1. He occupied his whole afternoon reading documents. 他用了一下午的时间阅读文件。
2. Preparations would occupy at least an hour. 准备工作至少需要一个小时。
3. To win the game, you must occupy more cells than your opponent. 赢了这场比赛，你必须占领更多的细胞比你的对手。
英英解释
v.
1. be present in; be inside of
2. keep busy with
3. live (in a certain place)
4. occupy the whole of
5. be on the mind of
6. require (time or space)
7. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occup
8. engage or engross wholly
