| 单词 | vocation |
| 释义 | vocation (once / 926 pages) n Unless you can find someone to pay you to sip fancy tropical drinks on the beach, your vocation is not likely to be a "vacation." Rather, the word means something you know how to do––or what you do for a living. The word vocation derives from the Latin vocare "to call." To become a priest, you need to feel that you have been "called" to the ministry directly by God. Their job is their calling, or vocation. An avocation is something you do because you love it. Everyone should make it their goal to have their avocation become their vocation. WORD FAMILYvocation: vocational, vocations+/vocational: vocationally USAGE EXAMPLESMany surnames incorporate the suffix wala or vala, which indicates a vocation or association with a particular food or item. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) I responded that calling unsuspecting women on the telephone to ask them if they were naked was an equally stupid vocation. New York Times(Dec 10, 2016) His vocation, his relationships, that he thinks life is worth living, is excited about what the future holds—this is what recovery looks like. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) 1n the particular occupation for which you are trained Syn|Hypo|Hyper calling, career specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty the special line of work you have adopted as your career lifeworkthe principal work of your career walk, walk of lifecareers in general business life, professional lifea career in industrial or commercial or professional activities business, job, line, line of work, occupation the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money 2n a body of people doing the same kind of work Syn|Hypo|Hyper occupational group profession the body of people in a learned occupation press corpsa group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics bar, legal community, legal professionthe body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction health professionthe body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients business community, businessmenthe body of individuals who manage businesses community of scholarsthe body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees economics professionthe body of professional economists priesthoodthe body of ordained religious practitioners body a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
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