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embassy

/em-buh-see/US // ˈɛm bə si //UK // (ˈɛmbəsɪ) //

使馆,大使馆,公使馆,使馆的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural em·bas·sies.

    • : a body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, especially an ambassador and his or her staff.
    • : the official headquarters of an ambassador.
    • : the function or office of an ambassador.
    • : a mission headed by an ambassador.

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Examples

  • That means that only the Stars and Stripes should fly over our embassies in foreign countries.

  • Blinken during his confirmation hearing also said he would once again allow ambassadors to fly Pride flags at their embassies.

  • Blinken told Markey he would once again allow ambassadors to fly Pride flags at their embassies if confirmed to succeed Pompeo.

  • Adelson, a driving force in the effort to relocate the embassy, pledged millions of dollars to the State Department to help pay for a new building.

  • In 2012, a bomb attached to an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi exploded, wounding an embassy staff member.

  • The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.

  • On May 9, which Moscow commemorates as World War II “Victory Day,” Klaus paid a highly visible visit to the Russian Embassy.

  • The Greek embassy confirmed the death, which has barely registered by the international press.

  • The U.S. will reopen an embassy in Havana, meaning an ambassador will be appointed.

  • I asked him to describe the U.S. mission that will likely revert back to the embassy it was more than a half century ago.

  • His attitude was of course resented, and there was considerable feeling in Vienna against the French Embassy.

  • But he was not yet received back into full favour by the Emperor, and had to return to his embassy at Lisbon.

  • The embassy for Japan—with a gift, which shall not seem an acknowledgment—you say, could not be sent off last year, which is well.

  • Sir Nicholas invited me to lunch at Therapia, where the Embassy was in residence in its summer quarters.

  • The embassy was the most magnificent that England had ever sent to any foreign court.