| 单词 | ambassador |
| 释义 | ambassador (once / 164 pages) n An ambassador is an official representative for his or her country, stationed in another nation, like Benjamin Franklin, who was an ambassador to France. Ambassador usually describes the official diplomatic envoy who represents one country to another. These ambassadors work to promote understanding, perhaps by settling differences or clearing up misunderstanding. Used less formally, an ambassador can be anyone who represents something, like a pop singer who is a "brand ambassador" for a cosmetics company. WORD FAMILYambassador: ambassadorial, ambassadors, ambassadorship+/ambassadorial: ambassadorially/ambassadorship: ambassadorships USAGE EXAMPLESBranstad is preparing to leave office to become the next ambassador to China in the Trump administration. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) In 2009, following Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, then-President Hugo Chávez expelled the Israeli ambassador and his staff from Caracas. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Thomas R. Pickering is a former undersecretary of state and served as ambassador to the United Nations and Israel, among other places. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper embassador Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989) ambassadress a woman ambassador diplomat, diplomatist an official engaged in international negotiations 2n an informal representative an ambassador of good will Hyper interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose |
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