Word of the Day : June 9, 2019
vocationnoun | voh-KAY-shun
[h1]Definition[/h1]1 a : a summons or strong inclination to aparticular state or course of action; especially : a divine call to the religious life
b : an entry into the priesthood or a religious order
2 a : the work in which a person is employed : occupation
b : the persons engaged in a particular occupation
3 : the special function of an individualor group
[h1]Examples[/h1]"The superpower I've always wished for is invisibility, and I chose my vocation accordingly. A novelist gets 140,000 words per onetiny author photo. That's a visibility ratio I can live with." — Barbara Kingsolver, quoted in The New Statesman (UK), 15 Oct. 2018
"I'd just graduated law school and was struggling to find a field of law that would interest me. My brother Tony … mentioned how his friend and college music professor had a lawyer … who was a big shot in the music industry. I was intrigued; music was my passion, but law would be my vocation. I had no idea I could potentially work in both fields. — Robert S. Meloni, Billboard.com, 15 Oct. 2018
[h1]Did You Know?[/h1]Vocation has been making its voice heard in English since the15th century, when it referred to a summons from God to perform a particular task or function in life, especially a religious career. It should come as no surprise, then, that the word is a descendant of Latin vocatio, meaning "summons."
Vocatio, in turn, comes from vocare, meaning "to call," which itselfis from vox,meaning "voice." Vocation also has a secular position in the English languageas a word for the strong desire to do a certain kind of work or the work itself, much like the words calling or occupation.
[h1]Word Family Quiz[/h1]What 5-letter verb beginning with "v" is related to Latin vox, meaning "voice," and is used to imply that you find someone or something to be honest, true, or good?
[h1]Definition[/h1]1 a：对特定国家或行动方式的传唤或强烈倾向;特别是：神圣的宗教生活召唤
b：进入祭司或宗教团体的入口
2 a：雇用一个人的工作：职业
b：从事特定职业的人员
3：个人或团体的特殊功能
Examples
“我一直希望的超级大国是无形的，我相应地选择了我的职业。一位小说家每张作者的照片都会得到14万字。这是我可以接受的知名度。” - BarbaraKingsolver，引自新政治家（英国），2018年10月15日
“我刚刚毕业于法学院，正在努力寻找一个让我感兴趣的法律领域。我的兄弟托尼......提到了他的朋友和大学音乐教授如何聘请律师......这对于音乐行业来说是个大人物。我很感兴趣;音乐是我的热情，但法律将是我的职业。我不知道我可能在两个领域工作。—— Robert S. Meloni，Billboard.com，2018年10月15日
[h1]Did You Know?[/h1]自15世纪以来，职业一直以英语发声，当时它提到了来自上帝的召唤，以在生活中执行特定任务或功能，特别是宗教事业。那么，这个词应该是拉丁语vocatio的后代，意思是“召唤”。反过来，Vocatio来自vocare，意思是“呼唤”，它本身来自vox，意思是“声音”。职业在英语中也有一个世俗的位置，这是一个强烈渴望做某种工作或工作的词，就像说话或职业这样的话。
ps：本译文只供参考，软件翻译
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