avocations是什么意思？

avocations

• n. <正>业余爱好，嗜好( avocation的名词复数 )，<罕>职业；

例句

• In terms of avocations, there is hardly anything in common between Jenny and her younger sister. 就业余爱好而言, 珍妮和她妹妹几乎没什么共同之处.
• Most seem to come from technical avocations, like engineering, computers and sciences. 绝大多数人原有技术方面的爱好, 比如工程 、 计算机和科学.

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。