Word · 単語
占める
Reading しめる
to account for
- 1 to account for, to make up, to take up
- 2 to occupy (a place, position, etc.), to hold (a rank, seat, etc.)
- 3 to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.), to weigh (on one's mind), to grip (e.g. one's heart)
- 4 to gain, to secure, to obtain, to win
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例文 · examples
漁夫の利を占める。
A third party makes off with the profits.
sense 2 · to occupy (a place, position, etc.)
輸入車は８％未満しか占めていない。
Imported cars account for less than eight percent.
sense 1 · to account for
他の物が漁夫の利を占める。
Someone else profits from the situation.
sense 2 · to occupy (a place, position, etc.)
慎重は勇気の大半を占める。
Discretion is the better part of valor.
sense 1 · to account for
彼は会社で重要な地位を占めている。
He occupies a prominent position in the firm.
sense 2 · to occupy (a place, position, etc.)