneself) sich vernachlässigen; (abandon self-restraint) sich gehen lassen
2) (cause to)let somebody think that... — jemanden in dem Glauben lassen, dass...
I will let you know as soon as... — ich gebe Ihnen Bescheid, sobald...
4) (Brit.): (rent out) vermieten [Haus, Wohnung, Büro]; verpachten [Gelände, Grundstück]2. auxiliary verb,‘to let’ — "zu vermieten"
-tt-, let1) in exhortations lassenLet's go to the cinema. - Yes, let's/No, let's not or don't let's — Komm/Kommt, wir gehen ins Kino. - Ja, gut/Nein, lieber nicht
2) in command, challenge lassenlet them come in — sie sollen hereinkommen; lassen Sie sie herein
never let it be said that... — keiner soll sagen, dass...
3. noun[just] let him try! — das soll er [nur] mal wagen!
(Brit.)Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/42535/let_down">let down- let in- let into- let off- let on- let out- let upII nounwithout let [or hindrance] — (formal/Law) ohne jede Behinderung
* * *I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) lassen2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) lassen3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) lassen•- let alone- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) vermieten- to let* * *let1[let]n2. LAWwithout \let or hindrance ungehindertlet2[let]to sign a five-year \let einen Mietvertrag für fünf Jahre unterschreibento take sth on a \let etw mietenII. vt<-tt-, let, let>1. (allow)▪ to \let sth/sb do sth etw/jdn etw tun lassendon't \let it worry you mach dir darüber [mal] keine Sorgento \let one's shoes dry seine Schuhe trocknen lassen\let him be! lass ihn in Ruhe!sb \lets fall [or drop] [or slip] that... (unintentionally) es rutscht jdm heraus, dass...; (as if unintentionally) jd lässt so nebenbei die Bemerkung fallen, dass...to \let sb go (allow to depart) jdn gehen lassen; (release from grip) jdn loslassen [o SÜDD, ÖSTERR auslassen]; (from captivity) jdn freilassen [o fam laufen lassen]\let me go, you're hurting me! loslassen [o lass mich los], du tust mir weh!to \let sth go (neglect) etw vernachlässigento \let sth go [or pass] etw durchgehen lassento \let it go at that es dabei bewenden lassen\let go of my hand, you're hurting me! lass meine Hand los, du tust mir weh!▪ to \let oneself go (give way to enthusiasm) aus sich dat herausgehen; (develop bad habits) sich akk gehenlassen2. (give permission)▪ to \let sb do sth jdn etw tun lassenshe wanted to go but her parents wouldn't \let her sie wollte gehen, aber ihre Eltern ließen sie nichtI'm \letting you stay up late just this once dieses eine Mal darfst du ausnahmsweise länger aufbleiben3. (make)▪ to \let sb do sth jdn etw tun lassento \let sb know sth jdn etw wissen lassen\let us know when you get there geben Sie uns Bescheid, wenn Sie dort ankommen\let me know if/why... lass mich wissen, wenn/warum...to \let it be known that... alle wissen lassen, dass...▪ \let me/ \let's do sth lass mich/lass uns etw tun\let's go out to dinner! lass uns Essen gehen!, gehen wir essen!don't \let us argue lass uns nicht streiten\let's face it! sehen wir den Tatsachen ins Auge!\let's say he didn't think it was funny nehmen wir [mal] an, er fand es nicht lustigthe British drink more tea than, \let's say, the German die Briten trinken mehr Tee als, sagen wir mal, die Deutschen\let us consider all the possibilities wollen wir einmal alle Möglichkeiten ins Auge fassen5. (when thinking, for examples, assumptions)▪ \let me/ \let's do sth lass mich/lass uns etw tun\let me/ \let's see,... also,...\let me think Moment [mal],..., lassen Sie mich [mal] nachdenken6. (expressing politeness)▪ \let me/us... lassen Sie mich/uns zunächst einmal...\let me first ask you... erlauben Sie mir zunächst einmal die Frage...7. (making a threat)▪ [don't] \let me do sth lass mich [bloß nicht] etw tunjust \let me hear you say such a thing again and you'll be sorry! sag so etwas noch einmal und du wirst es [bitter] bereuendon't \let me catch you in here again! dass ich dich hier nicht noch einmal erwische!8. (expressing defiance)▪ \let sb/sth do sth soll jd/etw doch etw tun\let them do what they like sollen sie doch machen, was sie wollen\let it rain von mir aus kann es ruhig regnenif he needs money, \let him earn it wenn er Geld braucht, soll er gefälligst arbeiten gehen\let there be no doubt about it! das möchte ich [doch] einmal klarstellen!▪ to \let sb/sth... lasset...\let us pray lasset uns beten form\let there be light es werde Licht form10. MATH\let a equal 4 a ist gleich 4if we \let the angle x equal 70°... wenn der Winkel x gleich 70° ist,...to \let sth etw vermieten“to \let” „zu vermieten“12.▶ \let alone... geschweige denn...▶ to \let sth lie etw auf sich beruhen lassento \let a matter lie for some time eine Angelegenheit eine Zeit lang ruhenlassen▶ to \let rip (do sth to extremes) es [mal so richtig] krachen lassen fam; (drive very fast) volle Pulle fahren fam, voll aufs Gas steigen ÖSTERR fam, Vollgas geben SCHWEIZ fam* * *I [let]n2)IInIII pret, ptp letthey are looking for a let in this area — sie wollen eine Wohnung/ein Haus in dieser Gegend mieten
vt1) (= permit) lassenshe let me borrow the car — sie lieh mir das Auto, ich durfte ihr Auto nehmen
he wants to but I won't let him —
the particle wants to escape but the magnetic force won't let it — das Teilchen möchte sich frei machen, aber die magnetische Kraft verhindert es
oh please let me — bitte, bitte, lass mich doch (mal)!
let me know what you think — sagen Sie mir (Bescheid) or lassen Sie mich wissen (form), was Sie davon halten
to let sb/sth go, to let go of sb/sth — jdn/etw loslassen
let me go! — lassen Sie mich los!, loslassen!
