obsessive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ob·ses·sive1 /əbˈsesɪv/ adjective OBSESSIONthinking or worrying about something all the time, so that you do not think about other things enough – used to show disapproval 痴迷的，迷恋的；过度的〔含贬义〕 an obsessive concern with cleanliness and order 对干净整齐的过分讲究obsessive about (doing) something I try to stay fit, but I’m not obsessive about it. 我努力保持健康，但并不苛求。 —obsessively adverb

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obsessive• More precaution than that seemed obsessive.• Also, learning to be obsessive about detail.• I try to look after my body as best I can, but I'm not obsessive about it.• This should annoy players who are obsessive about mapping details.• Who, except the most obsessive academic, reads a book as he hears speech?• By the next morning, the now familiar, obsessive anxiety had returned.• Deep anxiety can cause obsessive behaviour.• She's got this obsessive fear of losing control, so she never shows her emotions.• The care of the interior demands an obsessive habit of mind.• She has an obsessive need to control everything.• Its obsessive search for more water, however, was never to end.obsessive about (doing) something• I tend to be a little obsessive about cleaning.• Also, learning to be obsessive about detail.• This should annoy players who are obsessive about mapping details.• His son was obsessive about music, mastering classical, folk and rock modes with alarming rapidity.• But when they are funded according to outcomes, they become obsessive about performance.• I was obsessive about securing their attention.• At times I become so obsessive about the dangers that I find myself making lists of what could go wrong.• Don't become obsessive about weighing yourself - I very rarely step on the scales.

Related topics: Psychology, psychiatry

obsessive2 noun [countable] British English technical MPOBSESSIONsomeone whose behaviour is obsessive 强迫症患者

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obsessive• Some Beach Boys obsessives consider Landy a cruel and manipulative opportunist who brainwashed Brian in order to share his glory.• We don't work all the time, unless we're driven obsessives.• Wasn't this yet another consumer durable we didn't need, being test-marketed on obsessives?• Dawson's obsessives will recognise this jangly, guitar-pop the second the catchy chorus kicks in.• Tetris obsessives find themselves placing the objects in a room neatly together in their mind.