資料來源 : pyDict
先占領,先取,迷住
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Preoccupy \Pre*oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preoccupied}
(-p[=i]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.
2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention
of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave
something to reflections than to preoccupy his
judgment. --Arbuthnot.
資料來源 : WordNet®
preoccupy
v 1: engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or
occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies
him"; "The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot
think of anything else"
2: occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or
appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the
hills"
[also: {preoccupied}]