avocations
n. <正>业余爱好,嗜好( avocation的名词复数 ); <罕>职业
Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
他从事印刷业,同时是个博物学爱好者。
Most seem to come from technical avocations, like engineering, computers and sciences.
绝大多数人原有技术方面的爱好, 比如工程 、 计算机和科学.
In terms of avocations, there is hardly anything in common between Jenny and her younger sister.
就业余爱好而言, 珍妮和她妹妹几乎没什么共同之处.