occupation

noun

1. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

e.g. occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

Synonym: occupancymoving in

2. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

e.g. he's not in my line of business

Synonym: businessjobline of workline

3. any activity that occupies a person's attention

e.g. he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game

4. the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

Synonym: military control

5. the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

e.g. during the German occupation of Paris

1. 职业;工作
Your occupation is your job or profession.

e.g. I suppose I was looking for an occupation which was going to be an adventure...
我想我在找的是一份具有冒险性的工作。
e.g. Occupation: administrative assistant.
职业：行政助理

2. 消遣；日常需做的事务
An occupation is something that you spend time doing, either for pleasure or because it needs to be done.

occupation的反义词

e.g. Parachuting is a dangerous occupation.
跳伞是一项危险的消遣运动。

3. 占领;占据;侵占
The occupation of a country happens when it is entered and controlled by a foreign army.

e.g. Prii had become fluent in German during the Wehrmacht's occupation of Estonia in 1942...
在1942年德军侵占爱沙尼亚期间，普里学得了一口流利的德语。
e.g. ...the deportation of Jews from Paris during the German occupation.
德国人占领巴黎期间对犹太人的驱逐

4. （对建筑物的）占用,居住,使用
The occupation of a building is the act or fact of someone living or working in it.

e.g. ...people who sell their home and buy another one for their own occupation.
出售房屋再另购一套自住的人

1. 职位：请问上学时期的工作职位(Occupation)如何填,填学生,NOC上有相应的代码吗?看来填表学问还不小呀.