occupation
英 [?kj?'pe??(?)n]
美 [,ɑkju'pe??n]
中文詞源
occupation 占用，工作，職業(yè)來自occupy,占用，占據，居住。引申詞義職業(yè)。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.
- 在被占領期間法國思想界受到了壓制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
- 社會地位很大程度上是由家里經濟支柱的職業(yè)決定的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Please state your name, age and occupation below.
- 請在下面寫明姓名、年齡和職業(yè)。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. He is a teacher by occupation but a philosopher by inclination.
- 他的職業(yè)是教師,但他的本心是成為哲學家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I haven't entered up your name and occupation yet.
- 我尚未記下你的名字和職業(yè).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》