oc‧cu‧py W2 AC / ɒkjəpaɪ, ɒkjʊpaɪ $ ɑk- / 动词 ( past tense and past participle occupied , present participle occupying , third person singular occupies ) [及物动词]

1 stay in a place to live or stay in a place :

He occupies the house without paying any rent.

The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.

2 fill time if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it :

Football occupies most of my leisure time.

occupy somebody with (doing) something

Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.

3 fill space to fill a particular amount of space 同义词 take up :

Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.

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In everyday English, people usually say that something takes up time or space rather than occupies it:

Work takes up most of her time.

That bed takes up almost the whole room.

4 control by force to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force → invade :

an occupying army

Students occupied Sofia University on Monday.

5 occupy sb’s mind/thoughts/attention if something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else → preoccupy :

Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.

6 use to use something such as a room, seat, or bed :

Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to other places.

7 official position to have an official position or job 同义词 hold :

Before becoming Prime Minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts.

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