Importune - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.

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They do, however, both belong to the same mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks …

verb

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.

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Tom had finally badgered her into going

noun

An animal that digs holes in the ground, where it lives, and comes out at night to feed

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He badgered officials at the american embassy to help.

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

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He begged his fellow passengers for help

verb

To make a very strong and urgent request

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They begged for mercy., [ + speech ] "please, please forgive me!" she begged (him)., [ + obj + to i…

verb

To ask for food or money because you are poor

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There are more and more homeless people begging on the streets these days., she had to beg for mone…

verb

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.

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They beseeched him to stay

verb

To ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much

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Stay a little longer, i beseech you!

verb

(of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently.

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The social problems that beset the uk

verb

Hurt or troubled by something bad

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Many problems have beset the team in recent months.

adjective

Having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems

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With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is beset by/with dangers.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

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Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

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He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

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‘bother!’ she muttered

adjective

Of a dull greyish-brown colour.

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A dun cow

noun

A dull greyish-brown colour.

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A mutt the colour of dun stood near by, barking every now and again.

verb

Make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.

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After he left oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts

verb

Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

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The code enjoined members to trade fairly

verb

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

verb

To legally forbid or stop something by order of a court

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The prosecutor’s office hopes the court will enjoin the city from enforcing the law., lawyers are e…

verb

Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

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His friends entreated him not to go

verb

To try very hard to persuade someone to do something

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[ + to infinitive ] we would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.

phrasal verb

Tell off or criticize someone.

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She goes on at him continually

idiom

To complain to someone again and again about their behaviour or to ask them to do something

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My parents are always on at us about having a baby., she's been on at me to get my hair cut.

verb

Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation.

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Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless

verb

Annoy continually or chronically

verb

To annoy or trouble someone repeatedly

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He claimed that the police continued to harass foreign journalists., she felt she was being harasse…

verb

Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).

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The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area

verb

To repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry

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She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.

noun

A dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.

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A hound came running through the trees, nose to the ground

verb

Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

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She was hounded by the italian press

noun

A type of dog used for hunting

verb

Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

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He implored her to change her mind

verb

To ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way

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She implored him not to leave her.

verb

To ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way

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Implore someone to do something she implored her parents not to send her away to school.

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

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She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

noun

A person who nags someone.

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We don't want to be perceived as nags or, worse still, incompetent.

noun

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.

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The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty

verb

Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

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She constantly pestered him with telephone calls

verb

To annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly

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The kids keep pestering me to buy them a new video game.

noun

A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.

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She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields

verb

Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.

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The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent

noun

A document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action

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More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…

noun

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).

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Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague i…

verb

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).

verb

To cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually

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Financial problems have been plaguing the company., that pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again.,…

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

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He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

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A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

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Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

verb

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

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He called a meeting to solicit their views

verb

To ask for something in a persuasive and determined way

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He’s soliciting funds to keep the library open., grace has run an online campaign to solicit employ…

verb

To ask someone for money

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He created a company website to solicit donations for victims of the disaster., solicit sth from sb…

verb

Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

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The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers

verb

To ask for something in a humble way

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I knew i could not go on supplicating for more.

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

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Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

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He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

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[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…