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Occupy Verb Occupied People Place Room 例:I Time

单词 occupy
音标
英[ˈɒkjupaɪ] 美[ˈɑkjupaɪ]
解释
vt.占领;使用,住在…;使从事,使忙碌;任职;
例句

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

V-PASSIVE
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.
例:The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife...他的妻子不在这张病床上了。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例:We occupy a quality position in the market place...我们在市场上居于高端地位。
例:Men still occupy more positions of power than women.担任要职的男性仍然比女性多。

VERB
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.
例:Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time...她整日忙于议会的工作。
例: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。

VERB
使从事;使关注;使花费时间
If something occupies you, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
占(空间或面积)
If something occupies a particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.
例:Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space...哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。
例:Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。

VERB
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.
例: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。
变形
third:occupies~done:occupied~ing:occupying~past:occupied~

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