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obsess

[əb'ses] брит. / амер.

гл.

    1. обычно страд. завладевать, преследовать, мучить (о навязчивой идее, страхе)

    2. (obsess about / over) амер. постоянно думать или говорить о чём-л.

  1. обычно страд. вселяться (о нечистой силе)

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obsess

  1. завладеть, преследовать, мучить (о навязчивой идее и т.п.)

  2. овладеть, обуять (о страхе)

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Mr. Noriega suffers from stupid arrogance and acts like a fanatical member of the Miami terrorist groups obsessed with the destruction of the Cuban Revolution.
Г-н Норьега страдает от глупого высокомерия и выступает как фанатичный приверженец террористических групп из Майами, озабоченных свержением Кубинской революции.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
You're so obsessed with this damn book.
Ты полностью погружена в свою проклятую книгу.
Cornwell, Patricia / All That RemainsКорнуэлл, Патриция / Всё, что остаётся
Всё, что остаётся
Корнуэлл, Патриция
© 1992, Патриция Корнуэлл
© 1994, ОЛМА-ПРЕСС
© перевод Ручкина Л., Юшицина Л.
All That Remains
Cornwell, Patricia
© 1992 by Patricia D. Cornwell
The feet were somewhat taloned, grasping the bark (I was struck, here and later, by his need to emphasize the grasping power of hands and feet, to make contact sure, almost gripping, obsessed).
Лапки малиновки оканчивались вцепившимися в кору коготками (меня всегда поражало стремление Хосе подчеркивать хваткость, цепкость рук и лап – навязчивая потребность в надежном контакте).
Sacks, Oliver / The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and other clinical talesСакс, Оливер / Человек, который принял жену за шляпу и другие истории из врачебной практики
Человек, который принял жену за шляпу и другие истории из врачебной практики
Сакс, Оливер
© О. Сакс, 1970, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985
© Harpers & Row, Publishers, Inc, 1987
© Г. Хасин, Ю. Численко, перевод на русский язык и примечания, 2003
© "Сайнс пресс", 2003
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and other clinical tales
Sacks, Oliver
© 1970, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 by Oliver Sacks
Western culture has long been obsessed by the smooth and symmetric.
Западная культура долгое время была одержима гладким и симметричным.
Peters, Edgar E. / Fractal market analysis : applying chaos theory to investment and economicsПетерс, Эдгар Э. / Фрактальный анализ финансовых рынков: применение теории Хаоса в инвестициях и экономике
Фрактальный анализ финансовых рынков: применение теории Хаоса в инвестициях и экономике
Петерс, Эдгар Э.
© Originally published by John Wiley&Sons, Inc., 2003
© ООО "Интернет-трейдинг", 2004 г. (перевод)
Fractal market analysis : applying chaos theory to investment and economics
Peters, Edgar E.
© 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The most inimical thing that can happen to a man is to get fixed and obsessed with explanations.
Самая неприятная вещь, какая только может произойти с человеком, - он попадет в переделку, погрязнув в объяснениях.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / The Empty Boat: Encounters with NothingnessОшо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Пустая лодка
Пустая лодка
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
© Osho International Foundation 1974, 1993
© "Общество Ведической культуры" 1995
© Swami Atmo Ravi, 1994 перевод
The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh
© 2008, OSHO International Foundation
Noelle was obsessed with him, but they were not true lifemates.
Ноэль была одержима им, но они не были истинными Спутниками жизни.
Feehan, Christine / Dark PrinceФихан, Кристин / Темный принц
Темный принц
Фихан, Кристин
© 1999 by Christine Feehan
© Наумова Г., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО «Издательство «Эксмо». 2010
Dark Prince
Feehan, Christine
© 1999 by Christine Feehan
In his early childhood Momos had been obsessed by the Russian saying about chasing two hares at once.
В раннем детстве Момусу не давала покоя поговорка про двух зайцев.
Akunin, Boris / The Jack of SpadesАкунин, Борис / Пиковый валет
Пиковый валет
Акунин, Борис
© B. Akunin, автор, 1999
