词汇 | calling |
释义 | calling 5 ENTRIES FOUND: calling (noun) calling card (noun) name-calling (noun) call (verb) cold call (noun) calling /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ noun plural callings calling /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/ noun plural callings Learner's definition of CALLING [count] 1 : a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work (such as religious work)强烈愿望;使命感;(神的)感召 He had always felt a calling to help others.他总感到有一种想帮助他人的强烈愿望。 He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.他感到受到神的感召要成为牧师。 For Mary, teaching wasn't a job, it was a calling. [=vocation]对玛丽而言,教书不是一项工作,而是一种使命。 2 : the work that a person does or should be doing(某人从事或应从事的)职业,事业 She discovered architecture as her true calling [=vocation] while in college.她在上大学时发现建筑设计是她真正想从事的事业。 He feels he missed his calling [=did not have the career he should have] by not becoming a doctor.他觉得没能成为医生是错失了自己本应从事的职业。 |
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