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Profession Meaning 2904.Profession 英 Prə'Feʃ(ə)N]美 Prə'Fɛʃən 释义 N

正面 2904.profession
英 [prə'feʃ(ə)n]美 [prə'fɛʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 职业,专业;声明,宣布,表白
例句:
1. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.现在,医务人员的态度开明多了。

〔颠倒词〕十(ten)张网(net)
profession 宣称,信奉,行业,职业来自profess,宣称,信奉,-ion,名词后缀。引申词义职业,行业,即内心的召唤。词义演变比较vocation,voice.
profession (n.)c. 1200, "vows taken upon entering a religious order," from Old French profession (12c.), from Latin professionem (nominative professio) "public declaration," from past participle stem of profiteri "declare openly" (see profess). Meaning "any solemn declaration" is from mid-14c. Meaning "occupation one professes to be skilled in" is from early 15c.; meaning "body of persons engaged in some occupation" is from 1610; as a euphemism for "prostitution" (compare oldest profession) it is recorded from 1888."

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