Occupation



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• n. 工作, 职业 ;占领
• ［英］ n. 工作, 职业 ( a job, employment) ; 占领 ( occupying a place)
• ［记］ occupy（占领, 使用）+ation

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English occupacioun, from Anglo-French occupaciun, from Latin occupation-, occupatio, from occupare
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. an activity in which one engages <pursuing pleasure has been his major occupation>
  • b. the principal business of one's life ; vocation
• 2.
  • a. the possession, use, or settlement of land ; occupancy
  • b. the holding of an office or position
• 3.
  • a. the act or process of taking possession of a place or area ; seizure
  • b. the holding and control of an area by a foreign military force
  • c. the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by it
• Synonyms: see work
• ? occupational adjective
• ? occupationally adverb

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