Occupation

(noun.) the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; 'occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal'.

(noun.) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; 'he's not in my line of business'.

(noun.) any activity that occupies a person's attention; 'he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game'.

(noun.) the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.

(noun.) the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; 'during the German occupation of Paris'.

贝蒂整理

• The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• So I had plenty of occupation, which I was glad of; and as to Charley, she was absolutely not to be seen for needlework. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Cato and Varro, Virgil and Columella, Pliny and Palladius delighted to instruct the farmer and praise his occupation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Othello with his occupation gone, she teased. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Gradually the Army of Occupation assembled at Corpus Christi. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A rap at the door startled him in this occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Has he not, I said, an occupation; and what profit would there be in his life if he were deprived of his occupation? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Its former pleasant air of occupation was gone, and the shutters were half closed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But I was determined not to seem at a loss for occupation or amusement: I had brought my drawing materials with me, and they served me for both. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A room not large enough to skate in; nor adapted to the easy pursuit of any other occupation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Occupation is a concrete term for continuity. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The only course is to try by all means, direct and indirect, to moderate and vary his occupations. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The hardiness of their ordinary life prepares them for the fatigues of war, to some of which their necessary occupations bear a great analogy. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Prying, and peeping, and listening are the natural occupations of people situated as we are. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Here we made laws for ourselves, dividing our day, and fixing distinct occupations for each hour. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• In pioneer times, for example, outside occupations gave a definite and valuable intellectual and moral training. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• To the one who is learning, it is fluid, partial, and connected through his personal occupations. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• To say that active occupations should be concerned primarily with wholes is another statement of the same principle. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But they indicate the possibilities--greater to-day than ever before--of using active occupations as opportunities for scientific study. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• My occupations at this age were principally the mathematics, and most of the branches of study appertaining to that science. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The Place of Active Occupations in Education. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• His daughter could not induce him to settle down to his customary occupations or amusements that night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Dislike to employ scientific knowledge as it functions in men's occupations is itself a survival of an aristocratic culture. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It requires that methods of instruction and administration be modified to allow and to secure direct and continuous occupations with things. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• These occupations brought her round to the December month, wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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