爱华网【英语词汇】
career、occupation、
profession、vocation
佳中
这组词都含“职业”的意思。
career指长期、终身从事的职业或事业生涯（可是一项或多项职业。）
1）Mr. Smith had anunusual career; he was first an office clerk, thena
sailor,and ended up as a school teacher.
史密斯先生有一个不寻常的生涯,开始他是一位办公室文员,然后当一名水手,最后成为
一所学校的老师。
2）She began herdiplomatic career as a translator at the Ministry ofForeign
affairs.
她在外交部当译员，开始了她的外交生涯。
3）In the West,students are not always influenced by their parents intheir
choice of a career.
在西方,学生在选择职业时并不总是受父母的影响。
4）His love oflanguage inclined him towards a career as atranslator。
他对语言的热爱促使他从事翻译工作。
5）IvanLendl finished No.1 four times and won 94 events during his17-year
career.
伊凡·伦德尔4次夺得网球1号种子称号，在他17年的事业生涯中，共夺得94项比赛的冠
军。
6）As a result ofrecent downsizing at my company, I feel it is time tostart
actively thinking about a career move.
由于我的公司最近裁员,我觉得是开始积极考虑职业变动的时候了。
occupation可泛指职业，也可指一般性的职业。
1) Much of thesalary differential results from the tendency of women to bein
lower-paying occupations.
出现工资差别的主要原因是妇女倾向于从事第低收入的职业。
2）Theprincipal occupation of the inhabitants of this smallseaside town is
fishing and seafood process.
这海边小镇居民的主要职业是捕鱼的居钓鱼和海洋食物加工。
3）He has nooccupation outside of doing some odd jobs
除了干一些零活外，他没有正式职业。
4）I’d like to lookfor an occupation suited to his abilities.
我想找一份适合自己能力的工作。
profession多指需要较高学识和专门技能从事的并有一定社会地位的职业。
1）A profession is anoccupation which requires higher education andspecific
training.
profession 指需要受过较高深教育和专门训练才能从事的职业。
2）Not every personis suited to become a nurse. Only very dedicated peoplehave
chosen nursing as a profession.
并不是每个人都适合成为一名护士的。只有有奉献精神的人才会选择护理作为自己的职
业。
3）Acareer in itself requires one’s lifelong devotion, but it does notmean
thatafteryou get into a profession you must continue allalong.
事业本身而言需要一个人毕生的奉献,但是这并不意味你从事一种职业后就必须一直干
下去。
4）The most suitablething you could do is to enter your father'sprofession
andbecome alawyer.
你能做的最适合的事就是从事你父亲的职业，成为名一律师。
5）Teachers' Day is atime to be grateful to all teachers. The professionof
teacher deserves the special recognition and respect。
教师节是向所有教师表达谢意的日子。教师这个职业值得受到特别的重视和尊重。
vocation主要指尽义务或有责任使命感的职业，也可指受过培训的技术性职业。
1）Nursing is a vocation as well as aprofession.
护理工作既是职业又是一使命种使命责任。
2) Judgevocation is a special professional vocation whichrequires high
personable morality.
法官职业是一种特殊的专业职业,需要有很高的个人道德。
3）Manypeople choose a vocation in the hopes that it would bringthem wealth
and success.
很多人在选择职业的时候希望它能给自己带来财富和成功。
4）Youare a sympathetic and imaginative person. Artistic andaesthetic
vocationwould be your perfectchoice.
你富有同情心，善于幻想。艺术类和审美学的职业将会是你绝佳的选择。
