avocation
英 [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn]
美 [ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]
n. 业余爱好
复数：avocations
COCA.25485
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.- 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。
- He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
英英释义
noun
- an auxiliary activity
双语例句
- Writing is both my vocation and my avocation; that's all I do.
写字是我的职责，也是我的业余爱好；那是我的全部工作所在。 - Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
鸟类学其实是我的爱好。 - Learning foreign lauguagrs is just an avocation with me.
学习外语是我一项业余爱好。 - Job openings in this field are limited, and many students pursue this as an avocation.
工作缺口有限，很多学生将学习这门课程作为业余爱好。 - Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.
学外语是我的业余爱好。 - As far as avocation is concained, Jane and her sister have hardly anything in common.
就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。 - Under the new situations and circumstances of a worldwide avocation of energy conservation and reduction of pollutant emission, the wind energy, as the representative of the renewable energy sources has caused extensive concern.
在全球大力提倡节能减排的新形势下，以风能为代表的可再生能源得到了广泛关注。 - People's hobby or avocation, aggrandize is, Is it human's babyism or animal's progress?
生活，把它夸大，真不知是人类的愚昧还是动物的进步？ - He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
他的职业是医生，副业是作家。 - Teaching is my vocation and writing is my avocation.
教书是我的职业，写作是我的副业。