| 单词 | career woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmascareer woman b. In modern language (after French carrière) frequently used for: A course of professional life or employment, which affords opportunity for progress or advancement in the world. Frequently attributive (originally U.S.), esp. (a) designating one who works permanently in the diplomatic service or other profession, opposed to one who enters it at a high level from elsewhere; (b) career girl, career woman, etc., one who works permanently in a profession, opposed to one who ceases full-time work on marrying. Also: careers master n. a schoolteacher who advises and helps pupils in choosing careers; similarly careers mistress n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] career1927 society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > woman workwomana1382 operatrice1531 labouress1570 operatress1841 ouvrièrea1855 career woman1927 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [adjective] > working permanently in a profession career1927 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other schoolteachers gerund-grinder1710 hedge-schoolmaster1830 grammatist1850 discipline master1863 quizmaster1878 careers master1943 1927 Literary Digest 25 June 14/2 The foundation of any sound Foreign Service must consist of ‘career men’ who have become expert. 1931 F. J. Stimson My United States xviii. 190 The career professors look somewhat askance at one who comes in from the outside world—just as career secretaries in diplomacy do upon a chief who has not gone through all the grades. 1936 Yale Rev. 25 288 Other steps essential to a well-rounded career service remain to be taken... The prospect of permanent undersecretaryships for career men needs to be realized. 1937 Collier's Weekly 26 June 20 (heading) Career girl. 1937 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 9 Oct. 16/3 Most career women are different. 1943 Assistant Masters' Year Book 24 The Committee enables members who are careers masters to exchange information. 1947 Daily Mail 25 Aug. 2/3 (heading) Should the career woman make dates? 1951 R. Hoggart Auden vi. 200 The career-girl Rosetta yearns for her lush English landscape. 1954 F. P. Keyes Royal Box viii. 101 He might well have expected the offer of an embassy... It's only occasionally that they go to career diplomats like me. 1959 Times 15 Apr. 13/4 As careers mistress in a grammar school it is certainly not my habit. 1970 New Yorker 17 Oct. 167/1 Philip Habib, a competent, if unusually brusque, career diplomat. < as lemmas |
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