See:2) (old causative) lassenlet the bells be rung let it be known by all citizens that... — lasset die Glocken ertönen (liter) allen Bürgern sei kundgetan, dass... (old)
let it be known that... — alle sollen wissen, dass...
3)to let sb/sth alone — jdn/etw in Ruhe lassen
we can't improve it any more, we'd better let it alone —
please let me by/past — bitte, lassen Sie mich vorbei/durch
to let sb/sth through — jdn/etw durchlassen
4)let's go home — komm, wir gehen nach Hause
yes, let's — oh ja!
it's late, but yes let's — es ist spät, aber na ja, einverstanden
don't let's or let's not fight —
let him try (it)! — das soll er nur or mal versuchen!
let me think or see, where did I put it? —
let their need be never so great let there be music — mag ihre Not auch noch so groß sein lasst Musik erklingen
See:→ equal"to let" — "zu vermieten"
we can't find a house to let — wir können kein Haus finden, das zu mieten ist
6)* * *let1 [let]A s Bra) Vermieten n, Vermietung fb) Mietobjekt n:he is looking for a let in London er will in London eine Wohnung oder ein Haus mieten, er sucht in London eine Wohnung oder ein Hausc) umg Mieter(in):they can’t find a let for their flatB v/t prät und pperf let1. lassen, jemandem erlauben:let him talk lass ihn reden;let me help you lassen Sie sich (von mir) helfen;he let himself be deceived er ließ sich täuschen;let sb know jemanden wissen lassen, jemandem Bescheid geben;a) etwas sein lassen, die Finger lassen von,b) jemanden, etwas in Ruhe lassen;a) (her)einlassen in (akk),c) ein Stück Stoff etc einsetzen in (akk);let sb off a penalty jemandem eine Strafe erlassen;let sb off a promise jemanden von einem Versprechen entbinden;to an akk;for auf ein Jahr etc):“to let” „zu vermieten“3. eine Arbeit etc vergeben (to an akk)C v/aux lassen, mögen, sollen (zur Umschreibung des Imperativs der 1. und 3. Person, von Befehlen etc):let us go! Yes, let’s! gehen wir! Ja, gehen wir! ( oder Ja, einverstanden!);let us pray lasset uns beten;let him go there at once! er soll sofort hingehen!;(just) let them try sie sollen es nur versuchen;let A be equal to B nehmen wir an, A ist gleich BD v/ia) geschweige denn, ganz zu schweigen von,a) etwas sein lassen, die Finger lassen von,b) jemanden, etwas in Ruhe lassen;let drive at sb auf jemanden losschlagen oder -feuern;a) fallen lassen,b) fig eine Bemerkung etc fallen lassen,a) etwas abschießen,b) fig etwas loslassen, vom Stapel lassen,c) schießen (at auf akk),d) fig grob werden, vom Leder ziehen (at gegen);let go loslassen;let sth go, let go of sth etwas loslassen;let o.s. goa) sich gehen lassen,b) aus sich herausgehen;let it go at that lass es dabei bewenden;let2 [let] slet! Netz!2. Hindernis n (obs außer in):without let or hindrance völlig unbehindert* * *I 1. transitive verb,-tt-, let1) (allow to) lassendon't let things get you down/worry you — lass dich nicht entmutigen/mach dir keine Sorgen
I'll come if you will let me — ich komme, wenn ich darf
let somebody/something alone — jemanden/etwas in Ruhe lassen
let alone — (far less) geschweige denn
let somebody be — jemanden in Ruhe od. Frieden lassen
let go [of] something/somebody — etwas/jemanden loslassen
let somebody go — (from captivity) jemanden freilassen
let go — (release hold) loslassen; (neglect) herunterkommen lassen [Haus]; (let pass) durchgehen lassen [Bemerkung]
let it go [at that] — es dabei belassen od. bewenden lassen
let oneself go — (neglect oneself) sich vernachlässigen; (abandon self-restraint) sich gehen lassen
2) (cause to)let somebody think that... — jemanden in dem Glauben lassen, dass...
I will let you know as soon as... — ich gebe Ihnen Bescheid, sobald...
4) (Brit.): (rent out) vermieten [Haus, Wohnung, Büro]; verpachten [Gelände, Grundstück]2. auxiliary verb,‘to let’ — "zu vermieten"
-tt-, let1) in exhortations lassenlet us suppose that... — nehmen wir [nur] einmal an, dass...
Let's go to the cinema. - Yes, let's/No, let's not or don't let's — Komm/Kommt, wir gehen ins Kino. - Ja, gut/Nein, lieber nicht
2) in command, challenge lassenlet them come in — sie sollen hereinkommen; lassen Sie sie herein
never let it be said that... — keiner soll sagen, dass...
3. noun[just] let him try! — das soll er [nur] mal wagen!
