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• productive — pro‧duc‧tive [prəˈdʌktɪv] adjective 1. producing or achieving something: • The program is designed to help business users be more productive. • We want to turn welfare recipients into productive, working members of society. • The plant has the… …   Financial and business terms

• Productive — Pro*duc tive, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• productive — [prə duk′tiv, prōduk′tiv] adj. [ML productivus < LL, fit for prolongation < L productus, pp. of producere: see PRODUCE] 1. producing abundantly; fertile [productive soil, a productive mind] 2. marked by abundant production or effective… …   English World dictionary

• productive — I adjective advantageous, causative, constructive, creational, creative, demiurgic, demiurgical, efficient, fecund, ferax, fertile, formative, fructiferous, fructuous, fruitful, gainful, imaginative, industrial, inventive, life giving, luxuriant …   Law dictionary

• productive — 1610s, from Fr. productif (16c.), from M.L. productivus fit for production, from L. product , pp. stem of producere (see PRODUCE (Cf. produce)). Related: Productively; productiveness …   Etymology dictionary

• productive — [adj] fruitful, creative advantageous, beneficial, constructive, dynamic, effective, energetic, fecund, fertile, gainful, generative, gratifying, inventive, plentiful, producing, profitable, prolific, rewarding, rich, teeming, useful, valuable,… …   New thesaurus

• productive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) producing or able to produce large amounts of goods or crops. 2) achieving or producing a significant amount or result. DERIVATIVES productively adverb productiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

• productive — pro|duc|tive [ prə dʌktıv ] adjective ** 1. ) making or growing things in large quantities, especially so that they can be sold: During their most productive period, both mills were controlled by the Marling family. ways of making more productive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• productive — [[t]prədʌ̱ktɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is productive produces or does a lot for the amount of resources used. Training makes workers highly productive… More productive farmers have been able to provide cheaper food.… …   English dictionary

• productive */*/ — UK [prəˈdʌktɪv] / US adjective 1) a) making or growing things in large quantities, especially so that they can be sold During their most productive period, both mills were controlled by the Marling family. ways of making more productive use of… …   English dictionary

• productive — productively, adv. productiveness, n. productivity /proh duk tiv i tee/, n. /preuh duk tiv/, adj. 1. having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort. 2. producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard. 3.… …   Universalium

- производительный

productive pool — горн. промышленная нефтяная залежь 
productive mine [oilfield] — богатый рудник [нефтяной промысел] 

- полит.-эк. производительный

productive capacity — производительная способность 
productive capital — производительный капитал 
productive labour — производительный труд 
productive forces — производительные силы 
productive assets — производительный капитал; производственные фонды 
productive age — трудоспособный возраст 

- производственный

productive co-operative society — производственное кооперативное общество 
productive facilities — производственный аппарат 

- плодородный

productive soil — плодородная почва 
productive capacity — производительная способность 

- плодовитый

productive writer [poet] — плодовитый писатель [поэт] 
productive imagination — творческая фантазия 

- (of) влекущий за собою; причиняющий

it may be productive of much good — это может принести большую пользу 
money is not always productive of happiness — деньги не всегда приносят счастье 

- плодотворный, благоприятный (о влиянии, климате и т. п.)

our meeting was very productive — наша встреча была очень полезной /плодотворной/ 

- лингв. продуктивный

productive suffix — продуктивный суффикс 

- мед. продуктивный

productive cough — мед. кашель с мокротой 

- вчт. полезный

productive time — полезное время 

Мои примеры

I am most productive in the morning. 

Наиболее эффективно я работаю утром.

Most of us are more productive in the morning. 

Утром большинство из нас работает более продуктивно.

How can we shunt the talks onto more productive subjects? 

Как бы нам перевести беседу на более полезные темы?

The meeting was productive of several good ideas. 

Совещание принесло несколько хороших идей.

I had a very productive day. 

У меня был очень плодотворный день.

Love is not always productive of felicity. 

Любовь не всегда приносит блаженство.

