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envoy

/en-voi, ahn-/US // ˈɛn vɔɪ, ˈɑn- //UK // (ˈɛnvɔɪ) //

特使,使节,使者,大使

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a diplomatic agent.
    • : any accredited messenger or representative.
    • : Also called envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary. a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

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Examples

  • Eisenhower sent James Richards, special envoy to the Middle East, to sell his doctrine around the region, but Richards had little success.

  • Next, she torched an envoy from her would-be future husband.

  • He also assumed the role of special envoy to Saudi Arabia, and some experts I spoke to, citing Jordanian sources, said he is also a special adviser to Salman.

  • He's named former secretary of state John Kerry as international climate envoy and former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy as national climate adviser.

  • He vows to reappoint a special envoy to advance international LGBTQ rights, form a coalition of countries to advance international LGBTQ rights and guide the GLOBE Act into passage, as the Blade reported.

  • Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador last year, prompting Ankara to declare the Egyptian envoy in Turkey persona non grata.

  • A Russian envoy reportedly played a role persuading the rebels in Slovyansk to let them go.

  • And, oh, by the way, they only speak to the dealer, United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, not to each other.

  • Israel then drove his red GMC Envoy onto the Bear Mountain Bridge, a large span across the Hudson River.

  • U.S. special envoy Donald Booth visited the detainees and found their condition to be good.

  • English influence was all-powerful at Lisbon and the new envoy had not the talent to counteract it.

  • He was in the habit of visiting or writing to them; and here the elders sent to him, if they happened to have a trustworthy envoy.

  • He was at the time envoy to Spain, and the deed was perpetrated by six exiled royalists there.

  • And thirdly, Fortune cannot well have the 'envoy' unless she has the stanza preceding it.

  • The envoy no sooner opened his case and made known his message, than Thurlow cut short all further argument.