vocation

/vəʊˈkeɪʃn/ n.
标准词条 CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

（特别适合的）职业；天职；使命感

释义与例句

n. （特别适合的）职业；天职；使命感
a type of work that someone feels especially suited to or strongly called to do, especially work that helps others
  1. She regards nursing as a vocation rather than just a job.
    她把护理视为一种使命，而不只是一份工作。
  2. He found his true vocation in teaching disadvantaged children.
    他在教育弱势儿童的过程中找到了自己真正的天职。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Her sense of vocation kept her in the profession despite the difficulties.
    尽管困难重重，她的使命感仍让她坚守这个职业。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 vocation 是“职业、天职”，vacation 是“休假”；vocational training 指“职业技能培训”。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • vocational 职业的；职业技能的
    形容词，常用于 vocational education、vocational training，指为特定职业培养实用技能。
同义词
  • calling 天职；使命感；职业
    vocation 和 calling 都可指一个人深感适合自己的职业或使命；calling 更突出内心强烈召唤，vocation 也可指这种职业本身。
    He felt that medicine was his calling. 他觉得医学是自己的天职。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • vacation 假期；休假
    vocation 指职业、天职或使命感；vacation 指休假，两者仅一个字母之差但意义无关。
    We spent our vacation travelling around Scotland. 我们假期在苏格兰各地旅行。
常见搭配
  • find one's vocation 找到自己的天职
    After years in banking, she found her vocation in social work. 在银行工作多年后，她在社会工作中找到了自己的天职。
  • sense of vocation 职业使命感
    Many carers have a strong sense of vocation. 许多护理人员都有强烈的职业使命感。
  • follow one's vocation 从事自己的天职；追随职业使命
    He moved to the countryside to follow his vocation as a writer. 他搬到乡村，追随自己作为作家的职业使命。