avocation
英 [,?v?'ke??(?)n]
美['?vo'ke??n]
- n. 副业；业余爱好；嗜好
GRETOEFL
词态变化
复数:?avocations;
中文词源
avocation 副业
前缀a-同ab-, 从，从...离开。vocation, 职业。即偏离主业。
英文词源
- avocation (n.)
- 1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare, from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation.
- 把写作当作你的副业, 不要把它当作正业.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
- 他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
- 他的职业是医生,副业是作家.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.
- 学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好.
来自互联网
- 5. My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.
- 我叔叔是一位会计师, 作曲是他的嗜好.
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