Intelligent Systems 2 Flashcards
demotion
a situation in which a company, team, etc. moves to a lower place in a list because it has performed badly:
The grocer is facing demotion to the bottom of the supermarket league table.
by means of
araciligiyla, I can find a new house by means of Facebook
interleave/so that
to combine different things so that parts of one thing are put between parts of another thing:
The film interleaves extracts from her father’s autobiography with family interviews
simply
completely or as much as possible/ only-You look simply (= really) beautiful in that dress/I don’t like my job - I simply do it for the money.
reinforces
- the pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
- The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.
white knight
a person or organization that saves a company from financial difficulties or from a takeover by putting money into the company or by buying it
abstraction
the situation in which a subject is very general and not based on real situations: She’s always talking in abstractions.
taking account of
hesaba katarak/A good transport strategy must take account of the environmental issues.
crook
I think the guy was crook
substantial
large in size, value, or importance/ She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother.
The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.
Enforcement
the process of making sure that people obey something such as a law or rule: /enforcement of sth Firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an unfair competitive advantage