obsession

• n.熱中; 執着; [内科] [心理学]強迫観念

obsessから、強迫観念。

obsession (n.)

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.

1. This government has developed an unhealthy obsession with secrecy.

今回の政府は機密保持に頭を下げた。

2.In therapy，she began to let go of her obsession with Mike.

心理治療の中で、彼女は徐々にマイクへの執着を捨て始めた。

3.His parents ' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

親の世間体を大切にしすぎるやり方は、子供の頃から彼を悩ませていた。

4.Their work is frequently an obsession that overrides all other considerations.

彼らの仕事への執着は常に他のすべてを超えている。

5.I find the media 'sgrowing obsession with smut and sensation deplorable.

メディアがますます猥褻でセンセーショナルな題材に浸っていることに気づいた。これは悲しい。