preoccupied

[US]/priː'ɒkjʊpaɪd/
[UK]/pri'ɑkjə'paɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. optaget i sine tanker; optaget eller engageret i noget på forhånd.
Word Forms
Past Tensepreoccupied
Past Participlepreoccupied

Phrases & Collocations

preoccupied with worries

optaget af bekymringer

preoccupied with

optaget af

Example Sentences

a mind that was preoccupied with financial worries.

et sind, der var optaget af økonomiske bekymringer.

I was too preoccupied to hear the bell.

Jeg var for optaget til at høre ringen.

You look preoccupied: what are you thinking of?

Du ser optaget ud: hvad tænker du på?

his mother was preoccupied with paying the bills.

hans mor var optaget af at betale regningerne.

the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns.

masserne var for optaget af hverdagens prosaiske bekymringer.

The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind.

Spørgsmålet om at tage til Mount Tai optog hans tanker.

She is affable enough when she is not preoccupied with business problems.

Hun er imødekommende nok, når hun ikke er optaget af forretningsproblemer.

she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother.

Hun var tilbagetrukket og optaget, knap i stand til at tale med sin mor.

You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday.

Du var for optaget til at bemærke mig ved busstoppestedet i går.

Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.

Orwell frygtede, at vi ville blive en fanget kultur. Huxley frygtede, at vi ville blive en triviel kultur, optaget af noget tilsvarende feelies, orgy porgy og den centrifugale bumblepuppy.

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