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vocation n.职业；行业；使命 (1) 她选择护士为职业。(2) 他具有这项职业的学识。(3) 在中国,这种工业面临行业整合。(4) 教育儿童是一项使命。 The word vocation derives from the Latin vocare "to call." To become a priest, you need to feel that you have been "called" to the ministry directly by God. Their job is their calling, or vocation. An avocation is something you do because you love it. Everyone should make it their goal to have their avocation become their vocation.

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英 [vəʊ'keɪʃn] 美 [voʊ'keɪʃn] (1) She chose nursing as her vocation.(2) He was equipped with knowledge for the vocation.(3) The industry is facing vocation conformity in China.(4) Teaching children is a vocation. Unless you can find someone to pay you to sip fancy tropical drinks on the beach, your vocation is not likely to be a "vacation." Rather, the word means something you know how to do––or what you do for a living. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]使命；天职 If you have a vocation, you have a strong feeling that you are especially suited to do a particular job or to fulfil a particular role in life, especially one which involves helping other people. It could well be that he has a real vocation...很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils.黛安娜是教会学校的一名年轻老师，她深信帮助学校的女学生是其天职。2[N-VAR 可变名词]（认为特别适合自己的）工作，职业 If you refer to your job or profession as your vocation, you feel that you are particularly suited to it.   [oft poss N]Her vocation is her work as an actress...她的职业就是当演员。She has no vocation for teaching.她不是当老师的料。

英语单词	vocation
英美音标	英 [vəʊ'keɪʃn] 美 [voʊ'keɪʃn]
中文释义	n.职业；行业；使命
英语例句	(1) She chose nursing as her vocation. (2) He was equipped with knowledge for the vocation. (3) The industry is facing vocation conformity in China. (4) Teaching children is a vocation.
中文例句	(1) 她选择护士为职业。 (2) 他具有这项职业的学识。 (3) 在中国,这种工业面临行业整合。 (4) 教育儿童是一项使命。
vocabulary简明	Unless you can find someone to pay you to sip fancy tropical drinks on the beach, your vocation is not likely to be a "vacation." Rather, the word means something you know how to do––or what you do for a living.
vocabulary扩展	The word vocation derives from the Latin vocare "to call." To become a priest, you need to feel that you have been "called" to the ministry directly by God. Their job is their calling, or vocation. An avocation is something you do because you love it. Everyone should make it their goal to have their avocation become their vocation.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]使命；天职 If you have a vocation, you have a strong feeling that you are especially suited to do a particular job or to fulfil a particular role in life, especially one which involves helping other people. It could well be that he has a real vocation... 很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。 Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils. 黛安娜是教会学校的一名年轻老师，她深信帮助学校的女学生是其天职。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]（认为特别适合自己的）工作，职业 If you refer to your job or profession as your vocation, you feel that you are particularly suited to it. [oft poss N] Her vocation is her work as an actress... 她的职业就是当演员。 She has no vocation for teaching. 她不是当老师的料。

Vocation Job Word Feel Avocation N Var 可变名词 Suited