occupies

英 [ˈɒkjupaɪz]

美 [ˈɑːkjupaɪz]

v.  使用，占用(空间、面积、时间等); 使用(房屋、建筑); 居住; 侵占; 占领; 占据
occupy的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 居住，使用（建筑物或某地）
  The people whooccupya building or a place are the people who live or work there.
  1. There were over 40 tenants, all occupying one wing of the hospital...
     共有40多位房客，他们全部住在这家医院的一个病区。
  2. Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it.
     在大多数情况下，土地都是由其使用者购得。
• V-PASSIVE 占用，使用（房间、座位等）
  If a room or something such as a seatis occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.
  1. The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife...
     他的妻子不在这张病床上了。
  2. I saw three camp beds, two of which were occupied.
     我看见了3张折叠床，其中两张已有人占了。
• VERB 占领；占据；侵占
  If a group of people or an armyoccupiesa place or country, they move into it, using force in order to gain control of it.
  1. U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country...
     美国军队现在占领了该国的一部分。
  2. Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.
     土耳其溃败之后，亚历山大勒塔在1918年被法国人占领。
  3. ...the occupied territories.
     被侵占的领土
• VERB 担任（…职务）；居于（…地位）
  If someone or somethingoccupiesa particular place in a system, process, or plan, they have that place.
  1. We occupy a quality position in the market place...
     我们在市场上居于高端地位。
  2. Men still occupy more positions of power than women.
     担任要职的男性仍然比女性多。
• VERB 使忙碌；使全神贯注
  If somethingoccupiesyou, or if youoccupyyourself, your time, or your mind with it, you are busy doing that thing or thinking about it.
  1. Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time...
     她整日忙于议会的工作。
  2. He hurried to take the suitcases and occupy himself with packing the car...
     他急匆匆地去拎手提箱，忙着往车里装。
  3. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
     如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来，那真是太可怜了。
• VERB 使从事；使关注；使花费时间
  If somethingoccupiesyou, it requires your efforts, attention, or time.
  1. I had other matters to occupy me, during the day at least...
     至少白天我还有别的事情要做。
  2. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.
     这将是欧洲在未来二三十年或者更长的时间里所要面临的挑战。
• VERB 占（空间或面积）
  If somethingoccupiesa particular area or place, it fills or covers it, or exists there.
  1. Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space...
     哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。
  2. Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
     这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。
• VERB 占，耗费（时间）
  If something such as a journeyoccupiesa particular period of time, it takes that amount of time to complete.
  1. She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
     她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇，这段行程耗时3天9小时。

双语例句

• Preparation of carbon dioxide and nature of the chemical in the junior high school occupies a very important study.
  二氧化碳的制取和性质，在初中化学学习中占有非常重要的地位。
• In interior design of dining rooms, light environment design occupies an important part in the whole design.
  在餐厅室内设计中，光环境设计在整个设计中所占比例相当大。
• The news program occupies a whole hour every evening.
  这一新闻节目每晚占整整一小时。
• Matter is anything which occupies space and has weight.
  物质是占有空间和重量的任何东西。
• The ground stress research occupies the important position in exploration and development of oil and gas field.
  地应力研究在油气田勘探开发过程中占有重要地位。
• In this field of membrane separation technology occupies an important position and role.
  在这一领域中膜分离技术占有重要的位置和作用。
• But comparing to these material things, the sense of success occupies more important position.
  但是和这些物质相比，成功的感觉占据更重要的位置。
• I have important work, which occupies every minute I have.
  我有重要的工作，它占据了我全部的时间。
• He occupies a cell 10 foot long, 6 foot wide and 10 foot high
  他住在一个长10英尺、宽6英尺、高10英尺的小房间里。
• The first episode occupies a peak evening viewing slot.
  第一集占据了傍晚的一个黄金收视时段。