preoccupy

verb

1. 使日夜思考；使忧心忡忡
   if sth is preoccupying you, you think or worry about it very often or all the time

1. VERB 使全神贯注；使入神；占据…的思想
   If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot.
   1. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
      犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧一直困扰着这个社区。
   2. ...the particular issues, problems and theories that preoccupied him.
      萦绕在他心头的那些议题、问题和理论

1. Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
   犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧一直困扰着这个社区。
2. The global financial crisis and its aftermath continued to preoccupy policymakers.
   全球金融危机及其余波继续让政策制定者伤透脑筋。
3. This is certainly an acceptable usage of the word in ordinary language but it is a broader conception of philosophy than that which will preoccupy us in this book.
   在日常语言中，这无疑是“哲学”这个词的一种可以接受的用法，但这种用法比我们在这本书里关心的那种哲学概念要宽泛。
4. Entering a foreign market is an expensive endeavour, he points out, even before firms encounter the tariffs or transport costs that preoccupy most trade models.
   他指出，即便在考虑大多数贸易模型所关注的关税与运输成本之前，进入海外市场的努力也是相当昂贵的。
5. A revival in the global economy over the coming year would help ease some of the economic and political tensions that currently preoccupy the Davos delegates.
   未来一年全球经济的复苏，或许能够帮助缓解眼下困扰达沃斯与会人员的部分经济与政治紧张局势。
6. Economic worries increasingly preoccupy investors elsewhere, but they are not yet clamouring for action.
   在其他国家，经济增长越来越成为投资者担心的问题，但他们还没有大声呼吁政府采取行动。
7. The report says that technologies for mitigating rather than adapting to climate change dominate because they preoccupy the more advanced developing countries and are potentially more lucrative.
   该报告说，缓解而非适应气候变化的技术占了主流，这是由于它们在更发达的发展中国家是主流，而且可能获利更多。
8. Otherwise, thoughts of attack and counter-attack will preoccupy him and people his entire world.
   否则，攻击与反攻击的念头便会盘踞他及他整个周遭世界。
9. That is the question starting to preoccupy Washington and wall street.
   这是一个开始让华盛顿和华尔街伤透脑筋的问题。
10. An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure, but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.
    一个聪明的人考虑可能失败的情况，但他绝不让自己陷在无谓的担心之中。
11. They have the same concerns as everyone else about the world their children will inhabit, the same worries that preoccupy us all.
    关于他们的孩子将要居住的这个世界，他们的关心一如他人，他们的担忧一如我们心里想的那些。
12. Kim also is a convenient way to preoccupy the U.S.Better ties between Washington and Pyongyang would cost China geopolitical influence in North Asia.
    另外一方面，金正日也是一个使美国专注于朝鲜的简便的方式，而华盛达和平壤之间的更良好的关系会降低中国在北亚地区的地缘政治影响力。

verb

1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
   1. His work preoccupies him
   2. The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else

2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
   1. the army preoccupied the hills