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oppress

[ə'pres] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. подавлять, притеснять, угнетать

  2. удручать, действовать угнетающе

  3. наваливаться (о сне, усталости)

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oppress

угнетать, притеснять

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As the undertaker stepped forward, Mrs. Loo again rose. Half-turning to the crowd she shouted: How can you oppress your people like this?
Когда могильщик сделал шаг вперед, госпожа Лу снова поднялась и, наполовину повернувшись к толпе, закричала: – Как вы можете так угнетать свой народ?
Gulik, Robert van / The Chinese Nail MurdersГулик, Роберт ван / Убийство гвоздями
Убийство гвоздями
Гулик, Роберт ван
© 1961 by Robert van Gulik
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
The Chinese Nail Murders
Gulik, Robert van
© 1961 by Robert van Gulik
"Be upright in my service; don't oppress any one - do you hear?"
«Будь справедлив у меня, не притесняй никого, слышишь?»
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
I don't want to oppress or torment anyone and I won't, but I know that if I did want to ruin some man, some enemy of mine, no one could prevent me, and every one would serve me, and that would be enough again.
Давить и мучить я никого не хочу и не буду; но я знаю, что если б захотел погубить такого-то человека, врага моего, то никто бы мне в том не воспрепятствовал, а все бы подслужились; и опять довольно.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
'Then Alexey Grigoryevitch did not oppress anyone,' I observed.
– Ведь вот Алексей Григорьевич не обижал же никого, – заметил я.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late.
Какая-то особенная тоска начала сказываться ему в последнее время.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Even now, some noblemen oppress us; but, of course, it is impossible to help that altogether.
Нас и теперь другие господа притесняют; но без этого обойтись, видно, нельзя.
Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.1Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.1
Записки охотника т.1
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
A Sportsman's Sketches v.1
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
I have hundreds of such reminiscences; but at times some one stands out from the hundred and oppresses me.
Таких воспоминаний у меня сотни; но по временам из сотни выдается одно какое-нибудь и давит.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books
Why was his brow clammy with drops of moisture, his knees shaking beneath him, and his soul oppressed with a cold gloom?
Почему с ним опять эта дрожь, этот пот холодный, этот мрак и холод душевный?
Достоевский, Фёдор / ИдиотDostoevsky, Fyodor / Idiot
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
The Foreign Ministers remained convinced that a United Front of all organizations of the oppressed would greatly accelerate the realization of a genuine non-racial democratic society in a united South Africa.
Министры иностранных дел по-прежнему убеждены в том, что единый фронт всех организаций угнетенных значительно ускорит процесс создания в единой Южной Африке подлинного не рассового демократического общества.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
The three old ladies sat in silence, visibly disapproving: the Frau Professor had scarcely recovered from her tears; her husband was silent and oppressed.
Три старые дамы сидели молча, всем своим видом выражая осуждение; фрау профессорша еще не успела прийти в себя, супруг ее был молчалив и озабочен.
Maugham, Somerset / Of Human BondageМоэм, Сомерсет / Бремя страстей человеческих
Бремя страстей человеческих
Моэм, Сомерсет
© "Издательство иностранной литературы", 1959
Of Human Bondage
Maugham, Somerset
© 1915, 1936 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
One evening Mr Toots was sitting at his desk, oppressed by correspondence, when a great purpose seemed to flash upon him.
Как-то вечером мистер Тутс сидел за своим пюпитром, обремененный корреспонденцией, как вдруг его осенила, казалось, великая идея.
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International
Today, for instance, I am particularly oppressed by one memory of a distant past.
Вот нынче, например, меня особенно давит одно давнишнее воспоминание.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books
He felt a little oppressed, but cheerful.
Ему было и жутко немножко и весело.
Толстой, Л.Н. / Севастопольские рассказыTolstoy, Leo / Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Tolstoy, Leo
© 1888, by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Севастопольские рассказы
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
But it was a hysterical laugh; he was feeling terribly oppressed.
Но он засмеялся истерически; ему стало очень тяжело.
Достоевский, Фёдор / ИдиотDostoevsky, Fyodor / Idiot
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
To an agrarian upheaval, to the expropriation of the big landowners, to the possibility to give the peasants allotments three times as large as the present ones, to the abolition of oppressing taxation.
К аграрному перевороту, к экспроприации крупных землевладельцев, к возможности дать крестьянам наделы, втрое большие против нынешних, к уничтожению податного гнета.
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.

