occupy
verb
ˈɒkjʊəpaɪ verb
1
STAY IN A PLACE
住在某处
to live or stay in a place 占据，居住
He occupies the house without paying any rent.
他住在这幢房子里，没有付一分钱房租。
The building was purchased and occupied by its new owners last year.
这幢大楼去年被新房主买下并入住了。
2
FILL TIME
占用时间
if something occupies you or your time, you are busy doing it 占用，占去〔时间〕
Football occupies most of my leisure time.
足球占去了我大部分的闲暇时间。
occupy sb with (doing) sth
Only six percent of police time is occupied with criminal incidents.
警察的执法时间中只有 6% 用于处理犯罪事件。
3
CONTROL BY FORCE
用武力占领
to enter a place in a large group and keep control of it, especially by military force 〔被军队等〕占领，占据;
an occupying army
占领军
Students occupied Sofia university on Monday.
星期一学生们占领了索非亚大学。
4
FILL SPACE
占据空间
to fill a particular amount of space 占用，占去〔空间〕
Family photos occupied almost the entire wall.
家人的照片差不多占了整个墙面。
5
occupy sb’s mind/thoughts/attention
if something occupies your mind etc, you think about that thing more than anything else 萦绕 （占据 ）某人的脑海/思想/注意力;
Work will occupy your mind and help you forget about him.
工作会占据你的脑海，帮助你忘了他。
6
USE
使用
to use something such as a room, seat, or bed 使用，占用〔房间、座位或床等〕
Many patients who are occupying hospital beds could be transferred to other places.
许多占用医院病床的病人可以被转到其他地方去。
7
OFFICIAL POSITION
正式职位
to have an official position or job 担任〔正式职位或工作〕
Before becoming prime minister, he had already occupied several cabinet posts.
成为首相之前，他曾出任过好几个内阁职位。