career Význam & definícia

Význam career v slovenčine

• 0 the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money:

  • He's hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.

  • When he retires he will be able to look back over a brilliant career (= a working life that has been very successful).

  • It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.

  • I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.

  • Judith is very career-minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).

• 1 (especially of a vehicle) to move fast and in a way that is out of control:

  • The coach careered down a slope and collided with a bank.

• 2 a job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money:

  • He’s hoping for a career in social work.

  • She left college to pursue an acting career.

• 3 (esp. of a vehicle) to move fast and without control:

  • The bus careered down a slope and hit a telephone pole.

• 4 done as a job all your life:

  • a career politician

• 5 the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially when this involves making progress to better jobs or is in a particular profession:

  • a career in sth He's hoping for a career in web design.

  • a career as sth I worked there early in my career as civil engineer.

  • a career with sth Sharon enjoyed a long career with the BBC.

  • pursue/make/have a career It is not easy to make a career in broadcasting.

  • a brilliant/successful/distinguished career

  • a political/medical/academic career

  • You should continue learning throughout your professional career.

• 6 related to your job:

  • career opportunities/prospects I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.

  • career choice/option For him, art was a way of life, not a career choice.

  • career-minded/-oriented Sean is very career-oriented and ambitious.

• 7 spending all or most of your working life in the same job or field:

  • a career diplomat/soldier/criminal

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