avocation

• n. 副業；趣味；中毒

接頭辞a-はab-と同じで、from, away from...天職、職業。すなわち、本業からの逸脱。

avocation (n.)

1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare, from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).

1. Make authorship your avocation ，not your vocation.

書くことを副業として、それを本業としてはいけない。

2.He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation .

印刷業に従事し、博物学愛好家でもある。

3.He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation .

彼の職業は医者で、副業は作家です。

4.Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.

外国語の勉強は私の余暇の趣味にすぎません。

5.My uncle，an accountant，composes music as an avocation .

おじさんは会計士で、作曲は彼の趣味です。