avocation

英 [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]

n.  业余爱好

复数：avocations　

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牛津词典

noun

• 业余爱好
  a hobby or other activity that you do for interest and enjoyment

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 业余爱好;副业
  Youravocationis a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an auxiliary activity
  Synonym:by-linehobbypursuitsidelinespare-time activity

双语例句

• Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
  那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。
• My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.
  我叔叔是一位会计师，作曲是他的业余爱好。
• In the watershed, industry avocation and fruit are main income sources, the amount and sources of income in different type of village have a great difference.
  该小流域工副业和果业是农民收入的主要来源，不同村落类型间农民收入及收入构成差异显著；
• He and his brother then returned to their former avocation, for how long is uncertain.
  他和他的兄弟然后返回他们原先兴趣，多久是不确定的。
• 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。
• My greatest avocation is musing. I can stay by myself for a long time without feeling disconsolate in the least.
  我的最大爱好是深思默想。我可以一个人长时间地独处而感到愉快。
• Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
  鸟类学其实是我的爱好。
• I just want an avocation that is relaxing and enjoyable.
  我只想要一个放松的让人愉快的爱好。
• And so the staff is a captive audience for their manager's jazz-band gigs, elegies over his approach shot to the17th green, or any other avocation mistaken as part of the vocation.
  所以员工们就成了上司的忠实听众，听他们的爵士乐队表演、对高尔夫球的高谈阔论或其他被错当成工作内容的业余爱好。
• Journalism as a profession will share the stage with journalism as an avocation.
  将会有更多的人把新闻业作为一种业余爱好而参与进来。