Word
prepossess
使全神贯注；使专注
核心释义
to fill someone's mind completely so they think of nothing else; to preoccupy
- 1.
(通常后接 by 或 with)占据(某人)的心神,使其无暇顾及其他。
Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
- 2.
使(某人)事先对某事物产生偏见或好感；使先入为主；尤指事先使(某人)产生好感。
To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
使先入为主；使有偏见；使产生好感；(通常后接 by 或 with)占据(某人)的心神,使其无暇顾及其他。；使(某人)事先对某事物产生偏见或好感；使先入为主；尤指事先使(某人)产生好感。；使先具有
用法In use
The idea of winning the lottery prepossessed his mind for days.
用法提示：prepossessed 在这里表示‘预先占据心思’，描述某种想法提前占据了思想。
Her charming manner prepossessed the interviewers in her favor.
用法提示：prepossessed 表示‘预先给人好印象’，指行为提前赢得了对方的认可。
The ancient texts prepossess the reader with a sense of wonder.
用法提示：prepossess 在此表示‘使先具有’，描述文本预先赋予读者某种感受。
prepossess sb with sth
此结构表示使某人预先具有某种情感或态度。
The speaker prepossessed the audience with enthusiasm.
演讲者使观众预先充满了热情。
be prepossessed by/with sth
被动形式表示被某种想法或情感预先占据。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- prepossessing
- 讨人喜欢的；给人好感的 · adj
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