英 [priˈɒkjupaɪ] 美 [priˈɑːkjupaɪ]
v. 使全神贯注，占据（某人的思想）；提前占据
第三人称单数preoccupies
现在分词preoccupying
过去式preoccupied
过去分词preoccupied
preoccupy /priːˈɒkjʊˌpaɪ/ CET6+ [ preoccupying preoccupied preoccupies ]
及物动词 If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot. 占据 (某人的思绪)
Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧占据了这个社区的思绪。
engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
put/place a premium on 高度评价，重视 preoccupy 使全神贯注，使入神 prescription 规定，规定性的东西(如条例、指示、命令等); 处方，药方，(医生开的)药; 解救方法，诀窍 ..
... preoccupation 先入之见 preoccupy 先占；使专心于；迷住 recuperate 恢复（健康），复原 ...
... preoccupation 先入之见 preoccupy 先占；使专心于；迷住 recuperate 恢复（健康），复原 ...
... premonition 预先警告,预兆 preoccupy 盘据(心头),使凝神于 preponderate 重量超过,占优势 ...
preoccupied 全神贯注的；心事重重的；被先占的
preoccupation 全神贯注，入神；当务之急；关注的事物；抢先占据；成见
preoccupancy 先入为主；全神贯注；极为忙碌（等于preoccupation）
preoccupied 抢先占有；使…全神贯注（preoccupy的过去式）
Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧占据了这个社区的思绪。
Yet this is the feature of AI that ought to preoccupy us the most.
然而，他所说的是我们应该最为关注的人工智能的一个特征。
It is the Chinese which preoccupy the Russian Far East and their presence is highly visible.
中国人抢先占据了俄罗斯的远东地区，他们的出现是相当明显的。
You-- It's been a series of-- a huge controversy in the popular culture to the extent of which parents matter and this is an issue which will preoccupy us for much of the course.
你,有一系列的,关于父母在多大程度上起作用,在流行文化里是有很大争议的,我们将会在这门课里用很多的时间,来讲这个问题
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It also is an academic one, and as such, tends to preoccupy academics like Prof.
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That is the debate that is likely to preoccupy analysts in the coming days.
Te'o had plenty to preoccupy himself that November weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.