🌀preoccupy (プレオキュパイ)

verb
/priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ/
占める, 心を占める (shimeru, kokoro o shimeru)

意味

To dominate or engross the mind of someone to the exclusion of other thoughts.
意味の翻訳
他の考えを排除して、ある人の心を支配する。
hoka no kangae o haijo shite, aru hito no kokoro o shihai suru

例文

Worries about the future preoccupy him constantly.

未来についての心配が彼を常に占めている。
Mirai ni tsuite no shinpai ga kare o jōni shimetemasu.

同義語

absorb, engross, distract, consume, obsess

対義語

free, release, ignore

コロケーション

preoccupy the mind, preoccupy thoughts, preoccupy with, constantly preoccupy

関連語彙

To concentrate attention or effort on something.
to cause or inflict something, especially damage or harm
to praise or flatter excessively
To keep or put something in a steady position so that it does not fall.
To confuse or puzzle someone.
To run away from danger or a threatening situation.

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