profession
/prəʊˈfeʃən/noun
1
- a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification（尤指需要长期训练和正规资格的）职业：
his chosen profession of teaching
他所选择的教书职业
a barrister by profession.
专职大律师。
1.1
- treated as sing. or pl. a body of people engaged in a particular profession总称（某种）职业人士：
the profession is divided on the issue.
对于这一问题, 从业人士意见有分歧。
2
- an open but often false declaration or claim诈称; 表白：
a profession of allegiance
表白效忠。
2.1
- a declaration of belief in a religion信仰的宣布（或公开）。
2.2
- the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order入教誓言, 修道誓约。
2.3
- mass noun the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order入教仪式; 入教：
after profession she taught in Maidenhead.
入教以后, 她在梅登黑德任教。
短语
the oldest profession
- humorous the practice of working as a prostitute〈幽默〉卖淫。
词源
Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order)： via Old French from Latin professio（n-），from profiteri 'declare publicly' （see PROFESS）. Sense 1 derives from the notion of an occupation that one 'professes' to be skilled in.