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
- 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。 - 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 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； - Learning foreign lauguagrs is just an avocation with me.
学习外语是我一项业余爱好。 - Learning ballet is just an avocation with me.
学习芭蕾舞只不过是我的一项业余爱好。 - Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.
学外语是我的业余爱好。 - 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。 - 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。 - Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。