A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
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n. 全神贯注，入神;当务之急;使人全神贯注的事物;偏见，成见;
💡 pre 前缀,表示….前的,预先#词根助记：pre+occup占有+ation→优先占有(注意力) →全神贯注
"She found his preoccupation with money irritating."
她对他一心只想着钱感到很厌烦。
近义：headache, anxiety, preoccupancy, solicitude, worriment, worry
反义：imperturbability, pax, peace, peacefulness, quiet, quietness
adj. 现在的;目前的;出席的;[语法学]现在时的;
n. 现在;礼物;瞄准;
💡 pres前+ent名词后缀 → 礼物，赠送物
"a belated birthday present"
迟来的生日礼物
近义：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反义：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
adj. 将来的，未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义：prior
n. 视觉, 视力, 观看\\nconj. 鉴于
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, sense, sensing
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
rearrange
['ri:ə'reindʒ;ˌri:ə'reindʒ]
vt. 重新安排;重新布置;改变既定的（计划等）;[化]（分子）重排;
"Can you rearrange things on the window or dialog to expand horizontally?"
是否可以重新安排窗口或对话框中的内容,在水平方向扩展一些?
近义：reassemble, reconfigure, relocate, reorder, reorganise, reorganize
反义：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn