| 单词 | obsession |
| 释义 | obsession (once / 1885 pages) n If you have an obsession, you're totally fixated on something and unhealthily devoted to it. Some common obsessions include fantasy football leagues, celebrity gossip, and Elvis memorabilia. Obsession is kind of like a passion for something that crosses the line into crazy territory. Sometimes people get so preoccupied with their obsessions that it makes them anxious or emotionally unstable. If you have an obsession with the Yankees, for example, you might go to every single game, skip work to watch spring training, paper your room with Yankees posters, and write love notes to Derek Jeter. WORD FAMILYobsession: obsessional, obsessions+/obsess: obsessed, obsesses, obsessing, obsession, obsessive/obsessional: obsessionally/obsessive: obsessively, obsessiveness, obsessives, obsessivity USAGE EXAMPLESThe responses, though, raised questions for some on social media about Mexico's priorities and Mexicans' supposed obsession with pocketbook issues rather than other social indignities. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The theft transformed the manuscript into an object of obsession, a kind of Maltese Falcon, for a coterie of Inquisition scholars and rare-book collectors. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Diets only feed the cravings and the obsession with the scale - the outer symptoms of the addiction. New York Times(May 02, 2016) 1n an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone Syn|Hyper fixation preoccupation an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention 2n an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will Syn|Hypo|Hyper compulsion onomatomania obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic |
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