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单词 occupation
释义
occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

occupationnoun(JOB)

A2[C]
a person'sjob:
职业；工作
In thespacemarked"occupation" shewrote"policeofficer".在“职业”一栏里她写了“警察”。
Occupationsexperiencingshortageswill need anaverageof 47% moregraduatestomeetdemand.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a job
  • jobShe got a job as a lab assistant.
  • occupationPlease fill in your name, age, and occupation.
  • postThere's a post for a lecturer open in my department.
  • positionShe's applied for a part-time editing position.
  • appointmentThere are going to be several new appointments in the department this year.
  • careerShe's had a very successful career in marketing.
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occupationnoun(ACTIVITY)

C1[C]
aregularactivityorhobby:
日常活动；消遣
Itseemsto me hisfavouriteoccupation iseating.在我看来，他最喜爱的消遣就是吃。
Running ahouseis afull-timeoccupation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Work, working and the workplace
  • act assomething
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
  • assignment
  • bandh
  • be at workidiom
  • grind
  • hoop
  • hot-desking
  • hotelling
  • housekeeping
  • in the line of dutyidiom
  • induction
  • industry
  • moonlight
  • slave
  • slog
  • slouch
  • spadework
  • subtask
  • sweat
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occupationnoun(CONTROL)

C2[U]
asituationin which anarmyorgroupofpeoplemovesinto andtakescontrolof aplace:
（军队或一伙人）占领，占据
theItalianoccupationofEthiopia意大利对埃塞俄比亚的侵占
The US hadplannedtocontinuethe occupation for anotheryear.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • reducer
  • relieve
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occupationnoun(USING A BUILDING)

[U]
thefactoflivingin or using abuilding:
All thehouseswill befitforoccupation nextmonth.
Thedirectorhas not beenprovidedwithlivingaccommodationbyreasonof hisoffice, and any occupation of thepropertyby him ispurelyincidental.
Compare
habitation
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Living or sleeping somewhere
  • abide
  • co-resident
  • co-residential
  • domiciled
  • dwell
  • inhospitable
  • live in
  • live in sinidiom
  • live out
  • lodge
  • occupancy
  • populate
  • repopulate
  • repopulation
  • reside
  • residence
  • residency
  • settle
  • slum
  • tenancy
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(Definition ofoccupationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

occupationnoun(JOB)

A2[C]
a person'sjob
职业；工作
In thespacemarked"occupation" shewrote"policeofficer".在“职业”一栏里她写了“警察”。

occupationnoun(ACTIVITY)

C1[C]
aregularactivityorhobby
日常活动；消遣
Itseemsto me hisfavouriteoccupation iseating.在我看来，他最喜爱的消遣就是吃。

occupationnoun(CONTROL)

C2[U]
asituationin which anarmyorgroupofpeoplemovesinto andtakescontrolof aplace
（军队或一伙人）占领，占据
theItalianoccupationofEthiopia意大利对埃塞俄比亚的侵占

occupation| American Dictionary

occupation
noun
us
/ˌɑk·jəˈpeɪ·ʃən/

occupationnoun(JOB)

[C]fml
a person’sjob:
Helistedhis occupation on theformas "teacher."
[C]fml
An occupation is also aregularactivity:
Sailing was hisfavoriteweekendoccupation.

occupationnoun(CONTROLLING FORCE)

[U]
theactofcontrollingaforeigncountryorregionbyarmedforce:
the occupation of France duringWorldWar II
(Definition ofoccupationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

occupation| Business English

occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/us
[C]
thejobortypeofjobthat apersonhas:
full-time/main occupationShelistshermainoccupation as 'propertydeveloper'.
current/previous occupationHereturnedto hispreviousoccupation as ateacher.
Pleasestateyourname,age, and occupation.
[U]PROPERTYformal
anoccasionwhen someonemovesinto andstartsusing abuilding:
Theapartmentisavailablefor occupation inApril.
Thecompanyisentitledtoexclusiveoccupation of thepremises.

See also

service occupation
(Definition ofoccupationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccupation

occupation
Totimehuacan benefited from easier access to courts and government authorities, but it also had to endure the city's economic downturns, epidemics, and military occupations.
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The door to well-paid occupations was firmly closed.
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We all recognise, perforce, that the first occupations and training of the nursery and kindergarten must follow the natural lines of the child's development.
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Unlike the other informants they had spent their working lives in manual occupations.
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In many cases the authorities instituted hereditary family occupations and probably determined patrilineal succession.
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Increases granted as percentages on the prevailing rates only served to accentuate the wage differentials between occupations and the disparities between mills.
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He did not complete high school, and he writes so that old ways of life and occupations will be documented, not to produce literary pieces.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The censuses contain statistics on occupations, but cannot serve as the main source for a study analysing questions on servant recruitment and careers.
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Instead, the concept of three ' sorts of people ' expressed a rudimentary perception of broad, rough-edged affinities between occupations of similar wealth, administrative power, and prestige.
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They could make this assumption because of the social transformations of the late eighteenth century, wherein many of women's customary occupations disappeared.
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Most married women and widows were classified by the occupations of their husbands, because the bulk of women with occupations of their own were unmarried.
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Both narrowed over two decades with the higher rates in women and those in manual occupations falling, to become nearer males and non-manual occupations.
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The learned professions were here setting a precedent of institutionalization and control, which many other occupations sought to emulate over the nineteenth century.
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The skills and qualifications participants referred to tended to relate to vocational qualifications that would lead to skilled occupations.
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From this perspective it is useful to distinguish between high-tech industries and high-tech occupations.
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Collocationswithoccupation

occupation

These are words often used in combination withoccupation.

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belligerent occupation
Once we get beyond simple examples like traffic direction orbelligerentoccupation, things can get murky.
From theCambridge English Corpus
civilian occupation
I am dealing with areas of ordinary civilian occupation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
continued occupation
In the latter area it is interesting to speculate on how thecontinuedoccupationof a monumental house would reflect power relations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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