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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11792 COCA: 9913

vocation

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Related topics: Occupations
vo·ca·tion /vəʊˈkeɪʃən $ voʊ-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1
a) the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular type of work, especially because it allows you to help other people 使命感;天职
vocation for
 Jan has a vocation for teaching.
简对教书有一种使命感。
 a strong sense of vocation
强烈的使命感
 You missed your vocation (=you would have been good at a particular job).
你入错行了。
b) a particular type of work that you feel is right for you 〔认为适合自己的〕工作,职业
 At 17 she found her true vocation as a writer.
17岁时她找到了自己真正的使命——当一名作家。
2. BOPURPOSEa strong belief that you have been chosen by God to be a priest or a nun 神召;天职,〔宗教上的〕使命感
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From Longman Business Dictionary
vocationvo·ca·tion /vəʊˈkeɪʃənvoʊ-/ noun [countableC]JOB
a job, especially one that involves helping people, that you do because you enjoy it or because you have a strong feeling that it is the purpose of your life to do it
As a nurse, she felt she had found her vocation.
Sam had missed his vocation - he would have made a perfect lawyer.
Origin vocation
(1400-1500) Latin vocatio call, summons, from vocare to call
vo·ca·tion noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11792 COCA: 9913
vocation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + VOCATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEtrue真正適合自己的職業Christian, religious基督教/宗教使命VERB + VOCATIONfind找到職業She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年來苦苦尋找真正適合自己的職業。have有從事⋯的才能follow, live, live out, pursue從事職業;踐行使命;履行天職He is desperate to pursue his vocation as an artist.他不顧一切地追求藝術事業。They are set on living out their vocation as priests.他們決心要實踐身為牧師的使命。miss (BrE) 選錯職業She feels that she missed her vocation by not working with children.她覺得自己沒有從事跟小孩子打交道的工作是入錯了行。PREPOSITIONvocation for有從事⋯的才能She seems to have a vocation for healing.看來她具備治病救人的才能。vocation to⋯聖召a vocation to the priesthood司鐸聖召PHRASESa sense of vocation使命感This is a job that demands a sense of vocation.這是一份需要具備使命感的工作。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11792 COCA: 9913
vocation noun
mission
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11792 COCA: 9913
vocation
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