career
英 [k?'r??]
美[k?'r?r]
- n. 生涯；職業；事業；速度，全速
- adj. 作為畢生職業的
- vi. 全速前進，猛沖
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中高頻詞核心詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?careers;第三人稱單數:?careers;過去式:?careered;過去分詞:?careered;現在分詞:?careering;
助記提示
1. care‐er，關心這件事情的人。
2. 〔家長都關心(care)，兒〈er〉子的職業〕?
2. 〔家長都關心(care)，兒〈er〉子的職業〕?
中文詞源
career 疾馳，職業
來自詞根cur, 跑，詞源同car, current. 原指路程，馳騁，后用于職業。
英文詞源
- 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 Proven?al 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 Proven?al 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career.
- 卡琳設法達到了其職業的要求。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.
- 她重振旗鼓去開創自己的事業了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
- 事業要成功，才能、勤奮和頑強的意志都至關重要。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
- 我不得不暫緩就業打算，呆在家里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Chantal was lucky to be able to salvage her career.
- 尚塔爾能保住她的事業算是走了運。
來自柯林斯例句