occupationoc•cu•pa•tion /ˌɒkjʊ'peɪʃ(ə)n/

n

1. C ，工作

• What's your occupation? 你的职业是什么？

• He is a taxi driver by occupation. 他的职业是开出租汽车。

2. C 事情，活动；消遣

• Her favorite occupation is listening to music. 她最大的消遣是听音乐。

3. U 占有，居住

• He dreamed of an apartment of his own after several years' occupation of a room in his brother's house. 在他哥哥家中住了几年后，他梦想着自己有一套公寓房间。

4. U 占领，占据

• an army of occupation 占领军