vocation
[vəu'keiʃən]
n.职业, 行业, 使命
例句与用法：
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.
牙医在工作的时候，是往嘴里瞧／垂头丧气。
Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
每个工作日象假日一样，平时节日的来临被抱怨为是对他们正全神贯注的工作的强行中断。
He has little vocation for teaching.
他不是教书的材料。
Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.
护理工作既是职业又是救死扶伤的责任。
词形变化：
详细释义：
n.
1. 行业, 职业[C]
She chose nursing as her vocation.
她选择护士为职业。
2. (对特定职业的)禀性, 倾向, 才能[S][(+for)]
He has little vocation for teaching.
他缺少教书的才能。
3. 神召, 圣召[U][S1]
4. 天职, 使命[C]
Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.
护理既是职业又是使命。