profession
noun /prəˈfeʃn/
/prəˈfeʃn/
(需要专门技能,尤指需要较高教育水平的某一)行业,职业 - the medical/legal/teaching profession
医学╱法律╱教育专业 - to enter/go into/join a profession
加入一个行业 - (British English) the caring professions (= that involve looking after people)
护理行业 - She was at the very top of her profession.
她是她那个行业中的佼佼者。 - senior members of the profession
该行业的资深成员 - by profession He was a lawyer by profession.
他的职业是律师。
Synonyms workwork- employment
- career
- profession
- occupation
- trade
- work the job that somebody does, especially in order to earn money:
- It’s very difficult to find work at the moment.
目前很难找到工作。
- It’s very difficult to find work at the moment.
- employment (rather formal) work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed or the situation in which people have work:
指工作、职业、受雇、就业: - Only half the people here are in paid employment.
这儿只有一半的人有拿工资的工作。
- Only half the people here are in paid employment.
- career the job or series of jobs that somebody has in a particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time passes:
- He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
他在外交部有过一段光辉的事业。
- He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
- profession a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education:
- He hopes to enter the medical profession.
他希望能从事医务工作。
- He hopes to enter the medical profession.
- occupation (rather formal) a job or profession:
指工作、职业: - Please state your name, age, and occupation.
请写明姓名、年龄和职业。
- Please state your name, age, and occupation.
- trade a job, especially one that involves working with your hands and requires special training and skills:
- Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
木工是需要纯熟技巧的职业。
- Carpentry is a highly skilled trade.
- in/out of work/employment
- (a) full-time/part-time work/employment/career/occupation
- permanent/temporary work/employment
- (a) well-paid work/employment/profession/occupation
- (a) low-paid work/employment/occupation
- to look for/seek/find work/employment/a career/an occupation
- to get/obtain/give somebody/offer somebody/create/generate/provide work/employment
Collocations Jobs Jobs工作 Getting a job职业 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作;申请一个职位;努力争取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到/拿到/完成/填写申请(表) - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄/通过电邮发送简历/申请/申请表/附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求参加/有/参加面试 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
给某人提供一份工作;雇用某人;提拔某人 - find/get/land a job
找到工作 - employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
雇用员工/工人/实习生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘/任命经理
做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上/下班;到办公室/工厂上班;从办公室/工厂下班 - start/finish work/your shift
开始/结束工作/轮班工作时间 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
拥有/获得/缺乏/需要经验/资格 - do/get/have/receive training
做/得到/接受培训 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
学习/偶然学会/提高/发展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
应付/勉力完成/分担/分摊工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
达到更好的工作与生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有/没有工作满足感/职业保障
建立职业生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作/事业/职业 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到/从事/致力于/实践适合自己的职业 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一个行业 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
选择/从事/开始/致力于一种职业 - change jobs/profession/career
换工作/行业/职业 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由职业 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做/开始从事临时工作/特约工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做/从事/参与义务性工作
离职 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
离职;辞职 - give up work/your job/your career
放弃工作/事业 - hand in your notice/resignation
递交辞呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
计划/预计六月/明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Topics Jobsb1- It's time to change your profession for something more exciting.
你该改行寻求点儿有刺激的事了。 - She entered the legal profession after college.
她大学毕业后进入了法律这一行。 - What made you choose this profession?
是什么让你选择了这个职业? - We are members of an old and noble profession.
我们从事的是一个古老而高尚的职业。 - She was shocked at her daughter's choice of profession.
女儿的职业选择使她震惊。 - a job where people can learn the profession
人们可以了解该专业的工作岗位 - the primary reason why nurses leave the profession
护士离开本行的首要原因 - I joined the profession when I was in my early twenties.
我二十出头就入了这一行。 - She's making an impact in her chosen profession.
她正在对她所选择的职业产生影响。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chosen
- noble
- caring
- …
- practise/practice
- enter
- go into
- …
- by profession
- in a/somebody’s/the profession
- a choice of profession
- the top of somebody’s profession
- the oldest profession
- …
- the medical/legal/teaching profession
- the profession[singular + singular or plural verb] all the people who work in a particular type of profession
(某)职业界;业内人士;同业;同行;同人 - The legal profession has/have always resisted change.
法律界向来抗拒变革。 - the licensing laws that regulate the profession
规范行业行为的许可证经营法
- The legal profession has/have always resisted change.
- the professions[plural] the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or a lawyer
(统称,指需要较高教育水平的)职业 - employment in industry and the professions
实业界与专业界的工作
- employment in industry and the professions
- [countable] profession of something a statement about what you believe, feel or think about something, that is sometimes made publicly
synonym declaration声明;宣称;表白 - a profession of faith
信仰的表白 - His professions of love did not seem sincere.
他爱的表白似乎不真诚。
- a profession of faith
词源Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n-), from profiteri ‘declare publicly’, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’. Senses (1) and (2) derive from the notion of an occupation that one “professes” to be skilled in.