preoccupy

英 [pri'ɒkjupaɪ] 美 [pri'ɑːkjupaɪ]

• v. 先占；使专注于；迷住

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 占据(某人)思想；使对…全神贯注，使专心于

   fill the thoughts of (sb or sb's mind) almost completely,especially so that not enough attention is given to other things

英英释义

Verb:

1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively;

   "His work preoccupies him"
   "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
   

2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance;

   "the army preoccupied the hills"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The seats have been preoccupied.
   座位已给人家先占了。
2. She seemed preoccupied all the time I was talking to her.
   我跟她讲话时她始终显得心事重重。
3. But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.
   不过当时有另外的事情分了他的心。
4. The red race did not preoccupy themselves with such forms of entertainment.
   红族人并没有将自身迷恋在这类娱乐形式之中。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind.
   去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。

经典引文

• A distant issue may preoccupy your mind.

  出自：Bella

近反义词

【近义词】

• worry 撕咬
• concern 关心
• disturb 扰乱
• trouble 困难
• bug 臭虫
• consume 消耗
• possess 拥有
• devour 吞食
• eat away at 逐渐毁掉, 侵蚀, 使担...
• get to 到达
• haunt 常到的地方
• fix 使 ... 固定
• grip 紧握
• obsess 着迷
• immerse 浸
• rivet 铆钉
• engage 雇佣
• involve 包含
• arrest 逮捕
• fixate 早期停止性的成熟...
• engross 使全神贯注
• attract 吸引
• absorb 吸收
• occupy 占用
• hold 拿着
• keep to oneself 保守秘密
• oneself 自己
• to 对于
• keep 保持

派生词

v.(动词)

• preoccupied adj. 被占据的；全神贯注的，心事重重的