occupation

英 [?kj?'pe??(?)n] 美[,ɑkju'pe??n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?occupations;

occupation 占用，工作，職業(yè)

來(lái)自occupy,占用，占據(jù)，居住。引申詞義職業(yè)。

occupation (n.): early 14c., "fact of holding or possessing;" mid-14c., "a being employed in something," also "a particular action," from Old French occupacion "pursuit, work, employment; occupancy, occupation" (12c.), from Latin occupationem (nominative occupatio) "a taking possession; business, employment," noun of action from past participle stem of occupare (see occupy). Meaning "employment, business in which one engages" is late 14c. That of "condition of being held and ruled by troops of another country" is from 1940.

1. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.: 在被占領(lǐng)期間法國(guó)思想界受到了壓制。

2. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.: 社會(huì)地位很大程度上是由家里經(jīng)濟(jì)支柱的職業(yè)決定的。

3. Please state your name, age and occupation below.: 請(qǐng)?jiān)谙旅鎸?xiě)明姓名、年齡和職業(yè)。

4. He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination.: 他的職業(yè)是教師,但他的本心是成為哲學(xué)家.

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