单词 | occupational |
释义 | occupationaladj. Of or belonging to an occupation or occupations (chiefly with reference to occupation n. 4b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [adjective] occupational1850 1850 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 14 May in Amer. Notebks. (1972) viii. 507 She sews not like a lady, but with an occupational air. 1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 146 An amount of physical, mental, and occupational variety such as he will meet with nowhere else in the world. 1919 J. L. Garvin Econ. Found. Peace 328 These occupational federations acted independently of each other. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 184/2 Occupational hierarchy, the serial arrangement of occupational groups according to average intelligence. 1937 Discovery May 144/1 The excavation..showed a mound that had already been abandoned by 1500 b.c., and 20 occupational levels below it. 1949 W. L. Warner in M. Fortes Social Struct. 4 Interviews..are taken from informants..from several occupational groups. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. ii. 48 Whether, on balance, prisoners are likely to exalt or to debase their occupational level is anybody's guess. 1973 Times 13 Jan. 19/7 Occupational pension scheme is one established by an employer for the benefit of his employees, and wholly paid for by him and (frequently, but not necessarily) his employees. 1990 Brit. Mus. Mag. Sept. 9/1 Petrie understood that a mound or tell, like Tell el-Hesi, had formed and grown over successive generations by gradual building up of occupational debris. Compounds occupational centre n. = occupation centre n. at occupation n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > occupational therapy centre occupational centre1923 occupation centre1940 1923 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 69 126 The occupational centre or ‘curative workshop’ serves more or less as a proving ground. occupational disease n. disease caused by or associated with a particular type of work or conditions of work; an instance of this; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [noun] > occupational industrial disease1854 occupation disease1900 occupational disease1901 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Aug. 412/2 A number of valuable papers upon occupational diseases. 1926 B. Webb My Apprenticeship iii. 129 Personal vanity..was an ‘occupational disease’ of entertaining and being entertained. 1959 Listener 10 Dec. 1041/3 As a museum man himself, Mr. Baxandall will be aware of..that occupational disease of his profession which might be called ‘collector's greediness’. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses x. 205 Equally alarming, though initially less obvious, was the occupational disease known to loggers as white finger. occupational hazard n. a hazard accepted as a consequence of a particular occupation; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > occupational hazard occupational risk1944 occupational hazard1952 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > risk as part of occupation occupational hazard1952 1952 ‘Vigilans’ Chamber of Horrors 94 Occupational hazard, a risk necessarily run in one's work. 1959 Listener 15 Oct. 614/1 Exile has been regarded as an occupational hazard for poets in particular ever since Plato denied them rights of citizenship in his republic. 1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. 76/1 Asbestos has become an increasingly important occupational hazard. 1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 244/5 In a rare flash of self-consciousness, Scruton notes that marxising is an occupational hazard of a dictionary compiler. occupational health n. medical care of workers in a workplace or industry, esp. with regard to the prevention of occupational diseases and accidents; the branch of medicine and public health concerned with this. ΚΠ 1917 W. J. Lauck & E. Sydenstricker Conditions of Labor in Amer. Industries Occupational health hazards resulting from work in the so-called ‘harmful substances’ have been shown.] 1940 Science 91 407/2 More and more regulation is being exercised by government in the field of occupational health. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 4 Apr. 771/1 67 per cent of the nurses serve on hospital staff.., 7 per cent are in the field of public-health and school nursing, 3 per cent are in occupational health, and only 3 per cent are involved in nursing education. 1999 Group Safety Health & Environment Rep. 1998 (ICI) 15/1 We have a broad spectrum of occupational health professionals across the ICI Group, including doctors, nurses, toxicologists, occupational hygienists and epidemiologists. occupational risk n. = occupational hazard n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > occupational hazard occupational risk1944 occupational hazard1952 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax iv. 52 You're insured against occupational risks. 1956 S. Gibbons Here be Dragons xvii. 235 I don't think I shall marry if I'm asked. There's too much occupational risk. 1991 Lancet 21 Dec. 1539/2 Dentists may be regarded as a ‘sentinel’ population that is likely to have the maximum occupational risk for bloodborne infections among health-care workers. occupational therapist n. a person who performs occupational therapy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > occupational therapist occupational therapist1922 1922 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 68 192 The personnel comprises a chief and five assistant trained occupational therapists. 1973 Times 1 June 24/1 (advt.) For further information please contact the Head Occupational Therapist. occupational therapy n. the use of activities or equipment involved in daily living, work, and recreation to assist recovery from illness, injury, or disability and to improve independence and quality of life; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > other miscellaneous treatments majoration1626 relaxant1661 diaeresis1706 blistering1711 Perkinism1798 tranquillizing1801 tractoration1803 tractorism1827 moxibustion1833 traction1841 remediation1850 moxocausis1857 bed-rest1872 aerotherapeutics1876 aerotherapy1876 metallotherapy1877 block1882 counter-irritation1882 bacteriotherapy1886 mechanotherapy1890 mobilization1890 seismotherapy1901 bacterization1902 replacement therapy1902 biotherapy1912 occupational therapy1915 protein therapy1917 psychophysicotherapeutics1922 recovery programme1922 plombage1933 bacteriostasis1936 oestrogenization1960 hyperalimentation1962 vegetablization1963 pain management1966 palliative care1967 gene therapy1970 1915 G. E. Barton in Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Mar. 138 (heading) Occupational therapy. 1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills ix. 202 Are you the young man who wants to see over the occupational therapy department? 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 470/2 Occupational therapy provides not only training in daily living activities but also aids that make eating, dressing, and toilet less fatiguing for the sick or elderly. 1984 ‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 7 No commuter could write a novel. Have begun this Notebook as occupational therapy. But am not writing it up on the train. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850 |
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