佔住你的時間
把被佔住的東西從空間換成時間：你的一天被什麼填滿，那個東西就是你的 occupation。
occupation (job) · noun · A2
The kind of work or job that a person does to earn money.
職業
核心畫面
Picture a space being taken up and held: someone is in the room, so the room is occupied. From that one picture the word spreads two ways — holding a physical place (a house, a country), and holding a stretch of your hours (your job, your hobby).
可以想成：一個空間被人佔住、而且一直佔著——有人在裡面，這個位子就是 occupied。這個畫面往兩邊長：一邊是佔住…更多收起
可以想成：一個空間被人佔住、而且一直佔著——有人在裡面，這個位子就是 occupied。這個畫面往兩邊長：一邊是佔住實體的地方（房子、城市、國家），一邊是佔住你的時間（工作、嗜好）。所以同一個字既能講軍隊佔領，也能講你的職業，中間的橋就是「什麼填滿了那個空間」。From the picture
Also in this word
occupancy of a place · noun · A2
The act of living in or using a building or place.
居住／使用
military occupation · noun · A2
A time when an army from another country moves into a place and takes control of it.
佔領
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
occupationnoun/ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
- 1
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- With no particular appearance of regret Annesley Greatorex detached himself from the occupation of typing letters and came across to his employer's chair.
- 2
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
- Last year it was announced that electrification of L.M.R. main lines was to be speeded up and that it would be essential for the engineers to have the longest possible occupation of the lines involved; this would mean some retrenchment of passenger train services.
- 3
geopoliticsgovernmentmilitaryThe control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
- The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
- The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。