vocation和vacation的区别：中文含义不同、词性不同、搭配用法不同。vocation作为名词，意为工作、职业、生活方式等，常与形容词搭配；而vacation可作名词和动词，含义为假期、休庭期、度假，固定搭配为take a vacation。
一、vocation的含义及用法介绍
vocation作为名词，含义有(认为特别适合自己的)工作，职业，生活方式;(认为某种工作或生活方式特别适合自己的)信心，使命感;圣召;神召。复数形式为vocations。
例句：She believes that she has found her true vocation in life.
她相信自己找到了真正适合自己的生活方式。
He has a vocation for teaching.
他是教书的材料。
She is a doctor with a strong sense of vocation.
她是一位具有强烈使命感的医生。
It could well be that he has a real vocation...
很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。
Her vocation is her work as an actress...
她的职业就是当演员。
Nursing is not just a job ─ it's a vocation.
护理不仅仅是一项工作，而且还是一种职业。
二、vacation的含义及用法介绍
1、当vacation作为名词时，含义为(英国大学的)假期;(美国学校的)假期;(法庭的)休庭期。
例句：They're on vacation in Hawaii right now.
他们此时正在夏威夷度假。
You look tired─you should take a vacation .
你看上去很累，应该休假了。
The job includes two weeks' paid vacation.
这份工作包括两周的带薪假期。
During his summer vacation he visited Russia...
暑假期间他去俄罗斯了。
They planned a late summer vacation in Europe...
他们打算夏末去欧洲度假。
2、当vacation作为动词时，含义为度假。
例句：They are currently vacationing in Florida.
他们目前正在佛罗里达州度假。
Myles vacationed in Jamaica...
迈尔斯去了牙买加度假。
He was vacationing and couldn't be reached for comment.
他当时正在度假，无法联系到他征求意见。
