preoccupate

词形变化

preoccupated preoccupates 三单 preoccupates preoccupating preoccupating 现在分词 preoccupated 过去式 preoccupated 过去分词

别名

præoccupate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.

    废旧

    the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present.

  2. 2.

    To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.

    废旧

词源

Borrowed from past participle stem of Latin praeoccupare, from prae- (“pre-”) + occupare (“occupy”); equivalent to pre- + occupate. Doublet of preoccupy.

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