Preserving nature, Ms Marris writes, is a relatively recent preoccupation.

马里斯女士写道，保护自然，相对而言是近代紧急要务。

In winter, eating becomes a major preoccupation.

觅食是冬天头等大事。

But that disguises serious preoccupations and serious despair.

而这掩盖了其中深深担忧和深深绝望。

Our preoccupation with utility and function defines the design of Mac Pro.

我们对实用和功能专注，定义了 Mac Pro 设计。

But its new preoccupations may also help it meet some of its core duties.

它新关注点也可能帮助它履行一些核心职责。

Lin enjoyed studying abroad, but he had qualms about Westerners’ preoccupation with logic and scientific method.

林语堂很喜欢在国外习，西过分重视逻辑和科法，他觉得这样不太妥当。

Both groups exhibit below-average empathy, rigid attitudes and an atypical preoccupation with themselves.

这些男孩女孩均表现为低于均同感心、冷漠态度及非典型性自我关注。

It's also an inner destination, a place with perspective, free of preoccupation with the petty and the small-minded.

也是内心归宿，它充斥著不同景緻，不必为了琐事和一些井底之蛙而忧愤成疾。

This preoccupation inevitably leads to an old debate: whether nature or nurture molds us more.

这种关注不可避免地导致了一场熟知争论：是先天还是后天更多地塑造了我们。

When our primary preoccupation was a thrilling dread that the admired person hadn't even noticed us.

不被喜欢人注意这种感觉让我们感到兴奋又恐惧，这占据了我们心思。

It draws you away from preoccupation with yourself, and possibly towards helping others in need of comfort.

它让你远离对自己关注，并可能帮助需要安慰人。

If there is a common thread running through my life, it's my preoccupation with lists.

如果说我生活有一条共同点， 那就是我对列表关注。

" My preoccupation has been to give some relief to the people who live in these areas, " he said.

“我当务之急是为生活在这些地区人们解围。”

One is a feature, the other is shaped entirely from archive material, but in their preoccupations, the films are twins.

一部是故事片，另一部则完全由档案材料塑造而成，就他们关注点而言，这两部作品是孪生兄弟。

His correspondence with Fet is full of preoccupations concerning his health.

他与费特通信充满了对他健康关注。

How did your preoccupation with homosexuality develop?

你们关注同性恋文化发展吗？

He was aroused from his preoccupation by Montanelli's voice behind him.

身后蒙泰尼里声音把他从全神贯注中惊醒。

At the close Raffles apologized for his preoccupation, called for an A.B.C.

在结束时，莱佛士为他全神贯注道歉， 要求 A.B.C.

This collective forgetfulness is even more puzzling in light of a central preoccupation of ancient chroniclers, the communication of risk.

鉴于古代记录者主要关注点是传达风险，这种集体健忘甚至更加令人费解。

At that time, my ceaseless preoccupation was how to obtain money to keep myself alive.

那时，我一直在想是如何弄到钱来维持自己生活。