preoccupy

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/    美 /pɹiˈɑkjupaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To distract; to draw attention elsewhere. transitive
    — The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys.
  2. To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them. transitive
    — It always preoccupies me when he acts like this.
  3. To occupy or take possession of beforehand. obsolete,transitive
    — Terrified at this uproar, […] she ran for shelter into the place which was pre-occupied by the other lady […].

词形变化

preoccupies present,singular,third-person preoccupying participle,present preoccupied participle,past preoccupied past

词汇关系

相关词
preoccupation

词源

From pre- + occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary