occupation

英 [ɒkjʊ'peɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɑkju'peʃən]

• n. 职业；占有；消遣；占有期

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

"he's not in my line of business"

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

3. any activity that occupies a person's attention;

"he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"

4. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;

"occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"

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

"during the German occupation of Paris"