preoccupations

英 [pri(ː)ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənz]

美 [priˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənz]

n.  盘算; 思虑; 长久思考的事情; 心事重重; 忧心忡忡; 全神贯注
preoccupation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 念念不忘；执著
  If you have apreoccupation withsomething or someone, you keep thinking about them because they are important to you.
  1. Karouzos's poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the Orthodox Church...
     卡鲁佐斯的诗歌表明他对东正教的执着。
  2. In his preoccupation with Robyn, Crook had neglected everything.
     克鲁克一心想着罗宾，忽略了其他一切事情。
• N-UNCOUNT 全神贯注；入神
  Preoccupationis a state of mind in which you think about something so much that you do not consider other things to be important.
  1. It was hard for him to be aware of her; he kept sinking back into black preoccupation.
     他很难意识到她的存在；他一直沉浸在沮丧中。

双语例句

• There are many preoccupations that are useful to ascending humans.
  有很多职业是对提升人类有益的。
• That should serve as a reminder of how quickly the intellectual climate can shift and fashionable preoccupations fade.
  我们应引以为戒，记住观念氛围可以转变得多么迅速，流行的偏见可以消失得多么快。
• In the UK, there may be many Mrs Smiths with similar preoccupations.
  在英国，可能有许多“史密斯夫人”持类似理念。
• There will be so many becoming ill in the times of cleansing ahead that those choosing such preoccupations will manifest enough to be provided for upon the physical plane.
  前方的净化时代将有如此多人类病倒，因此那些选择了这种职业的人们，将足够显化物质层上的收入。
• The book has several of the author's characteristic preoccupations.
  书中好些地方显示出了作者的创作特色。
• He found it hard to concentrate on conversation so far removed from his present preoccupations
  他发现很难专注于谈话，因为谈话内容和自己目前的当务之急毫不相干。
• Their name deftly combines two of the big preoccupations of teenage boys.
  乐队名字巧妙地融合了男孩子关注的两大主题。
• We project current preoccupations-the rise of China and India, global terror, climate change-with exaggerated speed and to an exaggerated degree.
  我们以夸张的速度和程度预测眼下的当务之急&中国和印度的崛起、全球恐怖主义和气候变化。
• Such humans have multiplied and equate to60% of the current world population; such humans believe that the only purpose of life is to marry and procreate; or find preoccupations that entertain or make one wealthy.
  这类人繁殖到占目前世界人口的60%；这类人相信生活的唯一目的就是结婚生子、或找到可以娱乐或让人富有的职业。
• What's more, we feel guilty that we are worrying about our declining looks, because feminism has taught us to be above such trivial preoccupations.
  女性主义教导我们不要太过把精力放在这种小事儿上，因此当我们为自己逐渐消逝的青春所烦恼的时候，我们会有一些负罪感。