preoccupy
vt. 占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于
If something is preoccupying you, you are thinking about it a lot.
Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧一直困扰着这个社区。
...the particular issues, problems and theories that preoccupied him.
萦绕在他心头的那些议题、问题和理论
1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively;
2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance;
Crime and the fear of crime preoccupy the community.
犯罪和对犯罪的恐惧一直困扰着这个社区。
But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.
不过当时有另外的事情分了他的心.
Otherwise, thoughts of attack and counter - attack will preoccupy him and people his entire world.
否则, 攻击与 反 攻击的念头便会盘踞他及他整个周遭世界.