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the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not normal 癡迷；着魔；困擾 Her fear of flying is bordering on obsession. 她怕乘飛機幾乎到了不可救藥的地步。 - obsession with somebody/something
There's a national obsession with celebrity in England. 英國有一種對名人的全民癡迷。 The media's obsession with the young prince continues. 新聞媒體繼續對小王子進行連篇累牍的報道。
Extra ExamplesI don't understand television's current obsession with cookery programmes. 我不明白爲什麽現在電視裏有如此多烹飪節目。 He was in the grip of an obsession and would not listen to reason. 他簡直是鬼迷心竅，聽不進任何道理。 She has an unhealthy obsession with her diet. 她對自己的飲食有一種病態的關注。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
- [countable] obsession (with somebody)
a person or thing that somebody thinks about too much 使人癡迷的人（或物） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- unhealthy
- current
- …
- become
- have
- obsession with
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘siege’): from Latin obsessio(n-), from the verb obsidere, from ob- ‘opposite’ + sedere ‘sit’.