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

• 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。
• There, you might say, lies Mr Obama's genius: abroad as well as at home, he has proved one of those rare politicians who invites others to discover in him their own priorities and preoccupations.
  你或许会说，那就是奥巴马的天才所在：在国内外，他都证明了自己是那种罕有的政治家中的一员：能让别人从他身上发现他们自己的当务之急。
• 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。
• Such preoccupations also have an opportunity to bring one greater joy as one chooses that which they enjoy doing in the physical.
  这样的职业也会给你带来更多欢乐的机会，因为你选择了你在物理层上喜欢做的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In so doing, other preoccupations for ascending initiates that move one away from large industry and out of the city can be born.
  这样做，更多支持提升初学者离开大公司和城市的职业能够产生。
• Thousands of years later soyabeans maintain their importance to the Chinese and most other Asians, but they have recently triggered much more down-to-earth preoccupations.
  几千年后，对于中国和其它多数亚洲国家而言，大豆依然重要。但在最近，大豆引发了更为现实的关注。