[mokmun] (v) EN: immersed oneself in ; be absorbed in ; be engrossed in/with ; be preoccupied ; be occupied ; be immerse in ; bury oneself in FR: être absorbé par/dans ; être préoccupé
[どころではない, dokorodehanai] (suf) (uk) (strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of ...; .. is out of the question; this is not an occasion for [Add to Longdo]
[ちょうさんぼし, chousanboshi] (n) being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Preoccupy \Pre*oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preoccupied}
(-p[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Preoccupying}.] [Cf. F.
pr['e]occuper. See {Preoccupate}, {Occupy}.]
1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a
country not before held.
[1913 Webster]
2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention
of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
[1913 Webster]
I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave
something to reflections than to preoccupy his
judgment. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preoccupied
adj 1: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a
professor listening to the prattling of his freshman
class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" [syn:
{bemused}, {deep in thought(p)}, {lost(p)},
{preoccupied}]
2: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with
something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid
riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no
help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children";
"he was taken up in worry for the old woman" [syn: {haunted},
{obsessed}, {preoccupied}, {taken up(p)}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย