| 单词 | career |
| 释义 | career /keuh rear"/, n. 1. an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer. 2. a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice. 3. success in a profession, occupation, etc. 4. a course, esp. a swift one. 5. speed, esp. full speed: The horse stumbled in full career. 6. Archaic. a charge at full speed. v.i. 7. to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed. adj. 8. having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat. [1525-35; < MF carriere < OPr carriera lit., road < LL carraria (via) vehicular (road), equiv. to L carr(us) wagon (see CAR1) + -aria, fem. of -arius -ARY] Syn. 2. vocation, calling, work, lifework, livelihood. |
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