preoccupied

英 [pri'ɒkjupaɪd] 美 [pri'ɑːkjupaɪd]

• adj. 全神贯注的；出神的；抢先占有的
• 动词preoccupy的过去式和过去分词.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. deeply absorbed in thought;

   "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"
   "lost in thought"
   "a preoccupied frown"
   

2. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something;

   "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"
   "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"
   "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"
   "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Why is humanity so preoccupied with right and wrong?
   为什么人类如此专注于对和错？
2. I was too preoccupied to hear the bell.
   当时我出神地想着心事，没有听见门铃响。
3. He answered me in a rather preoccupied manner.
   他心不在焉地回答我。
4. Irma: I'm sorry dear, I guess I was just a little preoccupied.
   欧玛：真对不起，我想我大概是走神了。

经典引文

• I did a lot of staring at nothing, as though preoccupied with my thoughts.

  出自： J. Barth

• He gazed at her with remote brooding preoccupied eyes.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• His mind was preoccupied and he had little time to devote to family matters.

  出自： Toeckey Jones

词汇搭配

• preoccupy 先占

近反义词

【近义词】

• thinking 思考
• unconscious 失去知觉的
• abstracted 抽离的
• absorbed 全神贯注的
• forgetful 健忘的
• engaged 忙碌的
• oblivious 没注意到
• deep 深的
• lost 迷路的
• worried 担心的
• anxious 渴望的
• lost in thought 沉思(神往
• elsewhere 别处
• inattentive 心不在焉的
• distant 疏远的
• thoughtful 深思的
• pensive 沉思的
• engrossed 全神贯注的
• absent-minded 心不在焉的
• haunted 闹鬼的
• obsessed 着迷的
• bemused 困惑的
• deep in thought 陷入沉思
• taken up 拿起, 接纳, 吸收, ...