profession
profession
noun
the oldest profession
noun
- a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification
（尤指需要长期训练和正规资格的）职业
his chosen profession of teaching.
他所选择的教书职业。
a barrister by profession.
专职大律师。
■[treated as sing. or pl.]a body of people engaged in a particular profession
（某种）职业人士（总称）
the profession is divided on the issue.
对于这一问题，从业人士意见有分歧。 - an open but often false declaration or claim
诈称；表白
a profession of allegiance.
表白效忠。
■a declaration of belief in a religion
宣布信仰
■the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order
入教誓言，修道誓约
■[mass noun]the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order
入教仪式；入教
after profession she taught in Maidenhead.
入教以后，她在梅登黑德任教。
the oldest profession
- (humorous)the practice of working as a prostitute
(幽默)卖淫
- Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n-), from profiteri 'declare publicly' (see profess). Sense 1 derives from the notion of an occupation that one ‘professes’ to be skilled in
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