Some staff members are more productive than others. 

Некоторые сотрудники более эффективны, чем другие.

Reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work. 

Гулянки до утра не способствуют продуктивной работе на следующий день.

Values of products can be imputed back to productive factors. 

Ценность продуктов может быть условно перенесена на факторы производства.

Contrary to popular myths, downsizing does not necessarily make companies more profitable, more productive, or even smaller. 

Вопреки популярному мифу, сокращение штата не всегда делает компанию более прибыльной, более производительной или даже меньшей в размерах.

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Productivity

Productivity is the ratio of output to inputs in production; it is an average measure of the efficiency of production. Efficiency of production means production’s capability to create incomes which is measured by the formula real output value minus real input value. Productivity is a crucial factor in production performance of firms and nations. Increasing national productivity can raise living standards because more real income improves people’s ability to purchase goods and services, enjoy leisure, improve housing and education and contribute to social and environmental programs. Productivity growth also helps businesses to be more profitable.

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No, I’m not very productive at all. I’m probably like an animal. I mean, great animals in the ocean feed all the time. I’m someone who procrastinates, worries, for most of a month, and then I’ll have a flurry of manic productivity with a sense of great urgency and fear for, like, two days.

I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day — I’m interested in energy, I’m interested in the climate bill and technology policy.

A pattern is a guide or a model. Patterns are used in sewing and knitting, in wood and metalworking, and in a wide variety of other productive pursuits, activities, and jobs. Patterns help to avoid waste and unwanted deviations and facilitate uniformity that is appropriate and beneficial.

Friends and family were convinced I was functioning just fine because I was efficient, productive and successful — who wouldn’t be working twenty hour days? I had everybody fooled with my illness.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one’s training.

The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs.

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.

Let me tell you about a place where technology won’t work. When you walk onto a farm and are standing on soil, there is no technology that is going to take that soil and transform it into something that is five times more productive.

Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer’s most precious asset. A farmer’s productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

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Get Productive!: Boosting Your Productivity And Getting …

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The Productive Programmer

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The Measurement of Productive Efficiency and Productivity Growth

When Harold Fried, et al. published The Measurement of Productive Efficiency: Techniques and Applications with OUP in 1993, the book received a great deal of professional interest for its accessible treatment of the rapidly growing field of …

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Creating the Productive Workplace

This book sets out the most important factors and evidence behind this phenomenon, and offers solutions to providing a work environment inducive to productivity.

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Productive Aging: Concepts and Challenges

This book treats the implications of productive aging as challenges. It combines the theories of gerontology with practical considerations and acknowledging the contributions of leading researchers in the field of aging.

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How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic …

In this practical, light-hearted, and encouraging book, Paul Silvia explains that writing productively does not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and actions.

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Designing Productive Learning Environments

Based on the premise that school facility design should actively encourage efficient and effective learning, this book explores key design decisions that have a crucial impact on the kind of student-teacher-media interactions which take …

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Achieving a productive aging society

The authors examine roles, both social and economic, which older people in good health can successfully fulfill. They urge a broadening of the options available to us as we age that extend beyond leisure activities and family involvement.

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He has wasted precious time that could have been put to productive use.

Он впустую потратил драгоценное время, которое можно было продуктивно использовать.

Well, I see you’ve had a very productive day.

Вижу, ты продуктивно провёл день.

You find once a woman is a mother-— They put in shorter, less productive hours. They’re less reliable.

Если женщина становится матерью то она работает менее продуктивно и вырабатывает меньше часов.

That was really productive.

Здорово. Это было очень продуктивно.

The sessions are productive.

Переговоры проходят продуктивно.

Well, now look at him… out of bed and doing something productive before noon.

Ну, а теперь посмотрите на него … встал с кровати и делает что то полезное до полудня.

The trees are spaced very carefully so that there’s enough light getting into the ground layers beneath so you can actually grow something productive.

Деревья размещены очень аккуратно, таким образом, достаточно света попадает на землю, и таким образом вы можете теперь выращивать на ней что-то полезное.

