N-VAR Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living. 业余爱好; 嗜好 [正式]
He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.
他在印刷厂工作，同时是个博物学爱好者。
In terms of avocations, there is hardly anything in common between Jenny and her younger sister.
就业余爱好而言，珍妮和她妹妹几乎没什么共同之处。
Most people lived and died in the places where they were born. They followed their fathers' avocations.
那时的人们绝大多数都是生在哪里也死在哪里，他们一般是继承父辈的衣钵。
Mind you, this does not mean you can't love your job - you can just have a whole heap of activities and hobbies (avocations) on top of it.
但这并不是说人们不能热爱工作——你在工作之外还可以有一大堆活动和嗜好。
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