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profession

/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/ 名词 B1

中文: 职业、行业

  1. A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. · She died only a few years after her profession.
  2. The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
  3. Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended. · Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.· a profession of support
  4. An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. · My father was a barrister by profession.
  5. The practitioners of such an occupation collectively. · His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.

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I think it’s a very noble profession.”
《Anne of Green Gables》,第250页 · C1
They are in the same profession, you know, only in different lines.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第57页 · B2
When the ladies removed after dinner Elizabeth ran up to her sister, and seeing her well guarded from cold, attended her into the drawing-room, where she was welcomed by her two friends with many professions of pleasure; and Elizabeth had never seen them so agreeable as they were during the hour which passed before the gentlemen appeared.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第58页 · B2
The communication excited many professions of concern; and enough was said of wishing them to stay at least till the following day to work on Jane; and till the morrow their going was deferred.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第65页 · B2

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