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

• There are significant differences in the results of the parents who read to their preschool children among the different educational levels and vocations.
  父母不同的教育程度及不同职业在亲子共讀结果上有显著差異存在。
• In this paper, the data of 16 vocations in the industry of Tianjin are dealt with by principal component analysis, cluster analysis and factor analysis.
  对天津市工业中十六个主要行业1997年的数据进行了主成分分析、聚类分析和因子分析。
• 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；
• 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！
• So the key strategy for China's vocational education in the next ten or twenty years is to improve the vocational abilities of people with secondary vocations, better the structure of the work force and rationalize the structure of demand for workers.
  按照这一发展目标，在今后的十年、二十年，我国职业技术教育的核心战略是提高中等职业人才的职业能力，改善劳动力结构，逐步使社会对劳动力需求结构趋于合理。
• With these incidents, Tang Ying consulted experts from various vocations for measures in emergency.
  通过这些案例，唐颖向各行各业的专家请教了很多自我防范和应急的方法。
• They are not clear about their own characters and abilities, the vocations which are closely related to their major, whether be engaged in their majors as well as how to make their own occupation plan.
  表现在对自身认识不清；对与自己专业联系紧密的行业形势模糊不清；对是否从事自己的专业以及如何进行职业规划没有明确概念。
• Principles for establishing majors in institutions of high vocations and objectives for training talented people with majors should demonstrate features of direction, adaptability and practicality of vocational posts.
  高职院校专业设置的原则、专业的人才培养目标都应该体现职业岗位的针对性、适应性和应用性特点。
• 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。
• 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。