Preoccupation

(noun.) the mental state of being preoccupied by something.

(noun.) an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention.

格斯编辑

• The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Oh, Caddy, you really are an absurd girl, returned Mrs. Jellyby, to ask such questions after what I have said of the preoccupation of my mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The liberal and advanced churches recognize this fact by exhibiting a great preoccupation with everyday affairs. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The whole drift towards industrial training in schools has the germs of disaster within it--a preoccupation with the technique of a career. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The preoccupation with the system lays altogether too little stress on the men who operate it and the men for whom it is run. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It is his constant preoccupation to keep his people from that god. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That the report of the Chicago Vice Commission figures so prominently in this chapter is not due to any preoccupation with Chicago, the Commission or with vice. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This does not mean, however, that students are to be seduced unaware into preoccupation with lessons. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He yielded himself to the charm of trivial preoccupations, wondering at what hour her reply would be sent, with what words it would begin. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In town she returned to preoccupations which, for the moment, had the happy effect of banishing troublesome thoughts. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

编辑:诺拉