career
英[kə'rɪə]
美[kə'rɪr]
- n. 生涯;职业;事业;速度,全速
- adj. 作为毕生职业的
- vi. 全速前进,猛冲
词态变化
复数: careers;第三人称单数: careers;过去式: careered;过去分词: careered;现在分词: careering;
助记提示
1. care‐er,关心这件事情的人。
2. 〔家长都关心(care),儿〈er〉子的职业〕?
中文词源
career 疾驰,职业来自词根cur, 跑,词源同car, current. 原指路程,驰骋,后用于职业。
英文词源
- career
- career: [16] Originally, a career was a ‘road or racetrack for vehicles’. Its ultimate source was Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’ (from which we get car), which produced the Vulgar Latin derivative *carāria ‘track for wheeled vehicles’. This passed into English via Provençal carreira, Italian carriera, and French carrière. Its earliest meaning was ‘racecourse’, and hence, by extension, ‘swift course’; the main present-day sense ‘course of someone’s working life’ did not develop until the 19th century, probably owing to renewed influence of French carrière.
=> car - career (n.)
- 1530s, "a running (usually at full speed), a course" (especially of the sun, etc., across the sky), from Middle French carriere "road, racecourse" (16c.), from Old Provençal or Italian carriera, from Vulgar Latin *(via) cararia "carriage (road), track for wheeled vehicles," from Latin carrus "chariot" (see car). Sense of "course of a working life" first attested 1803.
- career (v.)
- 1590s, "to charge at a tournament," from career (n.). The meaning "move rapidly, run at full speed" (1640s) is from the image of a horse "passing a career" on the jousting field, etc. Related: Careered; careering.
双语例句
- 1. Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career.
- 卡琳设法达到了其职业的要求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.
- 她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。
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- 3. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
- 事业要成功,才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。
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- 4. I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
- 我不得不暂缓就业打算,呆在家里。
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- 5. Chantal was lucky to be able to salvage her career.
- 尚塔尔能保住她的事业算是走了运。
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