1N-VAR 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. 使命;天职
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。
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。
2N-VAR [oft poss NOUN](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. (认为特别适合自己的)工作,职业
Her vocation is her work as an actress.
她的职业就是当演员。
She has no vocation for teaching.
她不是当老师的料。
Quotations
Many are called, but few are chosenBible: St. Matthew
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VOCATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤true真正適合自己的職業▸➤Christian, religious基督教/宗教使命VERB + VOCATION➤find找到職業◇She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年來苦苦尋找真正適合自己的職業。➤have有從事⋯的才能▸➤follow, live, live out, pursue從事職業;踐行使命;履行天職◇He is desperate to pursue his vocation as an artist.他不顧一切地追求藝術事業。◇They are set on living out their vocation as priests.他們決心要實踐身為牧師的使命。➤miss (BrE) 選錯職業◇She feels that she missed her vocation by not working with children.她覺得自己沒有從事跟小孩子打交道的工作是入錯了行。PREPOSITION➤vocation for有從事⋯的才能◇She seems to have a vocation for healing.看來她具備治病救人的才能。➤vocation to⋯聖召◇a vocation to the priesthood司鐸聖召PHRASES➤a sense of vocation使命感◇This is a job that demands a sense of vocation.這是一份需要具備使命感的工作。