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单词 occupied
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Definition of occupied in English:

occupied

adjective ˈɒkjʊpʌɪdˈäkyəˌpīd
  • 1(of a building, seat, etc.) being used by someone.

    only the ground floor is fully occupied
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With the Hall being opened and occupied again, there would likely be guests and balls and assemblies, and the Lord only knew what else.
    • If the cardio machine you want is occupied, check for a sign-up sheet.
    • In 1565 it passed to the Fowler family, and in 1644, during the Civil War, the occupied monastic buildings were besieged and captured by Parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Myddelton.
    • While the elderly householder was occupied, one of the robbers made their way into her home on Tuesday afternoon and then made off with a substantial amount of cash.
    • The placement and vibration isolation of such equipment requires careful consideration, especially near occupied areas.
    • Densely occupied rooms and tightly sealed buildings are the main cause of high levels of carbon dioxide.
    • The main part of the divided house is now occupied by another Irishman.
    • Subsequent migrants, finding that the big islands were occupied, settled on the outlying islands, most of which are coral outliers.
    • With this de facto recognition of squatting, the word quickly came to mean simply that the tenurial status of the occupied land remained unresolved.
    • Meanwhile, he said he was disappointed by the level of turn-out, which saw less than a dozen seats occupied by members of the public.
    • On Saturday, the plant remained occupied.
    • In many mosques, only a small portion is left for offering prayers and all the remaining portions are occupied.
    • The hospital was almost completely occupied by aircrew burns patients.
    • At the time in question it was occupied by a number of young men.
    • However, it is relatively expensive to "surf the net" and the telephone line is occupied so calls cannot be made.
    • When Harold would try to eject them from various occupied premises all over campus, they would tell him to "stop pimping for the administration."
    Synonyms
    in use, full, engaged, taken, unavailable
    inhabited, lived-in, tenanted, settled
  • 2Busy and active.

    tasks which kept her occupied for the day
    Example sentencesExamples
    • William only nodded, barely registering parts of the discussion in his mind, which was occupied elsewhere.
    • Entertainers have been brought in and extra activities arranged in a bid to keep the elderly residents occupied.
    • This is the vulnerable moment, when I have both hands occupied and the pistol cannot be fired.
    • It keeps me occupied at least.
    • There will be more pics of my life posted, but please be patient, when I am less occupied, I am sure to entertain you with every details of my life.
    • Simon enjoyed peace in Judea because Syria was occupied elsewhere.
    • With nearly 500 staff and 377 rooms, the four-star hotel certainly keeps him occupied.
    • I'm gonna look into trip routes and travel times today, and plan out a tentative first month schedule to keep myself occupied.
    • You can avoid temptation by keeping your mind fully occupied with things that interest you.
    • Traumatized, she threw herself into her studies to keep her mind occupied.
    • For psychiatrists, it offers enough material to keep them occupied for months.
    • I could, for instance, argue that work is keeping me more than occupied.
    • Now everyone is occupied with business, but it is also a form of communication and interpersonal exchange.
    • An action-packed timetable to keep youngsters occupied this summer is on offer at Horwich Leisure Centre.
    Synonyms
    busy, engaged, working, employed, at work, on the job, hard-pressed, active
  • 3(of a place, especially a country) taken control of by military conquest or settlement.

    the occupied territories
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Royal Marines Commando from an heroic World War II raid on occupied France has returned to the area where he made his epic overland escape.
    • But legally, Kosovo was not incorporated into the Serbian kingdom in 1912; it remained occupied territory until some time after 1918.
    • In both occupied France and the unoccupied zone, anti-Jewish laws were enforced zealously.
    • Israeli tanks, armored cars, helicopter gunships and fighter jets continue to range throughout the occupied territory, targeting smaller groups of fighters and destroying buildings, factories, utilities and individual homes.
    • The present writer had been implicated during the war, since he had been dealing with the partisans in occupied Europe, amongst these the partisans of Yugoslavia.
    • The teenager honed his craft singing in occupied Germany with the US Army's 314th Infantry Orchestra.
    • Because of the UN failure, the Croatian government has now launched military action to reestablish control over part of the occupied areas.
    • Already, prior to the latest crisis, unemployment of Palestinians in the occupied territories stood at 50 percent.
    • The current situation in postwar and occupied Iraq reminded me a lot of Lebanon after the civil war ended.
    • In December 46 per cent of the prisoners held in occupied Poland and in the Reich Commissariat in the Ukraine died, for example.
    • The most obvious exclusion, which was not foreseen by the early Zionists, is the status of the Palestinians in the occupied territories.
    • Yes, she was a composite of the best man in my wedding and a female acquaintance who had worked in occupied Palestine.
    • Within Israel Arabs have been systematically discriminated against, while those in the occupied territories have been citizens of nowhere.
    • The plan has been bitterly opposed by the prime minister's former allies and the 240,000 settlers who live in the occupied territories.
    • I joined a project focused on secondary education in all of occupied Iraq.
    • What part was played by the perpetrators across occupied Europe?
    • Unlike in occupied Germany, they were unfettered by any need to accommodate the concerns of other Allies or public opinion at home (which would surely have supported hanging the Emperor).
    • And in Palestine, the first local elections for some years in the occupied West Bank have produced some bad news for Israel.

