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.
我们如此沉浸在追逐幸福中，以至于我们正处于忘记如何享受生活的危险中。
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.
你认为你是如此的重要，每个人都关心你做了什么，而实际上，每个人是如此全神贯注于他们自己，他们甚至没有发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.
成瘾者完全沉浸在他们的瘾中，但是园艺工作帮助他们向世界敞开心扉，并长久以来第一次了解到周围的事物。

So that, to think nothing is something you have to work at; it's something that you can be preoccupied with.
所以脑子里一片空白,也是需要你努力的事;,需要全神贯注的事。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选
Notice something about all of those figures: Shakespeare is preoccupied with figures who may or may not be crazy.
看一下这些人物：,莎士比亚专注于疯了或者没疯的人物。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选
While America has been preoccupied with Iraq and Afghanistan, what new geo-political developments formation of alliances, etc.
当美国正忙于伊拉克问题,和阿富汗问题时，在地缘政治发展方面,如建立联盟，等等。
普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

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