professions

英 [prəˈfɛʃənz]

美 [prəˈfɛʃənz]

n.  (需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一)行业，职业; (某)职业界; 业内人士; 同业; 同行; 同人; (统称，指需要较高教育水平的)职业
profession的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （需要高等教育或训练的）职业
  Aprofessionis a type of job that requires advanced education or training.
  1. Harper was a teacher by profession...
     哈珀的职业是教师。
  2. Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
     在这些职业中，只有20%的岗位是由女性担任的。
• N-COUNT-COLL （某一专业工作的）全体人员，业界人士，专业界
  You can useprofessionto refer to all the people who have the same profession.
  1. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.
     现在，医务人员的态度开明多了。

双语例句

• It is for this reason that professors report among the highest rates of job satisfaction of all professions.
  这正是教授在所有职业中的工作满意度位列前茅的原因。
• However, when most athletes retire, they choose professions related to sports and physical education.
  但是，大多数运动员退役后，都选择了与体育运动有关的职业。
• Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
  科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。
• Along with dentists and tax collectors, construction workers must have one of the most hated professions.
  建筑工人这一职业大概可以和牙医以及收税员一起并列为最让人反感的行业了。
• Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
  在这些职业中，只有20%的岗位是由女性担任的。
• More importantly, I understood that some professions needed imagination and vocational skills of creative work.
  更重要的是，我了解到有些职业是需要想象和手艺的创造性工作。
• They seemed close in spirit to those first independent-minded Turkish women who took professions
  她们在本质上似乎和那些最早出去工作的具有独立思想的土耳其女性很相似。
• Schools and people in creative professions may find it highly useful ( and fun).
  而教育行业和创意行业人士可能会觉得它非常有用（而且有趣）。
• A number, however, permit their professions to have some influence on their leisure time.
  然而，很多受访者承认，他们的职业对其业余时间形成了某种影响。
• The years since have proved how different these professions are.
  此次会议以后的很多年已经证明了上述两种职业之间的差异有多么大。