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vocation
UK [vəʊ'keɪ.ʃən] US [voʊ-] noun countable or uncountable
■a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you in this way （值得投入所有时间和精力的）职业，工作；（认为某种职业适合自己的）使命感•I feel I've found/missed my true vocation.我觉得找到／错过了真正适合自己的职业。 •"We need teachers who regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job," said the Minister.部长说：“我们需要的老师要把他们的工作当成职业，而不仅仅是一份工作。” •To work in medicine, you should have a vocation for it.要从事医务工作，你就要有一种使命感。 |