这些名词都含“职业”之意。
profession以前常指要受过高等教育(尤指法律、医学和神学)才能获得的职业,现在一般指为谋生之职,尤指从事脑力劳动和受过专门训练,具有某种专业知识的工作。
job 泛指一切有报酬的工作。
occupation泛指任何一种职业,比job正式,经常用于书面填表中。
trade指技巧、技能型职业。
vocation较正式用词,语气庄重,有专业及天职之意,以前常用于教会中的职位。
career指经过专门训练,终身愿意从事的职业。
work指任何种类的工作,也泛指职业。
employment指受雇的工作,通常能比较稳定领取工资。
联想记忆法
employ(v雇佣)+ment(名词性后缀)=employment(n雇佣)
词源词缀法
em-向内+-ploy(=-plic-)折叠+-ment名词词尾
重要短语
obtain employment就业,找到工作
in employment在工作
employment rate就业率;雇用率;人力资源新进率
employment pressure就业压力
The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to the blind.
这家公司是为盲人提供有意义工作的先驱之一.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The employment outlook for the next year is based in part on contracts signed this year.
明年的就业前景部分地取决于今年签订的合同.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
现行雇佣法要变,要奖勤罚懒。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》You are required to give the company six weeks'notice of termination of employment.
你必须提前6周通知公司提出终止雇用.
来源:《简明英汉词典》We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes.
我们发现自己陷入了雇佣法案的圈套之中,因为它们并不能帮助解决劳资争端。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.
船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定.
来源:《简明英汉词典》A degree is an essential prerequisite for employment at this level.
学位是做这级工作必备的先决条件。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》More local employment will be created, particularly in service industries.
当地会创造出更多的就业机会,尤其是服务行业。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The workman went from town to town, working when he could find employment.
那个工人从一个城镇流浪到另一个城镇, 找到职业时就干点活.
来源:《用法词典》The government's record on employment did not endear them to the voters.
政府促进就业的成绩未能为它赢取选民的支持.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work.
家务劳动给消极地看作是逃避不喜欢的另一种选择——受雇工作.
来源:《简明英汉词典》These conditions must be expressly incorporated into the contract of employment.
这些条件都必须明确地写进雇佣合同之中.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The factory furnishes employment to more than one thousand skilled hands.
该工厂为一千多熟练工人提供就业机会.
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