calling

He had always felt a calling to help others.他总感到有一种想帮助他人的强烈愿望。

He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.他感到受到神的感召要成为牧师。

For Mary, teaching wasn't a job, it was a calling. [=vocation]对玛丽而言，教书不是一项工作，而是一种使命。

She discovered architecture as her true calling [=vocation] while in college.她在上大学时发现建筑设计是她真正想从事的事业。

He feels he missed his calling [=did not have the career he should have] by not becoming a doctor.他觉得没能成为医生是错失了自己本应从事的职业。