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consulate

/kon-suh-lit/US // ˈkɒn sə lɪt //UK // (ˈkɒnsjʊlɪt) //

领事馆,领馆,使馆,领事

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the premises officially occupied by a consul.
    • : the position, work, authority, or term of service of a consul.
    • : a government by consuls, as in France from 1799 to 1804.

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Examples

  • Once consulates and embassies got the correct names, they rushed appointments, often giving applicants little notice.

  • First, in mid-March, consulates around the world shut down because of the pandemic.

  • Now, consulates are “slowly allowing emergency cases, but no one is really clear what is considered an emergency,” Parr said.

  • Clients with children abroad have not been able to bring their children here with consulates closed.

  • The safety of American personnel at the American consulate in Libya was undermined by a “stand down order.”

  • When there was an actual consulate in Benghazi, back in 1967, it was stormed by a mob and parts of it were set on fire.

  • Fortunately the Indian security guards at the consulate killed all the attackers.

  • It serves as home base for the United States Consulate and other foreign offices.

  • Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, is home to a U.S. consulate and thousands of U.S. citizens working in the oil industry.

  • Native women were not interfered with by either party, nor were the foreigners, many of whom took refuge at the British Consulate.

  • He was further instructed to hand over his consulate archives to the British Consul, who would take charge of American interests.

  • The Gov.-General courteously proposed to send a large bodyguard to his consulate, but it was not necessary.

  • Six weeks after the victory of Zurich came the 18th Brumaire, and Napoleon's accession to the consulate.

  • Incessant bugle-calls from the natives added to the commotion, and thousands of Chinese crowded into the Chinese Consulate.