preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
Anglų
foglalkoztat, elfoglal
VEIKSMAŽODIS
C1
1
foglalkoztat
B1
Vartosenos šablonas:
[something] preoccupies [someone]
The upcoming interview preoccupied her all weekend.
A közelgő állásinterjú egész hétvégén foglalkoztatta.
He seemed distracted in class, preoccupied by problems at home.
Szétszórtnak tűnt az órán, mert az otthoni problémák foglalkoztatták.
Questions about money have preoccupied the team for months.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
I was preoccupied with my exam.
A vizsgám foglalkoztatott.
The news preoccupied him all day.
A hír egész nap foglalkoztatta.
Dažna klaida:
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
Reikšmė
fill someone’s mind
Kolokacijos
be preoccupied with work
|be preoccupied with money
|be preoccupied with appearance
|be preoccupied with the future
|be preoccupied with problems
|be preoccupied with thoughts
|be preoccupied by worries
|a preoccupying thought
|preoccupy someone's mind
|preoccupy someone's thoughts
Sinonimai
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.)
|
engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.)
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consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
Antonimai
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
Temos
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
Apibrėžimas
If something preoccupies you, you think about it a lot and it is hard to think about other things.
To fill someone’s thoughts or attention so much that they have little room to think about anything else.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
C2
FORMAL
2
elfoglal
A2
Vartosenos šablonas:
[someone] preoccupies [place]
In some accounts, the valley was preoccupied by settlers before the official survey.
Egyes beszámolók szerint a völgyet már a hivatalos felmérés előtt telepesek foglalták el.
The group tried to preoccupy key positions along the route before dawn.
A csoport hajnal előtt megpróbálta elfoglalni az útvonal menti kulcsfontosságú pontokat.
Dažna klaida:
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
Reikšmė
take over a place first
Kolokacijos
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
Sinonimai
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
Antonimai
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
Temos
history
|politics
|law
Apibrėžimas
To take a place before others can.
To occupy or take possession of a place before someone else does.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
pre - oc - cupy (3 skiemenys)
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
Žodžio formos
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
Žodžių šeima
Forms
preoccupies
verb
preoccupying
verb
preoccupied
verb
Core family
preoccupation
noun C1
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
unoccupied
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
occupancy
noun B2
Posakiai
be preoccupied with [something]
1/bˈi pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪd wˈɪθ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
be busy thinking about something
If you are preoccupied with something, you keep thinking about it.
Pavyzdžiai
- She’s been preoccupied with her new job lately.
- I was so preoccupied with the deadline that I forgot to eat lunch.
- He looked preoccupied with something, but he wouldn’t say what.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- He is preoccupied with work.
- I am preoccupied with my homework.