preoccupy
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌpriːˈɒk.jʊ.paɪ]
- 美式音标 [pri'ɑkjə'pai]
- 国际音标 [pri:'ɔkjupai]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. (使)全神贯注;提前占据;使日夜思考;使忧心忡忡
词根记忆
- pre + occupy(占据)→占据某人的思想→迷住
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- preoccupied:全神贯注的;心事重重的;被先占的。
- n性质的同根词
- preoccupation:全神贯注,入神;当务之急;关注的事物;抢先占据;成见。
- preoccupancy:先入为主;全神贯注;极为忙碌(等于preoccupation)。
- v性质的同根词
- preoccupied:抢先占有;使…全神贯注(preoccupy的过去式)。
英汉例句
- The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind.
去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+ ~+n./pron.
词组短语
- preoccupy deeply 使分心;使心神困扰
- preoccupy with 一心想着
- preoccupy greatly 使分心
- preoccupy y 使对;盘据
- preempt preoccupation preoccupy 先取
短语
英英字典
- to be the main thought in someone's mind, causing other things to be forgotten
- If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot.