C2a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you in this way(值得投入所有时间和精力的)职业,工作;(认为某种职业适合自己的)使命感
I feel I've found/missed my true vocation.我觉得找到/错过了真正适合自己的职业。
Most teachers regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job.大多数老师把他们的职业看作是一种使命,而不仅仅是一份工作。
To work in medicine, you should have a vocation for it.要从事医务工作,你就要有一种使命感。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VOCATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤true真正適合自己的職業▸➤Christian, religious基督教/宗教使命VERB + VOCATION➤find找到職業◇She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年來苦苦尋找真正適合自己的職業。➤have有從事⋯的才能▸➤follow, live, live out, pursue從事職業;踐行使命;履行天職◇He is desperate to pursue his vocation as an artist.他不顧一切地追求藝術事業。◇They are set on living out their vocation as priests.他們決心要實踐身為牧師的使命。➤miss (BrE) 選錯職業◇She feels that she missed her vocation by not working with children.她覺得自己沒有從事跟小孩子打交道的工作是入錯了行。PREPOSITION➤vocation for有從事⋯的才能◇She seems to have a vocation for healing.看來她具備治病救人的才能。➤vocation to⋯聖召◇a vocation to the priesthood司鐸聖召PHRASES➤a sense of vocation使命感◇This is a job that demands a sense of vocation.這是一份需要具備使命感的工作。