(Brit.)Phrasal Verbs:- let down- let in- let into- let off- let on- let out- let upII nounwithout let [or hindrance] — (formal/Law) ohne jede Behinderung
* * *v.(§ p.,p.p.: let)= erlauben v.lassen v.(§ p.,pp.: ließ, gelassen)vermieten v.zulassen v. -
5 let
Ⅰ.1 noun∎ she took a six-month let on a house elle a loué une maison pour six mois;∎ a short/long let une location de courte/longue durée∎ let! let!;∎ the ball was a let la balle était let;∎ to play a let jouer une balle let∎ without let or hindrance librement, sans entrave∎ or literary to let (sb's) blood faire une saignée (à qn)►► Sport let ball balle f letⅡ.∎ to let sb do sth laisser qn faire qch, permettre à qn de faire qch;∎ she let them watch the programme elle les a laissés regarder l'émission;∎ I couldn't come because my parents wouldn't let me je ne suis pas venu parce que mes parents ne me l'ont pas permis;∎ I let the cakes burn j'ai laissé brûler les gâteaux;∎ let me buy you all a drink laissez-moi vous offrir un verre;∎ don't let me stop you going je ne veux pas t'empêcher d'y aller;∎ let me see the newspaper fais-moi voir le journal;∎ to let sb past laisser passer qn;∎ they don't let anyone near the reactor ils ne laissent personne approcher du réacteur;∎ let me tell you that… permettez-moi de vous dire que…;∎ it wasn't easy, let me tell you! ça n'a pas été facile, crois-moi!;∎ familiar don't let it get you down! ne te laisse pas abattre pour ça!;∎ don't let him get to you ne te soucie pas de lui;∎ to let sb have sth donner qch à qn;∎ don't be selfish, let him have a cake! ne sois pas égoïste, donne-lui un gâteau!;∎ I'll let you have a copy of the report je vous ferai parvenir une copie du rapport;∎ she let him know what she thought of him elle lui a fait savoir ce qu'elle pensait de lui;∎ let me know when he wakes up prévenez-moi quand il se réveillera;∎ I'll let him know you're here je vais le prévenir que vous êtes arrivé;∎ please let me know if there's any change veuillez me prévenir s'il y a du changement;∎ please God don't let anything happen to her! faites qu'il ne lui arrive rien!;∎ to let sth pass laisser passer qch;∎ familiar to let sb have it (physically) casser la figure à qn; (verbally) dire ses quatre vérités à qn(b) (followed by "go")∎ to let sb go (allow to leave) laisser partir qn; (release) relâcher qn; (allow to escape) laisser échapper qn; euphemism (dismiss, fire) licencier qn;∎ to let sb go, to let go of sb (stop holding) lâcher qn;∎ they let the hostages go ils ont relâché les otages;∎ she let her assistant go elle a licencié son assistant;∎ let me go!, let go of me! lâchez-moi!;∎ to let sth go (allow to escape) laisser échapper qch;∎ to let sth go, to let go of sth (stop holding) lâcher qch;∎ hold the rope and don't let go (of it)! tiens la corde et ne la lâche pas!;∎ to let oneself go (neglect oneself, relax) se laisser aller;∎ he's really let the garden go il a vraiment négligé le jardin;∎ that remark was uncalled-for but I'll let it go cette réflexion était déplacée mais restons-en là;∎ give me £5 and we'll let it go at that donne-moi 5 livres et on n'en parle plus∎ let's hurry! dépêchons-nous!;∎ let's go to bed allons nous coucher;∎ let's go! allons-y!;∎ don't let's go out or let's not go out tonight ne sortons pas ce soir;∎ let's not have an argument about it! on ne va pas se disputer pour ça!;∎ now, let's not have any nonsense! allons, pas de bêtises!;∎ shall we have a picnic? - yes, let's! si on faisait un pique-nique? - d'accord!;∎ formal let us pray prions ensemble∎ let me start by saying how pleased I am to be here laissez-moi d'abord vous dire combien je suis ravi d'être ici;∎ let me put it another way je vais tâcher d'être plus clair;∎ let me try and explain je vais essayer de vous expliquer∎ let me think attends, voyons voir;∎ let me see, let's see voyons∎ if she doesn't want my help, let her do it herself! si elle ne veut pas de mon aide, qu'elle le fasse toute seule!;∎ let them talk! laisse-les dire!∎ don't let me catch you at it again! que je ne t'y reprenne plus!;∎ familiar let me catch you doing that again and you're for it! si je te reprends à faire ça, ça va être ta fête!∎ let there be light que la lumière soit;∎ let the festivities begin! que la fête commence!;∎ let them be! laisse-les tranquilles!, fiche-leur la paix!∎ let us suppose that... supposons que...;∎ Mathematics let x equal 17 soit x égal à 17;∎ Mathematics let ABC be a right-angled triangle soit un triangle rectangle ABC∎ I wouldn't go out with him, let alone marry him je ne sortirais même pas avec lui, alors pour ce qui est de l'épouser...;∎ he's never even used a computer, let alone surfed the Internet il ne s'est jamais servi d'un ordinateur et encore moins de l'Internet∎ to let sb by laisser passer qn(a) (disappoint) décevoir;∎ to let sb down gently ménager qn;∎ I felt really let down j'étais vraiment déçu;∎ our old car has never let us down notre vieille voiture ne nous a jamais lâchés;∎ he has been badly let down il a été gravement déçu∎ figurative to let sb down gently traiter qn avec ménagement∎ to let the hem of a dress down rallonger une robe(a) (person, animal) laisser entrer;∎ to let sb in ouvrir (la porte) à qn, faire entrer qn;∎ his mother let me in sa mère m'a fait entrer ou m'a ouvert (la porte);∎ here's the key to let yourself in voici la clé pour entrer;∎ she let herself in with a pass key elle est entrée avec un passe(b) (air, water) laisser passer;∎ the roof lets the rain in le toit laisse entrer ou passer la pluie;∎ my shoes let in water mes chaussures prennent l'eau∎ to let in the clutch embrayer∎ he didn't realize what he was letting himself in for il ne savait pas à quoi il s'engageait;∎ we're letting ourselves in for a lot of work nous allons avoir beaucoup de travail∎ to let sb in on sth mettre qn au courant de qch;∎ have you let him in on the secret? lui avez-vous confié le secret?