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occupy + noun (place/position)
The army occupied the city.
军队占领了这座城市。
占领，占据
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
占领，占据
to take control or possession of a place, especially by force
The army occupied the city.
军队占领了这座城市。
占用；使用
To take or use.
占据空间
To take or use space.
occupy
Base
原形
occupies
3rd person
第三人称单数
occupying
-ing
现在分词
occupied
Past
过去式
occupied
Past participle
过去分词
They occupy the house.
他们占用了那所房子。
The army occupied the city.
军队占领了城市。
He is occupying the seat.
他正占着座位。
She has occupied this office for years.
她占用这间办公室多年了。
及物动词，常用被动语态表示‘被占据’或‘忙于’。
The soldiers occupied the city after a long battle.
经过漫长的战斗，士兵们占领了这座城市。
Studying occupies most of my free time these days.
这些天学习占用了我的大部分空闲时间。
She occupied herself with painting while waiting for the bus.
她在等公交车时让自己忙于画画。
The army occupied the city.
军队占领了这座城市。
His speech occupied three hours.
他的演讲占用了三个小时。
表示“使某人忙于某事”。
She occupied the children with coloring books.
她让孩子们忙着涂色书。
Not this
They occupied in the city.
Use this
They occupied the city.
occupy是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词in。
Not this
I occupy my homework.
Use this
I am occupied with my homework.
表示“忙于”时，英语常用be occupied with结构，而不是直接说occupy + 宾语。
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占用空间
The sofa occupies too much space in the living room.
沙发在客厅里占了太多空间。
占领领土
The army occupied the enemy's territory after the battle.
军队在战斗后占领了敌人的领土。
担任职位
She occupies a senior management position at the company.
她在公司担任高级管理职位。
忙于
He is currently occupied with writing his thesis.
他目前正忙于写论文。
占据某人的心思
The problem occupied his mind all day.
这个问题整天占据着他的心思。
使忙于
She occupied herself with reading while waiting.
她在等待时以阅读打发时间。
忙于；从事于
She occupies herself with reading and gardening.
她忙于阅读和园艺。
占据某人的心思
The problem of funding occupied his mind for weeks.
资金问题占据了他的心思好几个星期。
占据一席之地
This theory occupies a central place in modern physics.
这个理论在现代物理学中占据核心地位。
Use occupy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象军队“占领”一座城市，完全占用其空间和注意力，就像这个词的发音“哦，快批！”一样快速占据。
occupy是多义词，不同义项语域不同：军事“占领”多用于正式或新闻语境；空间/时间“占用”为中性，常见于日常；使“忙于”为中性偏口语，常见于日常。一般根据语境判断，无单一默认语域。
及物动词，后接宾语。
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