preoccupation
preoccupation
noun
noun
- [mass noun]the state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed with something
全神贯注；入神
his preoccupation with politics.
他对政治的投入。
■[count noun]a subject or matter that engrosses someone
使人全神贯注的事物；使人入神的事物
their main preoccupation was how to feed their families.
他们主要关注的事是如何养家糊口。
- late 16th cent. (first used in rhetoric in the sense 'anticipating and meeting objections beforehand'): from Latin praeoccupatio(n-), from praeoccupare 'seize beforehand' (see preoccupy)
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