Profession

[prə'feʃ(ə)n] or [prə'fɛʃən]

解释:

(noun.) an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences).

(noun.) affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; 'a profession of Christianity'.

(noun.) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; 'a profession of disagreement'.

(noun.) the body of people in a learned occupation; 'the news spread rapidly through the medical profession'; 'they formed a community of scientists'.

整理:帕斯夸里--From WordNet

解释:

(v.) The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

(v.) That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.

(v.) That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.

(v.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

(v.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

杰夫编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Declaration, avowal, claim.[2]. Employment (that requires a learned education), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION.

校对:史蒂文

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Avowal, declaration, business, occupation, trade, calling, vocation,[SeeDECLARATION]

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