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
- 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。 - Jane has no common with her sister on avocation. Things will go much Better if people of the same trade make up the other's deficiency from their own surplus.
就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。同行业之间互通有无，调剂余缺，事情就好办得多了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It studies the effect of agricultural intensivism, peasant avocation, country service system, rural firms, turning countries into towns and developing third industry on Chinese rural surplus labor transfer.
主要研究了农业集约经营、农户兼业经营、建设民办型农村服务体系、发展乡镇企业、农村城镇化以及发展第三产业等五个方面对中国农村剩余劳动力乡城转移的作用。 - Some parents want their children to give up their avocation and to fix attention to the study. The teacher encouraged the children to behave well and not to be a discredit to the collective.
一些父母要求孩子放弃爱好而集中精力学习。老师鼓励孩子们表现得好一些，不要给集体丢脸。 - 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 fact, fishing is my avocation.
事实上，钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。