occupation
- n.工作，职业;（尤指军队的）占领，控制;（土地、房屋、建筑等的）使用，居住，占用;消遣，业余活动
- adj.<英>专供土地占有者使用的
复数： occupations
occupy 占用,占据 + -ation 名词后缀
occupationnoun
工作；职业
a job or profession
Please state your name, age and occupation below.
请在下面写明姓名、年龄和职业。
消遣；业余活动
the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working
Her main occupation seems to be shopping.
逛商店购物似乎是她的主要消遣。
侵占；占领；占领期
the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way
the Roman occupation of Britain
罗马人对不列颠的占领
The areas under occupation contained major industrial areas.
被占领地区拥有主要的工业区。
occupation forces
占领军
（土地、房屋、建筑等的）使用，居住，占用
the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc.
The offices will be ready for occupation in June.
办公室将于六月交付使用。
The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 2003.
以下规定仅适用于2003年1月1日后入住的房客。
The level of owner occupation (= people owning their homes) has increased rapidly in the last 30 years.
拥有住房的人数在过去30年间急剧攀升。
These are all words for the work that sb does in return for payment, especially over a long period of time. 以上各词均指有报酬的工作，尤指长期从事的职业。
the job that sb does, especially in order to earn money指工作、职业：
It's very difficult to find work at the moment.
目前很难找到工作。
( rather formal ) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work指工作、职业、受雇、就业：
Only half the people here are in paid employment.
这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。
the job or series of jobs that sb has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes指生涯、职业：
He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。
a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education指需要专门技能（尤其是较高教育水平）的职业、专业：
He hopes to enter the medical profession.
他希望能从事医务工作。
( rather formal ) a job or profession指工作、职业：
Please state your name, age, and occupation.
请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills指行业，尤指手工职业、手艺、行当：
Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。
occupation
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N-COUNT 职业;工作
Your occupation is your job or profession.I suppose I was looking for an occupation which was going to be an adventure...
我想我在找的是一份具有冒险性的工作。
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N-COUNT 消遣；日常需做的事务
An occupation is something that you spend time doing, either for pleasure or because it needs to be done.Parachuting is a dangerous occupation.
跳伞是一项危险的消遣运动。
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N-UNCOUNT 占领;占据;侵占
The occupation of a country happens when it is entered and controlled by a foreign army.Prii had become fluent in German during the Wehrmacht's occupation of Estonia in 1942...
在1942年德军侵占爱沙尼亚期间，普里学得了一口流利的德语。
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N-UNCOUNT （对建筑物的）占用,居住,使用
The occupation of a building is the act or fact of someone living or working in it....people who sell their home and buy another one for their own occupation.
出售房屋再另购一套自住的人
noun
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- the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- Synonym: occupancy moving in
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- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- he's not in my line of business
- Synonym: business job line of work line
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- any activity that occupies a person's attention
- he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game
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- the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
- Synonym: military control
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- the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied
- during the German occupation of Paris
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I suppose I was looking for an occupation which was going to be an adventure
我想我在找的是一份具有冒险性的工作。
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She despised the occupation .
她鄙视这个工作。
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Please state your name , age , and occupation .
请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
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Please state your name , age and occupation below .
请在下面写明姓名、年龄和职业。
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The areas under occupation contained major industrial areas .
被占领地区拥有主要的工业区。
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The level of owner occupation has increased rapidly in the last 30 years .
拥有住房的人数在过去30年间急剧攀升。
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Please state your occupation and place of residence .
请说明你的职业和住址。
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Her main occupation seems to be shopping .
逛商店购物似乎是她的主要消遣。
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Enter your name and occupation in the boxes .
将姓名和职业填入方框里。
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The offices will be ready for occupation in June .
办公室将于六月交付使用。
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The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1 2003 .
以下规定仅适用于2003年1月1日后入住的房客。
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The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation .
他那篇文章的含意是，当家庭主妇远远不如所有其他职业。
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Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner
社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。
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Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation
在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
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I see myself at different moments of history , in various guises and occupations .
我想象自己生活在不同的历史时期，以不同的模样出现，从事着不同的工作。
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You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation .
你将需要填写一张有关生日和职业详情的表格。
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Occupation : administrative assistant .
职业：行政助理
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Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations .
耶路撒冷历经无数次征服、占领。
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Parachuting is a dangerous occupation .
跳伞是一项危险的消遣运动。
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Prii had become fluent in German during the Wehrmacht 's occupation of Estonia in 1942
在1942年德军侵占爱沙尼亚期间，普里学得了一口流利的德语。
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Please state your occupation in the box below .
请把你的职业写在下面的方框内。
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Unskilled manual occupations usually don 't earn much .
没有技术含量的体力工作通常挣钱不多。
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He was only interested in typically masculine occupations .
他只对典型的男人的消遣活动感兴趣。
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He carried on several occupations at a time .
他同时从事几种职业。
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I haven 't entered up your name and occupation yet .
我尚未记下你的名字和职业。
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Reading is a useful occupation to us .
阅读对我们是一种有益的消遣。
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During World War ii , german occupation of France lasted four years .
二战期间德军占领法国达四年之久。
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It 's a very interesting occupation .
这个职业很有趣味。
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As was usually the case in European nations invaded by the germans , the high cost of the occupation was borne by the occupied country & and the Greek economy was plundered through forced exports .
被占领的国家只能默默承受占领所带来的巨大损失，这在德国侵略的欧洲国家中是普遍的现象。占领期间，德国人通过强迫出口将希腊经济掠夺一空。
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No wonder only 13 % of employees worldwide feel engaged in their occupation .
难怪全世界只有13%的人喜欢自己所从事的工作。
指需要经过专业培训的职业，尤指需要较高的受教育水平的职业。
Many students have the intention of joining the legal profession.
很多学生打算投身法律行业。
She is a nurse by profession.
她的职业是护士。
指从事的职业或希望毕生从事的事业。
His first concern while looking for a job is career prospects.
他找工作时首先关注的是职业前景。
She sacrificed a promising career to take care of her family.
她为了照顾家庭而牺牲了很有前途的事业。
泛指任何一种工作，通常不用来谈论自己的职业，多用于表格填写或正式书面语中。
Please state your occupation in the box below.
请把你的职业写在下面的方框内。
Unskilled manual occupations usually don't earn much.
没有技术含量的体力工作通常挣钱不多。
指某人认为特别适合自己的工作。
He believed that to be a writer was his true vocation.
他认为当作家是他真正的使命。
The girl missed her vocation - she should have been an actress.
那姑娘入错行了，她本该当演员。