preoccupy

preoccupy

英 [priː'ɒkjʊpaɪ]
　　美 [pri'ɑkjə'pai]

vt. 迷住；使全神貫註

中文詞源：

preoccupy 預先占據，憂心，擔心

pre-,在前，早於，預先，occupy,占據。引申詞義憂心，擔心。

例句：

1. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
犯罪和對犯罪的恐懼一直困擾著這個社區。

2. But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.
不過當時有另外的事情分瞭他的心.

3. An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure, but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.
一個聰明的男人可以預見到失敗, 但他絕不會去無謂地擔心.

4. Otherwise, thoughts of attack and counter - attack will preoccupy him and people his entire world.
否則, 攻擊與 反 攻擊的念頭便會盤踞他及他整個周遭世界.