*ca·reer¹/kə`rɪr; kəˈrɪə/ n [C] 1 a job or profession that you have been trained for and intend to do for a long time 职业; 事业: + in a career in law 律师生涯 2 the period of time in your life that you spend working 职业生涯; 工作经历: Ted spent most of his career as a teacher. 特德的职业生涯中大部分时间是在当教员。