occupy

美 [ˈɑːkjupaɪ]英 [ˈɒkjupaɪ]
  • v.占据;使用,占用(空间、面积、时间等);(用武力)占领,侵占;使用(房屋、建筑),居住;承担,(尤指)担任(要职);使从事,使关注,使花费时间;<废>用…做交易,投资 (若干数目);使忙于(做某事),忙着(做某事);使 (头脑等) 全神贯注

过去式: occupied 现在分词: occupying 过去分词: occupied 第三人称单数: occupies

oc- 朝向,去 + cup- 拿,抓 + -y suffix表示“有…的”

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verb

【不规则形式】occupies occupying occupied occupied
1

使用,占用(空间、面积、时间等)
to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time

The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.

床似乎占去了大半个屋子。

How much memory does the program occupy?

这个程序占用多少内存?

Administrative work occupies half of my time.

行政事务占用了我一半的时间。

2

使用(房屋、建筑);居住
to live or work in a room, house or building

He occupies an office on the 12th floor.

他在12楼有一间办公室。

3

侵占;占领;占据
to enter a place in a large group and take control of it, especially by military force

The capital has been occupied by the rebel army.

叛军已占领了首都。

Protesting students occupied the TV station.

抗议的学生占领了电视台。

4

使忙于(做某事);忙着(做某事)
to fill your time or keep you busy doing sth

a game that will occupy the kids for hours

能让小孩一玩就是几个小时的游戏

She occupied herself with routine office tasks.

她忙于办公室的日常工作。

Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time.

工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。

5

任职;执政
to have an official job or position

The president occupies the position for four years.

总统任期四年。

occupy

频次

  • 1
    VERB 居住,使用(建筑物或某地)
    The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there.

    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
    V-PASSIVE 占用,使用(房间、座位等)
    If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.

    The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife...

    他的妻子不在这张病床上了。

  • 3
    VERB 占领;占据;侵占
    If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it.

    U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country...

    美国军队现在占领了该国的一部分。

  • 4
    VERB 担任(…职务);居于(…地位)
    If someone or something occupies a particular place in a system, process, or plan, they have that place.

    We occupy a quality position in the market place...

    我们在市场上居于高端地位。

  • 5
    VERB 使忙碌;使全神贯注
    If something occupies you, or if you occupy yourself, your time, or your mind with it, you are busy doing that thing or thinking about it.

    Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time...

    她整日忙于议会的工作。

  • Keep the brain occupied...

    保持大脑全神贯注。

  • 7
    VERB 使从事;使关注;使花费时间
    If something occupies you, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.

    I had other matters to occupy me, during the day at least...

    至少白天我还有别的事情要做。

  • 8
    VERB 占(空间或面积)
    If something occupies a particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.

    Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space...

    哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。

  • 9
    VERB 占,耗费(时间)
    If something such as a journey occupies a particular period of time, it takes that amount of time to complete.

    She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.

    她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇,这段行程耗时3天9小时。

verb

1
consume all of one's attention or time
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
Synonym: absorb engross engage
2
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
Synonym: invade
3
require (time or space)
It took three hours to get to work this morning
This event occupied a very short time
Synonym: take use up
4
assume, as of positions or roles
She took the job as director of development
he occupies the position of manager
the young prince will soon occupy the throne
Synonym: fill take
5
keep busy with
She busies herself with her butterfly collection
Synonym: busy
6
live (in a certain place)
She resides in Princeton
he occupies two rooms on the top floor
Synonym: reside lodge in
7
occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container
Synonym: fill
8
be on the mind of
I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Synonym: concern interest worry

数据来源:WordNet

  1. It is willing to offer some useful evidence and advices for future design and occupy of atrium in academic building which acceding to diversity function .

    为今后教学楼中庭空间针对不同功能空间的设计与使用提供一定的依据和建议。

  2. Online retailer Zappos is encouraging employee collisions in its new 200000-square-foot downtown Las Vegas headquarters , which it expects to occupy this fall .

    在线零售商Zappos在拉斯维加斯市中心新建了一座占地20万平方英尺(约1.86万平米)的总部大楼,预计在2013年秋季投入使用。

  3. Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time .

    工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。

  4. He 's fully occupied looking after three small children .

    照顾三个小孩把他忙得不可开交。

  5. The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied .

    最重要的就是别让自己闲着。

  6. Administrative work occupies half of my time .

    行政事务占用了我一半的时间。

  7. This region continues to occupy centre stage in world affairs .

    这个地区继续在国际舞台上占主导地位。

  8. The president occupies the position for four years .

    总统任期四年。

  9. Only half her time is occupied with politics .

    她只用自己一半的时间从事政治活动。

  10. How much memory does the program occupy ?

    这个程序占用多少内存?

  11. Only half of the rooms are occupied at the moment .

    目前只有半数的房间有人居住。

  12. The bed seemed to occupy most of the room .

    床似乎占去了大半个屋子。

  13. Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks .

    他们的唱片在最近六周占据排行榜首位。

  14. The occupying forces set up a puppet government .

    占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。

  15. During the war their lands were occupied by the enemy .

    战争期间他们的土地被敌人占据了。

  16. She occupied herself with routine office tasks .

    她忙于办公室的日常工作。

  17. We were promised safe passage through the occupied territory .

    我们得到保证,可以安全通过占领区。

  18. The ballet company now occupies the middle ground between classical ballet and modern dance .

    这个芭蕾舞团采取的是介于古典芭蕾舞和现代舞之间的风格。

  19. Protesting students occupied the TV station .

    抗议的学生占领了电视台。

  20. The castle occupies a commanding position on a hill .

    城堡占据着山上居高临下的位置。

  21. He occupies an office on the 12th floor .

    他在12楼有一间办公室。

  22. We occupy a quality position in the market place

    我们在市场上居于高端地位。

  23. Men still occupy more positions of power than women .

    担任要职的男性仍然比女性多。

  24. Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space

    哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。

  25. They occupied the first two floors of the tower .

    他们占用了塔楼的头两层。

  26. I saw three camp beds , two of which were occupied .

    我看见了3张折叠床,其中两张已有人占了。

  27. 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。

  28. U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country

    美国军队现在占领了该国的一部分。

  29. The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife

    他的妻子不在这张病床上了。

  30. I had other matters to occupy me , during the day at least

    至少白天我还有别的事情要做。

后缀
e-suffix表示“有…的”

deny v. 否认

de- 离开,向下 + neg- 无,不 + -y suffix表示“有…的”

biography n. 传记

bio 生命,生活 + graph- 写,图 + -y suffix表示“有…的”

hierarchy n. 等级制度(尤指社会或组织)

hierarch n.教主 + -y suffix表示“有…的”

  • 词语搭配

occupy与以下词性连用

n.

occupy a house

占用房屋

occupy land

占用土地

occupy a place

占用场所;居于…地位

occupy a position

占据位置;担任职位

occupy an area

占用地方

forces occupy someplace

军队占领某地

occupy space

占空间

troops occupy someplace

军队占领某地