vocations

英 [vəʊˈkeɪʃənz]

美 [voʊˈkeɪʃənz]

n.  (认为特别适合自己的)工作，职业，生活方式; (认为某种工作或生活方式特别适合自己的)信心，使命感; 圣召; 神召
vocation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 使命;天职
  If you have avocation, you have a strong feeling that you are especially suited to do a particular job or to fulfil a particular role in life, especially one which involves helping other people.
  1. It could well be that he has a real vocation...
     很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。
  2. Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils.
     黛安娜是教会学校的一名年轻老师，她深信帮助学校的女学生是其天职。
• N-VAR （认为特别适合自己的）工作，职业
  If you refer to your job or profession as yourvocation, you feel that you are particularly suited to it.
  1. Her vocation is her work as an actress...
     她的职业就是当演员。
  2. She has no vocation for teaching.
     她不是当老师的料。

双语例句

• You really ought to take some time off. Vocations in the open are fine for the whole family.
  的确应该休一休假。户外休假对全家很适宜。
• When the teachers chase to the development of their profession, they also should form the awareness of experience sharing, and the schools should encourage teachers to make various development of vocations.
  教师在积极追求专业成长的同时，要形成经验分享的意识，鼓励教师角色和职务的多元化发展。
• We talk about masks and Oscar Wilde and the nature of performance and the need of artists to pursue their vocations.
  我们还谈到了伪装的面具、奥斯卡王尔德（oscarwilde）、演出的性质，以及艺术家对事业孜孜以求的需要。
• He may have done a little in all these vocations, Mr Lockwood; but I couldn't give my word for any.
  也许这些职业他都干过一点，洛克乌德先生，可是我说不出他究竟干了什么，我声明过我不知道他怎么搞到钱的！
• Challenge: Today I can plan a special sacrifice for vocations.
  挑战：今天，我要为圣召，准备一次特殊的牺牲。
• General: That the laity and the Christian communities may be responsible promoters of priestly and religious vocations.
  总祈祷意向：愿平信徒和基督徒团体成为司铎和修会圣召负责任的推动者。
• Consider setting up a panel discussion featuring representatives of different, but related, vocations& for example, a city planner, an architect, and a building contractor.
  可以考虑举行一个小组讨论会，邀请不同但相关的职业的代表来参加，例如都市设计师、建筑师、及建筑包商。
• Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should take;
  为父母者当及时选择在他们意中他们底子嗣所当从事的职业及训练；
• This Law shall not apply to the seafarers serving on ship, which is exclusively for the governmental services, except for the matters in respect of their qualifications, vocations, cultivation, training and dealing of navigation safety and maritime casualties.
  专用于公务用船舶之船员，除有关船员之资格、执业与培训、航行安全与海难处理外，不适用本法之规定。
• They, too, hope to broaden the appeal or outreach of hobbies, vocations, and other interests.
  他们也希望扩展其嗜好、职业、与其他兴趣的吸引力心范围。