Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2591
occupation
职业；工作
a job or profession that you do to earn money
指谋生的职业，不是军事占领。
- 1.
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
使自己从事的活动或任务；通常指有报酬的生产活动、服务、行业或手艺；职业。
- 2.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
谋生的主要活动
- 3.
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
占据一个地方的行为、过程或状态
- 4.
the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
外国军事力量对国家的控制
- 5.
The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
敌对军队或准军事力量对国家或地区的控制。
- 6.
any activity that occupies a person's attention
占据某人注意力的任何活动
使自己从事的活动或任务；通常指有报酬的生产活动、服务、行业或手艺；职业。；谋生的主要活动；占据一个地方的行为、过程或状态；外国军事力量对国家的控制；敌对军队或准军事力量对国家或地区的控制。
In use
Teaching is a rewarding occupation, but it requires a lot of patience.
Please write your name, age, and occupation on the form.
She enjoys her occupation as a graphic designer because it lets her be creative.
he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game
sb's occupation
Her occupation is a teacher.
她的职业是教师。
occupation of sth
The occupation of the building lasted for two years.
对这栋建筑的占领持续了两年。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- by occupation
- 职业上；以……为职业
- She is a teacher by occupation.她的职业是教师。
- dangerous occupation
- 危险职业
- Mining has long been considered a dangerous occupation.采矿一直被视为危险职业。
- military occupation
- 军事占领
- The country was under military occupation for years.该国被军事占领多年。
- occupation forces
- 占领军
- The occupation forces imposed strict curfews.占领军实行了严格的宵禁。
- occupation zone
- 占领区
- Berlin was divided into four occupation zones after the war.战后柏林被分为四个占领区。
- occupation period
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：发音像'我扣杯身'，扣杯寓意占领，杯身指职业占据时间。
Context & Register
中性术语，常见于职业介绍、申请表或个人简历中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ation often have the same /eɪʃən/ sound, like education, information, nation, and relation. However, occasion (with -asion) has /eɪʒən/, and occupancy has a different stress pattern.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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