Professional

[prə'feʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or [prə'fɛʃənl]

解释:

(noun.) a person engaged in one of the learned professions.

(noun.) an athlete who plays for pay.

(adj.) engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; 'the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications'; 'began her professional career after the Olympics'; 'professional theater'; 'professional football'; 'a professional cook'; 'professional actors and athletes' .

(adj.) characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; 'professional conduct'; 'professional ethics'; 'a thoroughly professional performance' .

(adj.) engaged in by members of a profession; 'professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching' .

(adj.) of or relating to a profession; 'we need professional advice'; 'professional training'; 'professional equipment for his new office' .

(adj.) of or relating to or suitable as a profession; 'professional organizations'; 'a professional field such as law' .

珍妮特录入--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.

(a.) Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.

(n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

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