career

单词辨析:

profession career occupation vocation 【导航词义:职业,行业】
profession n. 职业,行业
〔辨析〕

指需要经过专业培训的职业,尤指需要较高的受教育水平的职业。

〔例证〕

Many students have the intention of joining the legal profession.

很多学生打算投身法律行业。

She is a nurse by profession.

她的职业是护士。

career n. 职业,事业
〔辨析〕

指从事的职业或希望毕生从事的事业。

〔例证〕

His first concern while looking for a job is career prospects.

他找工作时首先关注的是职业前景。

She sacrificed a promising career to take care of her family.

她为了照顾家庭而牺牲了很有前途的事业。

occupation n. 工作,职业
〔辨析〕

泛指任何一种工作,通常不用来谈论自己的职业,多用于表格填写或正式书面语中。

〔例证〕

Please state your occupation in the box below.

请把你的职业写在下面的方框内。

Unskilled manual occupations usually don't earn much.

没有技术含量的体力工作通常挣钱不多。

〔小贴士〕

不要用 occupation 一词来谈论自己的职业,如可以说:I'm a teacher.(我是老师。)但不能说:My occupation is a teacher.

vocation n. 工作,职业
〔辨析〕

指某人认为特别适合自己的工作。

〔例证〕

He believed that to be a writer was his true vocation.

他认为当作家是他真正的使命。

The girl missed her vocation - she should have been an actress.

那姑娘入错行了,她本该当演员。

相关例句:

The film actress gave up her career and married.

那位女电影演员放弃事业而结婚了。

Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera.

丹尼斯最近开始从事歌剧指挥的工作,并且非常成功。

Sam Torrance is the man I have to thank for resurrecting my career.

多亏了萨姆·托兰斯,我才重新开始我的职业。

His car careered into a river

他的车一头冲入河里。

Am I alone in thinking that this scandal should finish his career?

只有我认为这件丑闻会断送他的事业吗?

My goodness, he's earned millions in his career.

我的天哪,他干那一行已挣了好几百万了。