1. | ~ sth 使用，占用（空间、面积、时间等）to fill or use a space, an area or an amount of time |
The bed seemed to occupy most of the room. 床似乎占去了大半个屋子。 | |
How much memory does the program occupy? 这个程序占用多少内存？ | |
Administrative work occupies half of my time. 行政事务占用了我一半的时间。 |
2. | ~ sth 使用（房屋、建筑）；居住to live or work in a room, house or building |
He occupies an office on the 12th floor. 他在 12 楼有一间办公室。 |
3. | ~ sth 侵占；占领；占据to enter a place in a large group and take control of it, especially by military force |
The capital has been occupied by the rebel army. 叛军已占领了首都。 | |
Protesting students occupied the TV station. 抗议的学生占领了电视台。 |
4. | 使忙于（做某事）；忙着（做某事）to fill your time or keep you busy doing sth |
a game that will occupy the kids for hours 能让小孩一玩就是几个小时的游戏 | |
Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time. 工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。 | |
She occupied herself with routine office tasks. 她忙于办公室的日常工作。 | |
She occupied herself doing routine office tasks. 她忙于办公室的日常工作。 |
5. | ~ sth 任职；执政to have an official job or position |
The president occupies the position for four years. 总统任期四年。 |
