| 词组 | preoccupied |
| 释义 | preoccupied Preoccupied is almost always used with with: • ... it is always ... the individual will, with which the Romantic poet is preoccupied —Edmund Wilson, Axel's Castle, 1931 • ... the difficulties of being understood in a world that was preoccupied with standard reactions — Louis Auchincloss, The Injustice Collectors, 1950 • ... a society ever more preoccupied with leisure — William H. Whyte, Jr., The Organization Man, 1956 • ... his proof that God lives and is daily preoccupied with the virtues and faults of John Quincy Adams — Alfred Kazin, N.Y. Rev. of Books, 23 Oct. 1969 Although the verb almost always appears as a past participle when it is used with a preposition, once in a while an active use shows up: • The children form a secret society which preoccupies itself with dares —Times Literary Supp., 22 Oct. 1971 Preoccupied may also be followed by about or by: • One has observed them so preoccupied about simultaneity of attack —Virgil Thomson, The Musical Scene, 1947 • Ignorant of life and of nature, she was, he has also supposed, preoccupied by love —Carol Ohmann, College English, May 1971 |
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