1. can't stop thinking about somebody/something: to be unable to stop thinking about someone or something, even
when you do not want to think about them
備注：''can't
stop thinking about somebody/something''常用于非正式的場合，也可寫作''can't get somebody/something out of my mind''。
例：
After the first three months of the
pregnancy were over, I just couldn't stop thinking about food. （一過了懷孕的頭三個(gè)月，我滿腦子想的都是吃。）
I just can't get that poor family out of my
mind. （我滿腦子想的盡是那個(gè)貧困的家庭。）
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2. dwell on: to spend too much time thinking
about something sad or unpleasant - use this especially when telling someone
not to do this
例：
There's no use in dwelling on problems that
we can't do anything about. （一直執(zhí)著于我們解決不了的問題也是沒用的。）
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3. brood: to keep thinking for a
long time about something that worries you or that makes you angry or upset
例：
Austin sat in the corner brooding and
looking sorry for himself. （奧斯丁坐在角落沉思，自怨自艾。）
brood on/over/about
You can't spend all your time at home
brooding about the way he treated you. （你不能整天都在家一直想他對你有多么不好。）
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4. be wrapped up in: to spend all
your time thinking about something that concerns you, for example your work, so
that you have no time to think about other things or other people
例：
These days she's so wrapped up in her
children she never sees anybody. （這些天來，她滿腦子都在想孩子們的事，根本無暇顧及他人。）
Sometimes the professors are so wrapped up
in their graduate students, they ignore the undergraduates. （有些教授太關(guān)注他們帶的研究生，而忽略了本科生。）
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5. be preoccupied: to be thinking
all the time about something that is worrying you or that is important to you,
so that it is difficult to think about anything else
例：
What is being done to end the crisis which
has preoccupied the country's political leadership? （國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人滿腦子想的都是關(guān)于這場危機(jī)的事，怎么做才能制止這場危機(jī)？）
be preoccupied with
My mother was preoccupied with my brother
and his illness, so I was allowed to do what I wanted. （我媽媽滿腦子想的都是我哥哥的病情，所以我想做什么都行，都沒人管。）
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6. have something on the brain: to
be always thinking about a particular thing - use this when you want to say
that someone thinks about something far too much
備注：''have
something on the brain''常用于口語中。
例：
It's unbelievable—you have this on the
brain 24 hours a day! （難以置信，你怎么滿腦子都想的都是這種事?。?/span>
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7. turn something over in your mind:
to think about something carefully and repeatedly, especially something you do
not fully understand or that you have not made a final decision about
例：
When Dan left, May stayed there, turning
his invitation over in her mind. （丹走后，阿美在那兒思來想去不知道要不要接受他的邀請。）
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8. have something on your mind: to
be thinking about something all the time, especially because you are worried
about it
例：
She has something on her mind, but she
won't tell us what it is. （她有很多事情要煩，可是不肯告訴我們具體是什么事。）
"Should we tell Dad?" "No, he's got a lot on his mind
right now."（-我們要不要告訴爸爸？ -不要了，他已經(jīng)有很多事情要煩了。）
be on somebody's mind
Come on, tell me what's on your mind. （來吧，告訴我你在想什么。）
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