(a) (allow to enter) laisser entrer;∎ my mother let her into the flat ma mère l'a laissée entrer dans l'appartement∎ I'll let you into a secret je vais te confier un secret∎ the pipes are let into the wall les tuyaux sont encastrés dans le mur;∎ to let a door/window into a wall percer une porte/fenêtre dans un mur➲ let off∎ to let sb off doing sth dispenser qn de faire qch;∎ I've been let off work je suis dispensé de travailler∎ we were let off an hour early on nous a laissés partir une heure plus tôt;∎ they let us off the bus on nous a laissés descendre du bus(c) (criminal, pupil, child) ne pas punir;∎ the judge let him off lightly le juge a fait preuve d'indulgence à son égard;∎ she was let off with a fine elle s'en est tirée avec une amende;∎ I'll let you off this time pour cette fois, je passe;∎ you let him off too easily vous n'avez pas été assez sévère avec lui(e) (release → steam, liquid) laisser échapper;∎ figurative to let off steam se défouler∎ the whole building is let off as offices tout l'immeuble est loué en bureauxfamiliar (break wind) péter➲ let on(allow to embark) laisser monter;∎ they let us on the train on nous a laissés monter dans le trainfamiliar parler□ ;∎ she never let on elle ne l'a jamais dit;∎ somebody let on about the wedding to the press quelqu'un a parlé du mariage à ou a révélé le mariage à la presse;∎ he didn't let on that he saw her (didn't tell anyone) il n'a pas dit qu'il l'avait vue; (didn't acknowledge her) il a fait semblant de ne pas la voir;∎ don't let on! pas un mot!➲ let out∎ the teacher let us out early le professeur nous a laissés sortir plus tôt;∎ my secretary will let you out ma secrétaire va vous reconduire;∎ don't get up, I'll let myself out ne vous levez pas, je connais le chemin(b) (water, air) laisser échapper;∎ someone's let the air out of the tyres quelqu'un a dégonflé les pneus(c) (shout, oath, whistle) laisser échapper∎ who let it out that they're getting married? qui est allé raconter qu'ils allaient se marier?∎ to let out the clutch débrayer∎ they let out boats by the hour ils louent des bateaux à l'heure∎ the rain didn't let up all day il n'a pas cessé ou arrêté de pleuvoir de toute la journée;∎ once he's started he never lets up une fois lancé, il ne s'arrête plus∎ he never lets up il ne s'accorde aucun répit;∎ don't let up now, you're in the lead ce n'est pas le moment de faiblir, tu es en tête∎ to let up on sb lâcher la bride à qn -
6 let
I let present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) dejar, permitir2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) hacer (saber)3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) que (+ subjuntivo)•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone
II let present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) alquilar- to letlet vb1. dejar / permitirlet me out! ¡déjame salir!2. alquilarto let somebody know hacer saber / decirif you need anything, just let me know si necesitas algo, dímelotr[let]1 (tennis) let nombre masculino————————tr[let]1 (allow) dejar1 que + subjuntivo■ let's go! ¡vamos!, ¡vámonos!1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (rent) alquilar■ 'House to let' "Se alquila casa"\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLlet alone... y mucho menos...let me see / let's see a verto feel let down sentirse defraudado,-ato let by dejar pasarto let go of soltarto let loose soltar, desatarto let off steam desfogarseto let oneself in for trouble meterse en un líoto let somebody alone dejar a alguien en paz, no molestar a alguiento let something alone no tocar algoto let somebody down lightly decírselo a alguien con tactoto let somebody in on something revelar algo a alguiento let somebody know hacer saber a alguien, avisar a alguien1) allow: dejar, permitirlet me see it: déjame verlo2) make: hacerlet me know: házmelo saber, avísamelet them wait: que esperen, haz que esperen3) rent: alquilarlet's go!: ¡vamos!, ¡vámonos!let us pray: oremos5)to let down disappoint: fallar6)to let off forgive: perdonar7)to let out reveal: revelar8)to let up abate: amainar, disminuirthe pace never lets up: el ritmo nunca disminuyeconj.• que conj.pret., p.p.(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to let")adj.• arrendable adj.v.(§ p.,p.p.: let) = alquilar v.• arrendar v.• dejar v.• dejar pasar v.• permitir v.
I letnoun (BrE) contrato m de arrendamiento mthey specialize in holiday lets — se especializan en el alquiler or el arrendamiento de residencias de vacaciones
II
1) (no pass)a) ( allow to) dejarto let somebody/something + inf: let her speak déjala hablar; he let his hair grow se dejó crecer el pelo; let me help you deja que te ayude; don't let me keep you no te quiero entretener; let me see ¿a ver?, deja or déjame ver; you shouldn't let her talk to you like that no deberías permitir que te hable así; don't let me catch you here again! — que no te vuelva a pescar por aquí!; be II 1) a), drop II 5), rip I 2)
b) (cause to, make)to let somebody/something + inf: let me have your answer tomorrow! dame la respuesta mañana; let me know if there are any problems avísame si hay algún problema; he let it be known that... — hizo saber que...
c)to let go — soltar*
let go! you're hurting me! — suelta or suéltame, que me haces daño!
to let somebody go — ( release somebody) soltar* a alguien; ( give somebody permission to go) dejar ir a alguien; ( fire somebody) (euph) despedir* a alguien
to let oneself go — ( enjoy oneself) soltarse*, soltarse* la melena (fam); ( neglect oneself) abandonarse
to let something go — \<\<garden\>\> descuidar; ( let something pass)
we'll let it go this time — por esta vez (que) pase, por esta vez lo pasaremos por alto
2) (+ adv compl)to let something/somebody by o past — dejar pasar algo/a alguien
she let herself into the house — abrió la puerta y entró en la casa; see also let in, off, out
3) [Used to form 1st pers pl imperative]a) ( in suggestions)let's go — vamos, vámonos
don't let's o let's not argue — no discutamos
b) (in requests, proposals, commands)if we were to sell it for, let's say, $500 — si lo vendiéramos por, digamos, $500
let us pray — (frml) oremos
4) [Used to form 3rd pers imperative, gen translated by que + subj in Spanish]a) ( in commands)never let it be said that... — que no se diga que...
b) (expressing defiance, warning, threat)c) ( in suppositions)5) ( rent) (esp BrE) alquilar•Phrasal Verbs:- let down- let in- let off- let on- let out- let up
I [let]1. VT(pt, pp let)1) (=allow to)to let sb do sth — dejar or more frm permitir que algn haga algo, dejar or more frm permitir a algn hacer algo
my parents wouldn't let me go out with boys — mis padres no dejaban que saliera con chicos, mis padres no me dejaban salir con chicos
let me help you — déjeme ayudarle or que le ayude
let me think — déjame pensar, a ver que piense
she wanted to help but her mother wouldn't let her — quería ayudar, pero su madre no la dejaba
to let o.s. be persuaded — dejarse persuadir
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don't let me catch you cheating again! — ¡no quiero volver a pillarte haciendo trampa!, ¡que no vuelva a pillarte haciendo trampa!•
you must let me be the judge of that — eso tengo que juzgarlo yo•
don't let me keep you — no quiero entretenerle•
now let me see — ¿a ver?, déjame que veaalone 1., 2), a), be 1., 13), go 1., 24), rip 3., 2)•
it's hard work, let me tell you — es mucho trabajo, te lo asegurob) (in prayers, wishes)please don't let it rain — por favor, que no llueva
don't let him die, she prayed — no dejes que se muera, le pidió a Dios
2) (=cause to)•
when can you let me have it? — ¿cuándo me lo puedes dejar?slip 2., 5)•
to let it be known that — hacer saber que3) (+ prep, adv)let in, let out, secret 2.•
they won't let you into the country — no te dejarán entrar en el país4) (=forming imperative)•
her then boyfriend (let's call him Dave)... — el entonces novio suyo (llamémosle or vamos a llamarle Dave)...•
let's get out here — bajémonos aquí•
let's go! — ¡vámonos!•
let's not or don't let's jump to conclusions — no nos precipitemos a sacar conclusiones•
let us pray — frm oremos•
if you weigh, let's say, 175 pounds... — si pesas, digamos, 175 libras...•
let's see, what was I saying? — a ver or déjame ver, ¿qué decía yo?•
"shall we eat now?" - "yes, let's" — -¿comemos ahora? -sí, venga or -sí, vale"shall we go home now?" - "yes, let's" — -¿nos vamos a casa ahora? -¡sí, vamos! or -¡sí, vámonos!
"people may complain" - "let them" — -puede que la gente se queje -pues que lo hagan
let people say what they will, we know we are right — que la gente diga lo que quiera, nosotros sabemos que tenemos razón
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let that be a lesson to you! — ¡que eso te sirva de lección!•
never let it be said that... — que nunca se diga que...5) (Math)6) (esp Brit) (=rent out) alquilar, arrendar (to a)7) (=put)•
a plaque let into a wall — una lápida empotrada en una pared8) (Med) [+ blood] sacar2.N•
we're converting the barn for holiday lets — estamos remodelando el granero para alquilarlo durante las vacaciones- let away- let by- let down- let in- let off- let on- let out- let up
II
[let]N1) (Tennis) dejada f, let m2) (Jur)LET
Meaning "allow"
► Translate using either dejar, especially in informal contexts, or permitir, especially in more formal contexts. Both verbs can be followed either by an infinitive or by que + ((subjunctive)):
Let me do it Déjame hacerlo, Déjame que lo haga
Let her have a look Deja que ella lo vea, Déjale verlo
We must not let the children see this No debemos permitir que los niños vean esto or permitir a los niños ver esto
Imperative
First person plural ► Translate let's and let us + ((verb)) using either vamos a + ((infinitive)) or using the present subjunctive of the main verb. The second construction is used particularly in formal language and when translating let's not:
Let's go for a walk! Vamos a dar un paseo
Let's consider the implications of the Government's decision Consideremos las implicaciones de la decisión del Gobierno
Let's not waste any more time No perdamos ya más tiempo To translate l et's go, use vamos or vámonos o n its own without a following infinitive:
Let's go to the theatre ¡Vamos al teatro! ► When let's is used on its own to reply to a suggestion, translate using vamos or vámonos i f the verb in the suggestion was ir. Use vale or venga if not:
"Shall we go?" - "Yes, let's" "¿Nos vamos?" - "¡Sí, vamos!" or "¡Sí, vámonos!"
"Shall we watch the match?" - "Yes, let's" "¿Vemos el partido?" - "Sí, vale" or "Sí, venga"
Third person ► When let introduces a command, suggestion or wish in the third person, translate using que + ((subjunctive)):
Let him come up! ¡Que suba!
Let there be no misunderstanding about this ¡Que no haya ningún malentendido sobre esto!
Let them do as they like ¡Que hagan lo que quieran! ► Be careful to distinguish between the "permission" sense of let sb do something and the "command" sense:
Please let them stay here (i.e. Please allow them to stay) Déjalos que se queden aquí or Déjalos quedarse aquí, por favor
Let them stay here! (i.e. expressing a decision or an order) ¡Que se queden aquí! When que is used in this sense, it never takes an accent. For further uses and examples, see main entry* * *
I [let]noun (BrE) contrato m de arrendamiento mthey specialize in holiday lets — se especializan en el alquiler or el arrendamiento de residencias de vacaciones
II
1) (no pass)a) ( allow to) dejarto let somebody/something + inf: let her speak déjala hablar; he let his hair grow se dejó crecer el pelo; let me help you deja que te ayude; don't let me keep you no te quiero entretener; let me see ¿a ver?, deja or déjame ver; you shouldn't let her talk to you like that no deberías permitir que te hable así; don't let me catch you here again! — que no te vuelva a pescar por aquí!; be II 1) a), drop II 5), rip I 2)
b) (cause to, make)to let somebody/something + inf: let me have your answer tomorrow! dame la respuesta mañana; let me know if there are any problems avísame si hay algún problema; he let it be known that... — hizo saber que...
c)to let go — soltar*
let go! you're hurting me! — suelta or suéltame, que me haces daño!
to let somebody go — ( release somebody) soltar* a alguien; ( give somebody permission to go) dejar ir a alguien; ( fire somebody) (euph) despedir* a alguien
to let oneself go — ( enjoy oneself) soltarse*, soltarse* la melena (fam); ( neglect oneself) abandonarse
to let something go — \<\<garden\>\> descuidar; ( let something pass)
we'll let it go this time — por esta vez (que) pase, por esta vez lo pasaremos por alto
2) (+ adv compl)to let something/somebody by o past — dejar pasar algo/a alguien
she let herself into the house — abrió la puerta y entró en la casa; see also let in, off, out
3) [Used to form 1st pers pl imperative]a) ( in suggestions)let's go — vamos, vámonos
don't let's o let's not argue — no discutamos
b) (in requests, proposals, commands)if we were to sell it for, let's say, $500 — si lo vendiéramos por, digamos, $500
let us pray — (frml) oremos
4) [Used to form 3rd pers imperative, gen translated by que + subj in Spanish]a) ( in commands)never let it be said that... — que no se diga que...
