单词 | occupy |
释义 | occupy 1.+ place, building居住在;被安置于 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。 They occupy neighbouring offices.他们居于相邻的办公楼。 Houses occupied by the elderly need central heating.老年人居住的房子需要集中供暖。 2.+ bed, hotel room占用 The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife.他的妻子不在这张病床上了。 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。 3.(engross)使忙碌;使全神贯注 Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time.她整日忙于议会的工作。 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。 to occupy yourself with sth忙于…;全神贯注于… They occupied themselves with the television.他们全神贯注地看电视。 to occupy yourself with doing sth忙于做某事;全神贯注地做某事 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。 4.<正式>+ time, space占用;使用;占据 How do you occupy your time?你怎么安排你的时间? 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。 Bookshelves occupied most of the living-room walls.起居室的大部分墙面都被书架占据着。 5.invaders, demonstrators ++ country, city占领;侵占;占据 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。 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。 Students occupied the college buildings.学生们占领了大学校舍。 6.(in system, organization)+ position担任;居于 Men still occupy more positions of power than women.担任要职的男性仍然多于女性。 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。 7.(preoccupy)占用…的精力;使分不开身 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。 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。 |
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