| 单词 | preoccupation |
| 释义 | preoccupation (once / 2159 pages) n Preoccupation is a state where you're absorbed in something. You may have a preoccupation with video games or Hello Kitty, for example, if you can't keep your mind off those things. We all have our preoccupations: ideas and things that we just can't stop thinking about. Just as an occupation means someone is living somewhere, a preoccupation is an idea that's moved in to our minds. One person's preoccupation might be making more money, while another person's preoccupation could be learning to ride a motorcycle. We can also say that someone who is engrossed or absorbed in something is in a state of preoccupation; they're preoccupied. WORD FAMILYpreoccupation: preoccupations+/occupancy: occupancies/occupant: occupants/occupation: occupational, occupations/occupational: occupationally/occupied: occupiedly, unoccupied/occupier: occupiers/occupy: occupancy, occupant, occupation, occupied, occupier, occupies, occupying, preoccupy/preoccupied: preoccupancy, preoccupiedly/preoccupy: preoccupation, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupying USAGE EXAMPLESPregnancy seems to be one of health tech's preoccupations this year. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Wenger’s preoccupation is simply to get the better of him and continue the response to the back-to-back defeats at Everton and Manchester City before Christmas. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Where is God in the normal, often boring, occasionally squalid, preoccupations of everyday life? Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1n the mental state of being preoccupied by something Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy abstractedness, abstraction preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else absentmindednesspreoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored reverie, reveryan abstracted state of absorption cognitive state, state of mind the state of a person's cognitive processes 2n an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention Hypo|Hyper fixation, obsession an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone hang-upan emotional preoccupation hobbyhorsea topic to which one constantly reverts self-absorptionpreoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else navel-gazing, omphaloskepsisliterally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about 3n the act of taking occupancy before someone else does Syn|Hyper preoccupancy moving in, occupancy, occupation the act of occupying or taking possession of a building |
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