1. vocation什么意思

1. Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.
    护理既是职业又是使命。

2. She chose nursing as her vocation.
    她选择护士为职业。

3. vocation是什么意思

3. He has little vocation for teaching.
    他缺少教书的才能。

1. 使命;天职
    If you have a vocation, you have a strong feeling that you are especially suited to do a particular job or to fulfil a particular role in life, especially one which involves helping other people.

    e.g. It could well be that he has a real vocation...
           很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。
    e.g. Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils.
           黛安娜是教会学校的一名年轻老师，她深信帮助学校的女学生是其天职。

2. （认为特别适合自己的）工作，职业
    If you refer to your job or profession as your vocation, you feel that you are particularly suited to it.

    e.g. Her vocation is her work as an actress...
           她的职业就是当演员。
    e.g. She has no vocation for teaching.
           她不是当老师的料。

1. the particular occupation for which you are trained

    Synonym: careercalling

2. a body of people doing the same kind of work

    Synonym: occupational group