occupying
present participle ofoccupy
| 单词 | occupying |
| 释义 | occupying present participle ofoccupy occupy verb[T] uk/ˈɒk.jə.paɪ/us/ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ/occupyverb[T](FILL)B2 tofill,existin, or use aplaceorperiodoftime: Therestof thetimewas occupiedwithwriting areport. Thehousehasn't been occupied(=livedin)byanyone for a fewmonths. formalAlargepictureof thebattleof Waterloo occupied thespaceabove thefireplace. B2 tokeepsomeonebusyorinterested: OnlongjourneysI occupy myselfwithsolvingmathspuzzles.
Filling and completing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people excited and interested occupyverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)C1 (of anarmyorgroupofpeople) tomoveinto and takecontroland/orpossessionof aplace: Troopsquicklyoccupied thecity. Protestingstudentsoccupied theuniversityofficefor twoweeks. the occupyingforces Attacking & invading
Examplesofoccupyingoccupying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Many of thoseoccupyingthe other royalist camp adopted not dissimilar views. From theCambridge English Corpus Occupyingintersticial positions between genres, performance venues and levels of cultural artefact, burlesques breached cultural categories within the theatrical world. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, it remains to be determined whether these populations are connected to other populations,occupyingnatural or artificial habitats. From theCambridge English Corpus Inoccupyingand exploiting the mysterious space of the sacred in our contemporary 'secular' world, the nation revitalises the profane. From theCambridge English Corpus Interhemispheric spaceoccupyinglesion is the dilated vein. From theCambridge English Corpus Here the incomers could imagine that they wereoccupyingvacant land. From theCambridge English Corpus The third is stopped,occupyingthe upper area of the common workspace and constitutes a static obstacle. From theCambridge English Corpus The church, arguably the leading ' national ' institution, would find itself once againoccupyingnot only a central political role nationally but also internationally. From theCambridge English Corpus If most archaeological remains possess the above properties, classical antiquities had the additional advantage ofoccupyinga central position in western imagination and cosmology. From theCambridge English Corpus Each attribute of the item can be considered asoccupyinga point on one dimension of a space which contains all the related artefacts. From theCambridge English Corpus They invariably record the favourable influence of a dense civil society, comprising formal and informal organizationsoccupyingthe space between the government and the family. From theCambridge English Corpus It seems that the vegetation islands do not grow by degrading the underlying substrate but byoccupyingpre-existing depressions, where sand and organic matter accumulate. From theCambridge English Corpus Frontal area short,occupyingless than half of cranidial height (excluding occipital spine) in anterior view. From theCambridge English Corpus In a harem one must wait and busy oneself as one can, notably byoccupyingoneself with one's beauty. From theCambridge English Corpus A wellorganised party had a far greater chance ofoccupyingthe main square of the constituency than a disorganised crowd. 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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