occupy
verb OPAL W
/ˈɒkjupaɪ/
/ˈɑːkjupaɪ/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they occupy | /ˈɒkjupaɪ/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪ/ |
| he / she / it occupies | /ˈɒkjupaɪz/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪz/ |
| past simple occupied | /ˈɒkjupaɪd/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪd/ |
| past participle occupied | /ˈɒkjupaɪd/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪd/ |
| -ing form occupying | /ˈɒkjupaɪɪŋ/ /ˈɑːkjupaɪɪŋ/ |
- occupy something to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time
使用，占用（空间、面积、时间等） - The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.
床似乎占去了大半个屋子。 - As the company grew, it continued to occupy more space.
随着公司的发展，它继续占据更多的空间。 - Administrative work occupies half of my time.
行政事务占用了我一半的时间。 - How do you occupy your time?
你一般都做什么？ - Their time is fully occupied with their rigorous training regime.
他们的时间完全被他们严格的训练制度所占据。
- The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.
- occupy something (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。
- He occupies an office on the 12th floor.
- occupy something 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。
WordfinderTopics War and conflictc1- civil disobedience
- demonstrate
- hunger strike
- march
- occupy
- placard
- protest
- riot
- sabotage
- uprising
- The capital has been occupied by the rebel army.
- to fill your time or keep you busy doing something
使忙于（做某事）；忙着（做某事） - occupy somebody/something/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 mind for some time.
工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。 - occupy somebody/something/yourself with somebody/something She occupied herself with routine office tasks.
她忙于办公室的日常工作。 - occupy somebody/something/yourself (in) doing something She occupied herself doing routine office tasks.
她忙于办公室的日常工作。
- occupy somebody/something/yourself a game that will occupy the kids for hours
- occupy something to have an official job or position
任职；执政 - The president occupies the position for four years.
总统任期四年。 - jobs that have traditionally been occupied by men
传统上由男性从事的工作
- The president occupies the position for four years.
词源Middle English: formed irregularly from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare ‘seize’. A now obsolete vulgar sense ‘have sexual relations with’ seems to have led to the general avoidance of the word in the 17th and most of the 18th cent.