metier
英 [ˈmet.i.eɪ]
美 [meɪˈtjeɪ]
metier 职业,专长来自法语metier,职业,专长,来自拉丁语ministerium,服务,来自minister,仆人,词源同minister,ministration.即词义由仆人过渡到服务,行业,职业,专长。
- métier
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métier: see minister
- metier (n.)
- "skill, talent, calling," 1792, from French métier "trade, profession," from Old French mestier "task, affair, service, function, duty," from Gallo-Roman *misterium, from Latin ministerium "office, service," from minister "servant" (see minister (n.)).
- 1. It was as the magazine's business manager that he found his true metier.
- 他在担任杂志的业务经理后才发现自己真正的专长。
- 2. Don't ask me how to make an omelette; cooking isn't my metier.
- 可别问我怎么摊鸡蛋, 烹饪不是我的专长.
- 3. Don't ask me how to make omelette; cooking isn't my metier.
- 可别问我怎么摊鸡蛋, 烹饪不是我的专长.
- 4. In law he found his true metier.
- 他在法律方面找到了真正适合他的工作.