preoccupied

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

Translation

adj. 全神贯注的; 入神的被抢先占有的
Word Forms
过去式preoccupied
过去分词preoccupied

Phrases & Collocations

preoccupied with worries

忧心忡忡

preoccupied with

全神贯注于;沉浸在

Example Sentences

a mind that was preoccupied with financial worries.

心里充满了对财政问题的担忧

I was too preoccupied to hear the bell.

当时我出神地想着心事,没有听见门铃响。

You look preoccupied: what are you thinking of?

看你心不在焉,在想什么?

his mother was preoccupied with paying the bills.

他母亲满脑子想的是如何付账。

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

人们都太忙碌于平淡的日常事务。

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

去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。

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

当她不忙于公事的时候是很容易接近的。

she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother.

她性格内向,心事重重,几乎没法和母亲交流。

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

"你昨天在公共汽车站上心不在焉,没有注意到我。"

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.

奥威尔害怕的是我们的文化成为受制文化,赫胥黎担心的是我们的文化成为充满感官刺激、欲望和无规则游戏的庸俗文化。

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