avocation
英 [,?v?'ke??(?)n]
美['?vo'ke??n]
- n. 副業；業余愛好；嗜好
GRETOEFL
詞態變化
復數:?avocations;
中文詞源
avocation 副業
前綴a-同ab-, 從，從...離開。vocation, 職業。即偏離主業。
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation.
- 把寫作當作你的副業, 不要把它當作正業.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
- 他從事印刷業，同時是個博物學愛好者。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
- 他的職業是醫生,副業是作家.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.
- 學習外語只不過是我的一項業余愛好.
來自互聯網
- 5. My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.
- 我叔叔是一位會計師, 作曲是他的嗜好.
來自互聯網