0 any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education:
1 a statement about what someone feels, believes, or intends to do, often made publicly:
The energy companies' professions of commitment to the environment seem less believable every day.
his professions of love
2 any type of work, esp. one that needs a high level of education or a particular skill:
3 a job that needs a high level of education or special training:
What is it like to work in a profession where more than 97% of your colleagues are men?
the accountancy/teaching/engineering profession
sb is sth by profession He's an architect by profession.
She is a leading commercial lawyer who is highly respected within the profession.
enter/go into/leave a profession We won't get people to enter a profession that doesn't reward effectiveness.
4 the people who do a particular type of work, considered as a group:
There's a feeling among the nursing profession that their work is undervalued.
5 jobs that need special training and skill, such as being a doctor or lawyer, rather than jobs in business or industry:
The struggle for equality in the military is not over yet, but women are making significant gains in this area, as they are in business, politics, and the professions.
enter/go into the professions It was an environment where science was a dirty word and his fellow pupils were encouraged to go into the professions.
Her ambition and determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
She was, by profession, a lawyer.
Until recently secretarial work and nursing were very much pink-collar professions.
Such a distinction served in turn to demarcate more specifically the limits between the clerical and medical professions.
The second part of the book focuses on the changing role of the professions.
The present paper has focused on the intellectual arguments borrowed by the ministers from the physicians, rather than on the internal polity of both professions.
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工作, (尤指需要特殊訓練或專業技能的)職業, 某職業的全體人員…
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工作, (尤指需要特殊训练或专业技能的)职业, 某职业的全体人员…
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profesi��n, profesión [feminine, singular]…
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profissão…
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職業, 専門職, 従事者…
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