| 单词 | preoccupied |
| 释义 | preoccupied (once / 1552 pages) adj When you're preoccupied, you're completely focused on whatever it is that you're doing. It's good to be preoccupied when you're driving, as long as you're preoccupied with the road and not with your cell phone. Have you ever been so preoccupied with another person that you couldn't hear or see anyone else when you were in the same room as them? Well, it sounds like you were in love! You can be preoccupied with a person, a place, or even a hobby, like collecting baseball cards or seashells. Preoccupied can also mean that you are wrapped up in your own thoughts, which is good if you find yourself to be the most amusing person in the world. WORD FAMILYpreoccupied: preoccupancy, preoccupiedly+/occupancy: occupancies/occupant: occupants/occupation: occupational, occupations/occupational: occupationally/occupied: occupiedly, unoccupied/occupier: occupiers/occupy: occupancy, occupant, occupation, occupied, occupier, occupies, occupying, preoccupy/preoccupation: preoccupations/preoccupy: preoccupation, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupying USAGE EXAMPLESBut in an academic field that is preoccupied with the study of efficiency and productivity, Grant would seem to be the most efficient and productive. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) Although this discussion is preoccupied with emails, the potential applicability to certain scathing late-night Trump tweets is obvious. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Instead, he and his team were preoccupied with a large turtle shell that was on the other side of the same rock. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children Syn haunted, obsessed, taken up concerned feeling or showing worry or solicitude 2adj deeply absorbed in thought a preoccupied frown Syn bemused, deep in thought, lost thoughtful exhibiting or characterized by careful thought |
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