professions

英 [prəˈfɛʃənz]

美 [prəˈfɛʃənz]

n.  (需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一)行业，职业; (某)职业界; 业内人士; 同业; 同行; 同人; (统称，指需要较高教育水平的)职业
profession的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （需要高等教育或训练的）职业
  Aprofessionis a type of job that requires advanced education or training.
  1. Harper was a teacher by profession...
     哈珀的职业是教师。
  2. Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
     在这些职业中，只有20%的岗位是由女性担任的。
• N-COUNT-COLL （某一专业工作的）全体人员，业界人士，专业界
  You can useprofessionto refer to all the people who have the same profession.
  1. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
     现在，医务人员的态度开明多了。

双语例句

• Different professions will choose different colors for their uniforms.
  不同的行业会选择不同的制服。
• More importantly, I understood that some professions needed imagination and vocational skills of creative work.
  更重要的是，我了解到有些职业是需要想象和手艺的创造性工作。
• Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
  科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。
• Along with dentists and tax collectors, construction workers must have one of the most hated professions.
  建筑工人这一职业大概可以和牙医以及收税员一起并列为最让人反感的行业了。
• Bankers are no different, but their work differs from most other professions in two important ways.
  但在两个重要方面上，银行家的工作与其它多数职业存在区别。
• Professions, identities and social roles are shaken from the solid foundations.
  职业、身份和社会角色的稳固根基被撼动了。
• They represent just a tiny proportion of the skilled Africans of all trades and professions who leave the continent.
  而他们只是离开非洲大陆的各行各业技术性人才中的一小部分。
• Other topics relevant to your work in IT professions.
  你IT职业生涯中的其他相关话题。
• The years since have proved how different these professions are.
  此次会议以后的很多年已经证明了上述两种职业之间的差异有多么大。
• A person engaged in one of the learned professions.
  从事专业知识研究的人。