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have a vocation for sth/doing sth
表示天生适合或使命感。
She has a vocation for teaching young children.
她有教育幼儿的天职。
职业；工作
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
职业；工作
a job or occupation that a person is suited for, trained for, or qualified to do
She has a vocation for teaching young children.
她有教育幼儿的天职。
An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
接受过培训的特定职业
the particular occupation for which you are trained
从事同类工作的群体
a body of people doing the same kind of work
After years of teaching, she realized that helping children was her true vocation.
经过多年的教学，她意识到帮助孩子才是她真正的职业使命。
He chose medicine as his vocation because he wanted to save lives.
他选择医学作为自己的职业，因为他想拯救生命。
Many people spend years searching for a vocation that matches their skills.
许多人花多年时间寻找与自身技能相符的职业。
表示天生适合或使命感。
She has a vocation for teaching young children.
她有教育幼儿的天职。
指找到自己真正适合的职业。
After years of searching, he finally found his vocation as a nurse.
经过多年寻找，他终于找到了作为护士的职业。
强调从事某种职业，常带有使命感。
Many artists follow their vocation despite financial difficulties.
许多艺术家不顾经济困难追随自己的天职。
Not this
I have a summer vocation.
Use this
I have a summer vacation.
“vocation”与“vacation”拼写和发音相似但意义不同，“vocation”指“职业”或“天职”，而“vacation”才是“假期”。
Not this
I vocation as a teacher.
Use this
I work as a teacher.
“vocation”是名词，不能用作动词。表达“从事某职业”应使用动词“work as”或短语“have a vocation as”。
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找到适合自己的职业；发现自己的天职
After years of working in finance, she found her vocation in teaching.
在金融业工作多年后，她发现自己真正的职业是教学。
对……有使命感；感到对……的召唤
He felt a vocation for medicine from an early age.
他从小就觉得自己有学医的使命感。
真正的天职
Painting was his true vocation, not accountancy.
绘画是他的真正天职，而不是会计。
职业使命感
Nursing requires a deep sense of vocation.
护理工作需要强烈的职业使命感。
追随自己的天职
She gave up the law to follow her vocation as a sculptor.
她放弃法律，去追随自己当雕塑家的天职。
终身职业；毕生天职
Teaching became his lifelong vocation.
教学成了他终身的职业。
入错行；没有从事自己真正适合的职业
He is a brilliant cook, so he has clearly missed his vocation as a chef.
他厨艺精湛，显然入错了行——他本应该当厨师。
找到自己真正的职业归宿/天职
After trying many jobs, she finally found her true vocation as a nurse.
尝试过各种工作后，她终于找到了自己真正的天职——当护士。
对……有天职般的强烈使命感；很适合做……
She has a real vocation for teaching, and her students love her.
她真的非常适合当老师，学生们都很喜欢她。
天职是你内心的深深喜悦与世界深切渴求相遇之处。——弗雷德里克·布埃希纳
After years of office work, she finally found her vocation in nursing.
做了多年的办公室工作后，她终于在护理工作中找到了自己的天职。
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联想：vo 像 voice（声音），听到内心声音的召唤，选择 vocation（职业）。
语域：formal 常见场景：career planning、religious life、formal writing vocation 在这里指“适合并受过训练的职业”，常带有“使命感、天职”的含义。它比 job 或 career 更正式，多用于正式写作、职业规划或宗教语境；日常口语中较少用，通常直接说 job 或 career。
这些词都以 -cation 或 -ation 结尾，重读元音 /eɪ/ 与后面的 /ʃən/ 发音相同，均与 vocation /voʊˈkeɪʃən/ 押韵。注意 vocation（职业）与 vacation（假期）拼写相似且押韵，但第一个音节不同：vocation 为 /voʊˈkeɪʃən/，vacation 为 /veɪˈkeɪʃən/，意思也不同。另注意 vocal /ˈvoʊkəl/ 虽然以 v-o-c- 开头，但与 vocation 读音和意义差别很大。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.