b) (expressing defiance, warning, threat)c) ( in suppositions)5) ( rent) (esp BrE) alquilar•Phrasal Verbs:- let down- let in- let off- let on- let out- let up -
7 stop
1. n остановка, задержкаstop signal — знак, указатель остановки
2. n пауза, перерыв3. n прекращение, конец4. n остановка, место остановки5. n короткое пребывание, остановка6. n помеха, препятствие7. n затор, пробка8. n тех. останов; ограничитель; стопор, упор9. n запрещение, вето; эмбарго10. n знак препинания11. n затыкание, закрываниекоманда останова; кнопка «стоп»
12. n регистр13. n клапан14. n тон, манера говорить15. n прижимание пальца к струнеstop code — код останова; символ остановки
16. n фон. взрывной согласный звук17. n блокировка18. n отражение атаки19. n фото диафрагма20. v останавливать, задерживатьto stop the window rattling — сделать так, чтобы окно не дребезжало
21. v остановиться, чтобы …we stopped to smoke — мы закурили; мы сделали перекур
stop off — остановиться в пути, сделать остановку
22. v остановить, прервать, заставить замолчать23. v останавливаться, замолкать; делать паузу, перерыв24. v удерживать, останавливать, мешать, не давать25. v удерживаться; останавливаться26. v прекращать, кончатьto stop talking — перестать разговаривать, прекращать разговор
27. v прекращаться, кончаться28. v разг. останавливаться, гостить29. v разг. оставатьсяto stop behind — оставаться, когда другие уже ушли
30. v разг. приостанавливать, прекращатьto stop payment — прекратить платежи, обанкротиться
31. v разг. останавливать, блокировать, преграждать32. v разг. перехватывать33. v разг. тормозить, задерживать, останавливать34. v разг. удерживать, вычитать; урезыватьthey stopped ?5 out of his wages — они удержали пять фунтов из его заработной затыкать; заделывать, замазывать, шпаклевать
35. v разг. ставить знаки препинания36. v разг. блокировать, отражать удар37. v разг. отбивать мячи, отбиваться38. v муз. прижимать струну39. v муз. нажимать вентиль, клапан40. v муз. мор. стопорить, закреплять41. v муз. охот. застрелить42. v муз. фото диафрагмироватьСинонимический ряд:1. bar (noun) bar; barricade; barrier; blank wall; block; blockade; fence; hindrance; hurdle; impediment; obstacle; obstruction; roadblock; snag; traverse; wall2. cork (noun) cork; plug; stopper3. end (noun) arrest; cease; cessation; check; close; closing; closure; completion; conclusion; consummation; desistance; desuetude; discontinuance; discontinuation; end; ending; finish; halt; period; termination; terminus; wrap-up4. interlude (noun) interlude; lull; pause5. stay (noun) arrest; cessation; check; cut-off; halt; standstill; stay; stillstand; stoppage6. stopover (noun) depot; layover; respite; sojourn; station; stopover; terminal7. abstain (verb) abstain; desist; forswear; refrain from8. bring up (verb) bring up; draw up; fetch up; haul up; pull up9. cease (verb) abandon; arrest; brake; break; break up; cease; check; conclude; discontinue; end; finish; give over; give up; halt; intermit; knock off; leave off; paralyze; quit; relinquish; restrain; surcease; surrender; terminate; withdrawn10. fill (verb) block; choke; clog; close; congest; fill; obstruct; occlude; plug; stopper11. hinder (verb) delay; frustrate; hinder; impede; intercept; interrupt; preclude; prevent; suppress; thwart12. idle (verb) idle; immobilise; tie up13. rest (verb) rest; stay; tarry; visit14. see (verb) call; come by; drop by; drop in; look in; look up; pop in; run in; see15. stem (verb) stanch; stemАнтонимический ряд:aid; begin; continuation; continue; expedite; farther; hasten; initiate; open; proceed; promote; speed; start -
8 let
I let present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) la, tillate2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) la3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) la•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II let present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) leie ut- to letgodkjenne--------innrømme--------la--------tillateIsubst. \/let\/utleie, leieperiode, leieobjektIIsubst. \/let\/1) ( gammeldags) hinder, hindring2) ( tennis e.l.) nettball (ved serve)without let or hindrance ( jus) uhindret, uten hindringIII1) ( også som hjelpeverb) la, tillate• won't you let me help you?hun ville gå på dans, men hun fikk ikke lov av faren• yes, let's!ja, det gjør vi!• let's go!• let's hope so!• just let him try!• let's not go to the cinema?• don't let me see you here again!• well, let him!2) slippe inn3) leie(s) ut• the flat lets for £50 a monthleiligheten leies ut for £50 i månedenbe let go måtte gåbe let in slippe(s) inn, bli sluppet innbe let into slippes inn i, bli sluppet inn ibe let out slippe(s) ut, slippe(s) løsbe let through slippe(s) gjennom, slippe(s) fremlet alone la være i fred, la være, ikke bry seg med, ikke bry seg om, ikke befatte seg medfor ikke å snakke om, og dessuten• he was too tired to walk, let alone run• there were seven people in the car, let alone a pile of luggage and three dogs( i nektende setninger) langt mindre• he can't look after himself, let alone otherslet be la være i fredlet blood ( gammeldags) årelatelet down slippe ned, fire, fire ned, senke, heise ned, dra ned ( håndarbeid) legge ned• will you let down this dress for me please?( overført) late i stikken, overgi, svike, svikte( luftfart) planere, senke seg, foreta en innflyvning ( om dekk) slippe luft ut av (om hår, også overført) slå utlet fall la falle, senke, slippe, miste si, la fallelet fly angripe (fysisk eller verbalt)let go la gå, la løpe, slippe, slippe fri, slippe taket• let me go!