单词 | state visit |
释义 | > as lemmasstate visit state visit n. a formal visit by a head of state to a foreign country, chiefly for ceremonial purposes; (also in extended use) an important or ceremonial visit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > formal morning visit1664 salutation1685 state visit1723 morning call1784 1723 Mem. Cardinal de Retz ii. 144 This State Visit was nothing but an Amusement of Cardinal Mazarin, to cover a worse Design. 1794 H. Wilson Let. 12 Apr. in Fingall Papers (Nat. Libr. Ireland MS. 8023(5)) I think your resolution as to a certain complimentory State Visit is perfectly correct, both as to yourself and your Lady. 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. xiv. 218 On Monday we go to Leffingham... After that, more state visits, unless I can escape to Oxford. 1914 W. Owen Let. 1 Jan. (1967) 225 I had to buy a waistcoat today, to complete the black suit: for the State Visit to Mr. Aumont which French Politeness imposes. 1966 Listener 23 June 900/2 President de Gaulle arrives in Moscow for twelve-day state visit. 2004 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 2/4 The Taegeukgi—the South Korean flag representing the cosmic forces of the yin and the yang—flew from flagposts along the Mall yesterday in honour of the first state visit to Britain of a South Korean president. < as lemmas |
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