Preoccupy

(verb.) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; 'His work preoccupies him'; 'The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else'.

(verb.) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; 'the army preoccupied the hills'.

手打:洛伊斯

• She seated herself beside her uncle opposite to Will, and was evidently preoccupied with something that made her almost unmindful of him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Scarcely a day passed that did not find Professor Porter straying in his preoccupied indifference toward the jaws of death. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The bar-maid appeared from the inner regions of the parlour, excited and preoccupied. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• A rose lay beside her, and if she now and then glanced at the flower, it was with no infraction of her usual preoccupied air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• She had a preoccupied look, and she made her apologies for being late rather absently. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I could not wonder at this after the reception his preoccupied mind had given to my guardian's letter, but I determined to try Ada's influence yet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He was preoccupied only with animals and men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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