1 a job that needs a high level of training and/or education 专业:
the medical/legal/teaching profession医学╱法律╱教育专业She's thinking of entering the nursing profession.她正考虑投身护理专业。☞Look at the note at work ². 参看work^2的注释。
2the...profession [with.sop] all the people who work in a particular profession (统称)从事某专业的人:
The legal profession is/are trying to resist the reforms.法律界人士正设法抵制这些改革。
by profession as your job 作为专业或职业:
George is an accountant by profession.乔治的职业是会计师。
profession/prəˋfɛʃən; prəˈfeʃ$n/n 1 [C] a job that needs special education and training〔需要专门教育和训练的〕职业﹐行业: the legal/medical/teaching etc profession I spent most of my life in the teaching profession. 我大半辈子都在从事教学工作。enter/go into/join a profession My father wanted me to go into the legal profession. 我爸爸希望我从事法律行业。by profession He's an architect by profession. 他的职业是建筑师。 see box at见 JOB 方框2 [singular 单数 also + plural verb BrE 英国英语中亦用复数动词] all the people in a particular profession 某职业的全体人员: the nursing profession 护理界