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

• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher
  她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。
• 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。
• We have this obsession with leadership.
  我们迷恋于领导力。
• 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。
• This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy
  本届政府在保密方面做过了头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The problems began when his love for her turned to obsession.
  当他对她的爱变成了痴迷时，问题就来了。
• 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。