listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
PETS rank
profession

?�★

Font Size

Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

profession [prə'fεʃən]
  1. 1. noun [c] (job) 职业
  2. 2. noun (people) (medical,legal etc) 从业人员

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

profession [prəʊˈfeʃən]
  1. 1. n.[u] 同业同行
    The news spread rapidly through the medical profession.
    这条消息医学界迅速传开了。
  2. 2. n.[c] 职业
  3. 3. n.[c] 声明表白
  4. 4. n.[c] [Religion] 决志,信仰表白

Collins English-English Dictionary

profession [prə'fεʃən]
  1. 1. n profession of faith a declaration of faith in a religion, esp as made on entering the Church of that religion or an order belonging to it
  2. 2. n an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
  3. 3. n the body of people in such an occupation
  4. 4. n the act of professing; avowal; declaration
  5. 5. n the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration
  6. 6. n [Etymology] C13: from Medieval Latin professio the taking of vows upon entering a religious order, from Latin: public acknowledgment; see profess

Examples

to embrace a new profession
从事新的职业
at the top in one's profession
身居要津;同行中的佼佼者
His work was important in helping establish dentistry as a separate profession.
他在推动牙医学发展成一门独立学科的过程中发挥了重要作用。
by profession/birth/nature
就职业/祖籍/天性而言
Furthermore, new teachers were not being trained fast enough to replace the trained teachers who were leaving the profession.
此外,新入职的教师由于没有及时接受培训,还不能取代那些受过培训准备离岗的教师。
There are still those who prefer to take their chances in the profession without any formal training.
仍然有很多人对于该行业没有受过任何正式的训练而只是去碰运气。

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Content partners 外研社collins