Definition of occupied in US English:

occupied

adjectiveˈäkyəˌpīd
  • 1(of a building, seat, etc.) being used by someone.

    only the first floor is fully occupied
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With this de facto recognition of squatting, the word quickly came to mean simply that the tenurial status of the occupied land remained unresolved.
    • However, it is relatively expensive to "surf the net" and the telephone line is occupied so calls cannot be made.
    • While the elderly householder was occupied, one of the robbers made their way into her home on Tuesday afternoon and then made off with a substantial amount of cash.
    • The placement and vibration isolation of such equipment requires careful consideration, especially near occupied areas.
    • Densely occupied rooms and tightly sealed buildings are the main cause of high levels of carbon dioxide.
    • When Harold would try to eject them from various occupied premises all over campus, they would tell him to "stop pimping for the administration."
    • Meanwhile, he said he was disappointed by the level of turn-out, which saw less than a dozen seats occupied by members of the public.
    • In many mosques, only a small portion is left for offering prayers and all the remaining portions are occupied.
    • With the Hall being opened and occupied again, there would likely be guests and balls and assemblies, and the Lord only knew what else.
    • On Saturday, the plant remained occupied.
    • If the cardio machine you want is occupied, check for a sign-up sheet.
    • Subsequent migrants, finding that the big islands were occupied, settled on the outlying islands, most of which are coral outliers.
    • In 1565 it passed to the Fowler family, and in 1644, during the Civil War, the occupied monastic buildings were besieged and captured by Parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Myddelton.
    • At the time in question it was occupied by a number of young men.
    • The hospital was almost completely occupied by aircrew burns patients.
    • The main part of the divided house is now occupied by another Irishman.
    Synonyms
    in use, full, engaged, taken, unavailable
    inhabited, lived-in, tenanted, settled
  • 2Busy and active.

    tasks that kept her occupied for the remainder of the afternoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For psychiatrists, it offers enough material to keep them occupied for months.
    • This is the vulnerable moment, when I have both hands occupied and the pistol cannot be fired.
    • It keeps me occupied at least.
    • Entertainers have been brought in and extra activities arranged in a bid to keep the elderly residents occupied.
    • Traumatized, she threw herself into her studies to keep her mind occupied.
    • Now everyone is occupied with business, but it is also a form of communication and interpersonal exchange.
    • I could, for instance, argue that work is keeping me more than occupied.
    • You can avoid temptation by keeping your mind fully occupied with things that interest you.
    • William only nodded, barely registering parts of the discussion in his mind, which was occupied elsewhere.
    • I'm gonna look into trip routes and travel times today, and plan out a tentative first month schedule to keep myself occupied.
    • With nearly 500 staff and 377 rooms, the four-star hotel certainly keeps him occupied.
    • There will be more pics of my life posted, but please be patient, when I am less occupied, I am sure to entertain you with every details of my life.
    • An action-packed timetable to keep youngsters occupied this summer is on offer at Horwich Leisure Centre.
    • Simon enjoyed peace in Judea because Syria was occupied elsewhere.
    Synonyms
    busy, engaged, working, employed, at work, on the job, hard-pressed, active
  • 3(of a place, especially a country) taken control of by military conquest or settlement.

    the occupied territories
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yes, she was a composite of the best man in my wedding and a female acquaintance who had worked in occupied Palestine.
    • Within Israel Arabs have been systematically discriminated against, while those in the occupied territories have been citizens of nowhere.
    • And in Palestine, the first local elections for some years in the occupied West Bank have produced some bad news for Israel.
    • Because of the UN failure, the Croatian government has now launched military action to reestablish control over part of the occupied areas.
    • Unlike in occupied Germany, they were unfettered by any need to accommodate the concerns of other Allies or public opinion at home (which would surely have supported hanging the Emperor).
    • I joined a project focused on secondary education in all of occupied Iraq.
    • The most obvious exclusion, which was not foreseen by the early Zionists, is the status of the Palestinians in the occupied territories.
    • The teenager honed his craft singing in occupied Germany with the US Army's 314th Infantry Orchestra.
    • The present writer had been implicated during the war, since he had been dealing with the partisans in occupied Europe, amongst these the partisans of Yugoslavia.
    • A Royal Marines Commando from an heroic World War II raid on occupied France has returned to the area where he made his epic overland escape.
    • But legally, Kosovo was not incorporated into the Serbian kingdom in 1912; it remained occupied territory until some time after 1918.
    • In both occupied France and the unoccupied zone, anti-Jewish laws were enforced zealously.
    • In December 46 per cent of the prisoners held in occupied Poland and in the Reich Commissariat in the Ukraine died, for example.
    • Already, prior to the latest crisis, unemployment of Palestinians in the occupied territories stood at 50 percent.
    • The plan has been bitterly opposed by the prime minister's former allies and the 240,000 settlers who live in the occupied territories.
    • What part was played by the perpetrators across occupied Europe?
    • The current situation in postwar and occupied Iraq reminded me a lot of Lebanon after the civil war ended.
    • Israeli tanks, armored cars, helicopter gunships and fighter jets continue to range throughout the occupied territory, targeting smaller groups of fighters and destroying buildings, factories, utilities and individual homes.
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