英语词汇“avocation”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

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avocation
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌævəˈkeɪʃən/us
work you do in addition to your main job or profession, especially for enjoyment:
She's a real-estate developer who describes her consultancy business as "a part-time avocation."

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It is too far away from their avocations and their homes.
Defining musicianship also necessitates distinguishing the sorts of preparation needed to make music at advanced levels of professional performance from those necessary for amateur enjoyment as an avocation.
Whether one practises music as a vocation or an avocation, the musician does certain things, possesses particular skills, and employs given knowledge in the making of music.
The geologist emerged in context of growing cognitive specialization, which permitted the development of the science as a worthwhile programme of life, and the pursuit of geology as an avocation.
That is one instance of how people whose avocations lie ashore may trip up.
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Assume that they carry on those avocations for thirty years and make a considerable profit, say £3,000 or £4,000 a year.
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I want public utility societies not only for employers, but for workmen's clubs and for groups of men in various avocations in life.
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They are now engaged in the much more fruitful avocation of tilling fertile soil and looking forward with certainty to the harvest which will ensue.
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In all his other avocations he leaves a special memory somewhere or other.
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But their husbands will be coming home from the war; they will return to their homes to pursue the ordinary avocations of normal life.
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They would be extremely glad to return to their ordinary avocation.
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We ought to make things as safe and pleasant as we can when these men are following their avocations.
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These men are very eager to pursue again their dangerous avocation.
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They are only too glad to finish the war and get back to their -peaceful avocations, as most of them do if allowed.
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He was working underground, and if he had been able to continue at his chosen avocation he would today be earning very high wages.
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词汇	avocation
释义	avocation noun[ C ] uk /ˌæv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌæv.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ something that a person does as an interest or hobby and that is not that person's regular job: The last section of the questionnaire has a space for us to list our avocations and interests. She started painting six years ago as an avocation, and next week her paintings will be displayed in a gallery exhibition for the first time. In retirement, he has found more time to pursue his avocations, like hunting and fishing. Cave exploring became a serious avocation for him when he was fourteen, and he's been doing it ever since. Although he no longer works as a mechanic, he continues to repair cars as an avocation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Pastimes - general words activity amusement avocational avocationally caper deke game interest leisure nonprofessional nonprofessionally pastime pursuit rec recreate recreation recreational recreationist relaxation Synonym hobby Compare vocation avocation \| Business English avocation noun[ C ] uk /ˌævəˈkeɪʃən/us work you do in addition to your main job or profession, especially for enjoyment: She's a real-estate developer who describes her consultancy business as "a part-time avocation." Examples of avocation avocation It is too far away from their avocations and their homes. Defining musicianship also necessitates distinguishing the sorts of preparation needed to make music at advanced levels of professional performance from those necessary for amateur enjoyment as an avocation. Whether one practises music as a vocation or an avocation, the musician does certain things, possesses particular skills, and employs given knowledge in the making of music. The geologist emerged in context of growing cognitive specialization, which permitted the development of the science as a worthwhile programme of life, and the pursuit of geology as an avocation. That is one instance of how people whose avocations lie ashore may trip up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Assume that they carry on those avocations for thirty years and make a considerable profit, say £3,000 or £4,000 a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want public utility societies not only for employers, but for workmen's clubs and for groups of men in various avocations in life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are now engaged in the much more fruitful avocation of tilling fertile soil and looking forward with certainty to the harvest which will ensue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In all his other avocations he leaves a special memory somewhere or other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But their husbands will be coming home from the war; they will return to their homes to pursue the ordinary avocations of normal life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would be extremely glad to return to their ordinary avocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought to make things as safe and pleasant as we can when these men are following their avocations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These men are very eager to pursue again their dangerous avocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are only too glad to finish the war and get back to their -peaceful avocations, as most of them do if allowed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was working underground, and if he had been able to continue at his chosen avocation he would today be earning very high wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of avocation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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