vocation

vocation

[vəu'keiʃən]

n.职业, 行业, 使命

例句与用法:

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.

牙医在工作的时候,是往嘴里瞧/垂头丧气。

Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.

每个工作日象假日一样,平时节日的来临被抱怨为是对他们正全神贯注的工作的强行中断。

He has little vocation for teaching.

他不是教书的材料。

Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.

护理工作既是职业又是救死扶伤的责任。

词形变化:

副词: vocally | 名词: vocalness |


n.

1. 行业, 职业[C]

She chose nursing as her vocation.

她选择护士为职业。

2. (对特定职业的)禀性, 倾向, 才能[S][(+for)]

He has little vocation for teaching.

他缺少教书的才能。

3. 神召, 圣召[U][S1]

4. 天职, 使命[C]

Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.

护理既是职业又是使命。


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