pre·oc·cu·pa·tion
noun/priˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn/
/priˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] preoccupation (with something) a state of thinking about something continuously; something that you think about frequently or for a long time
盘算；思虑；长久思考的事情 - She found his preoccupation with money irritating.
她对他一心只想着钱感到很厌烦。 - His current preoccupation is the appointment of the new manager.
他目前操心的是新经理的任命。
Extra Examples- Their chief preoccupation was how to feed their families.
他们操心的主要是怎样填饱一家人的肚子。 - his lifelong preoccupation with Chinese art forms
他对中国艺术形式的毕生专注 - our society's unhealthy preoccupation with women's bodies
我们社会对女性身体病态的迷恋 - His later work reflects a growing preoccupation with death.
他后来的作品反映了他对死亡日益增长的关注。 - She is very attuned to the current preoccupations of senior management.
她非常了解高级管理层当前的关注点。 - The contract threatened to become a major preoccupation for Laura.
这份合同可能会成为劳拉最关心的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- recent
- …
- preoccupation for
- preoccupation with
- She found his preoccupation with money irritating.
- [uncountable] a mood created by thinking or worrying about something and ignoring everything else
心事重重；忧心忡忡；全神贯注 - She spoke slowly, in a state of preoccupation.
她说话慢吞吞的，显得心事重重。
- She spoke slowly, in a state of preoccupation.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (first used in rhetoric in the sense ‘anticipating and meeting objections beforehand’): from Latin praeoccupatio(n-), from praeoccupare ‘seize beforehand’.