- [countable]
a job or profession 工作；职业 Synonyms workwork- employment
- career
- profession
- occupation
- trade
- work the job that somebody does, especially in order to earn money:
It’s very difficult to find work at the moment. 目前很难找到工作。
- employment (rather formal
) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work: 指工作、职业、受雇、就业： Only half the people here are in paid employment. 这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。
- career the job or series of jobs that somebody has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes:
He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office. 他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。
- profession a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education:
He hopes to enter the medical profession. 他希望能从事医务工作。
- occupation (rather formal
) a job or profession: 指工作、职业： Please state your name, age, and occupation. 请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
- trade a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills:
Carpentry is a highly skilled trade. 木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。
- in/out of work/employment
- (a) full-time/part-time work/employment/career/occupation
- permanent/temporary work/employment
- (a) well-paid work/employment/profession/occupation
- (a) low-paid work/employment/occupation
- to look for/seek/find work/employment/a career/an occupation
- to get/obtain/give somebody/offer somebody/create/generate/provide work/employment
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2He gave up his occupation as a farmer and became a teacher. 他弃农从教，成了一名教师。 He left the army in 1999 and chose a civilian occupation. 他 1999 年退役，选择了一个文职工作。 Her occupation is listed as ‘homemaker’. 她的职业被列为“家庭主妇”类。 The college provides training in a wide range of occupations. 学院提供一系列范围广泛的职业培训。 The people interviewed followed a variety of occupations 接受面试的这些人从事过各种工作。 service occupations such as cleaning and catering 诸如清洁、餐饮之类的服务业工作 Is your occupation full-time or part-time? 你的职业是全职还是兼职？ It's harder to lose weight when you have a sedentary occupation. 久坐不动的职业更难减肥。 Why is nursing still seen as a female occupation? 为什么护理工作仍被看作是一种女性从事的职业？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-time
- current
- main
- …
- choose
- find
- follow
- …
- list somebody’s occupation as something
- a range of occupations
- [countable]
the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working 消遣；业余活动 - [uncountable]
the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way 侵占；占领；占领期 the Roman occupation of Britain 罗马人对不列颠的占领 - under occupation
The zones under occupation contained major industrial areas. 被占领地区里有主要的工业区。 occupation forces 占领军
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1During the occupation, the church was used as a mosque. 占领期间，教堂被用作了清真寺。 The invaders have ended their occupation of large parts of the territories. 侵略者结束了他们对大部份领土的占领。 It is the duty of the occupation force to maintain civil order. 维持社会秩序是占领军的职责。 The military occupation has created anger and resentment. 军事占领激起了人们的愤怒和怨恨。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- continued
- continuing
- …
- begin
- end
- maintain
- …
- begin
- end
- continue
- …
- force
- during the occupation
- under occupation
- occupation of
- …
- [uncountable] (formal)
the act of living in or using a building, room, piece of land, etc. （土地、房屋、建筑等的）使用，居住，占用 The offices will be ready for occupation in June. 办公室将于六月交付使用。 - in occupation
The following applies only to tenants in occupation after January 1, 2010. 以下规定仅适用于 2010 年 1 月 1 日后入住的房客。 The level of owner occupation (= people owning their homes) has increased rapidly in the last 30 years. 拥有住房的人数在过去 30 年间急剧攀升。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1He intends to remain in occupation of the building for as long as possible. 他打算尽可能长久地住在这幢房子里。 The houses were judged to be unfit for human occupation. 这些房子已鉴定为不适合人居住。 You can only take up occupation once the tenancy has been signed. 你签了租赁合同后才能迁入。 illegal occupation of the building 非法占用建筑物 the conversion of big old buildings to multiple occupation 庞大的老建筑改建成为多户合住房
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- land
- illegal
- unlawful
- …
- take up
- in occupation of
- ready for occupation
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin occupatio(n-), from the verb occupare ‘seize’. Sense (3) dates from the mid 16th cent.