( om tanke) slå bortlet go of slippe• let go of her hand!let in slippe inn, åpne døren forfelle inn, legge inn, fuge inn (bil, om clutch) slippe (opp) ( hverdagslig) lure, narrelet into slippe inn i felle inn i, sy inn i mure inn i, sette inn iinnvie i, la få vite( hverdagslig) angripe, gi seg pålet it go at that! la gå!, la det være (som det er)!let it never be said that ingen skal kunne si atlet loose slippe, slippe løsgi fritt utløp for, utøselet off ( også overført) fyre av, brenne avslippe, slippe unna, la slippe unnaslippe ut (damp e.l.), slippe, slippe opp (en ballong e.l.) slippe av• please let me off at 12th Street!( hverdagslig) fise, fjerte, slippe en leie utlet off steam ( hverdagslig) avreagerelet on ( hverdagslig) sladre, røpelate som, late som om, spillela seg merke med, innrømme, være vedlet one ( hverdagslig) slippe en fjertlet oneself go slippe seg løs, la seg rive med, bli entusiastiskslurve med utseendet sitt, ikke stelle seglet oneself in låse seg inn, gå innlet oneself in for something innlate seg på noe, rote seg bort i noe, gi seg inn på noelet out slippe ut, slippe løs, løslate ( håndarbeid) legge ut ( sjøfart) stikke ut (rev) avsløre, forråde, få seg til å si, plapre ut med( hverdagslig) renvaske, fri for mistanke leie ut ( hverdagslig) slå, lange ut etter, gå løs på, sparke, skjelle ut(amer.) slutte, holde opp• when does the university let out?utstøte, gi fra seglet slip slippe gå glipp av, mistela lekke ut, la fallelet slip the dogs of war (poetisk, overført) slippe krigen løslet somebody by la noen slippe forbilet somebody down gently ( hverdagslig) ikke ta i for hardt overfor noenlet somebody in for something dra noen inn i noelet somebody in on something ( hverdagslig) innvie noen i noelet somebody off easy la noen slippe billig unnalet somebody out of sight slippe noen ut av synelet something be equal to something ( geometri) la noe være lik noe, anta\/si at noe er lik noelet something go gi slipp på noe, slå noe ut av hodet, ikke tenke på noelet there be light! ( bibelsk) bli lys!let through slippe gjennom, slippe fremlet up avta, dabbe av, minske, slutte, holde opp, stanse, stoppe• will the rain never let up?let up on ta litt lettere på, behandle mildere, ikke presse så hardt på med, ta det rolig medlet well alone! det er bra som det er!, la det være som det er!, ikke vekk en sovende bjørn!to let ( om hus eller værelse) til leie -
9 Artificial Intelligence
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)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)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, EventuallyJust 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 ProgramMany 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)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)[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)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 FormThe 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)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)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)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)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 FormationIt 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)We might distinguish among four kinds of 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.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.... 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)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 ContextsEven 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)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)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 IntelligenceThe 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)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 PropositionsIn 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)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)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)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)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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10 let
I [let] II [let]1) (when making suggestion, expressing command)let's not o don't let's BE talk about that! non parliamone! let's see if... vediamo se...; let's pretend that... facciamo finta che...; let's face it siamo onesti, riconosciamolo; let me see let's see... vediamo...; let me think about it fammici pensare; it's more complex than, let's say, a computer è più complesso, diciamo, di un computer; let there be no doubt about it! che non ci siano dubbi su questo! let the festivities begin! abbiano inizio i festeggiamenti! never let it be said that non sia mai detto che; just let him try it! che provi! if he wants tea, let him make it himself! se vuole del tè, che se lo faccia! let me tell you... lascia che te lo dica...; let y = 25 — mat. sia y = 25
2) (allow)to let sb. do sth. — lasciare fare qcs. a qcn.
let me see let me have a look fa' vedere, fammi dare un'occhiata; let me introduce you to Jo lascia che ti presenti Jo; to let sth. fall lasciare cadere qcs.; to let one's hair grow farsi crescere i capelli; to let sb. off the bus lasciare scendere qcn. dall'autobus; can you let me off here? — puoi lasciarmi qui?
