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occupy

/ok-yuh-pahy/US // ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ //UK // (ˈɒkjʊˌpaɪ) //

占领,占据,占用,占据了

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.

    • : to take or fill up: I occupied my evenings reading novels.
    • : to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.
    • : to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.
    • : to hold.
    • : to take possession and control of, as by military invasion.
    • : to participate in a protest about, as by taking possession or control of buildings or public places that are symbolic of the issue: Let’s Occupy our voting rights!The Occupy Wall Street movement of late 2011 was a protest against economic inequality.
v.无主动词 verb
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    oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.

    • : to take or hold possession.
    • : to participate in a protest about a social or political issue.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement; Occupy protest; Occupy candidate:the Occupy movement for social justice.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbe busy with
Forms: occupied, occupies, occupying
verbreside; use
Forms: occupied, occupies, occupying

Examples

  • It occupies a singular place in American political discourse.

  • It occupies 140 acres of woodland and open pasture stretching across a hill that rises behind the museum.

  • Pristine Donnell Pond, which covers 1,138 acres and has 15 miles of shoreline, can easily occupy paddlers for the better part of day.

  • So I am vigilant and solitary, my guest room occupied by 30-pound boxes of nuts.

  • While most hosts will continue to work from home, producers for both stations now occupy the same office space near Nationals Park.

  • Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.

  • The opposition responded with a month-long Occupy Abay (like Occupy Wall St) campaign, in which Udaltsov was one of key figures.

  • That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to Occupy Wall Street.

  • But the questions occupy my mind until the ambulance arrives.

  • Personally, he says, he feels  "more than ready" to occupy one the country's leading positions.

  • With twelve hundred foes around us, we had plenty to occupy all our thoughts and attention.

  • Nothing will be easier then to throw the Poles into the shade of the picture, or to occupy the foreground with a brilliant review.

  • I didn't like to be done; the man urged me to occupy one place that was yet vacant; my evil genius prompted me to do so.

  • The situation may be altogether in favor of the employer or altogether in favor of the men, or may occupy a middle ground.

  • Thus four thousand Indians at most roam through, rather than occupy, these vast stretches of inland territory and sea-shore.