occupation

• n. 职业；占有；消遣；占有期

来自occupy,占用，占据，居住。引申词义职业。

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.

在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Please state your name, age and occupation below.

请在下面写明姓名、年龄和职业。

来自《权威词典》

4. He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination.

他的职业是教师,但他的本心是成为哲学家.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. I haven't entered up your name and occupation yet.

我尚未记下你的名字和职业.

来自《简明英汉词典》