單詞
obsession
英 [?b'se?(?)n]
美[?b's??(?)n]
基本信息
- n. 癡迷；困擾；[內(nèi)科][心理] 強(qiáng)迫觀念
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?obsessions;
中文詞源
obsession 著魔，迷戀
來自obsess,著魔，癡迷。
英文詞源
- obsession (n.)
- 1510s, "action of besieging," from French obsession and directly from Latin obsessionem (nominative obsessio) "siege, blockade, a blocking up," noun of action from past participle stem of obsidere "to besiege" (see obsess). Later (c. 1600), "hostile action of an evil spirit" (like possession but without the spirit actually inhabiting the body). Transferred sense of "action of anything which engrosses the mind" is from 1670s. Psychological sense is from 1901.
雙語例句
- 1. This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy.
- 本屆政府在保密方面做過了頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike.
- 在心理治療中，她開始逐漸放下對(duì)麥克的癡迷。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
- 父母過于愛面子的做法在他兒時(shí)一直困擾著他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Their work is frequently an obsession that overrides all other considerations.
- 他們對(duì)工作的癡迷常常超乎其他一切。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I find the media'sgrowing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.
- 我發(fā)現(xiàn)媒體越來越沉湎于淫穢下流和聳人聽聞的題材，這實(shí)在可悲。
來自柯林斯例句
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