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单词 calling
释义

calling

/ˈkɔːlɪŋ /
noun
1 [mass noun] The action or sound of calling: the calling of a cuckoo...
  • You could not run away from the sound of their calling even if you wanted to.
  • The only sounds were the crackling fire, and Cattannia's desperate calling.
  • The whooping and calling from an enthusiastic audience was reminiscent of a Chippendales' performance on a good night.
2A strong urge towards a particular way of life or career; a vocation: those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs...
  • I wanted to be ordained because in my heart of hearts, I had always felt a strong calling.
  • But in general, men historically seem to have a calling towards protector roles and I honor them for that.
  • It's an upbringing she remembers fondly, even though she can't begin to place where her calling towards music came from.

Synonyms

vocation, mission;
call, summons
2.1A profession or occupation: he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings...
  • On looking through the hall of fame, he discovered he had joined a band of past pupils who covered many services and callings in their chosen professions.
  • Clearly, some of the nurses are in the noble calling for the money.
  • The British crown possessed an ancient right to seize for naval service ‘seamen, seafaring men and persons whose occupations or callings are to work upon vessels and boats upon rivers’.

Synonyms

profession, occupation, career, work, employment, job, day job, business, trade, craft, line, line of work, pursuit, métier, walk of life, province, field
archaic employ

Rhymes

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