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

• 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。
• 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。
• All of these sayings reflect the American obsession with properness and efficiency.
  所有这些格言都反映了美国人对正派和效率的痴迷。
• We have this obsession with leadership.
  我们迷恋于领导力。
• The obsession with measurement in data and school reform has reached nutty new heights.
  对于用数据进行衡量和学校改革的痴迷已经达到了狂热的新高度。
• This was my first impression when I witness her latest works& series of obsession and desire.
  这是我的第一印象，当我看到她的最新作品&系列的痴迷和渴望。
• I find the media's growing 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。