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occupying

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

占领,占领的,占据着,占领着

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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.

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Examples

  • Kinney suggested walking as an activity, both to occupy Carson’s time and to help him lose weight.

  • Afghan British writer Tahir Shah, inspired by childhood visits to his grandfather’s house in Morocco, uprooted his London family to occupy a crumbling palatial house in Casablanca.

  • Those properties are typically occupied by weak tenants and haven’t been remodeled in years.

  • She says that she was “more depressed” staying at home, isolated from her friends, with nothing to occupy her mind.

  • Going back to what I said to you earlier about how I hope young women are envisioning themselves in roles that are not currently occupied by women.

  • Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?

  • Once, when occupying a cell in near a phone, I saw the suicide prevention protocols in action.

  • After Germany surrendered, Bennett was stationed there as part of the Allied occupying force.

  • They were close to occupying Mariupol, but they depend on Putin, who demonstrated his political will to stop the war.

  • But then the conversation turns to the question occupying all minds in Ukraine: Will Putin invade?

  • The Belmont house was closed, the still restless Helena occupying a palace in Rome at the moment.

  • Gwynne led Isabel to a table in a corner by a window, and indicated the company occupying more than half of the long table.

  • Tell him your name and address, and ask him to conduct you to a good room, naming the length of time you purpose occupying it.

  • Suppose a person occupying state land is evicted by the state, must he continue to pay rent?

  • Until this card fever descended upon the town, it was generally regarded as occupying a high place among communities of its size.