métier
/meɪˈtjeɪ/noun
1- a trade, profession, or occupation行业, 职业, 工作:
the boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne.
那男孩必须开始学习如何做王位继承人。
1.1
- an occupation or activity that one is good at专长:
television is rather more my métier.
我更擅长拍电视。
1.2
- an outstanding or advantageous characteristic优秀品质; 有利的特性:
subtlety is not his métier.
细致不是他的突出特点。
词源
late 18th cent.: French, based on Latin ministerium 'service'.