preoccupy
gb/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
C1
英语
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动词
C1
action
1
fill someone’s mind
If something preoccupies you, you think about it a lot and it is hard to think about other things.
用法模式：
[something] preoccupies [someone]
常见错误：
Don’t use it for physically ‘taking a seat/room’; that is usually occupy, not preoccupy.
近义词
absorb (More general; can be mental or physical attention.)
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engross (Often stronger, suggesting total attention.)
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consume (Emphasizes intensity, often worries or emotions.)
反义词
relieve (To remove a worry or burden, leaving the mind freer.)
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unburden (To free someone from something troubling them.)
搭配
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
主题
emotions
|mind
|daily_life
|work
例句
- The upcoming interview preoccupied her all weekend.
- He seemed distracted in class, preoccupied by problems at home.
- Questions about money have preoccupied the team for months.
学习者例句
- I was preoccupied with my exam.
- The news preoccupied him all day.
动词
formal
C2
action
2
take over a place first
To take a place before others can.
用法模式：
[someone] preoccupies [place]
常见错误：
This meaning is uncommon in everyday English; most of the time, use occupy.
近义词
occupy (The common modern verb; does not necessarily imply ‘before others’.)
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seize (Stronger; suggests force or sudden action.)
反义词
vacate (To leave a place so it is no longer occupied.)
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abandon (To leave something behind, often permanently.)
搭配
preoccupy a territory
|preoccupy a region
|preoccupy the land
|preoccupy a position
|preoccupy a seat
主题
history
|politics
|law
例句
- In some accounts, the valley was preoccupied by settlers before the official survey.
- The group tried to preoccupy key positions along the route before dawn.
语法
词典原形
preoccupy
IPA
GB/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
音节与重音
pre - oc - cupy （3 个音节）
Stress on 2nd syllable (oc)
词形变化
Verb
- Base: preoccupy
- 3rd Person Singular: preoccupies
- Present Participle: preoccupying
- Past: preoccupied
词族
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
相关表达
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.
例句
- 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.