profession  /prəf'ɛʃən/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  profession
  職業,表白,聲明,公開宣佈

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Profession \Pro*fes"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. professio. See
     {Profess}, v.]
     1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration;
        public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of
        friendship; a profession of faith.
  
              A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com.
                                                    Prayer.
  
     2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a
        claim; as, his professions are insincere.
  
              The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the
              contradiction between professions and conduct. --J.
                                                    Morse.
  
     3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if
        not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one
        devotes one's self; the business which one professes to
        understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling;
        vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the
        profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the
        profession of lecturer on chemistry.
  
              Hi tried five or six professions in turn.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are,
           especially, theology, law, and medicine.
  
     4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as,
        the profession distrust him.
  
     5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of,
        a religious order.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  profession
       n 1: the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread
            rapidly through the medical community" [syn: {community}]
       2: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the
          liberal arts or sciences)
       3: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a
          profession of disagreement" [syn: {professing}]
       4: affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a
          profession of Christianity"