英语词汇vocational的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	vocational
词源	vocational adj. 1650s, from vocation + -al (1). Related: Vocationally. Entries linking to vocational vocation n. early 15c., "spiritual calling," from Old French vocacion "call, consecration; calling, profession" (13c.) or directly from Latin vocationem (nominative vocatio), literally "a calling, a being called" from vocatus "called," past participle of vocare "to call," which is related to vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (from PIE root *wekw- "to speak"). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s. -al 1 suffix forming adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, "of, like, related to, pertaining to," Middle English -al, -el, from French or directly from Latin -alis (see -al (2)). updated on July 18, 2012
随便看	self-important self-imposed self-improvement self-incrimination self-indulgence self-indulgent self-inflicted self-interest self-involved selfish self-justification selfless self-love self-made self-motivation self-perception self-perfection self-pity self-portrait self-possession self-preservation self-protection self-realization self-regard self-regulating

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vocational adj.