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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
  这些画出自一个人人向往上流社会的时代。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。