vocation
发音
英 [vəʊˈkeɪʃn]
美 [voʊˈkeɪʃn]
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- n.
- 职业，使命
- 神召，天命
单词词源
vocation 职业
来自拉丁语 vocare,说，呼唤，词源同voice,vow。原义为灵魂的召唤，引申词义职业。词义演变参照calling,召唤，使命感，职业。
双语例句
- 1. Mr chandler could easily have missed his vocation .
- 钱德勒本可以很容易地错过他的职业。
- 2. This was a blow , as I had thought I 'd found my vocation .
- 这简直是当头一棒，因为我本以为自己找到了职业发展方向。
- 3. I believe that fulfilling work is more than that - it 's a vocation .
- 我认为完成工作的意义比这个要大得多它是一种职业。
- 4. " Today I feel that my real vocation is painting , " she said in her charming accented english .
- “今天我觉得我真正的职业是绘画，”她用她那迷人的英语口音说。
- 5. Taleb advocates bimodal strategies in working life : to have one very stable gig and one volatile vocation by moonlight .
- 塔勒布提倡在工作中采取双重策略：有一个非常稳定的工作，和一个私下的不稳定的职业。