[VERB 动词]居住,使用(建筑物或某地) The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there.
[V n]
There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital...
共有40多位房客,他们全部住在这家医院的一个病区。
Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it.
在大多数情况下,土地都是由其使用者购得。
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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]占用,使用(房间、座位等) If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.
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The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife...
他的妻子不在这张病床上了。
I saw three camp beds, two of which were occupied.
我看见了3张折叠床,其中两张已有人占了。
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[VERB 动词]占领;占据;侵占 If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it.
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U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country...
美国军队现在占领了该国的一部分。
Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.
土耳其溃败之后,亚历山大勒塔在1918年被法国人占领。
...the occupied territories.
被侵占的领土
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[VERB 动词]担任(…职务);居于(…地位) If someone or something occupies a particular place in a system, process, or plan, they have that place.
[V n]
We occupy a quality position in the market place...
我们在市场上居于高端地位。
Men still occupy more positions of power than women.
担任要职的男性仍然比女性多。
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[VERB 动词]使忙碌;使全神贯注 If something occupies you, or if you occupy yourself, your time, or your mind with it, you are busy doing that thing or thinking about it.
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Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time...
她整日忙于议会的工作。
He hurried to take the suitcases and occupy himself with packing the car...
他急匆匆地去拎手提箱,忙着往车里装。
I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来,那真是太可怜了。
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Keep the brain occupied...
保持大脑全神贯注。
I had forgotten all about it because I had been so occupied with other things.
因为忙于其他事情,我把这件事忘得精光。
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[VERB 动词]使从事;使关注;使花费时间 If something occupies you, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.
[V n]
I had other matters to occupy me, during the day at least...
至少白天我还有别的事情要做。
This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.
这将是欧洲在未来二三十年或者更长的时间里所要面临的挑战。
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[VERB 动词]占(空间或面积) If something occupies a particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.
[V n]
Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space...
哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。
Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。
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[VERB 动词]占,耗费(时间) If something such as a journey occupies a particular period of time, it takes that amount of time to complete.
[V n]
She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇,这段行程耗时3天9小时。
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oc·cupy★AWL/ˈɒkjupaɪ; NAmEˈɑːkjupaɪ/verb(oc·cu·pies,oc·cu·py·ing,oc·cu·pied,oc·cu·pied)1★occupysth to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time 使用,占用(空间、面积、时间等)SYNtake up◆The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.床似乎占去了大半个屋子。◆How much memory does the program occupy?这个程序占用多少内存?◆Administrative work occupies half of my time.行政事务占用了我一半的时间。2★occupysth ( formal) to live or work in a room, house or building 使用(房屋、建筑);居住◆He occupies an office on the 12th floor.他在 12 楼有一间办公室。3★occupysth to enter a place in a large group and take control of it, especially by military force 侵占;占领;占据◆The capital has been occupied by the rebel army.叛军已占领了首都。◆Protesting students occupied the TV station.抗议的学生占领了电视台。4★to fill your time or keep you busy doing sth 使忙于(做某事);忙着(做某事)occupysb/sth/yourself ◆a game that will occupy the kids for hours能让小孩一玩就是几个小时的游戏◆Problems at work continued to occupy his mindfor some time. 工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。occupysb/sth/yourself with sb/sth ◆She occupied herself with routine office tasks.她忙于办公室的日常工作。occupysb/sth/yourself (in) doing sth ◆She occupied herself doing routine office tasks.她忙于办公室的日常工作。5occupysth to have an official job or position 任职;执政SYN
hold
◆The president occupies the position for four years.总统任期四年。occupyoccupiesoccupiedoccupyingoc·cupy/ˈɒkjupaɪ; NAmEˈɑːkjupaɪ/
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occupyoc‧cu‧py /ˈɒkjəpaɪ $ ˈɑːk-/ ●●○W2AWL verb (past tense and past participle occupied, present participle occupying, third person singular occupies) [transitive]
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1stay in a place to live or stay in a place: He occupies the house without paying any rent. The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.2fill time if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it: Football occupies most of my leisure time.occupy somebody with (doing) something Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.3fill space to fill a particular amount of spaceSYN take up: Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that something takes up time or space rather than occupies it:· Work takes up most of her time.· That bed takes up almost the whole room.4control by force to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force → invade: an occupying army Students occupied Sofia University on Monday.5occupy somebody’s mind/thoughts/attention if something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else → preoccupy: Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.6use to use something such as a room, seat, or bed: Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to other places.7official position to have an official position or jobSYN hold: Before becoming prime minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts. →
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