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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The European discourse of green growth has been elbowed aside by a preoccupation with austerity and debt.
  欧洲关于绿色增长的高谈阔论，已让位于对紧缩和债务的全力关注。
• 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。
• Why is there this ceaseless preoccupation with a problem?
  为何会这样无休止的专著一个问题？
• 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。
• Yet inspite of this immense preoccupation with sex, much attention should be drawnto the general moral standards.
  因此尽管人们对性的题目津津乐道，我认为应注意整个道德水平。
• The division of work into socially useful and socially useless was a particular preoccupation of the post-Woodstock generation.
  把工作分成对社会有益和对社会无益两类，这是伍德斯托克之后的一代人尤为关注的一件事。
• 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。