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1 bertanya berturut-turut
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2 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
3 задавать вопросы
1. put questionsочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
2. ask3. ask question«час вопросов» — question time
4. questionставящий вопрос; постановка вопроса — putting the question
вопрос, на который нельзя ответить — unanswerable question
5. ask questionsАнтонимический ряд:Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > задавать вопросы
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4 увязывать все вопросы
1. link all questions togetherочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
2. linking all questions together«час вопросов» — question time
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > увязывать все вопросы
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5 второстепенные вопросы
1. side issues2. side-issue3. minor questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
4. secondary questionотвечать на вопросы, — to field questions
Антонимический ряд:Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > второстепенные вопросы
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6 зада вопросы
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
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7 задава вопросы
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
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8 поднять вопрос
1. open a question2. raise a point3. raise a questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
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9 поднимать вопрос
1. bring up2. open a question3. raise a questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
4. start a subjectлицо, решающее вопрос права; судья — trier of law
спорный вопрос права, спор о праве — issue in law
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > поднимать вопрос
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10 разрешать вопрос
1. deal with a problemразрешать вопрос; рассматривать вопрос — deal with a problem
2. solve a question3. treat a questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
ставящий вопрос; постановка вопроса — putting the question
4. tackle a problemраздел права, трактующий вопросы войны и мира — fetial law
сведущий в законах, в вопросах права — learned in the law
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > разрешать вопрос
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11 изложит вопрос
1. state a questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
2. stating a questionРусско-английский военно-политический словарь > изложит вопрос
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12 набрасываться
св - набро́ситься1) нападать to attack, to pounce (on)кот набро́сился на мышь — the cat pounced on the mouse
соба́ка набро́силась на прише́льца — the dog went for the stranger
2) рьяно приниматься за что-л to pounce on sthнабра́сываться на еду́ — to pounce on the food
она́ набро́силась на меня́ с расспро́сами — she fired questions at me; she showered/bombarded me with questions
она́ набра́сывается на меня́ по мале́йшему по́воду — she jumps on me at the slightest provocation
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13 актуальный вопрос
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > актуальный вопрос
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14 внести ясность в вопрос
1. brighten a question2. clarify a questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
3. clear a questionставящий вопрос; постановка вопроса — putting the question
раздел права, трактующий вопросы войны и мира — fetial law
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > внести ясность в вопрос
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15 возбудить вопрос
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > возбудить вопрос
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16 вопрос
1. subject2. issue3. matter4. point5. problem6. enquiry7. inquiry8. ques9. interrogation10. itemпункт, вопрос повестки дня — item on the agenda
11. query12. questionочень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Синонимический ряд:1. проблема (сущ.) проблема2. спрос (сущ.) спросАнтонимический ряд: -
17 давать исчерпывающий ответ на вопрос
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > давать исчерпывающий ответ на вопрос
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18 земельный вопрос
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > земельный вопрос
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19 знак вопроса
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
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20 наводящий вопрос
очень трудный, каверзный вопрос — sixty-four-dollar question
засыпал вопросами; засыпаемый вопросами — fired questions at
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > наводящий вопрос
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