1、profession

（需要高等教育或訓練的）職業

Harper was a teacher by profession.

哈珀的職業是教師。

Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.

在這些職業中，只有20%的崗位是由女性擔任的。

（某一專業工作的）全體人員，業界人士，專業界

The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.

現在，醫務人員的態度開明多了。

2、apparent

貌似的；表面上的；似乎真實的

I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.

我對我們看似緩慢的進展感到有些沮喪。

There is at last an apparent end to the destructive price war.

這場慘烈的價格戰貌似終于結束了。

明顯的；顯而易見的

It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well.

顯然，這些標準在其他地區執行得很好。

The presence of a star is already apparent in the early film.

在早期影片中已經顯露出了明星相。

原因不明；不知何故

The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason.

這類人可能會莫名其妙地感到頭暈。