单词 | profession |
释义 | profession n.   1. a vocation or calling, esp. one that involves some branch of advanced learning or science (the medical profession).   2. a body of people engaged in a profession.   3. a declaration or avowal.   4. a declaration of belief in a religion.   5. a the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order. b the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order. Phrases and idioms the oldest profession colloq. or joc. prostitution. Derivatives professionless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L professio -onis (as PROFESS) |
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