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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
他的职业是医生，副业是作家。 - 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。 - 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？