occupation

occupation 主要指一个人的职业或工作，也可指对某处的占用，以及敌对军队对一个国家或地区的占领。

💡 记忆钩子

把 occupation 想成“占住一个位置”：一个人长期占着某种工作，就是“职业”；某物占着一个地方，就是“占用”；军队占住一个国家或地区，就是“军事占领”。

📝 学习建议

最先掌握“职业、工作”这一常用义，因为日常生活中 occupation 最常见的意思不是“占领”。
不要只把 occupation 理解成“军事占领”；它和 occupy 的“占据、占用”概念相连，但在表格或谈个人情况时通常指职业。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 职业；工作

📖 指一个人平时从事、通常以此获得报酬的工作、行业或职业。它也可以泛指用来打发或安排时间的活动，但在个人资料中通常首先理解为“职业”。

💡 表示职业时常用“someone’s occupation”或“work as an occupation”这样的结构，也常见于表格、调查和较正式的自我介绍。它比 job 更正式，不能在所有口语场合都自然替代 job；occupation 也不一定只指某一个具体职位，而可以指较宽泛的职业类别。

countable uncountable

Please write your occupation on the application form.

请在申请表上填写你的职业。

Painting began as a hobby but became her full-time occupation.

绘画起初只是她的爱好，后来成了她的全职工作。
rare 占用；占据

📖 指某人、某物或某种活动占着一个地方、空间或可用时间的状态，重点是“把位置占住”。这一用法常见于较正式或技术性的说明。

💡 常用“the occupation of a place”或“occupation of the lines/space”来表示对地点、线路或空间的占用。这个意思通常不用于普通口语中的“有人坐在这里”，也不要把它误读成职业义；日常表达占地方或占时间时，动词 occupy 往往更直接。

countable uncountable
common 军事占领

📖 指敌对的军队或准军事力量控制并占据一个国家或地区，通常持续一段时间。它仍然保留“占住一个地方”的核心画面，但控制者和政治、军事背景更加明确。

💡 常用“military occupation”“under occupation”或“occupation of a country/region”等搭配。这个意思多见于历史、战争和政治报道，通常暗含外来武力控制，不要把普通政府管理或短暂驻军都称为 occupation。

countable uncountable

The city suffered greatly during the enemy occupation.

这座城市在敌军占领期间遭受了严重苦难。

occupations plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

同义词集: occupation occupancy moving in

occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

上位: acquiring, getting 下位: preoccupancy, preoccupation

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

同义词集: occupation business job line of work line

he's not in my line of business

上位: activity 下位: accountancy, accounting, appointment, berth, billet, biz, calling, career, catering, confectionery, craft, employment, farming, game, land, medium, metier, office, photography, place, position, post, profession, salt mine, situation, sport, spot, trade, treadmill, vocation, work

any activity that occupies a person's attention

同义词集: occupation

he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game

上位: activity

the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

同义词集: occupation military control

the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

同义词集: occupation

during the German occupation of Paris

上位: period, period of time, time period

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语 occupātiō，和 occupy 同源，核心概念是“抓住、占据”；英语中也可按 occupy 加后缀 -ation 来理解。

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.

🔄 变式

occupations plural

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