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ə'presVerbподавлять; притеснять; угнетать

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right the oppressed
защищать права угнетенных
being oppressed
гнет
oppressed / intimidated condition
забитость
Patriotic Conference of the Oppressed
Патриотическая конференция угнетенных

Word forms

oppress

verb
Basic forms
Pastoppressed
Imperativeoppress
Present Participle (Participle I)oppressing
Past Participle (Participle II)oppressed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I oppresswe oppress
you oppressyou oppress
he/she/it oppressesthey oppress
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am oppressingwe are oppressing
you are oppressingyou are oppressing
he/she/it is oppressingthey are oppressing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have oppressedwe have oppressed
you have oppressedyou have oppressed
he/she/it has oppressedthey have oppressed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been oppressingwe have been oppressing
you have been oppressingyou have been oppressing
he/she/it has been oppressingthey have been oppressing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I oppressedwe oppressed
you oppressedyou oppressed
he/she/it oppressedthey oppressed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was oppressingwe were oppressing
you were oppressingyou were oppressing
he/she/it was oppressingthey were oppressing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had oppressedwe had oppressed
you had oppressedyou had oppressed
he/she/it had oppressedthey had oppressed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been oppressingwe had been oppressing
you had been oppressingyou had been oppressing
he/she/it had been oppressingthey had been oppressing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will oppresswe shall/will oppress
you will oppressyou will oppress
he/she/it will oppressthey will oppress
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be oppressingwe shall/will be oppressing
you will be oppressingyou will be oppressing
he/she/it will be oppressingthey will be oppressing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have oppressedwe shall/will have oppressed
you will have oppressedyou will have oppressed
he/she/it will have oppressedthey will have oppressed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been oppressingwe shall/will have been oppressing
you will have been oppressingyou will have been oppressing
he/she/it will have been oppressingthey will have been oppressing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would oppresswe should/would oppress
you would oppressyou would oppress
he/she/it would oppressthey would oppress
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be oppressingwe should/would be oppressing
you would be oppressingyou would be oppressing
he/she/it would be oppressingthey would be oppressing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have oppressedwe should/would have oppressed
you would have oppressedyou would have oppressed
he/she/it would have oppressedthey would have oppressed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been oppressingwe should/would have been oppressing
you would have been oppressingyou would have been oppressing
he/she/it would have been oppressingthey would have been oppressing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am oppressedwe are oppressed
you are oppressedyou are oppressed
he/she/it is oppressedthey are oppressed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being oppressedwe are being oppressed
you are being oppressedyou are being oppressed
he/she/it is being oppressedthey are being oppressed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been oppressedwe have been oppressed
you have been oppressedyou have been oppressed
he/she/it has been oppressedthey have been oppressed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was oppressedwe were oppressed
you were oppressedyou were oppressed
he/she/it was oppressedthey were oppressed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being oppressedwe were being oppressed
you were being oppressedyou were being oppressed
he/she/it was being oppressedthey were being oppressed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been oppressedwe had been oppressed
you had been oppressedyou had been oppressed
he/she/it had been oppressedthey had been oppressed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be oppressedwe shall/will be oppressed
you will be oppressedyou will be oppressed
he/she/it will be oppressedthey will be oppressed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been oppressedwe shall/will have been oppressed
you will have been oppressedyou will have been oppressed
he/she/it will have been oppressedthey will have been oppressed