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occupied

adjective
🔊/ˈɒkjupaɪd/
🔊/ˈɑːkjupaɪd/
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  1. [not before noun] being used by somebody使用中；有人使用（或居住）
    • Only half of the rooms are occupied at the moment.目前只有半数的房间有人居住。🔊🔊
    see also owner-occupied
    Extra Examples
    • The sofa was entirely occupied by two large cats.沙发整个儿被两只大猫占了。
    • the most densely occupied areas of the country这个国家人口最密集的地区
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • densely
    • entirely
    • permanently
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [not before noun] busy忙于
    • The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied.最重要的就是别让自己闲着。🔊🔊
    • We need something to keep the children occupied.我们需要找些事让孩子们别闲着。
    • occupied doing something He's fully occupied looking after three small children.照顾三个小孩把他忙得不可开交。🔊🔊
    • occupied in (doing) something You will be mainly occupied in checking sales records.你主要的工作是核对销售记录。
    • occupied with (doing) something Only half her time is occupied with politics.她只用自己一半的时间从事政治活动。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • keep somebody
    • …
    adverb
    • fully
    • happily
    preposition
    • in
    • with
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  3. (of a country, etc.国家等) controlled by people from another country, etc., using military force被占领的；被侵占的
    • He spent his childhood in occupied Europe.他在被占领的欧洲度过了童年。🔊🔊
    Topics War and conflictb2
    4. opposite unoccupied