legation
英 [l?'ge??(?)n]
美[l?'ge??n]
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. We were still at the legation at Eaton Place.
- 我们当时还在伊顿广场的公使馆。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Our legation was upgraded to an embassy.
- 我们的公使馆升级为大使馆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The embassy was downgraded to a legation.
- 大使馆降为公使馆.
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