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

• With a leadership transition due in 2012, Beijing has its own domestic preoccupations.
  鉴于领导层将在2012年换届，北京方面有自己的国内优先事务。
• Then those shadows which had varied his melancholy vanished from his thoughts, and he fell back once more into his habitual preoccupations.
  随后，这些使他触景生情的阴惨事儿从他的脑子里消失了，他重新回到他惯常的忆念中。
• Yet even in this highly politicised milieu, the material comforts of my life back home were among their chief preoccupations.
  然而，甚至在这种高度政治化的环境下，我家里富足的物质生活也是他们重点关注的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is for this reason that Rabbit suggests that ascending humans withdraw as much as possible from such preoccupations.
  正因为如此，兔子建议提升人类尽可能离开这些事物。
• We can blame the political philosopher John Locke for our current child-rearing preoccupations.
  我们可以说，导致我们现在如此专注于育儿的，是政治哲学家约翰·洛克（Johnlocke）。
• The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had.
  走在日本的大街上，人群中似乎没有人抱着跟我一样的想法。
• 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。
• 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。