The museum has enough exhibits to keep anyone occupied for an hour or two.
这座博物馆的展品足够让任何人观赏一两个小时。
I kept myself occupied by watching television.
为了不让自己闲着,我一直看电视。
2[not before noun] a bed, chair, room etc that is occupied is being used 〔床、椅子、房间等〕已被占用的,有人使用的
Sorry, this seat is occupied.
抱歉,这个座位有人了。
3an occupied place is controlled by an army from another country 〔地方〕被占领的,遭侵占的
occupied territories
占领区
Examples from the Corpus
occupied• There were tables, two empty, two occupied.• These will turn your lights on and off automatically, giving the impression that your house is occupied.• The fertile lowlands are always the first places to be occupied and Java was no exception.• Active, occupied children are less likely to get into trouble.• The abovemethod will be adequate in most cases, such as in occupied, heatedbuildings.• Boulestin went to live in occupied Paris to be near his friend.• There was seriousunrest in the occupied territories on Dec. 12-13.• None of the flats is occupied - they've only just been built.
keep ... occupied• But Kirchberg is by no meanslacking in things to keep you occupied.• Just enough flexing light to keep the room occupied.• Take my tip: keep yourself occupied.• The children in particular had a great time with computer games, entertainers and bouncycastles to keep them occupied.• The thing was to keep occupied.• She hoped they kept him occupied all day.• Inertia has kept the sites occupied, but functionally many of them are not related to their countrysidesurroundings.• Existingpolicieskeep most people occupied most of the time.
1being used by sb有人佔用VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be佔用中ADVERB➤densely居住密集◇the most densely occupied areas of the country這個國家人口最密集的地區➤entirely完全被佔據◇The sofa was entirely occupied by two large cats.沙發整個兒被兩隻大貓佔了。➤permanently永久佔據▸➤illegally非法佔用occupied
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2busy忙碌VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be忙碌▸➤become開始忙碌▸➤keep sb使某人一直忙碌◇We need something to keep the children occupied.我們需要找些事讓孩子們別閒着。ADVERB➤fully (especially BrE) 十分忙▸➤happily高興地忙着PREPOSITION➤in從事⋯◇You will be mainly occupied in checking sales records.你主要的工作是核對銷售記錄。➤with忙於⋯◇She was happily occupied with reading.她樂得手不釋卷。