avocation
noun[C]
uk/ˌævəˈkeɪʃən/usworkyou do inadditiontoyourmainjoborprofession,especiallyforenjoyment:
She's a real-estatedeveloperwhodescribesherconsultancybusinessas "apart-timeavocation."
| 单词 | avocation |
| 释义 | avocation noun[C] uk/ˌævəˈkeɪʃən/usworkyou do inadditiontoyourmainjoborprofession,especiallyforenjoyment: She's a real-estatedeveloperwhodescribesherconsultancybusinessas "apart-timeavocation." Examplesofavocationavocation It is too far away from their avocations and their homes. From theCambridge English Corpus 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 anavocation. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether one practises music as a vocation or anavocation, the musician does certain things, possesses particular skills, and employs given knowledge in the making of music. From theCambridge English Corpus 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 anavocation. From theCambridge English Corpus 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are now engaged in the much more fruitfulavocationof 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They would be extremely glad to return to their ordinaryavocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These men are very eager to pursue again their dangerousavocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was working underground, and if he had been able to continue at his chosenavocationhe would today be earning very high wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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