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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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