occupation

[US]/ˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn/
[UK]/ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.工作; 職業消遣;佔領
Word Forms

Example Sentences

Her occupation is a teacher.

她的職業是教師。

He works in the medical occupation.

他從事醫療行業。

My dream occupation is to be a pilot.

我的夢想職業是飛行員。

She pursued a career in the legal occupation.

她從事法律行業。

Many people find fulfillment in their chosen occupation.

許多人在自己選擇的職業中找到了滿足感。

His occupation requires a lot of travel.

他的職業需要大量出差。

I am considering changing my occupation.

我正在考慮換工作。

The entertainment occupation can be very competitive.

娛樂行業競爭非常激烈。

She has a successful occupation in marketing.

她在市場營銷領域有着成功的職業。

He is studying to enter the engineering occupation.

他正在學習以進入工程領域的職業。

Real-world Examples

Speaking about someone's occupation is actually very common.

談論某人的職業其實非常常見。

Source: The secret to keeping conversations from falling flat.

The West Bank is still under Israeli military occupation.

目前約旦河西岸仍處於以色列的軍事佔領之下。

Source: NPR News March 2019 Compilation

Such services are also creating new occupations.

上門服務還創造了更多就業機會。

Source: Selected English short passages

Her father used to give his occupation as “capitalist”.

她的父親曾稱自己爲一名“資本家”。

Source: The Economist - International

From there, she covered the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and Finland.

在那裏,她報道了納粹對捷克斯洛伐克和芬蘭的佔領。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.

在許多職業中,錢仍是主要的激勵因素。

Source: Sixth-level vocabulary frequency weekly plan

Soon 5000 US soldiers had landed on Haiti establishing an occupation.

很快,5000名美國士兵登陸海地,佔領了海地。

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

The memory of this ball, then, became an occupation for Emma.

這樣,對舞會的回憶,佔據了艾瑪的心頭。

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

That's a miserable occupation. Dusk to dawn, no sleep, rotten food.

那真是個相當慘的職業,從黃昏一直到黎明,不能睡覺,喫的東西也都臭了。

Source: Tiger and Leopard: The Little Overlord (Original Soundtrack)

Eighty percent of the people in this area have agriculture as their primary occupation.

該地區80%的人務農爲生。

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

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