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avocation

英 [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]

n.  业余爱好

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牛津词典

    noun

    • 业余爱好
      a hobby or other activity that you do for interest and enjoyment

      柯林斯词典

      • N-VAR 业余爱好;副业
        Youravocationis a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
        1. 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。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Teaching is my vocation and writing is my avocation.
        教书是我的职业,写作是我的副业。
      • In the formation cause of personality test, there is remarkable difference in economic level, stature and appearance and avocation between the impoverished and non-impoverished college students ( P< 0.01);
        在人格成因测验中,贫困大学生与非贫困大学生在经济水平、身材相貌、业余爱好方面具有显著差异(P<0.01);
      • Under the new situations and circumstances of a worldwide avocation of energy conservation and reduction of pollutant emission, the wind energy, as the representative of the renewable energy sources has caused extensive concern.
        在全球大力提倡节能减排的新形势下,以风能为代表的可再生能源得到了广泛关注。
      • Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
        那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。
      • In fact, fishing is my avocation.
        事实上,钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。
      • Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
        鸟类学其实是我的爱好。
      • Job openings in this field are limited, and many students pursue this as an avocation.
        工作缺口有限,很多学生将学习这门课程作为业余爱好。
      • And so the staff is a captive audience for their manager's jazz-band gigs, elegies over his approach shot to the17th green, or any other avocation mistaken as part of the vocation.
        所以员工们就成了上司的忠实听众,听他们的爵士乐队表演、对高尔夫球的高谈阔论或其他被错当成工作内容的业余爱好。
      • Jane has no common with her sister on avocation. Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
        就业余爱好而言,珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。同行业之间互通有无,调剂余缺,事情就好办得多了。
      • People's hobby or avocation, aggrandize is, Is it human's babyism or animal's progress?
        生活,把它夸大,真不知是人类的愚昧还是动物的进步?