vt.占用;占领;从事;使忙碌;专心
Is that seat occupied? 那个座位有人吗?
Reading occupies most of my free time. 阅读占去了我大部分的闲暇时间。
We occupy the farm and raise a lot of poultry. 我们拥有这个农场并养着许多家禽。
The enemy occupied the town. 敌人占据了这个城镇。
Our army won the battle and occupied the upland. 我军在战斗中取得胜利并成功地占领了那片小高地。
These people occupy an inferior position in local society. 这些人在当地社会居于下等地位。
Members of the group occupy positions of power in the country. 那个组织的成员在该国从事着位高权重的工作。
Her time is fully occupied with her three children. 她的时间全部用在她的三个孩子身上了。
She is now fully occupied with her homework. 她现在在专心致志地做家庭作业。
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。