[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指赴他国的)使命,重要任务 A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country.
[usu with supp]
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America...
索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交任务。
He has been on a mission to help end Lebanon's political crisis.
他已经被派执行一项旨在帮助结束黎巴嫩政治危机的使命。
...the most crucial stage of his latest peace mission.
他最近执行的和平使命中最关键的一个阶段
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]驻外使团;出国代表团 A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task.
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...the head of the mission in South Africa.
驻南非代表团团长
...a senior member of a diplomatic mission.
外交使团的高级成员
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](军用飞机或航天火箭的)飞行任务 A mission is a special journey made by a military aeroplane or space rocket.
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...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains.
在得克萨斯州西部山区执行训练任务时坠毁的轰炸机
...the first shuttle mission.
首次航天飞行任务
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[N-SING 单数名词]使命;天职 If you say that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment and sense of duty to do or achieve something.
[usu poss N]
He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil...
他认为自己毕生的使命就是保护弱者不受邪恶势力的欺凌。
There is an enormous sense of mission in his speech and gesture.
他的一言一行都带着强烈的使命感。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](基督教徒的)传教,布道 A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity.
They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
他们说上帝让他们去西半球最贫困的国家传播教义。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]传教区;布道所 A mission is a building or group of buildings in which missionary work is carried out.
I reside at the mission at St Michael's.
我住在圣·米歇尔教堂的传道会里。
...schools, monasteries and other mission buildings.
学校、修道院及其他布道场所
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mis·sion/ˈmɪʃn; NAmEˈmɪʃn/
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missionmissionsnounofficial job/group 官方使命;正式组织1[countable ]an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country 官方使命;使团的使命◆a trade mission to China赴华贸易代表团◆a fact-finding mission核查事实的工作◆a mercy mission to aid homeless refugees帮助无家可归的难民的慈善工作☞synonyms at
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2[countable ]a group of people doing such a job; the place where they work 使团;代表团;执行任务的地点◆the head of the British mission in Berlin在柏林的英国使团团长teaching Christianity 传教3[countable , uncountable ]the work of teaching people about Christianity, especially in a foreign country; a group of people doing such work (尤指在海外的)传教,布道;布道团◆a Catholic mission in Africa在非洲的天主教传教士◆Gandhi's attitude to mission and conversion甘地对于布道和改变信仰的态度4[countable ]a building or group of buildings used by a Christian mission布道所;传教区your duty 职责5[countable ]particular work that you feel it is your duty to do 使命;天职SYN
vocation
◆Her mission in lifewas to work with the homeless. 她以帮助无家可归者为己任。of armed forces 军队6[countable ]an important job that is done by a soldier, group of soldiers, etc. 军事行动◆The squadron flew on a reconnaissance mission.这支空军中队执行一项侦察任务。☞collocationsat
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space flight 太空飞行7[countable ]a flight into space 太空飞行任务◆a US space mission美国的太空飞行◆mission control (= the people on earth who control and communicate with the people on the mission) 太空飞行的地面指挥人员task 任务8[countable ]( BrE) ( informal) a task or journey that is very difficult and takes a long time to complete (极其艰巨且需长时间才能完成的)任务,旅行◆It's a mission to get there.一路上要经历艰辛才能到达那里。IDIOMˌmission acˈcomplishedused when you have successfully completed what you have had to do 任务已完成verb[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( informal) to go on a long and difficult journey, especially one that involves going to many different places 作艰苦的长途旅行(尤指去许多地方)◆We had to mission round all the bars until we found him.我们跑遍了所有的酒吧才找到他。mis·sion/ˈmɪʃn; NAmEˈmɪʃn/
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missionmis‧sion /ˈmɪʃən/ ●●○W2 noun [countable]
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1air force/army etc an important job that involves travelling somewhere, done by a member of the air force, army etc, or by a spacecraft: He was sent on over 200 missions before being killed in action.mission to the first manned space mission to Mars US troops taking part in the peacekeeping mission2job an important job that someone has been given to do, especially when they are sent to another place: Her mission was to improve staff morale.on a mission scientists on a mission to the rainforest, to study possible medicinal uses of plantsrescue/diplomatic/fact-finding etc mission a group of US congressmen on a fact-finding mission to Northern Ireland3duty something that you feel you must do because it is your dutySYN calling, vocation: Tom’s mission was to help young people in his local community. His main mission in life is to earn as much money as possible.4purpose the purpose or the most important aim of an organization: The mission of International House is to enable students of different cultures to live together and build life-long friendships. →
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5government a group of important people who are sent by their government to another country to discuss something or collect informationSYN delegation: a British trade mission to Moscow6religiona)religious work that involves going to a foreign country in order to teach people about Christianity or help poor peopleb)a building where this kind of work is done, or the people who work there7mission accomplished used when you have successfully achieved something that you were trying to do8woman/man with a mission someone who is very determined to achieve what they are trying to do – often used humorously
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missions[4541]
任务(57%),使命(36%),代表团(5%),布道(2%)
n.使命,任务;代表团;布道
vt.派遣;向……传教
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