格鲁人和撒克逊人--占领了不列颠。
(1)occupy oneself with sth./in doing sth.忙于(做)某事
(2)occupied adj. 忙碌的;占用的
be occupied in (doing) sth. 忙于(做)某事
be occupied with sth. 从事/忙于某事
(3)occupation n. 占领;职业,工作
①All the seats on the bus were occupied.
公共汽车上所有的座位都有人了。
②She is fully occupied with her three children.
=She's fully occupied in looking after her three children.
=She occupies(occupy) herself in looking after her three children.
她忙于照料她的三个孩子。
③He carries on several occupations(occupy) at a time.他同时从事几种职业。
consist of 由......组成(构成)
(教材P22)Old English consisted of a mixture of their languages.古英语是由他们的语言混合而成的。
(1)consist in 存在于,在于
consist with 与......一致;符合
(2)consistent adj. 一致的;相符的;符合的
be consistent with 与......相一致,与......相吻合
①The report does not consist with the fact.
这篇报道与事实不符合。
②Tolerance consists in respecting the opinions of others.宽容在于尊重别人的意见。
③(牛津词典)The results are entirely consistent with our earlier research.这些