ob·ses·sion
noun/əbˈseʃn/
/əbˈseʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not reasonable or normal
一个人的头脑以一种不合理或不正常的方式完全充满对某一特定事物或某个人的想法的状态 - Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
她怕乘飞机几乎到了不可救药的地步。 - obsession with somebody/something There's a national obsession with celebrity in England.
在英格兰，有一股对名流痴迷的全民风潮。 - The media's obsession with the young prince continues.
新闻媒体继续对小王子进行连篇累牍的报道。
Extra Examples- I don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes.
我不明白为什么现在电视里有如此多烹饪节目。 - He was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason.
他简直是鬼迷心窍，听不进任何道理。 - She has an unhealthy obsession with her diet.
她对自己的饮食有一种病态的关注。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
- Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
- [countable] obsession (with somebody) a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much
使人痴迷的人（或物） - Fitness has become an obsession with him.
他迷上了健身。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
- Fitness has become an obsession with him.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.