英语词汇“occupation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	occupation
释义	oc·cu·pa·tion \ˌäkyəˈpāshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupation-, occupatio, from occupatus (past participle of occupare to take possession of, occupy, employ) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at occupy 1. a. : an activity in which one engages : a way of passing the time < declared she had always plenty of occupation for herself while he was away — William Black > < bathing or loafing on the beaches are obviously a major occupation hereabouts — Ann Panners > b. : the principal business of one's life : a craft, trade, profession or other means of earning a living : employment, vocation < his occupation is farming > < has gone from one occupation to another without settling down to any > < writing has been his occupation for many years > 2. : the function or use of something < if the occupation of steamboats be a matter of such general notoriety — John Marshall > < it is … the great occupation of the graphic arts to give us first of all order and variety in the sensuous plane — Roger Fry > 3. a. : the actual possession and use of real estate (as by lease) : occupancy, tenancy < this fairly old house … was otherwise in doctors' and dentists' occupation — Elizabeth Bowen > < the last of the historic private houses in the metropolis … still in the occupation of its hereditary owner — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > b. : the possession or settlement of a place or area : tenure < many relics of this early Indian occupation have been found — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < from this section westward evidences of ancient human occupation are many — American Guide Series: Texas > c. : the holding of an office or position < it is only … the occupation … of two offices at the same time that offends public policy — W.D.Miller > d. Britain : land held by a tenant : holding 4. : the act or process of occupying or taking possession of a place or area : seizure < the fate of New Spain depended on forestalling England's occupation of that waterway — R.A.Billington > 5. a. : the usually temporary holding and control of a country or a part of a country by a foreign military force < their occupation of the divided capital city — Current Biography > b. often capitalized : the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by such a force < the broad program of the occupation was being carried out without disturbance — Collier's Year Book > < the Occupation removed this requirement in order to decrease the sense of regimentation — Hugh & Mabel Smythe > Synonyms: see work
随便看	persecutingly persecution persecution persecutional persecution complex persecutive persecutor persecutory persecutress persecutrix perseid perseitol perseity persepolitan persequent perseulose perseverance perseverant perseverate perseveration perseverative persevere perseverer persevering perseveringly

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