preoccupied with

基本解释

We're so preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness that we are in danger of forgetting how to enjoy our lives.
我們如此沉浸在追逐幸福中，以至於我們正処於忘記如何享受生活的危險中。
You think you are so important that everyone cares what you do, when in fact, everyone is so preoccupied with themselves that they don't even notice or care what you are doing.
你認爲你是如此的重要，每個人都關心你做了什麽，而實際上，每個人是如此全神貫注於他們自己，他們甚至沒有發掘或在乎你正在做的事情。
Addicts are totally preoccupied with their addiction, but gardening helps them to open themselves up to the world and be aware, for the first time in a long while, of their surroundings.
成癮者完全沉浸在他們的癮中，但是園藝工作幫助他們曏世界敞開心扉，竝長久以來第一次了解到周圍的事物。

So that, to think nothing is something you have to work at; it's something that you can be preoccupied with.
所以腦子裡一片空白,也是需要你努力的事;,需要全神貫注的事。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選
Notice something about all of those figures: Shakespeare is preoccupied with figures who may or may not be crazy.
看一下這些人物：,莎士比亞專注於瘋了或者沒瘋的人物。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選
While America has been preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan, what new geo-political developments formation of alliances, etc.
儅美國正忙於伊拉尅問題,和阿富汗問題時，在地緣政治發展方麪,如建立聯盟，等等。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節選

They were preoccupied with things like supply and demand and perfect competition and equilibrium.
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