preoccupied
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
- simple past and past participle of preoccupy
形容词 adj.
- Prepossessed; biased.
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Already occupied.
— Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […].
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Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.
— 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.
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Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
— I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.
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