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表示职业的名词的用法
表示职业的名词的用法
business,occupation,employment,profession这四个名词都表示一个人经常的,全赖以过生活的职业
1.business表示“行业,商业,生意”,只为了图利(常指为自己利益)而为之工作,特指商业,银行业,贸易业等。用作不可数名词,常与介词about,concerning,in regard to,at,by,in,into,like,on,out of,of,to,with等连用。例如:
What business
are you in? 你从事什么职业?
She has to be
at business by nine. 她得在九点以前上班。
The man has
lost money by business. 那个人做生意赔了本。
He has a good
head for business. 他有做生意的头脑。
He has gone
into business in partnership with his younger brother.
他已和他的弟弟合资经营。
It is none of your business.
这不关你的事。
Are you here on business or
for pleasure? 你到此地是出差还是游览?
The company has gone out of
business. 该公司已经破产。
I have business
with you. 我跟你有要紧事要谈。
常与business连用的词组和短语有:
be in(go into)business表示“经商,从事商业”
get(down) to business表示“开始谈正事,认真干起来”
go about one’s
business表示“做自己的事”
go out of
business表示“破产,停业”
have no
business to do(doing)sth.表示“无权做某事”
a man of
business表示“实业家”
on business表示“出差,办事,因公”
open for
business表示“开市,开张”
business is
business表示“公事公办”
business before
pleasure表示“正事要紧”
2.occupation表示“职业,工作”,指某人经常所作的或训练有素的工作,不论此时他是否从事这工作,或领受工资与否。用作可数名词和不可数名词。常连用介词by,of,in,without等。例如:
By occupation
she is a housewife. 她的职业是管家。
One-half of the population
finds its occupation in agriculture. 一半人口从事农业。
He has no fixed
occupation. 他没有固定职业。
与occupation经常连用的词组和短语有:
take up
occupation表示“就业”
a man of no
occupation表示“无职业的人”
men without
definite occupation表示“没有固定职业的人”
3.employment表示“职业,工作”指替别人做工而接受薪水的工作。含有“雇用”的意思。用作不可数名词;常与介词as,in,for,into,out of,with,without等连用。
So Tina began thinking of
seeking employment herself.
因此,蒂娜开始考虑为自己谋求职业。
The new factory
provided employment for many young people.
这家新工厂为许多青年人提供就业。
He took employment in a
newspaper office.他在报社获得工作。
与employment经常连用的词组有:
persons in their employment表示“他们雇用的人”
persons in the employment of
the government表示“政府雇员”
those people in and out of
employment表示“那些有工作和没有工作的人”
take sb.
into employment表示“雇用某人”
throw them out of employment表示“把他们解雇”
be without employment表示“失业”
employment of
modern machinery表示“现代化机器的使用”
employment of
one’s time表示“时间的利用”
the employment of skilled labour表示“雇用熟练工人”
take employment with a
foreigner表示“受雇于外国人”
4.profession表示“职业,工作”,特指必须经过专门教育或训练而具有某种专业知识的工作。用作可数名词。常与介词by,in,of,to, for,without等连用。例如:
I intend to
make teaching my profession. 我打算把教书作为我的职业。
She’s not an
actress by profession.她不是位职业女演员。
He is getting
on well in his profession. 他在自己的职业中干得很好。
与profession经常连用的词组和短语有:
by profession表示“就职业来说,在职业上”
a man of letters by
profession表示“职业文人”
be respected by the
profession表示“为同行所尊重”
people in this profession表示“从事这一职业的人”
give up the practice of one’s
profession表示“放弃自己干的职业”
a profession
for women表示“适合于妇女的职业”
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