avocation

英 [,ævə'keɪʃ(ə)n]美 ['ævo'keʃən]
  • n. 副业；业余爱好；嗜好
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中文词源

avocation 副业

前缀a-同ab-, 从，从...离开。vocation, 职业。即偏离主业。

英文词源

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.)).

双语例句

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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