obsession

英 [əbˈseʃn]

美 [əbˈseʃn]

n.  痴迷; 着魔; 困扰; 使人痴迷的人(或物)

复数：obsessions　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6354 / COCA.5558

牛津词典

noun

• 痴迷；着魔；困扰
  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
  1. Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
     她怕乘飞机几乎到了不可救药的地步。
  2. 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。
• 使人痴迷的人（或物）
  a person or thing that sb thinks about too much
  1. Fitness has become an obsession with him.
     他迷上了健身。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 着迷；困扰；强迫观念
  If you say that someone has anobsessionwith a person or thing, you think they are spending too much time thinking about them.
  1. She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher...
     她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。
  2. 95% of patients know their obsessions are irrational.
     95％的病人都知道他们的痴迷是不理智的。

英英释义

noun

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
  Synonym:fixation
• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
  1. her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
  Synonym:compulsion

双语例句

• I wondered whether this might also increase her obsession with sex.
  我不知道这是否也增强了她对性的痴迷与执着。
• 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。
• But I do understand the appeal of it. People have always had this obsession, infatuation with vampires.
  但我懂吸血鬼的吸引力人们总是对吸血鬼很痴迷。
• Although naturalism had not become an obsession among American writers by1914, it clearly commanded the allegiance of a majority of serious young writers.
  到1914年，虽然自然主义在美国作家中没有成为一种固定的观念，但它明显得到多数严肃青年作者的忠诚。
• We thought we had found a way to blunt the obsession with Vietnam.
  我们认为我们找到了冲淡对越南问题注意力的方法。
• What is this current television obsession with older men and nubile young women?
  现在的电视节目为什么这么喜欢描写老男人和妙龄性感女郎的故事呢？
• With him, gambling is an obsession.
  对于他来说，赌博是无法摆脱的。
• We have this obsession with leadership.
  我们迷恋于领导力。
• Eventually, he lost his job, and with it went his obsession and stress.
  最终，他丢掉了工作，随之而去的还有他的困扰和压力。
• Love me or hate me, its still an obsession.
  爱我，还是恨我，依旧是个困扰。