profession

英 [prəˈfeʃn]

美 [prəˈfeʃn]

n. (需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一)行业，职业; (某)职业界; 业内人士; 同业; 同行; 同人; (统称，指需要较高教育水平的)职业

复数：professions　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2211 / COCA.2886

同义词辨析

profession career occupation vocation【导航词义：职业，行业】

professionn. 职业，行业

〔辨析〕

指需要经过专业培训的职业，尤指需要较高的受教育水平的职业。

〔例证〕

Many students have the intention of joining the legal profession.
很多学生打算投身法律行业。
She is a nurse by profession.
她的职业是护士。

careern. 职业，事业

〔辨析〕

指从事的职业或希望毕生从事的事业。

〔例证〕

His first concern while looking for a job is career prospects.
他找工作时首先关注的是职业前景。
She sacrificed a promising career to take care of her family.
她为了照顾家庭而牺牲了很有前途的事业。

occupationn. 工作，职业

〔辨析〕

泛指任何一种工作，通常不用来谈论自己的职业，多用于表格填写或正式书面语中。

〔例证〕

Please state your occupation in the box below.
请把你的职业写在下面的方框内。
Unskilled manual occupations usually don't earn much.
没有技术含量的体力工作通常挣钱不多。

vocationn. 工作，职业

〔辨析〕

指某人认为特别适合自己的工作。

〔例证〕

He believed that to be a writer was his true vocation.
他认为当作家是他真正的使命。
The girl missed her vocation - she should have been an actress.
那姑娘入错行了，她本该当演员。

牛津词典

noun

（需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一）行业，职业
a type of job that needs special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level of education
1. the medical/legal/teaching, etc. profession
  医疗、法律、教学等专业
2. to enter/go into/join a profession
  从事 / 加入 / 参加一个行业
3. the caring professions (= that involve looking after people)
  护理行业
4. He was an electrician by profession .
  他的职业是电工。
5. She was at the very top of her profession.
  她是她那个行业中的佼佼者。
（某）职业界；业内人士；同业；同行；同人
all the people who work in a particular type of profession
1. The legal profession has/have always resisted change.
  法律界向来抵制变革。
（统称，指需要较高教育水平的）职业
the traditional jobs that need a high level of education and training, such as being a doctor or a lawyer
1. employment in industry and the professions
  实业界与专业界的工作
声明；宣称；表白
a statement about what you believe, feel or think about sth, that is sometimes made publicly
1. a profession of faith
  信仰的表白

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT （需要高等教育或训练的）职业
Aprofessionis a type of job that requires advanced education or training.
1. Harper was a teacher by profession...
  哈珀的职业是教师。
2. Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
  在这些职业中，只有20%的岗位是由女性担任的。
N-COUNT-COLL （某一专业工作的）全体人员，业界人士，专业界
You can useprofessionto refer to all the people who have the same profession.
1. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
  现在，医务人员的态度开明多了。

英英释义

noun

an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
1. a profession of Christianity
an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
1. a profession of disagreement
Synonym:professing
the body of people in a learned occupation
1. the news spread rapidly through the medical profession
2. they formed a community of scientists

双语例句

He manifested a strong dislike for his father's profession.
他明白表示很不喜欢他父亲的职业。
Podulski had joined the U.S. Navy as an aviator, adopting a new country and a new profession.
波度尔斯基加入美国海军当上了飞行员，不仅改了国籍还换了行当。
A portfolio approach would keep entry into the managerial profession open and flexible.
项目组合的方法会使成为管理人员的机会公开灵活。
Catching colds is unfortunately an occupational hazard in this profession.
不幸的是，容易感冒是这个行业的职业性风险。
Harper was a teacher by profession
哈珀的职业是教师。
The proportion of women in the profession had risen to 17.3%
从事该职业的女性比例已升高到17.3%。
He is a carpenter by profession.
他以木工为业。
It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry
司法行业看来是最不易受经济萧条影响的领域了。
He deprecated the low quality of entrants to the profession
他对该行业中新人的低素质予以了批评。
Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession
行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。