- 1佔據心思；讓人滿腦子都是
If something preoccupies you, it moves into your mind and stays, so you think or worry about it a lot. The worry is the one doing the occupying: Money preoccupied her all winter. A little more formal than 'she could not stop thinking about it'.
If something preoccupies you如果有件事preoccupy你, it moves into your mind and stays它就會鑽進你腦子裡、賴著不走, so you think or worry about it a lot讓你一直在想、一直在擔心它. The worry is the one doing the occupying在做『佔據』這件事的就是那份擔心: Money preoccupied her all winter錢的事讓她整個冬天都掛心. A little more formal than 'she could not stop thinking about it'比『she could not stop thinking about it』(她沒辦法停止想這件事)正式一點.
Long ago the Latin word meant to grab a place first, before someone else; English kept the picture of taking over early, but moved it into the head.
Long ago很久以前 the Latin word meant to grab a place first拉丁字原本的意思是搶先佔一個位置, before someone else搶在別人前面; English kept the picture of taking over early英文保留了『早一步佔走』的畫面, but moved it into the head但把它搬進了腦袋裡.
You can preoccupy someone with a problem, though the pattern without with is very common: The news preoccupied him. There used to be another verb, preoccupate, from the same Latin place; that twin has died out, so you can leave it alone.
You can preoccupy someone with a problem你可以說preoccupy someone with a problem(讓某人滿腦子都是某個問題), though the pattern without with is very common不過不加with的說法也很常見: The news preoccupied him那則新聞讓他滿腦子都是它. There used to be another verb, preoccupate以前還有另一個動詞preoccupate, from the same Latin place來自同一個拉丁字根; that twin has died out那個雙胞胎已經消失不用了, so you can leave it alone所以你可以不用理它.
core核心畫面
組成pre- + occupy, after French préoccuper and Latin praeoccupare, 'to seize first'. English also once had preoccupate from the same place; that twin is now dead.
同家族的字
- occupythe base verb; Latin already had praeoccupare, 'seize first'
- preoccupiedthe usual describing form
- preoccupationthe noun: the thing that fills the mind
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
preoccupyverb/pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/
- 1
To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
- The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys.
- Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
- 2
To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
- It always preoccupies me when he acts like this.
- 3
obsoleteTo occupy or take possession of beforehand.
- Terrified at this uproar, […] she ran for shelter into the place which was pre-occupied by the other lady […].
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。