occupy

['ɔkjupai]

vt.占用, 占领, 从事, 使忙碌, 专心

vt.

1. 占领, 占据

The enemy soon occupied the town.

敌人很快占领了这个城镇。

2. 占(时间, 空间); 占用; 住

Reading occupies most of my free time.

阅读占去了我空闲时间的大部分。

The bathroom is occupied.

浴室有人在用。

3. (常与oneself连用或作被动式)使忙碌, 使从事[(+in/with)]

This game will keep the children occupied.

这个游戏让孩子有得忙了。

She is occupied in writing a novel.

她忙于写小说。

He occupied himself with various research projects.

他终日从事各种研究计划。

4. 担任(职务), 居(某种地位)

Mr. Oliver occupies an important position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

奥利佛先生在外交部充任要职。

词形变化

名词: occupier | 动词过去式: occupied | 动词过去分词: occupied | 动词现在分词: occupying | 动词第三人称单数: occupies |

词义辨析

同义:

v.弥漫

fill  permeate  pervade

v.使用, 吸引, 娱乐, 束缚

engage  employ  use  interest  beguile  arrest  absorb  engross  preoccupy  concern  entertain  divert  amuse  hold  busy

v.征服, 统治

capture  seize  conquer  defeat  rule  control  dominate  subjugate  subject  oppress  overthrow  possess  take over

v.居住, 定居

reside  inhabit  settle  locate  live in  

同义参见:

live  involve  inhere  work  immerse  be  stay  settle  dwell  lodge  

英英释义

动词 occupy:

be present in; be inside of

同义词：inhabit

keep busy with

同义词：busy

live (in a certain place)

同义词：reside, lodge in

occupy the whole of

同义词：fill

be on the mind of

同义词：concern, interest, worry

require (time or space)

同义词：take, use up

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

同义词：invade

engage or engross wholly

同义词：absorb, engross, engage

补充

occupyoccupy英:[ˈɔkjupai] 美:[ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ]vt.1.占领; 占有Enemy troops occupied the country.敌军占领了这个国家。2.使从事; 使忙于Mr.White occupies an important position in the Ministry of Education.怀特先生在教育部里担任要职。He occupied himself in collecting stamps.他忙于集邮。

例句

1. There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital.共有40多位房客, 他们全部住在这家医院的一个病区。 2. They occupy neighbouring offices.他们居于相邻的办公楼。 3. Houses occupied by the elderly need central heating.老年人居住的房子需要集中供暖。 4. The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife.他的妻子不在这张病床上了。 5. On my first night, the adjoining room was occupied by honeymooners.我在那里的第一个夜晚, 隔壁房间住的是一对度蜜月的新婚夫妇。 6. Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time.她整日忙于议会的工作。 7. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来, 那真是太可怜了。 8. They occupied themselves with the television.他们全神贯注地看电视。 9. He took the cases and occupied himself with packing the car.他拿起那几个箱子, 忙着往汽车里塞。 10. How do you occupy your time?你怎么安排你的时间？ 11. The building occupies a prominent position in Greenhill Road.这幢楼在格林希尔街的位置十分显眼。 12. Bookshelves occupied most of the living-room walls.起居室的大部分墙面都被书架占据着。 13. US forces now occupy a part of the country.美国军队现在占领了这个国家的一部分。 14. Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.土耳其战败后, 亚历山大勒塔于1918年被法国占领。 15. Students occupied the college buildings.学生们占领了大学校舍。 16. Men still occupy more positions of power than women.担任要职的男性仍然多于女性。 17. We believe that we're going to occupy a unique position in the marketplace.我们相信我们将会在市场上占据独特的地位。 18. I had other matters to occupy me, during the day at least.至少白天我还有别的事情要忙。 19. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.这将是欧洲在未来二三十年或者更长的时间里所要面临的挑战。 20. He occupied his whole afternoon reading documents.他用了一下午的时间阅读文件。 21. occupy my wife with shopping while I'm going to address the meeting.在我出席会议发表讲话时，请让我的妻子去购物吧。 22. to occupy the position of manager担任经理职务 23. No man could occupy his place in French literature.没有人能够取代他在法国文学中的地位。 24. Have you occupied this flat?你已租下这套公寓了吗? 25. the rented flat she occupies in Hampstead.她在汉普斯特德所居住的租来的公寓。 26. two long windows occupied almost the whole of the end wall.两扇长玻璃窗几乎占据了全部末端墙面。 27. the Bank of England occupies a central position in the UK financial system.英格兰银行在英国金融系统中处于中心地位。 28. her mind was occupied with alarming questions.她满脑子都是令人不安的问题。 29. Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink.莎拉忙着把咖啡杯拿到洗碗槽那里。 30. [as adj. occupied]tasks which kept her occupied for the remainder of the afternoon.让她在下午剩下的时间里忙个不停的工作。 31. Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate.受国际联盟的委任托管，叙利亚由法国军事占领。 32. the workers occupied the factory.工人们占领了工厂。 33. The large table occupied most of the room.这张大桌子占去了房间的大部份空间。 34. They have occupied the apartment for three years.他们在这个公寓里住了三年 35. She occupies the house that her grandfather built 50 years ago.她住在她祖父50年前建造的房子里。 36. They own another house that they occupy only three months out of the year.他们另外还有一所房子，一年只住三个月。 37. They occupy the room next to ours.他们住在我们隔壁的房间里。 38. Someone was occupying [=sitting in] my place at the table.有人占用了我的餐桌位子。 39. This region was once almost completely occupied by forests.这个地区曾经几乎全部为森林所覆盖。 40. Their house occupies a beautiful spot next to the ocean.他们的房子在海边一个美丽的地方。 41. That family trip occupies [=has] a special place in my memory.那次家庭旅行在我的记忆中占有着特殊的位置。 42. Studying occupies nearly all of my time on the weekends. [=I spend nearly all of my time studying]学习几乎占用了我周末的全部时间。 43. Much of our time is occupied by answering questions from our customers.我们大部分时间都用在了回答顾客提出的问题上。 44. "During the long train ride, they occupied [=busied] themselves with card games."在漫长的火车旅行中，他们就忙着玩纸牌。 45. These questions have continued to occupy her mind.这些问题一直装在她脑子里。 46. Reading occupied me for most of the summer. = I occupied myself with reading for most of the summer.这个夏季的大部分时间我都在读书。 47. Enemy troops occupied the town.敌军占领了这个镇子。 48. The army is occupying half of the country.那支军队占领了国家的半壁江山。 49. She now occupies the highest position in the country's government.她现在在这个国家政府中坐头把交椅。 50. occupying a position of power身居要职