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

• The feminist preoccupation with not being seen as a sex object was another point that led to misunderstanding.
  女权主义者太注意不让别人将自己视为性对象，是导致误解的另一方面。
• 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。
• That understanding, that preoccupation with the materials and processes, is essential to the way we work.
  那种对材料和工艺的理解和专注是我们工作方式的本质。
• I don't understand his preoccupation with punctuality.
  我不懂他为什么那么守时。
• In life, our greatest preoccupation is death;
  在人的一生中，我们所最担心的就是死。
• She believes that poetry should be part of the everyday, not a recondite preoccupation of academics.
  她认为诗歌心该是日常生活的一部分，而非文人深奥的玄思。
• There is a preoccupation with outcome and efficiency studies in chiropractic research.
  当务之急是一家集科研与成果的脊骨和效率的研究。
• Why is there this ceaseless preoccupation with a problem?
  为何会这样无休止的专著一个问题？
• As long as you love preoccupation they mastered, then your body and mind cannot again retreats!
  只要你爱美的心思被他们掌握，那么你的身体还有心灵都无法再全身而退了！
• But that spectacle did not affect her preoccupation.
  但是这种景象没有影响苔丝，她仍然还在那儿出神。