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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   occupy

   • IPA[ˈäkyəˌpī]

   美式

   • v.
     reside or have one's place of business in (a building)；fill or take up (a space or time)

   • verb: occupy, 3rd person present: occupies, gerund or present participle: occupying, past tense: occupied, past participle: occupied

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. reside or have one's place of business in (a building) the apartment she occupies in Manhattan 同義詞 live in, inhabit, be the tenant of, tenant, lodge in, ... 更多be established/ensconced in, establish/ensconce oneself in, take up residence in, make one's home in, settle in, move into, people, populate, settle, stay in, formalreside in, dwell in
   • ▪ fill or take up (a space or time) two long windows occupied almost the whole wall 同義詞 take up, fill, fill up, cover, extend over, ... 更多use up, utilize
   • ▪ be situated in or at (a place or position in a system or hierarchy) on the corporate ladder, they occupy the lowest rungs
   • ▪ hold (a position or job) a very different job from any that he had occupied before 同義詞 hold, be in, fill, have, informalhold down
   • 2. fill or preoccupy (the mind or thoughts) her mind was occupied with alarming questions 同義詞 engage, busy, employ, distract, absorb, ... 更多engross, preoccupy, hold, hold the attention of, immerse, interest, involve, entertain, divert, amuse, beguile
   • ▪ keep (someone) busy and active Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink
   • 3. take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement the region was occupied by Britain during World War I 同義詞 capture, seize, take possession of, conquer, invade, ... 更多overrun, take over, colonize, garrison, annex, dominate, subjugate, hegemonize, hold, commandeer, requisition反義詞 leave, abandon, quit
   • ▪ enter, take control of, and stay in (a building) illegally and often forcibly, especially as a form of protest the workers occupied the factory