preoccupy /prc'okjupai; pri'akjazpai/ vt (pt, pp -pied) [VP6A] take all the attention of (sb, his mind) so that attention is not given to other matters: 使全神貫注; 盤據(jù) (心頭); 迷?。?preoccupied by family troubles; 心神被家庭糾紛盤據(jù)著; preo→ cupied with thoughts of the coming holidays.— 心一意想君即將來(lái)臨之假期。