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French term
à-coups
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Toutes les prospectives proposées supposent une évolution «linéaire», lente
et donc maîtrisable. On ne peut qu’observer que ce n’est pas la façon de
procéder de la Nature. L’histoire nous apprend qu’elle agit par à-coups
quand une distorsion trop importante s’est instaurée entre un système de
gestion et son objet, révolutions dont malheureusement nul ne peut prédire
la date ni le résultat.
et donc maîtrisable. On ne peut qu’observer que ce n’est pas la façon de
procéder de la Nature. L’histoire nous apprend qu’elle agit par à-coups
quand une distorsion trop importante s’est instaurée entre un système de
gestion et son objet, révolutions dont malheureusement nul ne peut prédire
la date ni le résultat.
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by fits and starts
par à-coups (lit, figuré)
by or in fits and starts;
Ref; Hachette-Oxford
Just a suggestion
HTH, Olivier
by or in fits and starts;
Ref; Hachette-Oxford
Just a suggestion
HTH, Olivier
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by jumps
literaly coup is stroke, but here the idion refer to a rapid change of leap. The context is about sudden evolution nature makes jumps as opposed to what Leibniz said) versus smooth and linear evolution. You may find the latin word salti as an equivalent in texts about change and evolution
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par à coups = by sudden/critical changes
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Note added at 2002-09-20 09:29:49 (GMT)
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par à coups = by sudden/critical changes
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Francis MARC
: sauts brusques d'évolution
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herve laurent
: jumps, leaps (simple et efficace)
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In spurts/sequences
Suggestion-
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Spurts- ref: Larousse
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In bouts- other alternative
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Spurts- ref: Larousse
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In bouts- other alternative
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Keep in mind that the context here, however, is nature........
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it is not a smooth and continuous process
History tells us it is not a smooth and continuous process
it is an erratic process
it is an erratic process
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History teaches us that nature behaves UNEVENLY
THAT'S IT
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Truly, this is the simplest and most natural....
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Truly, this is the simplest and most natural....
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stop-go
It operates on a stop-go principle, alternating between...
Personally, I like "fits and starts," but if you're looking for something else, this is what Termium has:
Subject Field(s) – National and International Economics
Subject Field(s) – Économie nationale et internationale
stop-go Source
coups d'accordéon Source CORRECT, MASC, PLUR
à-coups Source
par à-coups Source
OBS – ... the British economy has been subject to the much criticized "stop-go" policy of imposing restrictions on demand when a balance of payments crisis appears, and easing them when unemployment figures rise and perhaps before the external difficulties have been removed , so hat another crisis soon recurs.
Seldon, Arthur and F. G. Pennance, Everyman's Dict. of Economics, London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975, p.23 Source
DEF – Alternative brutale de mesures destinées à provoquer tantôt le freinage, tantôt l'accélération de l'activité économique. Source
1987-09-14
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada
Personally, I like "fits and starts," but if you're looking for something else, this is what Termium has:
Subject Field(s) – National and International Economics
Subject Field(s) – Économie nationale et internationale
stop-go Source
coups d'accordéon Source CORRECT, MASC, PLUR
à-coups Source
par à-coups Source
OBS – ... the British economy has been subject to the much criticized "stop-go" policy of imposing restrictions on demand when a balance of payments crisis appears, and easing them when unemployment figures rise and perhaps before the external difficulties have been removed , so hat another crisis soon recurs.
Seldon, Arthur and F. G. Pennance, Everyman's Dict. of Economics, London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975, p.23 Source
DEF – Alternative brutale de mesures destinées à provoquer tantôt le freinage, tantôt l'accélération de l'activité économique. Source
1987-09-14
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada
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