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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mission

英  [ˈmɪʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • missions

    1. [C 可数名词] （尤指远赴他国的）使命

    A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.

    双语例句

    例：

    Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.

    索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交使命。

    2. [C 可数名词] 驻外使团

    A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task.

    近义词

    delegation

    双语例句

    例：

    a senior member of a diplomatic mission.

    外交使团中的一名高级成员。

    3. [C 可数名词] （军用飞机或宇宙飞船的）飞行任务

    A mission is a special journey made by a military plane or spacecraft.

    双语例句

    例：

    a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains.

    在德克萨斯州西部山区执行训练任务时坠毁的一架轰炸机。

    4. [SING 单数型名词] 使命 , 天职

    If you say that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment and sense of duty to do or achieve something.

    近义词

    vocation

    双语例句

    例：

    He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.

    他把保护弱者不受坏人伤害看作自己一生的使命。

    5. [C 可数名词] 传教活动

    A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity.

    双语例句

    例：

    They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

    他们说上帝向他们开口讲话，让他们到西半球最贫穷的国家继续进行传教活动。

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