• vt. 迷住，纏住；使…著迷；使…困擾

ob-,在上，表強調，-sess,坐，詞源同sit,assess,session.即坐上去的，用于指傳說中鬼神附體或著魔，引申詞義癡迷，著迷。

obsess (v.)

c. 1500, "to besiege," from Latin obsessus, past participle of obsidere "watch closely; besiege, occupy; stay, remain, abide" literally "sit opposite to," from ob "against" (see ob-) + sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Of evil spirits, "to haunt," from 1530s. Psychological sense is 20c. Related: Obsessed; obsessing.

1. I must admit that maps obsess me.

我得承認我對地圖十分著迷。

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2. Do you find that you obsess much about things?

你發現你著迷于某些事情 嗎 ?

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3. People who obsess about clothes also obsess about shoes, particularly men.

癡迷于服裝的人也癡迷于鞋, 尤以男人為甚.

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4. If people obsess over your bad points, discipline can become fear.

如果人們為你帶來的壞處而操心, 克制可能變成恐慌.

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5. This is why those cemeteries all over Europe, which obsess some among us, are hideous.

這是為什么,那些墳墓遍布歐洲大陸丑陋無比并讓我們中的一些人心神不寧的原因.

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