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metier

/mey-tyey, mey-tyey/US // ˈmeɪ tyeɪ, meɪˈtyeɪ //UK // (ˈmɛtɪeɪ) //

计量,仪表,测量,计量器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
    • : a field of work or other activity in which one has special ability or training; forte.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncalling
Synonyms
business业务,商业,企业,生意career职业生涯,职业,事业,职业发展craft工艺,手工艺,手艺,手工艺品forte懿德,懿旨,懿德公司,懿律line线,行,路线,线条occupation职业,占领,占据,占用profession专业,职业,行业,专业性specialty专业,特产,专科,专长trade贸易,贸易方面,贸易方面的work工作,工,作业,劳动

Examples

  • Qui biens chante et biens dance, fait un metier qui peu avance.

  • It spins to brave music, this peg-top, but its metier is to spin.

  • Like many another prince who has come to a violent end, he was born to the wrong metier.

  • Our metier is not to compare, but to take what pleases us from each.

  • No subtlety, no tour de metier, if I may so speak, can escape them.

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