vocation
/vəʊˈkeɪʃən/noun
1- a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation(对某种事业或职业的)禀性, 适应感:
not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors.
我们并不都觉得自己适合当护士或医生。
1.1
- a person's employment or main occupation, especially regarded as particularly worthy and requiring great dedication(尤指有价值且需奉献精神的)职业:
her vocation as a poet.
她诗人的职业。
1.2
- a trade or profession行业, 职业。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n-), from vocare 'to call'.