preoccupied with

基本解釋

We're so preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness that we are in danger of forgetting how to enjoy our lives.
我們?nèi)绱顺两谧分鹦腋Ｖ校灾劣谖覀冋幱谕浫绾蜗硎苌畹奈ｋU(xiǎn)中。
You think you are so important that everyone cares what you do, when in fact, everyone is so preoccupied with themselves that they don't even notice or care what you are doing.
你認(rèn)為你是如此的重要，每個(gè)人都關(guān)心你做了什么，而實(shí)際上，每個(gè)人是如此全神貫注于他們自己，他們甚至沒(méi)有發(fā)掘或在乎你正在做的事情。
Addicts are totally preoccupied with their addiction, but gardening helps them to open themselves up to the world and be aware, for the first time in a long while, of their surroundings.
成癮者完全沉浸在他們的癮中，但是園藝工作幫助他們向世界敞開心扉，并長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)第一次了解到周圍的事物。

So that, to think nothing is something you have to work at; it's something that you can be preoccupied with.
所以腦子里一片空白,也是需要你努力的事;,需要全神貫注的事。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選
Notice something about all of those figures: Shakespeare is preoccupied with figures who may or may not be crazy.
看一下這些人物：,莎士比亞專注于瘋了或者沒(méi)瘋的人物。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
While America has been preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan, what new geo-political developments formation of alliances, etc.
當(dāng)美國(guó)正忙于伊拉克問(wèn)題,和阿富汗問(wèn)題時(shí)，在地緣政治發(fā)展方面,如建立聯(lián)盟，等等。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國(guó)際座談會(huì)課程節(jié)選

They were preoccupied with things like supply and demand and perfect competition and equilibrium.
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