核心畫面

You can think of an occupier as whoever is in a place and holding it — standing on the ground, using the rooms, deciding what happens there. The word answers one question only: who is in it now? It says nothing about who the place belongs to, and nothing about whether the person was welcome.

「occupier」可以想成:誰正佔著這個地方、正在用它。字面只回答一個問題——現在是誰在裡面。它不回答「這地方是誰更多收起「occupier」可以想成:誰正佔著這個地方、正在用它。字面只回答一個問題——現在是誰在裡面。它不回答「這地方是誰的」,也不回答「這個人是不是被歡迎的」。因為這兩件事都沒被說出來,同一個字才能一邊指信封上的住戶,一邊指開進城裡的軍隊;差別全在旁邊的情境,不在字本身。

From the word’s history

From Middle English occupier, occupiour, from occupien plus -er (that is, occupy plus -er), or from Middle French occupier, occupiour — literally one who occupies.

來自中古英語 occupier、occupiour,由 occupien 加 -er 組成(等於 occupy 加 -er),也對得上中古法文的 occupier。字面就是「佔著的人」,這也解釋了為什麼兩個差很遠的用法會共用一個字。

Wiktionary entry for occupier (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1292365918), supplied in this packet

Two branches

住著、用著一個地方的人

核心畫面照字面用:誰在這裡、誰在用,就是誰。

noun · C1

The person who lives in or uses a particular house, flat, shop, or piece of land. The word says nothing about who owns the place — an occupier may be the owner, or may be renting it.

住戶

用武力佔著一個城市或國家的人

同一個「佔著」的畫面放大到城市或國家,而且佔的人是自己闖進來的。

noun · C1

A member of an army that has taken control of a city or a country by force and is keeping control of it; the word is usually used in the plural, for the occupying side as a whole.

佔領者/佔領軍