avocation

英 [ˌævəʊˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌævoʊˈkeɪʃn]

n.  业余爱好

复数：avocations　

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an auxiliary activity
  Synonym:by-linehobbypursuitsidelinespare-time activity

双语例句

• He and his brother then returned to their former avocation, for how long is uncertain.
  他和他的兄弟然后返回他们原先兴趣，多久是不确定的。
• 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。
• Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
  鸟类学其实是我的爱好。
• My greatest avocation is musing. I can stay by myself for a long time without feeling disconsolate in the least.
  我的最大爱好是深思默想。我可以一个人长时间地独处而感到愉快。
• Job openings in this field are limited, and many students pursue this as an avocation.
  工作缺口有限，很多学生将学习这门课程作为业余爱好。
• In fact, fishing is my avocation.
  事实上，钓鱼是我的一大嗜好。
• In the watershed, industry avocation and fruit are main income sources, the amount and sources of income in different type of village have a great difference.
  该小流域工副业和果业是农民收入的主要来源，不同村落类型间农民收入及收入构成差异显著；
• Learning foreign lauguagrs is just an avocation with me.
  学习外语是我一项业余爱好。
• It studies the effect of agricultural intensivism, peasant avocation, country service system, rural firms, turning countries into towns and developing third industry on Chinese rural surplus labor transfer.
  主要研究了农业集约经营、农户兼业经营、建设民办型农村服务体系、发展乡镇企业、农村城镇化以及发展第三产业等五个方面对中国农村剩余劳动力乡城转移的作用。
• Dance, then, isa avocation for you.
  那么跳舞对你来说就是一个“副业”。