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occupant

noun
🔊/ˈɒkjəpənt/
🔊/ˈɑːkjəpənt/
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  1. a person who lives or works in a particular house, room, building, etc.（房屋、建筑等的）使用者，居住者
    • All outstanding bills will be paid by the previous occupants.所有未支付的账单都将由前住户偿付。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • current
    • present
    • …
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  2. a person who is in a vehicle, seat, etc. at a particular time（汽车等内的）乘坐者，占用者
    • The car was badly damaged but the occupants were unhurt.汽车严重损坏，但车内人员安然无恙。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • current
    • present
    • …
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    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the legal sense ‘person who establishes a title’): from French, or from Latin occupant- ‘seizing’, from the verb occupare.