legation
英 [lɪ'geɪʃ(ə)n]
美[lɪ'geʃən]
- n. 公使馆；使者的派遣
词态变化
复数: legations;
中文词源
legation 公使馆
来自legate,教宗使节。后词义通用化，用于指公使馆，使馆工作人员。
英英释意
- 1. the post or office of legate
- 2. a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
英文词源
- legation (n.)
- mid-15c., from Old French legation and directly from Latin legationem (nominative legatio) "the office of an ambassador," noun of action from past participle stem of legare (see legate).
实用场景例句
- We were still at the legation at Eaton Place.
- 我们当时还在伊顿广场的公使馆。
柯林斯例句
- Our legation was upgraded to an embassy.
- 我们的公使馆升级为大使馆.
《简明英汉词典》
- Inside the British legation a few armed soldiers walked about the gardens.
- 在英国公使馆里,几个武装士兵在花园里踱来踱去.
辞典例句
- As we reached the turning which led to the legation there was a traffic block.
- 我们到达通往公使馆的拐角处时,路上已被堵得水泄不通.
辞典例句
- The embassy was downgraded to a legation.
- 大使馆降为公使馆.
互联网
- He works at the French Legation in China.
- 他在法国驻华公使馆工作.
互联网
- At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation.
- 26岁那年,他被任命为驻荷兰大使, 后又升调到柏林公使馆.
互联网
- Later we tried to aid those trapped Legation Quarters, to reason with Chinese of responsibility.
- 后来我们又设法帮助那些被骗进洋人住宅区的人, 对中国同胞晓以大义.
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