preoccupy
英 [priː'ɒkjʊpaɪ]
美[pri'ɑkjə'pai]
- vt. 迷住；使全神贯注
英英释意
- 1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively;
- "His work preoccupies him"
- "The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot think of anything else"
- 2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance;
- "the army preoccupied the hills"
