preoccupy

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
  2. (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To occupy or take possession of beforehand.

Phát âm là (IPA)
/pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From pre- + occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete.

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