avocation

avocation音标

英 [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]

avocation基本释义

n. 娱乐； 消遣； 副业； 嗜好

avocation用法及例句

noun

1. an auxiliary activity

Synonym: by-linehobbypursuitsidelinespare-time activity

1. 业余爱好;副业Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.

e.g. He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。

1.

1. 嗜好：avigator 领航员 | avocation 嗜好 | avocation 业余爱好

2. 业余爱好：avocation 嗜好 | avocation 业余爱好 | avocation 嗜好

3. 副业,嗜好：advocate 主张,提倡者,拥护者 | avocation 副业,嗜好 | avouch 承认,自认,断言

4. 爱好：爱好: avocation, liking, fondness, hobby, fancy, passion, gusto, penchant | 暗: darkness, gloom, shadow, shade | 比赛,竞赛: game, match, competition, contest, tournament, challenge, championship

Try, by every method of avocation and amusement, whether you cannot..get the better of that dejection.

出自：T. Gray

近义词

临近词

calling召唤

job工作

sideline(球场)边线

vocation职业

pursuit追求

minor轻微的

amusement乐趣，娱乐

pastime消遣

whimsy怪念头

by-line(报刊文章首、尾处的)作...

employment职业

profession职业

line线

bag袋

diversion转向

career生涯

distraction分心

sport运动

hobby业余爱好

occupation职业

Aviol

AV

相关列句

People's hobby or avocation, aggrandize is, Is it human's babyism or animal's progress?(生活，把它夸大，真不知是人类的愚昧还是动物的进步？)

In fact, fishing is my avocation.(事实上，钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。)

Teaching gis my vocation and writing is my avocation.(教书是我的职业，写作是我的副业。)

Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that's all I do.(书写既是我的主业也是我的副业，这便是我所做的所有事情。)

Bookkeeping is Mr. Jones' vocation, and photography is his avocation.(薄记是琼斯先生的职业，照相他的副业。)

Radio is an avocation, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school, or community.(平衡-无线电为一嗜好，绝不因之妨害对家庭、职业、学校和当地社团所应尽的义务。)

Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.(学外语是我的一项爱好。)

Smith: I always loved to play sports and that was the biggest avocation I had as a youngster.(史密斯：我喜欢运动，那也是我年轻的时候*大的业余爱好。)

Writing poems is just an avocation with me.(写诗不过是我的一个业余爱好而已。)

Hiss vocation coincides with his avocation.(他的职业同他的爱好完全一致。)