occupied

adj.

1. 使用中；有人使用（或居住）
   being used by sb
   1. Only half of the rooms are occupied at the moment.
      目前只有半数的房间有人居住。
2. 忙于
   busy
   1. He's fully occupied looking after three small children.
      照顾三个小孩把他忙得不可开交。
   2. Only half her time is occupied with politics.
      她只用自己一半的时间从事政治活动。
   3. The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied .
      最重要的就是别让自己闲着。
3. 被占领的；被侵占的
   controlled by people from another country, etc., using military force
   1. He spent his childhood in occupied Europe.
      他在被占领的欧洲度过了童年。

1. VERB 居住，使用（建筑物或某地）
   The people who occupy a 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。
2. V-PASSIVE 占用，使用（房间、座位等）
   If a room or something such as a seat is 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。
3. VERB 占领；占据；侵占
   If a group of people or an army occupies a 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
4. VERB 担任（…职务）；居于（…地位）
   If someone or something occupies a 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。
5. VERB 使忙碌；使全神贯注
   If something occupies you, or if you occupy yourself, 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。
6. VERB 使从事；使关注；使花费时间
   If something occupies you, 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。
7. VERB 占（空间或面积）
   If something occupies a 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。
8. VERB 占，耗费（时间）
   If something such as a journey occupies a 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。

1. 30 per cent of psychiatric hospital beds are occupied by people of no fixed abode.
   精神病院30%的床位是被无家可归者占据的。
2. Between 1914 and 1920 large parts of Albania were occupied by the Italians
   在1914年至1920年间阿尔巴尼亚的大部分地区被意大利人占据。
3. The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station
   士兵们征用首都的车辆，并且占领了电视台。
4. They distantly remember that the islands were the only part of Britain occupied during the war.
   他们依稀记得这些岛屿是英国在战时唯一被占领的部分。
5. They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
   他们占用了塔楼的头两层。
6. The hospital bed is no longer occupied by his wife
   他的妻子不在这张病床上了。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Her parliamentary career has occupied all of her time
   她整日忙于议会的工作。
10. Bookshelves occupied most of the living room walls.
    这些书架占了起居室的大部分墙面。
11. 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。
12. Although it was off-season, the hotel was fully occupied.
    虽然处于淡季，这家饭店却客满了。
13. America conventionally attaches a rider to Israeli aid, to the effect that it must not be used in the occupied territories.
    美国按照惯例在对以色列的援助中提出了附加条款，大意是该援助不能用于被占领地区。
14. The company rented the building, occupied part and sublet the rest.
    该公司租下了这栋大楼，占用了一部分并转租了其余的部分。
15. The bombing campaign appears aimed at cutting the supply lines between Germany and its army in occupied France.
    这次轰炸看起来意在切断德国和占领法国的德军部队之间的补给线。
16. They just want to return to their families in the occupied territories
    他们只是想回到在占领区的家人身边。
17. Is this seat occupied [ taken]?
    这个座位有人吗？
18. The robins occupied their former nest.
    那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。
19. These activities occupied most of her time.
    这些活动占去了她的大部分时间。
20. The students occupied the Administration Block.
    学生占领行政大楼。
21. The young couple are always occupied with endless whispers of love.
    那对年轻夫妇总是情话喁喁。
22. Who occupied this house before it was let to us?
    这所房屋租给我们以前是谁住的？
23. There was no empty seat.; All seats were occupied.
    座无虚席。
24. Overwhelming rebellion occupied many big cities.
    势不可挡的起义席卷了许多大城市。
25. They occupied the city without striking a blow.
    他们毫不费力地占领了这个城市。
26. This band of robbers has occupied the Taihang Mountain for a long time.
    这伙强盗箕踞在太行山上已经很久了。
27. Enemy troops occupied the country.
    敌军占领了这个国家。
28. All the seats were occupied in the room.
    屋里没座儿了。
29. Our army occupied the enemy's fort.
    我军攻占了敌方要塞。

adj

1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
   1. she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
   2. deeply engaged in conversation

   Synonym:    engaged

2. resided in
   1. not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up

   Synonym:    tenanted

3. held or filled or in use
   1. she keeps her time well occupied
   2. the wc is occupied

4. seized and controlled as by military invasion
   1. the occupied countries of Europe