- [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 ExamplesTheir 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对死亡的日益关注。 She is very attuned to the current preoccupations of senior management. 她非常适应高级管理层目前的工作。 The contract threatened to become a major preoccupation for Laura. 这份合同有可能成为劳拉的主要关注点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
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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
Word Originlate 16th cent. (first used in rhetoric in the sense ‘anticipating and meeting objections beforehand’): from Latin praeoccupatio(n-), from praeoccupare ‘seize beforehand’.