3) let alone per non parlare di, tanto menohe couldn't look after the cat let alone a child — non era in grado di badare al gatto, figuriamoci a un bambino
"to let" — "affittasi"
•- let down- let go- let in- let off- let on- let out- let upIII [let]nome sport let m., net m.* * *I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.)2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.)3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!)•- let someone or something alone/be
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- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.)- to let* * *let (1) /lɛt/n.let (2) /lɛt/n.2 ( tennis) colpo nullo da ripetere ( nel servizio); let; net: ‘no let’, ripetizione del servizio non concessa ( dall'arbitro).♦ (to) let /lɛt/(pass. e p. p. let)A v. t.1 (causativo) lasciare; permettere; fare; farsi: They wouldn't let me stay, non mi hanno lasciato (o non mi hanno permesso di) restare; DIALOGO → - New member of staff 2- Let me introduce you to some of the staff, permettimi di presentarti a una parte dello staff; Let me see your homework, fammi vedere i tuoi compiti; DIALOGO → - Local shop 1- Let me think, fammi pensare; DIALOGO → - Clothes 1- Let me know if you need me, mi faccia sapere se ha bisogno di me; to let st. pass, lasciar correre qc.; lasciar perdere; They let the prisoner escape, lasciarono (o si fecero) scappare il prigioniero; to let sb. know, far sapere a q.; informare q. NOTA D'USO: - avvertire e to avert- NOTA D'USO: - lasciare-2 (ausiliare nell'imper. per la 1a e 3a pers. sing. e pl., e in qualche altro caso; è idiom.; per es.:) Let us pray, preghiamo!; Let him try, provi pure!; DIALOGO → - Going to the airport- Let's go, andiamo; (mat.) Let x equal y, sia x uguale a y3 affittare; dare in affitto; concedere; locare; appigionare: to let a house, dare in affitto una casa; «To Let» ( cartello), «affittasi»4 far uscire, emettere, scaricare ( aria, acqua, ecc.): to let air out of a tyre, fare uscire l'aria da un pneumatico; sgonfiare una gommaB v. i.essere affittato (o appigionato); affittarsi; appigionarsi: How much does this house let for?, a quanto s'affitta (o qual è l'affitto di) questa casa?● to let sb. alone, lasciare in pace q., lasciar stare q. □ let alone, per non parlare di; tanto meno; figurarsi: He can't change a bulb, let alone fix a leaking tap, non sa cambiare una lampadina, figurarsi riparare un rubinetto che perde □ to let be, lasciar stare; lasciare in pace: Let him be!, lascialo in pace!; lascialo stare!; Let it be!, e sia!; e va bene! □ (med.) to let blood, cavare sangue; salassare □ to let drop, lasciar cadere; lasciar andare; lasciar perdere: Shall we let the matter drop?, vuoi che lasciamo perdere la faccenda? □ to let fly, (v. t.) lanciare; scagliare ( anche fig.); (v. i.) cominciare a sparare; attaccare, scagliare colpi; cominciare a inveire; He let fly a torrent of abuse, lanciò un torrente d'ingiurie; He let fly at me for no reason, mi attaccò (o cominciò a inveire contro di me) senza alcun motivo □ to let go (of), allentare; lasciare; lasciar andare, mollare: The pan was hot and she let go of it, il tegame scottava e lei lo lasciò andare □ to let oneself go, lasciarsi andare; abbandonarsi; ( anche) trascurare il proprio aspetto (vestiario, ecc.): Let yourself go!, lasciati andare! □ (volg. ingl.) to let one go ► let off, B □ (fam.) to let st. go hang, lasciare che qc. vada per il suo verso □ to let sb. have it, dire a q. il fatto suo; non mandargliela a dire; ( anche) attaccare, dare addosso a q. □ to let loose, liberare, sciogliere, lasciare liberi (animali, ecc.); (fig.) dare mano libera (o carta bianca) a (q.) □ to let st. slide, lasciare andare qc. a rotoli; ( USA) lasciar correre (o lasciar perdere) qc. □ to let slip, lasciarsi sfuggire ( una parola, una frase, ecc.); lasciarsi scappare ( un'occasione, ecc.); (lett.) sciogliere, liberare □ Let it rip!, (autom.) accelera!; dacci sotto!; ( USA) vada come vada!; fregatene! □ (prov.) Let well ( USA: well enough) alone, non cercare di far meglio!; non voler strafare! (cfr. ital. il meglio è nemico del bene).NOTA D'USO: - let's / let us-* * *I [let] II [let]1) (when making suggestion, expressing command)let's not o don't let's BE talk about that! non parliamone! let's see if... vediamo se...; let's pretend that... facciamo finta che...; let's face it siamo onesti, riconosciamolo; let me see let's see... vediamo...; let me think about it fammici pensare; it's more complex than, let's say, a computer è più complesso, diciamo, di un computer; let there be no doubt about it! che non ci siano dubbi su questo! let the festivities begin! abbiano inizio i festeggiamenti! never let it be said that non sia mai detto che; just let him try it! che provi! if he wants tea, let him make it himself! se vuole del tè, che se lo faccia! let me tell you... lascia che te lo dica...; let y = 25 — mat. sia y = 25
2) (allow)to let sb. do sth. — lasciare fare qcs. a qcn.
let me see let me have a look fa' vedere, fammi dare un'occhiata; let me introduce you to Jo lascia che ti presenti Jo; to let sth. fall lasciare cadere qcs.; to let one's hair grow farsi crescere i capelli; to let sb. off the bus lasciare scendere qcn. dall'autobus; can you let me off here? — puoi lasciarmi qui?
3) let alone per non parlare di, tanto menohe couldn't look after the cat let alone a child — non era in grado di badare al gatto, figuriamoci a un bambino
"to let" — "affittasi"
•- let down- let go- let in- let off- let on- let out- let upIII [let]nome sport let m., net m. -
11 interruption
1. n перерыв; временное прекращение, приостановка; заминка, задержка2. n вмешательство, вторжение3. n нарушение; помеха, препятствиеСинонимический ряд:1. abeyance (noun) abeyance; abeyancy; cold storage; doldrums; dormancy; intermission; latency; quiescence; quiescency2. break (noun) break; cessation; delay; discontinuity; disruption; interference; interlude; pause; suspension3. gap (noun) breach; gap; hiatus; interim; interval; lacuna4. stay (noun) arrest; check; deterrent; halt; hindrance; obstruction; stay; stop -
12 limit
1. n граница, предел; рубежwithin limits — в определённых пределах, умеренно, в пределах возможности
without limit — неограниченно, в любом размере, в любой степени
2. n l3. n пределы4. n территория, зона5. n воен. район, разрешённый для посещения военнослужащими6. n амер. сл. половое сношение7. n тех. допуск, предельный размер; предельное отклонение; интервал значений8. n юр. срок давности9. v ограничивать; ставить пределto limit the amount of work a man may do in a day — определить количество работы, которую человек может сделать за день
10. v служить границей, пределомstability limit — предел устойчивости; граница устойчивости
Синонимический ряд:1. absolute (noun) absolute; extreme; extremity; length; ultimate2. boundary (noun) border; bound; boundary; ceiling; confine; confines; edge; end; extent; frontier; lid; limitation; maximum; restriction; term3. constraint (noun) check; constraint; hindrance; precinct; restraint4. bar (verb) bar; circumscribe; confine; delimit; delimitate; forbid; outlaw; prelimit; prohibit; proscribe; restrict5. demarcate (verb) bound; cramp; define; demarcate; determine; hinder; mark out; measure; narrow; regulate; restrain
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