Describing education or training that teaches you the actual skills of a job — cooking, nursing, car repair, hairdressing, welding, programming — rather than general academic subjects. A vocational school, a vocational course, vocational training: all mean you go in to learn how to do work and come out able to do it.

Describing education or training形容教育或訓練 that teaches you the actual skills of a job教你一份工作實際技能的—— cooking, nursing, car repair, hairdressing, welding, programming像是烹飪、護理、修車、美髮、焊接、寫程式—— rather than general academic subjects而不是一般的學科。A vocational school一個vocational school（技職學校）、 a vocational course一個vocational course（技職課程）、 vocational trainingvocational training（技職訓練）： all mean都是說 you go in to learn how to do work你進去學怎麼做這份工作 and come out able to do it出來就會做了。

The word is neutral in tone, and in Britain and Taiwan it is the ordinary official word; in some American conversation it can carry a faint sense of "not university", which is worth knowing but not worth repeating.

The word is neutral in tone這個字語氣是中性的， and in Britain and Taiwan在英國和台灣 it is the ordinary official word它是正式的、常用的字； in some American conversation在美國的某些口語裡， it can carry a faint sense of "not university"它可能帶有一點「不是念大學」的味道， which is worth knowing這點值得知道， but not worth repeating但不必特別去強調。

There is a second, less common use tied to its root: "vocational" can mean related to a vocation, that is, a calling — the deep sense that a certain kind of work is what you are for. You see this mostly in religious writing and in careers advice, as in "a vocational choice". Almost all the English you meet will be the first use.

There is a second, less common use還有一個比較少見的用法， tied to its root跟它的字根有關： "vocational" can meanvocational也可以指 related to a vocation跟vocation（天職）有關的， that is, a calling也就是一種「使命感」—— the deep sense that a certain kind of work is what you are for一種深深覺得某種工作就是你生來要做的事的感覺。You see this mostly這種用法主要出現 in religious writing and in careers advice在宗教類的文章和生涯建議裡， as in像是 "a vocational choice"「a vocational choice（天職般的選擇）」。Almost all the English you meet你在英文裡遇到的 will be the first use幾乎都會是第一種用法。