单词 | foreign minister |
释义 | > as lemmasforeign minister a. Dealing with matters concerning other countries, as in foreign affairs, foreign correspondent, foreign minister, foreign news, foreign policy, etc.See also Foreign Office n., foreign secretary n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > dealing with foreign countries foreign1611 1611 T. Coryate Crudities Ep. Ded. sig. a8 The Obseruations of my trauels;..I hope..will be very delectable to euery Reader that loueth to heare of forraine affaires. 1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 241 Other furraine newes I heare not. 1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV IV. 235 Two months after this the Duke d'Aiguillon was declared Minister of foreign affairs. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xviii. 300 The foreign policy of England. 1870 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Jan. 54/2 There is..a column of telegrams from Europe in every issue of the daily papers, which editors are accustomed to refer to as furnishing the latest ‘foreign intelligence’. 1877 Harper's Mag. Dec. 53/2 Foreign correspondence in the hands of a foreign editor. 1951 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. 9/2 The Dutch Foreign Ministry announced today that Queen Juliana's husband, Prince Bernhard, would pay an unofficial visit to the United States. 1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) ii. 47 A reporter and a writer on the foreign desk of The Chicago Daily News. 1967 P. M. Hubbard Custom of Country (1969) iv. 51 There was some sports news, a city page of surprising sophistication and a sprinkling of..foreign news. 1971 Guardian 22 July 11/8 Foreign correspondents during the previous days used, perforce, comments from the angry hippies. 2010 Jewish Chron. 9 Oct. 1/1 A special meeting of Arab League foreign ministers to discuss the situation. < as lemmas |
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