单词 | obsession |
释义 | obsession (əbseʃən ) Word forms: obsessions variable noun B2 If you say that someone has an obsession with a person or thing, you think they are spending too much time thinking about them. She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher. [+ with] 95% of patients know their obsessions are irrational. Synonyms: preoccupation, thing [informal], complex, enthusiasm Collocations: current obsession Then there's her deeply current obsession with at-home entertaining, preferably on the patio, the better to show off her garden. Times, Sunday Times So, busy yourself with other matters, and there are plenty, all the while keeping an eye on your current obsession. Times, Sunday Times He'd bombard me with facts about his current obsession — bus timetables, space, computer games, electricity. Times, Sunday Times And yet the current obsession with haute horlogerie has been an identifiable trend for only 25 years. Times, Sunday Times These dealt with, you then can focus on your current obsession. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, we'll examine another variety of media obsession: being up on all the latest, from fashion to news. Times, Sunday Times I hadn't realised she had it because of my social media obsession. The Sun Even for those who disdain the media obsession with fame, what follows might prove illuminating. Times, Sunday Times For more than a year there's been a media obsession with the allure of dad bods (solid frame, bit of a belly, nothing rippling). Times, Sunday Times But this became a media obsession. Times, Sunday Times Football's giving birth to rugby, which later split itself into league and union, helps to explain a national obsession. Times, Sunday Times The story plays to our national obsession: the fickle nature of celebrity. Times, Sunday Times Building and buying new houses became a national obsession. Times, Sunday Times Predicting severe winters far in advance has become a national obsession. Times, Sunday Times Oh, and their bodies are a national obsession. The Sun Celebrity websites, you see, are something of a personal obsession. The Sun The pilgrimages of geography are dictated more by personal obsession. Globe and Mail It was a personal obsession. The Times Literary Supplement These crimes were largely the product of a personal obsession, illustrating the range of motives in document thefts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although he was educated in the field of mathematics and computer science, his own personal obsession with baroque music led him to pursue scholarly music research in his spare time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 着迷 Japanese: 執着 |
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