occupy
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈɒk.jə.paɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈɑː.kjə.paɪ]
- 国际音标 ['ɔkjupai]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.占用；占领；从事；使忙碌；专心
词源解说
- 1340年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的occuper；最初源自古典拉丁语的occupare，意为占据，掌握，拥有，占用。
词根记忆
- 占领(occupy)的现象发生(occur)了；oc + cupy(看作copy，复印)→复印一份据为己有→占有
- 发生(occur)了大事，敌人占领(occupy)了该市
- 发生(occur)大事了，敌人占领(occupy)了该市
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- occupied：已占用的；使用中的；无空闲的。
- occupational：职业的；占领的。
- n性质的同根词
- occupancy：居住；占有；占用。
- occupant：居住者；占有者。
- occupier：居住人；占有者；占用者。
- v性质的同根词
- occupied：占有（occupy的过去分词）。
用法辨析
- occupy的基本意思是指时间、空间、地点方面的占有,引申可用于指某人占据某个职位或发挥某种作用。
- occupy只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。occupy常用于occupy oneself in/with v -ing句型中表示“从事于”“忙于”,可用于被动结构。
v. (动词)
词组短语
- occupy an apartment 住进住所
- occupy sb 's time 占用某人的时间
- occupy a country 占领一个国家
- occupy the front row of seats 占据了前排位置
- occupy an important place 发挥重要作用
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
英英字典
- (FILL) to fill, exist in, or use a place or period of time
- (TAKE CONTROL) (of an army or group of people) to move into and take control and/or possession of a place
- The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there.
- If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.
- If a group of people or an army occupies a place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it.
- If someone or something occupies a particular place in a system, process, or plan, they have that place.
- If something occupies you, or if you occupy yourself, your time, or your mind with it, you are busy doing that thing or thinking about it.
- occupied
- If something occupies you, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.
- If something occupies a particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.
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专业释义
- 占用
It is bound to occupy some Farmland in this process . There is a major issue before us how to coordinate their balanced development .
在城镇化过程中势必要占用一部分农用地,如何协调双方均衡发展,是摆在我们面前的一大课题。 - 占领
- 占有
The vehicles occupy more social resources.
机动车占有较多的社会资源,应担负更多的社会道义。文学
- 占据
- 居