occupant
noun /ˈɒkjəpənt/
/ˈɑːkjəpənt/
- a person who lives or works in a particular house, room, building, etc.
（房屋、建筑等的）使用者，居住者 - All outstanding bills will be paid by the previous occupants.
所有未支付的账单都将由前住户偿付。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- original
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- All outstanding bills will be paid by the previous occupants.
- a person who is in a vehicle, seat, etc. at a particular time
（汽车等内的）乘坐者，占用者 - The car was badly damaged but the occupants were unhurt.
汽车严重损坏，但车内人员安然无恙。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- original
- current
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- The car was badly damaged but the occupants were unhurt.
词源late 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare.