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career

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ca·reer1 /kəˈrɪə $ -ˈrɪr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]  
1  a job or profession that you have been trained for, and which you do for a long period of your life 职业，事业
career in
 a career in journalism
新闻职业
 a teaching career
教学事业
 He realized that his acting career was over.
他意识到自己的演艺事业已走到了尽头。
career development/advancement/progression etc
 Career prospects within the company are excellent.
该公司职业前景极佳。
 a physiotherapist who wanted to make a dramatic career change by becoming an author
想彻底改行当作家的理疗师
 Nurses want an improved career structure (=better opportunities to move upwards in their jobs).
护士希望有更好的职业架构。
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2  career soldier/teacher etc WORK HARDsomeone who intends to be a soldier, teacher etc for most of their life, not just for a particular period of time 职业军人/教师等
 a career diplomat
职业外交官
Examples from the Corpus
career soldier/teacher etc• A career soldier, he had died leading his men into battle at Spion Kop during the Boer War.• For career soldiers like Jack it was a depressing time.• They liaise with secondary school careers teachers, and also with the employers in an area.• A Kurator is similar to a specialist careers teacher with additional contributions to make after school.
3  JOB/WORKthe period of time in your life that you spend doing a particular activity 生涯；（一段）工作经历，履历
 She had not had a very impressive school career up till then.
在那以前，她的学业表现并不怎么样。
 My career as an English teacher didn’t last long.
我的英语教师生涯没有持续多久。
 Beating the defending champion has to be the highlight of my career.
击败卫冕冠军必将成为我运动生涯中的巅峰。
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a successful career
David had had a successful career in banking.
a distinguished/brilliant career (=very successful)
She retired last year after a distinguished career as a barrister.
a glittering career (=very successful, especially in sport or acting)
Winning the gold medal was the highlight of her glittering career.
a promising career (=likely to be successful)
She gave up a promising career in advertising in order to look after her children.
a political/medical/military etc career
The scandal ruined his political career.
a teaching/acting/sporting career
Her acting career lasted for more than 50 years.
a professional career
You have to be outstanding to have a professional career in music.
somebody’s chosen career
His parents encouraged him in his chosen career as a scientist.
verbs
have a career
All my sons had careers in education.
make a career
It isn’t easy to make a career in journalism.
pursue a career (=try to make a successful career)
She left teaching to pursue a career as a psychologist.
begin/start out on/start a career
Jacobson started his banking career in 1990.
launch/embark on a career (=start one)
Rita went to New York where she launched her dancing career.
build a career (=make it develop)
She built her literary career by writing about crime.
change career
People may change careers as many as seven times in their lives.
revive/resurrect your career (=make it successful again)
The singer is seeking to revive his pop career.
somebody’s career takes off (=starts to be successful)
His career took off and he started making a lot of money.
career + NOUN
career development/advancement/progression
A good job offers a programme of training and career development.
career opportunities
Students often know little about the career opportunities available to them.
career prospects (=opportunities to get a good job or a better position)
Good computer skills will improve your career prospects.
a career path (=a way of making a career)
There’s no fixed career path for becoming an actor.
a career structure (=a system for making progress in a career)
Teaching offers a clear career structure.
the career ladder (=the way to higher positions in a career)
Having children can disturb your progress up the career ladder.
a career change/move
After ten years in the job, I realized that I needed to make a career change.
a career woman (=one whose job is very important to her)
Career women tend to marry later.
careers advice/guidance
Most universities offer professional careers advice.
a careers officer (=someone who gives careers advice)
If you’re not sure what to do, why don’t you talk to a careers officer?
phrases
a career in journalism/politics/teaching etc
At the age of 15, he knew he wanted a career in politics.
Examples from the Corpus
career• Like his father, Tommy chose a career in the Army.• I wanted to find out more about careers in publishing.• The win was the 250th in Anderson's coaching career.• Ripley's texts reflect the contradictions of her career.• Which format a participant should choose will depend upon his or her career stage, work situation and individual learning style.• The scandal destroyed his career as a politician.• Later on in his career he became first secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.• Will spent most of his career as a lawyer.• And that is how I saw this new turn in my career.• It depicts the sad tale of a lavatory attendant, Jim, who reads newspapers to seek a new career.• The Harrods affair will not have helped his political career.• Perhaps in no other political career is defeat at the polls so dreadful.• First investment bankers wanted practical people, willing to subordinate their educations to their careers.• The closer you come to mimicking the originals, the sooner you can advance your career to the next level.
career structure• I like to see a career structure in the company I work for 28.• Teachers will be guaranteed a proper salary and career structure.• In October he announced negotiations to review all civil service wage and career structures dating back to 1946.• Proposed changes in the clinical career structure should make clinical nursing less of a poor relation in terms of financial recognition and status.• Marsh and colleagues found that there was a clear and established career structure among the youths on the terraces.• There is a shortage of suitable recruits in the diplomatic service, which offers varied experience abroad and a good career structure.• These will directly affect the career structure within the banks, causing distortions, blockages and a recorded division of labour.• To make a profession out of psychical research was hardly possible, even though by the 1880s there were career structures in more-established sciences.
career2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]  
HIT/BUMP INTO British EnglishBrE to move forwards quickly without control, making sudden sideways movements 〔失控地〕猛冲，疾驶 SYN American English careen
career down/along/towards etc
 The truck careered down the hill and into a tree.
那辆卡车直冲下山，撞到一棵树上。
Examples from the Corpus
career• The car careered out diagonally across the lane, heading straight for the wall on the other side.• They careered towards it, speeding up the while.
career down/along/towards etc• And Kenneth Branagh is careering towards an early knighthood.• The tram was careering towards Dennistoun and was just passing the Eastern District Hospital.• They careered towards it, speeding up the while.• In her dream, they were still careering along the road.• Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads.• As we careered down towards South Wimbledon, I remembered other trips I'd taken to church.
From Longman Business Dictionary
careerca·reer /kəˈrɪə-ˈrɪr/ noun [countableC]JOBHUMAN RESOURCES
1a job or profession that you have been trained for and intend to do for your working life, and which offers the chance to be PROMOTED (=move up through different levels)
My son is thinking of starting a career in the medical profession.
He has devoted his legal career to defending those facing execution.
You should think long and hard before changing careers.
career in
I decided to take up a career in advertising.
→ portfolio career
2career soldier/teacher/diplomat etc someone who intends to be a soldier, teacher etc for most of their life, not just for a particular period of time
A career diplomat, she has served with distinction at posts in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Baghdad, and Kuwait.
Origin career1
(1500-1600) French carrière, from Old Provençal carriera “street”, from Latin carrus; → CAR
ca·reer1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1career2 verb
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