The great majority of those in professions and good jobs were born to them.

大部分人从事某个职业或者某项好工作，是由出身决定的。

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AFTER a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of Saturday.

谈情说爱，筹划好事，就这样度过了一星期，终于到了星期六，柯林斯先生不得不和心爱的夏绿蒂告别。

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In some professions, niceness does not get you very far.

在某些行业，老好人思想成不了大事。

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"Increasing diversity in professions leads to better products, better science,just generally.

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The students were brought into this course were in that interesting gap in the professions where they have been with the company for a couple of years but will probably be four more years before they consider for the big leap, for the big advancement.

参与该课程的学生,职业差别很大,他们还会在,现在的公司待几年,甚至可能在考虑,跳槽或升迁之前，再待四年之久。

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Seventy-seven percent said not enough women and minorities are working in STEM professions today.

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There needs to be a step change in professions like medicine, journalism and politics.

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"My whole career has been marked by a commitment to the success of women in professions, " she says.

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Several academic studies in the 1970s and '80s found that licensure boosted quality in professions such as dentistry, optometry, plumbing and real-estate sales.

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