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obsession

noun
 
🔊/əbˈseʃn/
🔊/əbˈseʃn/
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  1.  
    [uncountable, countable] the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not normal痴迷；着魔；困扰
    • Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.她怕乘飞机几乎到了不可救药的地步。🔊🔊
    • obsession with somebody/something There's a national obsession with celebrity in England.英格兰对名人有一种痴迷。
    • The media's obsession with the young prince continues.新闻媒体继续对小王子进行连篇累牍的报道。🔊🔊
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    • I don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes.我不明白为什么现在电视里有如此多烹饪节目。
    • He was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason.他简直是鬼迷心窍，听不进任何道理。
    • She has an unhealthy obsession with her diet.她对自己的饮食有一种病态的关注。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dangerous
    • unhealthy
    • current
    • …
    verb + obsession
    • become
    • have
    preposition
    • obsession with
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  2.  
    [countable] obsession (with somebody) a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much使人痴迷的人（或物）
    • Fitness has become an obsession with him.他迷上了健身。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dangerous
    • unhealthy
    • current
    • …
    verb + obsession
    • become
    • have
    preposition
    • obsession with
    See full entry
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.