Word · Frequency #1991
occupying
占领，占据
occupying is the present participle of occupy.
to take control or possession of a place, especially by force
- 1.
To take or use.
占用；使用
- 2.
To take or use space.
占据空间
占用（空间、时间）；使忙碌，使全神贯注；占用；使用；占据空间；占领
In use
The soldiers occupied the city after a long battle.
Studying occupies most of my free time these days.
She occupied herself with painting while waiting for the bus.
occupy + noun (place/position)
The army occupied the city.
军队占领了这座城市。
occupy + noun (time/space)
His speech occupied three hours.
他的演讲占用了三个小时。
occupy sb with sth
表示“使某人忙于某事”。
She occupied the children with coloring books.
Connections
Collocations
- occupy space
- 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。
- occupy territory
- 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。
- occupy a position
- 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。
- be occupied with
- 忙于
- He is currently occupied with writing his thesis.他目前正忙于写论文。
- occupy one's mind
- 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。
- occupy oneself with
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the '-py' spelling but differ in pronunciation: supply, apply, imply, comply end with /plaɪ/, not /paɪ/; spy ends with /spaɪ/; copy ends with /pi/. None are true rhymes with 'occupy'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.