preoccupied

preoccupied
adjective
(lost in thought) gedankenverloren; (concerned) besorgt (with um); (absorbed) beschäftigt (with mit)
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pre·oc·cu·pied
[ˌpri:ˈɒkjəpaɪd, AM pri:ˈɑ:kju:-]
adj
1. (distracted) gedankenverloren; (absorbed) nachdenklich
my mind has [or I have] been so \preoccupied lately ich hatte in letzter Zeit so viel im Kopf
she is quite \preoccupied at the moment sie hat im Moment zu viel um die Ohren
to be \preoccupied with sb/sth sich akk mit jdm/etw stark beschäftigen, unablässig an etw/jdn denken
he is so \preoccupied with his own problems that ... er ist so von seinen Problemen in Anspruch genommen, dass ...
2. (worried) besorgt
\preoccupied frown besorgtes Stirnrunzeln
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[priː'ɒkjʊpaɪd]
adj
look, tone of voice, smile gedankenverloren

to be preoccupied with sth — nur an etw (acc) denken, sich ganz auf etw (acc) konzentrieren

he has been (looking) rather preoccupied recently — er sieht in letzter Zeit so aus, als beschäftige ihn etwas

he was too preoccupied to notice her — er war zu sehr mit anderen Dingen beschäftigt, um sie zu bemerken

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preoccupied adj
1. (with)
a) in Anspruch genommen (von), vertieft (in akk)
b) besorgt (um)
2. gedankenverloren, geistesabwesend
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adjective
(lost in thought) gedankenverloren; (concerned) besorgt (with um); (absorbed) beschäftigt (with mit)
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adj.
vertieft adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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