When I was in the joint, I was thinking, how can I take this and make it more productive, you know?

Когда я пребывал в местах не столь отдалённых, я раздумывал, как это пережить и вынести из этого что-то полезное?

Millions of acres are lost to cemeteries, trees mowed down, land that can never be developed into anything productive, and they require a lot of maintenance, and that means using fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, chemicals which leach

Миллионы акров отданы под кладбища, уничтожены деревья, это земля, которую нельзя будет превратить хоть во что-то полезное, и они требуют больших расходов на содержание, то есть на использование удобрений, гербицидов, инсектицидов, химикатов, которые попадают

Wow. That sounds like a really productive use of your time.

Невероятно полезное использование твоего времени.

Well, that wraps up a good, productive day.

Ну вот и закончился этот плодотворный денек.

Pacified and productive.

Умиротворенный и плодотворный.

Yeah. A productive day off.

Плодотворный выходной.

I really think it’s probably my most productive session, actually.

И я думаю, что, наверное, это был мой самый плодотворный сеанс.

It was, I think, productive.

Думаю, плодотворно.

The development of productive forces is linked to the exploitation of man by man

Развитие производительных сил связано с развитием форм эксплуатации человека человеком.

The maturing of productive forces… cannot guarantee such power, even by the detour of increased dispossession that it brings.

Рост производительных сил не может этого гарантировать, даже если из-за него будет постоянно возрастать экспроприация.

With every inch of fertile land given over to rice cultivation the Miao build their wooden houses on the steepest and least productive hillsides

— каждым дюймом плодородной земли предавшеес€ культивирование риса Miao стро€т свои дерев€нные здани€ на самых крутых и наименее производительных склонах

There are more productive ways to manage aggression.

Ты знаешь, есть более производительные способы справляться с агрессией.

These are the most productive humans that have ever lived.

Это самые производительные люди которые когда-либо жили

She also hoped one day they could live on their own and be productive.

Она также надеялась, что однажды они научатся жить самостоятельно и приносить пользу.

I’d say our little truce is proving productive for both of us, Inspector.

Я бы сказал, что временное перемирие идет на пользу нам обоим, Инспектор.

Try to get back to work, back to being productive.

Постарайся вернуться на работу, снова приноси пользу.

You’re gonna be in here six weeks, you need to be productive.

Ты будешь торчать здесь шесть недель, найди от этого пользу.

Can’t you think of more productive ways to use this time?

Ты не можешь с большей пользой провести это время?

I do like being productive.

Мне нравится продуктивность.

I’ve just found that Leia’s constant questioning of me has not been productive to the atmosphere of the ship.

Я только что понял, что постоянные вопросы Леи Не повышают продуктивность на этом корабле.

Screw productive.

К черту продуктивность.

They say if you’re lazy and unmotivated, it makes you super energized and productive.

Нам говорят, что если ты ленивый и безразличный, таблетки сделают тебя энергичным и повысят продуктивность.

In the experience of this board, dying people are rarely so productive.

Нашей комиссии не доводилось встречать людей при смерти с такой продуктивностью.

She’s done a terrific job at HUD helping thousands transition from joblessness and homelessness to productive lives.

Она проделала огромную работу в МЖСГР, помогла тысячам людей пройти очень трудный путь от безработицы и бездомности к более лучшей и полезной жизни.

Newbie, the only way you could be less productive right now is if you were, in fact, the wall on which you’re leaning against.

Новичок, единственный способ быть более трудоспособным сейчас, это если ты отойдешь от стенки.

Crops adapted to soils and climates… gave way to the most productive varieties and the easiest to transport.

Районирование культур к почвам и климату… дало более урожайные и легко транспортируемые сорта.

You’ve been, you ARE more productive than anyone I know.

Вы были… Вы и сейчас более полезны, чем кто-либо.

If we could focus on the third quarter, I believe that would be the most productive way to move forward.

Если бы мы могли сосредоточиться на третьем квартале, то это позволило бы более продвинуться вперед.

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