occupy
gb/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/ us/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2100
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
B1
action
1
Control or live in a place
To be in and use a place or space.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to occupy [a building/place/space]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'occupy' with 'own'. You can occupy a place without owning it.
คำพ้องความหมาย
inhabit (Implies living in a place, often for a long time.)
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take over (Often implies forceful or sudden control.)
คำตรงข้าม
vacate (Means to leave a place so it is empty.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
occupy a building
|occupy a seat
|occupy territory
|occupy a room
|occupy land
หัวข้อ
daily life
|politics
|real estate
|law
|travel
ตัวอย่าง
- Protesters occupied the city square for two weeks.
- The company occupies the top floor of the building.
- They occupied the house soon after buying it.
- The army occupied the region during the conflict.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- We occupy a small apartment in the city.
- The students occupy the classroom every morning.
- Soldiers occupy the camp during training.
- Tourists occupy the hotel rooms in summer.
คำกริยา
B1
action
2
Keep someone busy
To give someone something to do so they are busy.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to occupy [someone] with [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'occupy' here with 'employ'. 'Occupy' is about keeping busy, not giving a job.
คำพ้องความหมาย
engage (Focuses on holding someone's attention or interest.)
|
distract (Can mean keeping someone busy, sometimes away from other concerns.)
คำตรงข้าม
bore (Means to make someone feel uninterested and not engaged.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
occupy children
|occupy someone's time
|occupy the mind
หัวข้อ
daily life
|education
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The teacher occupied the students with a group project.
- She occupied herself with reading during the flight.
- Puzzles can occupy your mind for hours.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I occupy my little brother with games.
- She occupies herself with homework after school.
- We occupy the children with drawing.
คำกริยา
B2
action
3
Hold a position or role
To have a job or role.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to occupy [a position/role]
คำพ้องความหมาย
hold (A common term for having a position or office.)
คำตรงข้าม
vacate (Means to leave a position or role.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
occupy a post
|occupy a position
|occupy an office
หัวข้อ
business
|politics
|work
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He occupies the role of chief engineer.
- She has occupied this position for five years.
- Several ministers occupied key posts in the government.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He occupies an important job at the bank.
- She occupies the role of manager.
- I occupy this position now.
คำกริยา
A2
action
4
Fill space or time
To be in a space or use time.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to occupy [space/time]
คำพ้องความหมาย
fill (General term for taking up space or time.)
คำตรงข้าม
free up (Means to make space or time available.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
occupy space
|occupy room
|occupy time
หัวข้อ
daily life
|space
|time
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The sofa occupies most of the living room.
- Meetings occupy much of my day.
- The files occupy too much memory on the device.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The bed occupies half of my room.
- Work occupies most of my day.
- The box occupies this corner.
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occupy
IPA
GB/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
US/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
oc - cupy (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (oc)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: occupy
- 3rd Person Singular: occupies
- Present Participle: occupying
- Past: occupied
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
occupies
verb
occupying
verb
occupied
verb
Core family
occupation
noun A2
Negative and opposite forms
unoccupied
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
occupational
adjective B2
preoccupied
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
be occupied with
1/bˈi ˈɑkjəpˌaɪd wˈɪθ/
fixed phrase
Be busy with something
To be busy doing something or thinking about something.
ตัวอย่าง
- She is occupied with preparing for her exams.
- He was occupied with phone calls all morning.
fully occupied
1/fˈʊli ˈɑkjəpˌaɪd/
fixed phrase
Completely busy or in use
Being very busy or having no space or time free.
ตัวอย่าง
- I'm fully occupied with work this week.
- All hotel rooms are fully occupied during the festival.
occupied territory
1/ˈɑkjəpˌaɪd tˈɛɹɪtˌɔɹi/
fixed phrase
Land under foreign control
Land that is controlled by an army from another country.
ตัวอย่าง
- The region has been an occupied territory since the war began.
- Aid is being sent to people living in occupied territories.