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VERB
居住，使用（建筑物或某地）
The people who occupy a building or a place are the people who live or work there.
例句
There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital...
共有40多位房客，他們全部住在這家醫院的一個病區。
Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it.
在大多數情況下，土地都是由其使用者購得。
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V-PASSIVE
占用，使用（房間、座位等）
If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.
例句
The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife...
他的妻子不在這張病床上了。
I saw three camp beds, two of which were occupied.
我看見了3張折疊床，其中兩張已有人占了。
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VERB
占領；占據；侵占
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.
例句
U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country...
美國軍隊現在占領了該國的一部分。
Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.
土耳其潰敗之后，亞歷山大勒塔在1918年被法國人占領。
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VERB
擔任（…職務）；居于（…地位）
If someone or something occupies a particular place in a system, process, or plan, they have that place.
例句
We occupy a quality position in the market place...
我們在市場上居于高端地位。
Men still occupy more positions of power than women.
擔任要職的男性仍然比女性多。
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VERB
使忙碌；使全神貫注
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.
例句
Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time...
她整日忙于議會的工作。
He hurried to take the suitcases and occupy himself with packing the car...
他急匆匆地去拎手提箱，忙著往車里裝。
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VERB
使從事；使關注；使花費時間
If something occupies you, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.
例句
I had other matters to occupy me, during the day at least...
至少白天我還有別的事情要做。
This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.
這將是歐洲在未來二三十年或者更長的時間里所要面臨的挑戰。
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VERB
占（空間或面積）
If something occupies a particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.
例句
Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space...
哪怕很小的飛機也要占很大的空間。
Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
這些書架占了起居室的大部分墻面。
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VERB
占，耗費（時間）
If something such as a journey occupies a particular period of time, it takes that amount of time to complete.
例句
She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
她在星期一晚上抵達了卡拉奇，這段行程耗時3天9小時。