"the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"
"they formed a community of scientists"
"a profession of disagreement"
"a profession of Christianity"
1.(需要高等教育或训练的)职业
Aprofession is a type of job that requires advanced education or training.
e.g. Harper was a teacher byprofession...
哈珀的职业是教师。
e.g. Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.
在这些职业中,只有20%的岗位是由女性担任的。
2.(某一专业工作的)全体人员,业界人士,专业界
You can useprofession to refer to all the people who have the same profession.
profession
e.g. The attitude of the medicalprofession is very much more liberal now.
现在,医务人员的态度开明多了。