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单词 occupy
释义
occupy
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɒk.jə.paɪ/us
/ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ/

occupyverb[T](FILL)

B2
tofill,existin, or use aplaceorperiodoftime:
占有，占用，占据（空间或时间）
Therestof thetimewas occupiedwithwriting areport.剩下的时间用来写了份报告。
Thehousehasn't been occupied(=livedin)byanyone for a fewmonths.这幢房子已经有几个月没人住了。
formalAlargepictureof thebattleof Waterloo occupied thespaceabove thefireplace.一幅描绘滑铁卢战役的巨幅画作占据了壁炉上方的空间。
B2
tokeepsomeonebusyorinterested:
使（某人）忙于；使（某人）感兴趣
OnlongjourneysI occupy myselfwithsolvingmathspuzzles.长途旅行时，我用解数学难题来打发时间。
More examples
  • Theprogrammewill occupy that half-hourslotbefore the nine o'clocknews.
  • Allphysicalobjectsoccupyspace.
  • Historically,issuesof thiskindhave not occupied theforegroundofpoliticaldebate.
  • He occupies aprominentpositionin therogues'galleryof thefinancialworld.
  • Thehouseoccupies acommandingpositionat thetopof thevalley.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Filling and completing
  • backfill
  • box ticking
  • brick
  • brick upsomething
  • brim
  • fill
  • gas
  • jam
  • overrun
  • pack
  • packsomething/somewhereout
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • pervasively
  • round
  • suffuse
  • supersaturated
  • takesomethingup
  • tank up
  • topsomethingup
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Making people excited and interested

occupyverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)

C1
(of anarmyorgroupofpeople) tomoveinto and takecontroland/orpossessionof aplace:
（军队或一伙人）占领，占据
Troopsquicklyoccupied thecity.军队很快占领了城市。
Protestingstudentsoccupied theuniversityofficefor twoweeks.抗议的学生占领大学办公楼达两个星期。
the occupyingforces占领军
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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(Definition ofoccupyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

occupy| American Dictionary

occupy
verb[T]
us
/ˈɑk·jəˌpɑɪ/

occupyverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)

(of anarmyorgroupofpeople) tomoveinto and takecontrolorpossessionof aplace:
Nationalistforcesnow occupy more than 70% of thecountry.

occupyverb[T](FILL)

tofill, use, orexistin aplaceor atime:
Alargecouchoccupies most of thespacein thelivingroom.

occupier

noun[C]us
/ˈɑk·jəˌpɑɪ·ər/
We aredemandingthe occupier toleaveimmediately.
(Definition ofoccupyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

occupy| Business English

occupy
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɒkjəpaɪ/us
tofillor use aplace:
The newplantwill occupy a 185-acresite.
tofillaperiodoftime:
Since heretired, he hasstruggledto occupy histime.
to have aparticularjob:
Anincreasingnumberof women occupyseniorpositionsonWallStreet.
to takecontrolof aplaceandrefusetoleaveit:
Workers occupied thefactoryeightdaysago.
(Definition ofoccupyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccupy

occupy
In occupying and exploiting the mysterious space of the sacred in our contemporary 'secular' world, the nation revitalises the profane.
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The songs characteristically sing of deceased men as having occupied a series of places that are now being reclaimed by the anonymity of the forest.
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We have until recently been one-dimensionally occupied with older people as targets of politics rather than as actual or potential actors.
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Interhemispheric space occupying lesion is the dilated vein.
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Since the enclaves are more mafic than the host dacite lava, they formed from magma both hotter and denser than that occupying the chamber.
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Research aimed more directly towards industrial processes occupies the second half of the book.
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The granite occupies the northern parts, whereas in the south the massif is composed of gabbro in the west and leucogabbro in the east.
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At that time, a second, distinct set of sites were also occupied.
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Frequently former chiefs occupied posts in the new hierarchies of popular power or the latter co-existed with royal rule by other means.
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Here the incomers could imagine that they were occupying vacant land.
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The church, arguably the leading ' national ' institution, would find itself once again occupying not only a central political role nationally but also internationally.
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Two questions occupied his mind during his last years.
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In this series, six cases occupied a bed for between 10 and 15 days.
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Percentages exceeding 100 percent indicate that more than one person occupied a term of office. 44.
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In this approach mathematical pattern occupies the first place.
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