avocation是什么意思？

avocation

英[ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn] 美[ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]

• n. <正>业余爱好，嗜好，<罕>职业；

复数：avocations;

例句

• After the course is cogitative, decide development is versed in avocation machines a village. 经过深思熟虑后, 决定开发工副业加工小区.
• He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation. 他的职业是医生,副业是作家.
• Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation. 把写作当作你的副业, 不要把它当作正业.
• 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。

同义词

• n.
  avocation的同义词之：副业;兴趣
  minor, occupation, sideline, hobby,
• avocation的同义词之：其他释义
  pursuit, bag,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <正>业余爱好；嗜好
  Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation. 把写作当作你的副业，不要把它当作正业。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an auxiliary activity