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词汇 career
释义 career
noun[ C ]
uk /kəˈrɪər/ us /kəˈrɪr/
B1
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money: 生涯,职业;事业
career ladder It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.如果你能在事业的阶梯上再攀登几级然后再去休假生小孩,那样会好一些。
career prospects I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.我接受了这份新工作,因为我觉得它的职业前景更好。
He's hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.他希望当一名警察。
When he retires he will be able to look back over a brilliant career (= a working life that has been very successful).等退休的时候,他可以回顾自己光辉灿烂的职业生涯。
Judith is very career-minded (= gives a lot of attention to her job).
Compare
callingformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a job
jobShe got a job as a lab assistant.
occupationPlease fill in your name, age, and occupation.
postThere's a post for a lecturer open in my department.
positionShe's applied for a part-time editing position.
appointmentThere are going to be several new appointments in the department this year.
careerShe's had a very successful career in marketing.
She made her career in the theatre.她从事戏剧事业。
During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.在成功的经商生涯中,她积累了巨额财富。
Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their family.
She manages to successfully combine family life and a career.
His political career ended when he was found to have been accepting bribes.
career
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /kəˈrɪər/ us /kəˈrɪr/
having a job or position as part of the career that you are trained for and are normally paid to do, rather than being chosen for it as a member or supporter of a government or political party:
The White House asked the Senate to approve 60 political and career appointees, including a new housing secretary.
a career diplomat/ambassador
doing something regularly for most of your life, especially as your main way of making money:
Even though he already has begun his campaign for re-election, he insists he is not a career politician.
The perpetrator was a career criminal with a long series of drugs convictions.
Rewarding supporters with jobs abroad is done by presidents of both parties, but career diplomats dislike the practice.
He was a career ambassador who retired from the US foreign service in 2019.
She recommended a politically independent career prosecutor for the top federal law-enforcement post.
So far there is only one confirmed political appointee; career civil servants are running most of the department.
He said he feared becoming a career criminal if he spent much longer in prison.
Her father was a career soldier and a strict disciplinarian.
The candidate was a career businessman with little political experience.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Types of employment
admin
administrative
administrative assistant
administratively
at the coalfaceidiom
job-sharing
jobbing
jobless
joblessness
jobseeker
professionality
qualified
recertify
redundancy
redundant
well qualified
WFH
white-collar
who's whoidiom
wilderness yearsidiom
career
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /kəˈrɪər/ us /kəˈrɪr/
(especially of a vehicle) to move fast and in a way that is out of control: (尤指车辆失控地)猛冲,飞奔
The coach careered down a slope and collided with a bank.长途汽车冲下山坡,撞到了土埂上。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move fast
speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
raceShe raced over and hugged me.
flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
streakBullets streaked across the sky.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving quickly
agility
beetle
belt
bob up
bowl down/along something
cannonball
gallop
gun
leg
make good timeidiom
make hasteidiom
make off
outrun
outrush
outsail
pelt
rush
scorch
scuttle
shoot

career | American Dictionary


career
noun[ C ]
us/kəˈrɪər/

careernoun[C] (JOB)


a job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money:
He’s hoping for a career in social work.
She left college to pursue an acting career.
career
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/kəˈrɪər/

careerverb[I always + adv/prep] (MOVE)


(esp. of a vehicle) to move fast and without control:
The bus careered down a slope and hit a telephone pole.
career
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/kəˈrɪər/

careeradjective[not gradable] (JOB)


done as a job all your life:
a career politician

career | Business English


career
noun[ C ]
 HRuk /kəˈrɪər/us
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially when this involves making progress to better jobs or is in a particular profession:
a career in sthHe's hoping for a career in web design.
a career as sthI worked there early in my career as civil engineer.
a career with sthSharon enjoyed a long career with the BBC.
pursue/make/have a careerIt is not easy to make a career in broadcasting.
a brilliant/successful/distinguished career
a political/medical/academic career
You should continue learning throughout your professional career.

See also


dual career
portfolio career
career
adjective[ before noun ]
 HRuk /kəˈrɪər/us
related to your job:
career opportunities/prospectsI took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.
career choice/optionFor him, art was a way of life, not a career choice.
career-minded/-orientedSean is very career-oriented and ambitious.
spending all or most of your working life in the same job or field:
a career diplomat/soldier/criminal
US
→ careers

Examples of career


career
Four subjects were given a formal problem, while two were trying to solve an intellectual problem relating to their own professional careers.
At the midpoint of this hypothetical continuum of party strength, we could locate politicians whose careers depend on a balance of both types of reputations.
Political careers depended on securing increased expenditure and on building alliances.
Their intellectual careers show a pattern of parallellism and antagonism.
He demonstrates how bargaining among parties over rules for subnational elections were important for politicians attempting to shape opportunities for future careers.
As described earlier, the report effectively ended the military careers of those named in it.
Sixteen members of this study (64 %) were knighted at some stage of their careers.
There has to be a new gender contract, to allow women to harmonize motherhood and careers.
Workers who are myopic or have relatively high discount rates may decide not to make pension contributions early in their careers.
The rst would engage people at the same level in their research careers, the second would focus on common research interests or projects.
The distinct careers of souls are actualized at distinct universes.
The distinct possible careers of one soul may share many states and overlap more or less.
In this study, we evaluated whether black patients and white patients with psychotic disorders receive different types of treatment early in their treatment careers.
Her discussion of the work and careers of the women composers must be seen from this perspective.
The cohorts of households which entered the tenure in the first period of post-war expansion are now in the later stages of their housing careers.
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Collocations withcareer


career

These are words often used in combination with career.

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academic career
Born in 1909, his academiccareer led to honorary degrees and special events, such as this festschrift for his 80th birthday.
acting career
He began an actingcareer, but this was chronically jeopardised by his repeatedly becoming hoarse on stage.
amateur career
His amateur career was halted by a motorcycle accident in his junior year of high school.
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Wikipedia

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