Learning ballet is just an avocation with me.

Although a physician by vocation, he is a botanist by avocation.

虽然他的职业是医生, 却又是一个业余的植物学家.

My uncle, an accountant, composes music as an avocation.

我叔叔是一位会计师, 作曲是他的嗜好.

Writing poems is an avocation with me.

写诗只不过是我的一个业余爱好而已.

Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.

学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好.

His vocation coincides with his avocation.

他的职业同他的爱好完全一致.

He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.

他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。

He is a doctor by profession and a novelist by avocation.

他的职业是医生,副业是作家.

Make authorship your avocation, not your vocation.

把写作当作你的副业, 不要把它当作正业.

You might call it an avocational hazard.

你可以将之称为一心两用的危险.

I tried to avoid her, but it was just my luck to bump into her.

我不想见她, 偏撞上她了.

I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.

我想避免与她会面.

Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.

避免作出直觉上显而易见却没有根据的论断.

He tried all sorts of dodges to avoid being called up.

他挖空心思,耍弄各种花招以逃避被征召入伍.

It was adjudged wise to avoid war.

避免战争被认为是明智的.

We capitalised our assets to avoid bankruptcy.

我们把资产转作资金以避免破产.

He was looking studiously down to avoid meeting her eyes.

他故意往下看以避开她的目光.

It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.

很难不伤害她脆弱的情感.

I'd like to avoid a showdown with my boss if I possibly can.

我尽可能地避免同老板摊牌.

The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese.

为了躲避一队鹅,司机突然来个急转弯.

Efforts are under way to avoid a £800,000 overspend.

正在采取措施以避免出现80万英镑的超支。