| 释义 |
ca·reer
I. \kəˈri(ə)r, -iə\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French carrière, from Old Provençal carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus wheeled vehicle — more at car
1.
a. : course, passage
< the sun's career across the sky >
< the career of armed steeds — P.B.Shelley >
b. : speed : full speed or exercise of activity — used especially in the phrase in full career or in the full career
< he was now in the full career of conquest — T.B.Macaulay >
2.
a. of a horse : a short gallop or run at full or great speed — used especially in the phrase to pass career or to pass a career
b. : charge : an encounter especially in a tournament
c. : the way or route over which one passes
3. : a course of continued progress (as in the life of a person or nation) : a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especiallyin public, professional, or business life
< Washington's career as a soldier >
< careers open to educated men >
4. : a profession for which one undergoes special training and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
< a career diplomat >
< ambassadorships were … treated as career posts — Wall Street Journal >
: an occupation or profession engaged in as a lifework
< career girl >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to make a short gallop : charge
b. : to turn to one side and another in running : prance, caracole
2.
a. : to go, drive, or run at top speed especially in a headlong or reckless manner
< sightseers had gathered in clumps to watch the cars careering homeward — James Joyce >
< mobs careering through the streets — Kenneth Roberts >
b. : to go or run rapidly with veering or sidelong rocking
transitive verb
: to cause (as a horse) to career
Synonyms: see run |