Tra từ career - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

career UK [kəˈrɪə r ] US [-ˈrɪr] noun countable [ careers ]
<E > the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money
• He's hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.
• When he retires he will be able to look back over a brilliant career (= a working life which has been very successful).
• It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.
• I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.
• Elaine has become a real career woman/girl (= is interested in and spends most of her time on her job).
• Judith is very career-minded/-oriented (= gives a lot of attention to her job).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Jobs, careers and professions ↑Working

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• She made her career in the theatre.
• During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.
• Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their family.
• She manages to successfully combine family life and a career.
• His political career ended when he was found to have been accepting bribes.

verb intransitive usually + adverb or preposition
(especially of a vehicle) to move fast and uncontrollably
• The coach careered down a slope and collided with a bank.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Moving quickly