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
- Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。 - In fact, fishing is my avocation.
事实上，钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。 - In the formation cause of personality test, there is remarkable difference in economic level, stature and appearance and avocation between the impoverished and non-impoverished college students ( P< 0.01);
在人格成因测验中，贫困大学生与非贫困大学生在经济水平、身材相貌、业余爱好方面具有显著差异（P<0.01）； - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - Teaching is my vocation and writing is my avocation.
教书是我的职业，写作是我的副业。 - Learning foreign lauguagrs is just an avocation with me.
学习外语是我一项业余爱好。 - He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.
他的职业是医生，副业是作家。 - 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。