Working out the likely extent of such feedback processes and devising strategies to fight them will be a major preoccupation for climate scientists in the coming years .
研究这种反馈可能发生的程度以及制定应对的策略将是气候科学家们在未来几年的当务之急。
One early preoccupation was finding a new home .
公司的当务之急是找到一个新家。
Today , the middle east has replaced the cold war as america 's primary foreign-policy preoccupation .
如今,中东问题取代了冷战,成为美国重要外交政策当务之急的问题。
This government is quietly moving from trying to revive regions ( labour 's preoccupation ) to boosting cities and their hinterlands .