preoccupation

英 [priˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn]

美 [priˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn]

n.  盘算; 思虑; 长久思考的事情; 心事重重; 忧心忡忡; 全神贯注

复数：preoccupations　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8医学

BNC.6468 / COCA.8783

牛津词典

noun

• 盘算；思虑；长久思考的事情
  a state of thinking about sth continuously; sth that you think about frequently or for a long time
  1. She found his preoccupation with money irritating.
     她对他一心只想着钱感到很厌烦。
  2. His current preoccupation is the appointment of the new manager.
     他目前操心的是新经理的任命。
• 心事重重；忧心忡忡；全神贯注
  a mood created by thinking or worrying about sth and ignoring everything else
  1. She spoke slowly, in a state of preoccupation.
     她说话慢吞吞的，显得心事重重。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 念念不忘；执著
  If you have apreoccupation withsomething or someone, you keep thinking about them because they are important to you.
  1. Karouzos's poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the Orthodox Church...
     卡鲁佐斯的诗歌表明他对东正教的执着。
  2. In his preoccupation with Robyn, Crook had neglected everything.
     克鲁克一心想着罗宾，忽略了其他一切事情。
• N-UNCOUNT 全神贯注；入神
  Preoccupationis a state of mind in which you think about something so much that you do not consider other things to be important.
  1. It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation.
     他很难意识到她的存在；他一直沉浸在沮丧中。

英英释义

noun

• the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
  Synonym:preoccupancy
• the mental state of being preoccupied by something
  Synonym:preoccupancyabsorptionengrossment
• an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention

双语例句

• I knew it was to ease his pains and fears and not mine, and my preoccupation with death continued.
  我明白这只是减轻他的痛苦和恐惧，但不是我的。而死亡继续占据我的心。
• But sex is at the core of his work: women were his preoccupation.
  但是性却是其作品的核心内容：女人是他关注的主题。
• Their preoccupation with domestic matters has created a vacuum that ambitious regional powers have sought to fill.
  被内部事务缠身的它们留下了一个真空，而野心勃勃的地区性强国企图填补这个真空。
• Preoccupation with being busy has even changed the way we greet people.
  忙碌于工作甚至已经改变了人们打招呼的方式。
• Man's preoccupation with time derives ultimately from his unique relationship to it.
  人们对时间的关注来源于他们与时间的特殊关系。
• In addition, the preoccupation of the young with material benefits also contributes to the result.
  此外，年轻人对物质利益的过分重视，也导致了这个结果。
• Her main preoccupation was whether Maurice would ask her to go with him to france.
  现在她最关心的就是莫里斯会不会请她和他一起去法国。
• It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation.
  他很难意识到她的存在；他一直沉浸在沮丧中。
• Then there is Iran, the abiding preoccupation, not to say obsession, of almost every Israeli policymaker.
  然后还有伊朗，它几乎是每个以色列决策者的长期关注对象，甚至可以说是痴迷对象。
• The paradox of this preoccupation with delighting people is that he disdains questioning customers.
  与他一心一意取悦人们形成悖论的是，他不屑于向用户征询意见。