vocation /vəuˈkeiʃən/ n. (只用sing.)天职；职业：The nursing of the sick, said Florence Nightingale, is a vocation as well as a profession. 南丁格尔说，看护病患者不仅是一种职业，更是天职。
［辨析］与job, profession, occupation和career辨见job
vocational6 /vəuˈkeiʃənəl/ adj. 职业的，业务的：a vocational school 职业学校；vocational training 职业培训；vocational diseases职业病；vocational studies业务学习
