形容詞
1. For professional footballers, injuries are an occupational hazard.
對于職業(yè)足球運動員來說，受傷是職業(yè)本身帶來的危險。
2. A lawyer is a professional man.
律師是從事專門職業(yè)的人。
求職面試
B：How do you rate yourself as a professional？
你如何評估自己是位專業(yè)人員呢 ？
A：With my strong academic background, I am capable and competent./With my teaching experience, I am confident that I can relate to students very well.
憑借我 良好的學(xué)術(shù)背景，我可以勝任自己的工作，而且我認為自己很有競爭力。/依我的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗，我相信能與學(xué)生相處的很好。
1. 職業(yè)運動員：首先應(yīng)明確區(qū)分職業(yè)運動員(professional)和業(yè)余運動員(amateur)的概念. 兩者都源于拉丁語,amateur源于amator,即一個愛好者,完全由于喜愛而從事某種工作,與金錢無關(guān);professional來源proficio,意思是取得進步或獲得某些優(yōu)勢,
1. 職業(yè)的；專業(yè)的
Professional means relating to a person's work, especially work that requires special training.
professional
e.g. His professional career started at Liverpool University.
他的職業(yè)生涯是從利物浦大學(xué)開始的。
2. （人）職業(yè)的，專業(yè)的
Professional people have jobs that require advanced education or training.
e.g. ...highly qualified professional people like doctors and engineers.
像醫(yī)生和工程師這樣需要高技能的專業(yè)人員
3. 專門從事的；非業(yè)余的
You use professional to describe people who do a particular thing to earn money rather than as a hobby.
e.g. This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as a professional footballer...
這是我當(dāng)職業(yè)足球運動員以來受傷來得最不是時候的一次。
e.g. Jack Nicklaus has played in every Major Championship since he turned professional in 1961.
杰克·尼克勞斯自從1961年轉(zhuǎn)為職業(yè)選手以來參加了四大賽的所有比賽。
4. （運動）職業(yè)性質(zhì)的
Professional sports are played for money rather than as a hobby.
e.g. ...an art student who had played professional football for a short time.
踢過短時間職業(yè)足球的藝術(shù)系學(xué)生
5. 專業(yè)的；內(nèi)行的；高水平的
If you say that something that someone does or produces is professional, you approve of it because you think that it is of a very high standard.
e.g. They run it with a truly professional but personal touch.
他們的經(jīng)營既有真正的專業(yè)水準(zhǔn)又不乏個人特色。
6. see also: semi-professional