| 单词 | vocation |
| 释义 | vocation noun[CorU] uk/vəʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/C2 atypeofworkthat youfeelyou aresuitedto doing and to which you should give allyourtimeandenergy, or thefeelingthat atypeofworksuitsyou in this way: （值得投入所有时间和精力的）职业，工作；（认为某种职业适合自己的）使命感IfeelI'vefound/missedmytruevocation.我觉得找到／错过了真正适合自己的职业。 Mostteachersregardtheirprofessionas a vocation, not just ajob.大多数老师把他们的职业看作是一种使命，而不仅仅是一份工作。 Toworkinmedicine, you shouldhavea vocationforit.要从事医务工作，你就要有一种使命感。 Synonym callingformal Compare careernoun vocation| American Dictionaryvocation noun[C] us/voʊˈkeɪ·ʃən/atypeofworkthat youfeelyou aresuitedto doing and to which you give much ofyourtimeandenergy: It wasn’t until "TheNorthAmerican Review"publishedhisstorythat heembracedwriting as a vocation. vocation| Business Englishvocation noun[C] uk/vəʊˈkeɪʃən/usatypeofworkthat youfeelyou aresuitedto doing and to which you should give allyourtimeandenergy, or thefeelingthat atypeofworksuitsyou in this way: find/miss your vocationIfeelI'vefoundmytruevocation. Toworkinmedicine, you shouldhaveavocation forit. Examplesofvocationvocation This situation is perfectly familiar, and applies not only to religious vocations generally, but to non-religious cases of volunteering, such as for a military mission. From theCambridge English Corpus In relation to the hospital, the implicit assumption is that this health structure has a technicalvocationexclusive from social problems. From theCambridge English Corpus For a long time, old and new ideals regarding the propriety of a dualvocationof cleric and scientific practitioner conflicted. From theCambridge English Corpus Some conservatives, notably libertarians and housewives, ultimately rejected politics as avocation. From theCambridge English Corpus Clearly, the task of recovering for opera itsvocationof theatre is far more complex than meets the eye - or ear. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, however, the self-sacrice was to be on the part of the bride, thevocationon the part of the prospective husband. From theCambridge English Corpus The socialvocationof psychology and its status as expertise is intrinsically bound to such questions. From theCambridge English Corpus If we view medicine as avocation, we must compassionately recognize the innate worth of all humanity. From theCambridge English Corpus We are in a period in which there is widespread interest in renewal of medicine as avocation, a calling. From theCambridge English Corpus The remaining eight books discuss the eight principal vices which the monk encounters in hisvocation. From theCambridge English Corpus The resulting religious, social and economic dimensions of their lives are drawn out and shown to be, rather, different facets of a singlevocation. From theCambridge English Corpus Laurence's youth and doubtfulvocationoffered the community an opportunity to challenge dynastic control. From theCambridge English Corpus They were from various vocations and had varying levels of education. From theCambridge English Corpus Reclusion, therefore, even within a monastic context, was by this date a respectablevocationin its own right. From theCambridge English Corpus Only the most carefully circumscribed sort of domesticity can be admitted, one which at least ostensibly makes male desire andvocationcongruent with female self-sacrice. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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