表示主动让自己忙于/专注于某事,强调“投入时间或精力做某件事”,相当于“be busy with”或“focus on”的主动形式。
该短语是主动结构,需注意以下几点:
1、 人称一致:
"oneself" 要根据主语的人称和数变化(反身代词):
第一人称:I → myself;we → ourselves
第二人称:you → yourself(单数)/ yourselves(复数)
第三人称:he/she/it → himself/herself/itself;they → themselves
2、 介词搭配:
"with" 后接名词、代词或动名词(doing)(因为"with"是介词,不能接动词原形)。
1、 日常场景:
I occupy myself with reading novels every evening.(我每晚都专注于读小说。)
She occupies herself with her art projects on weekends.(她周末忙于自己的艺术项目。)
2、 生活/工作场景:
After retirement, my father occupied himself with gardening.(退休后,我父亲专注于园艺。)
You should occupy yourself with your homework instead of playing games.(你应该忙于 homework 而不是打游戏。)
3、 动名词搭配:
They occupy themselves with volunteering at the local shelter.(他们忙于在当地收容所做志愿者。)
He occupies himself with learning Spanish these days.(这些天他专注于学西班牙语。)
被动形式:be occupied with(含义相同,但强调“处于忙碌状态”,是状态描述)。
例:He is occupied with his studies.(他忙于学业。)= He occupies himself with his studies.
错误:I occupy myself with read.("with"后接动词原形)
正确:I occupy myself with reading.
错误:She occupies himself with work.(反身代词与人称不一致)
正确:She occupies herself with work.
总结:"occupy oneself with" 是主动表达“投入某事”的常用短语,适合描述“主动选择让自己忙碌/专注”的场景,记住反身代词和介词后的搭配规则即可灵活使用~