career /kəˈriə/ n. ［c］ 1.生涯，经历：a very successful career 一番很成功的经历；abandon one’s stage career 放弃舞台生涯；build a career 立业；during a(n) academic (artistic, commercial, diplomatic, military) career 在某人的学术(艺术，经商，外交，戎马)生涯中 ［考句］Though she began her career by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star. 尽管她的职业生涯起始于一个地方流行歌曲演唱队，如今她已经成了著名的好莱坞电影明星。 2.专业，职业：one’s public career 某人的公职；choose a career on the stage选择了舞台生活；future career 未来的职业(专业)；an honourable career一项光荣的职业
［辨析］与job, vocation, profession和occupation 辨见job
