preoccupied

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of preoccupy form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Prepossessed; biased. obsolete
  2. Already occupied. archaic
    — Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […].
  3. Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another. not-comparable
    — In 1924 J. D. Tothill revised the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella, a name proposed by Bezzi in 1906 to replace Fabricia Rob. D. which is preoccupied.
  4. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
    — I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

词形变化

more preoccupied comparative most preoccupied superlative
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