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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1991 COCA: 2710

occupy

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oc·cu·py /ˈɒkjəpaɪ $ ˈɑːk-/ ●●○ W2 AWL verb (occupied, occupying, occupies) [transitiveT]  
1 stay in a place 住在某处LIVE SOMEWHERE to live or stay in a place 占据,居住
 He occupies the house without paying any rent.
他住在这幢房子里,没有付一分钱房租。
 The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.
这幢房屋去年被新业主买下入住了。
2 fill time 占用时间 if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it 占用,占去〔时间〕
 Football occupies most of my leisure time.
足球占去了我大部分的闲暇时间。
occupy somebody with (doing) something
 Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.
犯罪事件只占用6%的警务时间。
3 fill space 占据空间 to fill a particular amount of space 占用,占去〔空间〕 SYN take up
 Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.
家人的照片差不多占了整个墙面。
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In everyday English, people usually say that something takes up time or space rather than occupies it: 在日常英语中,表示某事物占用时间或空间时,人们一般说take up,而不说occupy
Work takes up most of her time.
工作占去了她的大部分时间。
That bed takes up almost the whole room.
那张床几乎占据了整个房间。
4 control by force 用武力占领PMENTER to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force 〔尤被军队〕占领,占据 invade
 an occupying army
占领军
 Students occupied Sofia University on Monday.
星期一学生们占领了索非亚大学。
5 occupy somebody’s mind/thoughts/attention THINK ABOUTif something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else 占据某人的脑海/思想/注意力 preoccupy
 Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.
工作会占据你的思想,使你忘记他。
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6 use 使用 to use something such as a room, seat, or bed 使用,占用〔房间、座位、床等〕
 Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to other places.
许多占用医院床位的病人都可以转往其他地方。
7 official position 正式职位BOPGO to have an official position or job 担任〔正式职位或工作〕 SYN hold
 Before becoming prime minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts.
成为首相之前,他已经出任过好几个内阁职位。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
occupyoc·cu·py /ˈɒkjəpaɪˈɑːk-/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp occupied)
1[transitiveT] to use a particular building to live or work in
a large computer company that occupies a building of some 60,000 sq ft
occupier noun [countableC]
a tax payable by the occupier of the property
2[transitiveT] to have an official position or job
He occupies an important position in government.
3[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if something is occupying you, you are busy doing it
As PA to the chief executive, there is plenty to keep you occupied.
Mr Ball is occupied with a customer at the moment.
4[transitiveT] to use a particular amount of space or time
Computer files occupy much less storage space than paper ones.
Running the business occupies nearly all of her time.
Origin occupy
(1300-1400) French occuper, from Latin occupare
oc·cu·py verb →REGISTER1
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