career

英 [k?'r??] 美[k?'r?r]

CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中高頻詞核心詞匯

復數:?careers;第三人稱單數:?careers;過去式:?careered;過去分詞:?careered;現在分詞:?careering;

1. care‐er，關心這件事情的人。
2. 〔家長都關心(care)，兒〈er〉子的職業〕?

career 疾馳，職業

來自詞根cur, 跑，詞源同car, current. 原指路程，馳騁，后用于職業。

career: career: [16] Originally, a career was a ‘road or racetrack for vehicles’. Its ultimate source was Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’ (from which we get car), which produced the Vulgar Latin derivative *carāria ‘track for wheeled vehicles’. This passed into English via Proven?al carreira, Italian carriera, and French carrière. Its earliest meaning was ‘racecourse’, and hence, by extension, ‘swift course’; the main present-day sense ‘course of someone’s working life’ did not develop until the 19th century, probably owing to renewed influence of French carrière.
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career (n.): 1530s, "a running (usually at full speed), a course" (especially of the sun, etc., across the sky), from Middle French carriere "road, racecourse" (16c.), from Old Proven?al or Italian carriera, from Vulgar Latin *(via) cararia "carriage (road), track for wheeled vehicles," from Latin carrus "chariot" (see car). Sense of "course of a working life" first attested 1803.
career (v.): 1590s, "to charge at a tournament," from career (n.). The meaning "move rapidly, run at full speed" (1640s) is from the image of a horse "passing a career" on the jousting field, etc. Related: Careered; careering.

1. Somehow Karin managed to cope with the demands of her career.: 卡琳設法達到了其職業的要求。

2. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.: 她重振旗鼓去開創自己的事業了。

3. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.: 事業要成功，才能、勤奮和頑強的意志都至關重要。