obsession
noun /əbˈseʃn/
/əbˈseʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] 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
痴迷；着魔；困扰 - Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
她怕乘飞机几乎到了不可救药的地步。 - obsession with somebody/something There's a national obsession with celebrity in England.
英国有一种对名人的全民痴迷。 - 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 don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes.
我不明白为什么现在电视里有如此多烹饪节目。 - He was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason.
他简直是鬼迷心窍，听不进任何道理。 - She has an unhealthy obsession with her diet.
她对自己的饮食有一种病态的关注。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
- Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession.
- [countable] obsession (with somebody) a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much
使人痴迷的人（或物） - Fitness has become an obsession with him.
他迷上了健身。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
- Fitness has become an obsession with him.
词源early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.