career

carrière, profession

Métier ou suite d’emplois liés que l’on exerce pendant de nombreuses années.

En anglais simple : A job or series of related jobs you do over many years.

• She wants a career in teaching.
• He started his career as a nurse.
• Have you considered changing careers?

Comment l'utiliser : career in something (He hopes for a career in medicine.); career as someone (She began a career as a translator.)

Synonymes : profession, occupation

Expressions courantes : a teaching career, start a career, career in something, choose a career

carrière, parcours professionnel

Évolution de la vie professionnelle, avec les emplois occupés, les réussites et l’expérience acquise.

En anglais simple : The way your working life develops, including your jobs, achievements, and growing experience.

• Her career has progressed quickly.
• He won several awards during his career.
• That mistake nearly ended her career.

Comment l'utiliser : throughout someone’s career (He taught in small schools throughout his career.)

Synonymes : working life, professional development

Expressions courantes : advance a career, early career, throughout a career

foncer, dévaler

Se déplacer très vite, souvent sans pouvoir maîtriser sa direction.

En anglais simple : To move very fast, often without being able to control your direction.

• The car careered down the hill.
• A loose cart careered across the yard.
• The bus careered into a wall after losing a wheel.

Comment l'utiliser : career down/along/into something (The truck careered along the narrow road.)

Synonymes : hurtle, rush

Expressions courantes : career down something, career into something, career across something

professionnel, de carrière

Qui exerce une activité comme profession principale pendant une grande partie de sa vie.

En anglais simple : Doing a particular activity as your main work for much of your life.

• He is a career diplomat.
• The police described her as a career criminal.
• Several career soldiers opposed the new policy.

Synonymes : professional

Contraires : amateur

Expressions courantes : career criminal, career diplomat, career soldier