obsess

obsess
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be obsessed)preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent
    迷住，使着迷；使心神不宁；不停地困扰；（念头）挥之不去
    he was obsessed with thoughts of suicide.
    他被自杀的念头困扰着。
    [as adj. obsessed]he became completely obsessed about germs.
    他对细菌完全着了迷。
    ■[no obj.](chieflyN.Amer.)(of a person) be preoccupied in this way
    (主北美)（人）对…着迷
    her husband, who is obsessing about the wrong she has done him.
    她丈夫因为受她冤枉而耿耿于怀。
派生
obsessive
( & )
adjective & noun
obsessively
adverb
obsessiveness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'haunt, possess', referring to an evil spirit): from Latin obsess- 'besieged', from the verb obsidere, from ob- 'opposite' + sedere 'sit'. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent
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