avocation

英[ˌævəʊ'keɪʃn] 美[ˌævoʊ'keɪʃn]
  • n. <古>娱乐; 消遣; 副业; 嗜好
GRE TOEFL
Noun:
  1. an auxiliary activity

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.

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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。

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3. He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
他的职业是医生,副业是作家.

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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.

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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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    用作名词 (n.)
    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。
    2. Louis' avocation as a ski insspxuctor gradually became his full-time employment.
      滑雪教练一职已从路易斯的副业逐渐变成他的全职了。
    3. In fact, fishing is my avocation.
      事实上,钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。

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