
好词典

源自拉丁语 'professio',意为'公开声明'或'职业',通过古法语 'profession' 传入英语。
❶ 指需要专门知识或技能的职业,通常需要接受正规教育或培训才能从事,如医生、律师、教师等。
“Teaching and medicine are both respected professions.”
(教学和医学都是受人尊敬的职业。)
“He comes from a family with many members in the legal profession.”
(他来自一个有许多成员从事法律职业的家庭。)
learned professions — 指需要高等教育的传统专业职业,通常包括法律、医学和神学等领域。
“In the past, the learned professions were limited to law, medicine, and the clergy.”
(在过去,需要高等教育的职业仅限于法律、医学和神职人员。)