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词汇 metier
释义 métier
noun[ C ]
 formaluk /ˈmet.i.eɪ/ us /meɪˈtjeɪ/
the type of work that you have a natural ability to do well: (适合自己的)职业,工作;专长
Rose tried painting but found her métier in music.罗斯尝试过绘画,不过她发现自己适合做音乐。
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metier | Business English


metier
noun[ C,usually singular ]
(alsométier)uk /ˈmetieɪ/ us /metˈjeɪ/
the type of work that you have a natural ability to do well:
Although he had been initially reluctant to give up the law, he found his metier in business.

Examples of métier


métier
They are allowed to shock occasionally; that, so to speak, is their metier; but they are not allowed to try to make us think.
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It is in those fields that the compression ignition engine has found its most useful metier, and where it operates to the best advantage.
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He prefers to describe his metier as low-budget exploitation films.
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When he discovered that farming was not his metier, he decided to found a small town.
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After an initial concentration on romantic leads, particularly in comedy, he gradually found his metier playing rakes and villains.
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In the mid-1970s she found her true metier and became a boutique owner.
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It was not entirely his "metier", though he obtained his licence after enduring three crashes in the very primitive aircraft of the time.
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His metier was the character piece at which he excelled.
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However, she thought portraits were her metier.
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