adjective [原级] 全神贯注的,心事重重的;被先占的
Tom Banbury was preoccupied with the missing Shepherd child and did not want to devote time to the new murder. 汤姆·班伯里一心专注着谢泼德家失踪的孩子,不想在新的谋杀案上花时间。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 使全神贯注,占据(某人的思想);提前占据(preoccupy 的过去式和过去分词形式)
He was preoccupied and had not even listened to Heidi's tales. 他全神贯注,甚至没有听海蒂的故事。