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
- 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； - Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。 - Learning foreign lauguagrs is just an avocation with me.
学习外语是我一项业余爱好。 - Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.
学外语是我的业余爱好。 - 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。 - 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。 - In the aspect of revolutionary education thought, he put forward the view that: Education is avocation and There is no construction without knowledge;
在革命教育观方面他提出了教便是宣传，非学问无以建设的主张； - Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
鸟类学其实是我的爱好。 - 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。 - 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。