occupation

英 [ˌɒkju'peɪʃn] 美 [ˌɑːkju'peɪʃn]

• n. 职业；占有；消遣；居住

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]工作; 职业

   a job; employment

2. [C]消遣

   a way of spending time

3. [U]占领

   the act of occupying a place

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 职业，工作，行业
2. 居住
3. 消遣
4. 占领（状态），占据，占有，占用，领有
5. 事情
6. 日常事务
7. 占领时期，占用期
8. 占领军（当局）
9. 占有期间占有权
10. 占领地，占领区
11. 业务

英英释义

Noun:

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

   "he's not in my line of business"
   

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

3. any activity that occupies a person's attention;

   "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"
   

4. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;

   "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
   

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

   "during the German occupation of Paris"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I haven't entered your name and occupation yet.
   我尚未记下你的名字和职业。
2. Please state your name, age and occupation.
   请说明姓名、年龄和职业。
3. He is a merchant in occupation.
   他的职业是经商。
4. He returned from Paris and found his office was under someone else's occupation.
   他从巴黎回来，发现他的办公室被别人占了。
5. Riding is her favorite occupation.
   骑马是她最喜欢的消遣。
6. The house was adapted for occupation.
   这所房子已被改造得可以居住了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He carried on several occupations at a time.
   他同时从事几种职业。
2. She despised the occupation.
   她鄙视这个工作。
3. Reading is a useful occupation to us.
   阅读对我们是一种有益的消遣。
4. She was born in France during German occupation.
   她在德国占领期间生于法国。

经典引文

• Harold and Swend..by their invasion..gave him full occupation throughout the year.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• carry on occupation 从事工作
• change sb's occupation 换工作
• choose an occupation 挑选职业
• learn some occupation 学某种职业

形容词+～

• dignified occupation 高尚的职业
• favorite occupation 最喜欢的职业
• useful occupation 有益的消遣

介词+～

• by occupation 从事的职业
• in an occupation 在某种职业
• be under occupation 在占领下

～+介词

• occupation of 对…占领

词义辨析

n. (名词)

occupation, business, profession, trade, vocation

• 这组词都有“职业,工作”的意思。它们之间的区别是：business使用广泛,在日常生活中,可泛指“事情”,尤指自己负责管理的事情; 在社会经济生活中,多指生意,尤指以赢利为目的的买卖或商业中的工作。occupation可以泛指各种专业。profession指必须受过相当高的教育或专门训练才能从事的知识性职业,如律师、医生、建筑师等。vocation指专心从事的业务,除谋生的行业外,还包括专门爱好。trade则是指涉及体力或手工劳动、手工操作机械或工具的职业。例如:
• That's no business of yours.那事与你无关。
• Mind your own business.管你自己的事,少管闲事。
• A lot of the U.S. small grocers have gone out of business since the advent of the supermarkets.超级市场一出现,大批美国食品杂货店就歇业了。
• She got a sideline occupation.她从事第二职业。
• She left her teaching profession and became a secretary.她放弃教书的职业改行当了秘书。
• Mr. Brown is a lawyer by profession.布朗先生的职业是律师。
• He chose painting as his vocation.他以绘画为专业。
• He is in the silk trade.他做丝绸生意。

profession，job，occupation，trade，vocation，career，work，employment

• 这些名词均含“职业”之意。
• profession以前常指要受过高等教育(尤指法律、医学和神学)才能获得的职业，现在一般指为谋生之职，尤指从事脑力劳动和受过专门训练，具有某种专业知识的工作。
• job 泛指一切有报酬的工作。
• occupation泛指任何一种职业，比job正式，经常用于书面填表中。
• trade指技巧、技能型职业。
• vocation较正式用词，语气庄重，有专业及天职之意，以前常用于教会中的职位。
• career指经过专门训练，终身愿意从事的职业。
• work指任何种类的工作，也泛指职业。
• employment指受雇的工作，通常能比较稳定领取工资。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的occupacion，意为工作；最初源自拉丁语的occupationem，意为职业。

近反义词

【近义词】

• business
• invasion
• profession
• pursuit

【反义词】

• rest 剩余的部分