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
同行;职业群体;接受过培训的特定职业;从事同类工作的群体;天命
a job or occupation that a person is suited for, trained for, or qualified to do
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。
用法提示:vocation 在此作名词,表示‘职业;天职’,指适合并热爱的职业。
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。
用法提示:vocation 在此作名词,指经过选择或训练从事的职业。
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。
用法提示:vocation 在此作名词,表示‘职业;工作’,常用单数。
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。
最普通的中性词,泛指任何有酬工作,不强调训练或声望。
特指需要长期专业训练和资质的职业,如医生、律师,常含较高社会地位。
强调长期从事并逐步晋升的职业道路,侧重发展过程而非当前职位。
语气较强,指因内在信念或强烈兴趣而选择的工作,常带宗教或人生使命色彩。
指需要手工或技术技能的工作,如木工、电工,比 profession 更偏体力或操作技能。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have a summer vocation.
正确表达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”。
grammar · medium
易错句子I vocation as a teacher.
正确表达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”。
此处 vocation 指正当职业;avocation 指正业之外的业余活动,二者是活动类别上的对照,而非严格的语义反义。
此处 vocation 指所从事的职业;unemployment 指没有职业或工作的状态,是状态层面上的相反。
此处 vocation 指职业;idleness 指不从事正业、无所事事的状态,反义成立但更常与忙碌对比。
avocation 指业余爱好, vocation 指职业
vacation 指假期, vocation 指职业
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。
词根 voc-(呼喊,召唤)+ 名词后缀 -ation(行为,状态);同根词:vocal(声音的),vocabulary(词汇),invoke(祈求,唤起)
指一个人长期从事并逐步发展的职业经历,与vocation属于同一语义场。
为获得某职业所需的知识和技能而接受的系统训练。
选择职业时考虑的自然能力和倾向,常与vocation搭配出现。
具体工作中需要掌握的专门能力。
指被雇用从事工作的状态,是职业的实际体现。
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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