| 词汇 | occupy |
| 释义 | occupy verb[ T ] uk /ˈɒk.jə.paɪ/ us /ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ/ occupyverb[T] (FILL)B2 to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time: 占有，占用，占据（空间或时间） The rest of the time was occupied with writing a report.剩下的时间用来写了份报告。 The house hasn't been occupied (= lived in)by anyone for a few months.这幢房子已经有几个月没人住了。 formalA large picture of the battle of Waterloo occupied the space above the fireplace.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 to keep someone busy or interested: 使（某人）忙于；使（某人）感兴趣 On long journeys I occupy myself with solving maths puzzles.长途旅行时，我用解数学难题来打发时间。 The programme will occupy that half-hour slot before the nine o'clock news. All physical objects occupy space.一切实物都占据空间。 Historically, issues of this kind have not occupied the foreground of political debate.从历史上看，这类问题在政治辩论中没有占据过显要位置。 He occupies a prominent position in the rogues' gallery of the financial world.在金融界那帮臭名昭著的家伙中，他是数一数二的人物。 The house occupies a commanding position at the top of the valley.这所房子位于山谷顶上一个居高临下的位置。 Filling and completing backfill box ticking brick brick something up brim fill jam overcrowd overrun pack something/somewhere out permeate permeation plug squeeze (someone/something) in/squeeze (someone/something) into something stuffing suffuse supersaturated take something up tank tie You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people excited and interested occupyverb[T] (TAKE CONTROL)C1 (of an army or group of people) to move into and take control and/or possession of a place: （军队或一伙人）占领，占据 Troops quickly occupied the city.军队很快占领了城市。 Protesting students occupied the university office for two weeks.抗议的学生占领大学办公楼达两个星期。 the occupying forces占领军 Attacking & invading advance guard aggressor ambush beleaguer beleaguered besiege blitz cyberbullying cyberwarfare declare war on someone/something false flag foray full-frontal assault hit and run post-attack post-conquest pre-emption privateer raid swoop occupy | American Dictionaryoccupy verb[ T ] us/ˈɑk·jəˌpɑɪ/ occupyverb[T] (TAKE CONTROL)(of an army or group of people) to move into and take control or possession of a place: Nationalist forces now occupy more than 70% of the country. occupyverb[T] (FILL)to fill, use, or exist in a place or a time: A large couch occupies most of the space in the living room. occupiernoun[ C ]us/ˈɑk·jəˌpɑɪ·ər/ We are demanding the occupier to leave immediately. occupy | Business Englishoccupy verb[ T ] uk /ˈɒkjəpaɪ/us to fill or use a place: The new plant will occupy a 185-acre site. to fill a period of time: Since he retired, he has struggled to occupy his time. to have a particular job: An increasing number of women occupy senior positions on Wall Street. to take control of a place and refuse to leave it: Workers occupied the factory eight days ago. Examples of occupyoccupy In occupying and exploiting the mysterious space of the sacred in our contemporary 'secular' world, the nation revitalises the profane. 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. We have until recently been one-dimensionally occupied with older people as targets of politics rather than as actual or potential actors. Interhemispheric space occupying lesion is the dilated vein. Since the enclaves are more mafic than the host dacite lava, they formed from magma both hotter and denser than that occupying the chamber. Research aimed more directly towards industrial processes occupies the second half of the book. The granite occupies the northern parts, whereas in the south the massif is composed of gabbro in the west and leucogabbro in the east. At that time, a second, distinct set of sites were also occupied. Frequently former chiefs occupied posts in the new hierarchies of popular power or the latter co-existed with royal rule by other means. Here the incomers could imagine that they were occupying vacant land. The church, arguably the leading ' national ' institution, would find itself once again occupying not only a central political role nationally but also internationally. Two questions occupied his mind during his last years. In this series, six cases occupied a bed for between 10 and 15 days. Percentages exceeding 100 percent indicate that more than one person occupied a term of office. 44. In this approach mathematical pattern occupies the first place. See all examples of occupy 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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