preoccupation with

基本解释

Preoccupation with the lover’s thoughts, behaviors, feelings leads to dependency on his or her approval.
因为被情人的思想、行为和感觉所占据，导致了什么都要靠他的同意。
How Australia’s region will respond to its apparent preoccupation with China as a possible future adversary is another.
它将中国作为未来可能对手加以明显的关切，而澳洲地区对此如何反应是另一回事。
It is not clear to us that the interests of millions of people in poorer countries who depend on marginal ecosystems are best served by an exclusive preoccupation with mitigation.
在依靠边缘生态系统为生的较为贫困的国家中有着几百万人民，我们不清楚他们的利益是否惟有先通过减排才能得到最好的保护。
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I think we're meant to understand that he is so focused on the question of redemption that he fails to see anything else; he fails to see anyone else in his preoccupation with that problem.
我想我们得知道,他正被救赎的问题所困扰,在他被次纠缠时,他看不到任何事;,也看不到任何人。
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Those titles that Eikhenbaum keeps talking about -How Don Quixote was Made, How Gogol's Overcoat was Made- reflect the preoccupation of the Russian formalists with how literature is put together.
艾肯鲍姆总谈论,堂吉诃德，果戈理的外套是是怎么塑造的-,这反映了俄国形式主义者,对文本组合方式的执着。
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German engineers, who focus squarely on the driving experience, couldn't understand the Americans' preoccupation with beverages.
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Her mother's preoccupation with her own appearance set an example that nagged Lee through adulthood.
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