preoccupation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɹiɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/|/ˌpɹiɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/    美 /ˌpɹiɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/|/ˌpriɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment. countable,uncountable
    — The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.
  2. The act of occupying something before someone else. countable,uncountable

词形变化

preoccupations plural pre-occupation alternative

词汇关系

近义词
preoccupancy
衍生词
overpreoccupation self-preoccupation
相关词
preoccupy occupation

词源

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupātiō. By surface analysis, pre- + occupation or preoccupy + -ation.
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