avocation

• n. 副業；業餘愛好；嗜好

前綴a-同ab-, 從，從...離開。vocation, 職業。即偏離主業。

avocation (n.)

1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare, from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).

1. Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation.

把寫作當作你的副業, 不要把它當作正業.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.

他從事印刷業，同時是個博物學愛好者。

來自辭典例句

3. He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.

他的職業是醫生,副業是作家.

來自辭典例句

4. Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.

學習外語隻不過是我的一項業餘愛好.

來自互聯網

5. My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.

我叔叔是一位會計師, 作曲是他的嗜好.

來自互聯網