occupied

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++oc·cu·pied /ˈɒkjəpaɪd $ ˈɑːk-/ adjective 1 [not before noun] busy doing something 忙于…的，从事…的occupied with His time was occupied with the children. 他的时间都被孩子占用了。 She’s fully occupied with work. 工作使她忙得不可开交。 The museum has enough exhibits to keep anyone occupied for an hour or two. 这座博物馆的展品足够让任何人观赏一两个小时。 I kept myself occupied by watching television. 为了不让自己闲着，我一直看电视。2 [not before noun] a bed, chair, room etc that is occupied is being used 〔床、椅子、房间等〕已被占用的，有人使用的 Sorry, this seat is occupied. 抱歉，这个座位有人了。3 an occupied place is controlled by an army from another country 〔地方〕被占领的，遭侵占的 occupied territories 占领区

Examples from the Corpus

occupied• There were tables, two empty, two occupied.• These will turn your lights on and off automatically, giving the impression that your house is occupied.• The fertile lowlands are always the first places to be occupied and Java was no exception.• Active, occupied children are less likely to get into trouble.• The above method will be adequate in most cases, such as in occupied, heated buildings.• Boulestin went to live in occupied Paris to be near his friend.• There was serious unrest in the occupied territories on Dec. 12-13.• None of the flats is occupied - they've only just been built.keep ... occupied• But Kirchberg is by no means lacking in things to keep you occupied.• Just enough flexing light to keep the room occupied.• Take my tip: keep yourself occupied.• The children in particular had a great time with computer games, entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied.• The thing was to keep occupied.• She hoped they kept him occupied all day.• Inertia has kept the sites occupied, but functionally many of them are not related to their countryside surroundings.• Existing policies keep most people occupied most of the time.