Word · Frequency #11314
calling
使命感；召唤；天职
A strong urge or sense of mission to do a particular thing in life, such as a career or vocation.
- 1.
A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
强烈的冲动(去做某件事,例如成为宗教人士、帮助穷人或成为艺人)
- 2.
A job or occupation.
工作或职业
职业；行业；强烈的冲动(去做某件事,例如成为宗教人士、帮助穷人或成为艺人)；工作或职业；职业；行业
In use
She believes that teaching is her true calling.
Many people spend years searching for their calling.
He felt a strong calling to become a doctor.
find one's calling
表示找到自己真正适合的职业。
She found her calling as a teacher.
她找到了作为教师的职业。
have a calling for sth
表示对某职业有使命感。
He has a calling for medicine.
他有一种从事医学的天职。
follow one's calling
After years of hesitation, he finally followed his calling.
经过多年的犹豫，他终于追随了自己的使命。
Connections
Collocations
- find one's calling
- 找到自己的天职
- She left finance to find her calling as a teacher.她离开金融行业，去找到自己作为教师的天职。
- true calling
- 真正的使命；天生适合的职业
- He believes medicine is his true calling.他认为从医是他真正的天职。
- feel a calling
- 感到一种强烈的使命感
- She feels a calling to help the poor.她感到一种帮助穷人的强烈使命感。
- religious calling
- 宗教神召；出家为神职的召唤
- He experienced a religious calling at an early age.他年幼时就体验过宗教的神召。
- sense of calling
- 使命感；天职感
- Nurses often have a strong sense of calling.护士们往往有强烈的使命感。
- follow one's calling
Learner notes
Memory Tip
calling 由 call（呼唤）+ing 构成，想象内心在呼唤（call）你去做某件事，这就是使命感、天职。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：religious vocation、career and life-purpose discussions、formal writing about motivation calling 作名词表示“使命感/强烈召唤”时，通常用于较正式或带感情色彩的语境，比如谈论宗教感召、职业选择或人生目标；在口语中也会用 find one's calling，但整体并不随意，多出现在认真或鼓舞性的对话里。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: falling, appalling, sprawling, brawling, mauling, stalling (all share /...ɔːlɪŋ/ or /...ɒ:lɪŋ/ with 'calling'). Beware lookalikes that sound different: 'colin' /ˈkɒlɪn/, 'collar' /ˈkɒlə/, 'caller' /ˈkɔːlə/, and 'ceiling' /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ only share the spelling '-ing'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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