work: may apply to any purposeful activity whether remunerative OR not: her work as a hospital volunteer.    remunerate报酬回报=pay，较正式，通常指丰厚的报酬，如he promised to remunerate their help他承诺对他们的帮助给与回报


employment: implies work for which one has been engaged and for which one is being paid: ~ will be terminated in cases of chronic tardiness.    (engage最主要的意思是"hire雇用"，还有其他几个意思: 做事从事、交战、订婚、约定、吸引注意力。如I have an engagement tomorrow我明天有个预约，如she is engaged to him她和他订婚了，如don't engage in such activities不要做这样的事，如an engaging smile吸引人的笑容， 如he engages to pay the debt他答应还债，如the speaker needs to engage with the audience演讲者应该与听众有交流，如rule of engagement交战规则。此外engage还表示机械部件咬合)


occupation: implies work in which one engages regularly or by preference, especially as a result of training or experience: his ~ as a trained auto mechanic.  by preference优先首要主要         另外career也是职业，表示"长期从事"的职业，即职业生涯an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress如academic/acting/ diplomatic/literary/medical/ military/musical/political/sporting/teaching career学术/表演/外交/文学/从医/军事/音乐/从政/体育/教学生涯


calling: applies to an occupation viewed as a vocation or profession to which one has been drawn by one's nature, tastes, or aptitudes: I feel the ministry is my true ~.    （profession专业是需要教育和培训的工作a work that requires education and training，更体现专一化与技术性；vocation职业是需要技巧和培训的工作a work that requires skills and training，是一般的工作性质概括。区别如下： 专业1a、工作实践以专门知识和专门技术为基础  2a、工作过程需要心智和判断力  3a、工作需要自主权  4a、专业工作者需要接受高等教育，学习高深学问和专门知识  5a、工作需要不断更新知识、掌握新工具方法  6a、从业资格不易获得  7a、服务社会  职业 1b、工作实践以经验和技巧为基础  2b、工作过程以重复操作为基础  3b、工作需要服从指挥  4b、一般从业人员通过学徒培训即可  5b、工作中日益熟练和灵巧  6b、从业资格容易获得  7b、谋生手段，以上是专业profession和职业vocation7方面的区别）   aptitude天赋能力


pursuit: suggests a trade, profession, or avocation followed with zest or steady interest: her family considered medicine the only proper ~.   (trade工作手艺refers to a skilled job, typically one requiring manual skills and special training通常指需要手工技巧和训练的工作或手艺，如the fundamentals of the construction trade建筑行业的基本原则，如a carpenter by trade一个木匠)   zest兴致=eagerness, avidity


metier: implies a calling or pursuit for which one believes oneself to be especially fitted: from childhood I considered acting my ~.


business: may be used in the sense of work or occupation but often suggests activity in commerce or the management of money and affairs: the ~ of managing a hotel.


work工作劳动: 泛指有目的的活动，无论有无报酬，employment雇用就业: 指受雇佣的获取报酬的工作，occupation职业: 指固定从事的工作，需要培训经验，calling天职: 受天性吸引的职业专业，pursuit追求: 有浓厚兴趣的专业或业余爱好，metier天职: 表示特别适合个人的，business生意: 也可指工作，但通常指从事商业或金融业


记忆方法: 1）首字母WEOCPMB想成PBOC中国人民银行和mew喵猫叫<==工作       工的本义是"矩"，即曲尺弯曲的尺子，但这一意义早已失落。很早之前已经引申为"工匠"，即使用曲尺的人, 也是"古代对从事各种技艺的劳动者的总称"，如论语工欲善其事必先利其器。由工匠引申为"擅长精巧技巧"，如造父工于使马，如<晏子春秋>: "任人之长，不疆其短；任人之工，不疆其拙"。还可作动词，如工作工人工程工业工地工事加工

         2）工作的意思是为谋生的活动mean a specific sustained activity engaged especially in earning one's living.