© И. Захаров, издатель, 1999
The Jack of Spades
Akunin, Boris
© 2007 by Random House, Inc.
© 1999 by Boris Akunin
Look, I am not going to start obsessing on behalf of Sharon.)
Вообще-то, не собираюсь ныть и скулить от имени Шерон.)
Fielding, Helen / Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonФилдинг, Хелен / Бриджит Джонс: Грани разумного
Бриджит Джонс: Грани разумного
Филдинг, Хелен
© Helen Fielding, 1999
© Москвичева А.Н., перевод на русский язык, 2001
© «Торнтон и Сагден», издание на русском языке, 2002
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Fielding, Helen
© Helen Fielding, 1999
Was quietly teaching Phrao words to Madonna songs as she is obsessed with Madonna, when a little group started forming round us.
Тихонько разучивала с Фрао слова песен Мадонны – она помешана на Мадонне, – и тут вокруг нас стала собираться небольшая толпа.
Fielding, Helen / Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonФилдинг, Хелен / Бриджит Джонс: Грани разумного
Бриджит Джонс: Грани разумного
Филдинг, Хелен
© Helen Fielding, 1999
© Москвичева А.Н., перевод на русский язык, 2001
© «Торнтон и Сагден», издание на русском языке, 2002
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Fielding, Helen
© Helen Fielding, 1999
He’d been dangerously close to obsessing over Savich.
Савич уже почти стал его навязчивой идеей.
Brown, Sandra / RicochetБраун, Сандра / Рикошет
Рикошет
Браун, Сандра
© 2006 by Sandra Brown Management Ltd.
© Перевод. С. Панина, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
Ricochet
Brown, Sandra
© 2006 by Sandra Brown Management Ltd.
“You are obsessed with visions,” said Old Ben.
«Ты совсем одурел с этими своими видениями», сказал Старый Бен.
Card, Orson Scott / Seventh SonКард, Орсон Скот / Седьмой сын
Седьмой сын
Кард, Орсон Скот
© copyright by Orson Scott Card
© Copyright перевод Миша Шараев, 1994
Seventh Son
Card, Orson Scott
© copyright by Orson Scott Card
He was not obsessed with women; he was obsessed with what in each of them is unimaginable, obsessed, in other words, with the one-millionth part that makes a woman dissimilar to others of her sex.
Он одержим не женщинами, он одержим тем, что в каждой из них есть невообразимого, иными словами, он одержим той миллионной долей непохожего, которая отличает одну женщину от других.
Kundera, Milan / The Unbearable Lightness of BeingКундера, Милан / Невыносимая легкость бытия
Невыносимая легкость бытия
Кундера, Милан
© Н. Шульгина, перевод, 1992
© "Азбука-классика", 2006
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kundera, Milan
© 1984 by Milan Kundera
© 1984 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
One who is obsessed by a craving for power, for instance, can do without comfort, pleasures, women, friends, everything that usually makes life desirable, but power he must have.
Например, тот, кто одержим навязчивой жаждой власти, может обходиться без комфорта, удовольствий, женщин, друзей — всего того, что и делает обычно жизнь привлекательной. Главное для него — власть.
Horney, Karen / Self-AnalysisХорни, Карен / Самоанализ
Самоанализ
Хорни, Карен
© Боковиков A.M., Старовойтов В.В., перевод, 2001
© ЗАО «Издательство «ЭКСМО-Пресс», 2001
Self-Analysis
Horney, Karen
© 1942 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
© 1970 by Marianne von Eckardt, Renate Mintz, and Brigitte Swarzenski
For example: a man is obsessed with money; he is abnormal.
Например, человек одержим деньгами, он ненормальный.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / Tao: The Pathless Path, Volume 2Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Дао: Путь без пути, Том 2
Дао: Путь без пути, Том 2
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
Tao: The Pathless Path, Volume 2
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh
© 2002 by Osho International
I am not Matron Baenre, obsessed with the conquest of Mithral Hall.
Я не Мать Бэнр, одержимая идеей захватить Мифрил Халл.
Salvatore, Robert / Road of the PatriarchСальваторе, Роберт / Дорога Патриарха
Дорога Патриарха
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© Е. Фурсикова, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
Road of the Patriarch
Salvatore, Robert
© 2007 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

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obsess1/5
əb'sesVerbобычно завладевать; преследовать; мучитьExamples

to be obsessed with / by smth. — быть одержимым чем-л.
The writer was obsessed with thoughts of death. — Писателя постоянно преследовали мысли о смерти.

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  1. 1.

    преследовать

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Collocations

be obsessed
заклиниваться
be obsessed
зацикливаться
man / person obsessed with a single idea
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Word forms

obsess

verb
Basic forms
Pastobsessed
Imperativeobsess
Present Participle (Participle I)obsessing
Past Participle (Participle II)obsessed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I obsesswe obsess
you obsessyou obsess
he/she/it obsessesthey obsess
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am obsessingwe are obsessing
you are obsessingyou are obsessing
he/she/it is obsessingthey are obsessing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have obsessedwe have obsessed
you have obsessedyou have obsessed
he/she/it has obsessedthey have obsessed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been obsessingwe have been obsessing
you have been obsessingyou have been obsessing
he/she/it has been obsessingthey have been obsessing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I obsessedwe obsessed
you obsessedyou obsessed
he/she/it obsessedthey obsessed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was obsessingwe were obsessing
you were obsessingyou were obsessing
he/she/it was obsessingthey were obsessing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had obsessedwe had obsessed
you had obsessedyou had obsessed
he/she/it had obsessedthey had obsessed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been obsessingwe had been obsessing
you had been obsessingyou had been obsessing
he/she/it had been obsessingthey had been obsessing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will obsesswe shall/will obsess
you will obsessyou will obsess
he/she/it will obsessthey will obsess
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be obsessingwe shall/will be obsessing
you will be obsessingyou will be obsessing
he/she/it will be obsessingthey will be obsessing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have obsessedwe shall/will have obsessed
you will have obsessedyou will have obsessed
he/she/it will have obsessedthey will have obsessed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been obsessingwe shall/will have been obsessing
you will have been obsessingyou will have been obsessing
he/she/it will have been obsessingthey will have been obsessing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would obsesswe should/would obsess
you would obsessyou would obsess
he/she/it would obsessthey would obsess
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be obsessingwe should/would be obsessing
you would be obsessingyou would be obsessing
he/she/it would be obsessingthey would be obsessing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have obsessedwe should/would have obsessed
you would have obsessedyou would have obsessed
he/she/it would have obsessedthey would have obsessed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been obsessingwe should/would have been obsessing
you would have been obsessingyou would have been obsessing
he/she/it would have been obsessingthey would have been obsessing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am obsessedwe are obsessed
you are obsessedyou are obsessed
he/she/it is obsessedthey are obsessed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being obsessedwe are being obsessed
you are being obsessedyou are being obsessed
he/she/it is being obsessedthey are being obsessed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been obsessedwe have been obsessed
you have been obsessedyou have been obsessed
he/she/it has been obsessedthey have been obsessed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was obsessedwe were obsessed
you were obsessedyou were obsessed
he/she/it was obsessedthey were obsessed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being obsessedwe were being obsessed
you were being obsessedyou were being obsessed
he/she/it was being obsessedthey were being obsessed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been obsessedwe had been obsessed
you had been obsessedyou had been obsessed
he/she/it had been obsessedthey had been obsessed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be obsessedwe shall/will be obsessed
you will be obsessedyou will be obsessed
he/she/it will be obsessedthey will be obsessed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been obsessedwe shall/will have been obsessed
you will have been obsessedyou will have been obsessed
he/she/it will have been obsessedthey will have been obsessed