obsession
- 英式英标[əb\'sɛʃ(ə)n]
- 美式音标[əb\'seʃ(ə)n]
中文词源
obsession 着魔，迷恋
来自obsess,着魔，痴迷。
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy.
- 本届政府在保密方面做过了头。
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- 2. In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike.
- 在心理治疗中，她开始逐渐放下对麦克的痴迷。
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- 3. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
- 父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。
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- 4. Their work is frequently an obsession that overrides all other considerations.
- 他们对工作的痴迷常常超乎其他一切。
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- 5. I find the media'sgrowing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.
- 我发现媒体越来越沉湎于淫秽下流和耸人听闻的题材，这实在可悲。
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