avocation

• n. 副业；业余爱好；嗜好

前缀a-同ab-, 从，从...离开。vocation, 职业。即偏离主业。

avocation (n.)

1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare, from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).

1. Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation.

把写作当作你的副业, 不要把它当作正业.

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2. 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。

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3. He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.

他的职业是医生,副业是作家.

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4. Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.

学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好.

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5. My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.

我叔叔是一位会计师, 作曲是他的嗜好.

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