1510s, "action of besieging," from French obsession and directly from Latin obsessionem (nominative obsessio) "siege, blockade, a blocking up," noun of action from past participle stem of obsidere "to besiege" (see obsess). Later (c. 1600), "hostile action of an evil spirit" (like possession but without the spirit actually inhabiting the body). Transferred sense of "action of anything which engrosses the mind" is from 1670s. Psychological sense is from 1901.
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1. This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy.
本屆政府在保密方面做過了頭。
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2. In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike.
在心理治療中，她開始逐漸放下對麥克的癡迷。
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3. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.
父母過于愛面子的做法在他兒時一直困擾著他。
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4. Their work is frequently an obsession that overrides all other considerations.
他們對工作的癡迷常常超乎其他一切。
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5. I find the media'sgrowing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.