ambassador
Word family adjectiveambassadorialnounambassadorshipambassageambassador
am·bas·sa·dor /æmˈbæsədə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 PGOan important official who represents his or her government in a foreign country 大使ambassador to the US ambassador to Spain 美国驻西班牙大使
2 someone who represents a particular sport, business etc because they behave in a way that people admire 〔体育项目、行业等的〕代表人物ambassador for He has made some good films and he is a good ambassador for the industry. 他拍摄过一些好电影,是这个行业的杰出代表。
—ambassadorial /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/ adjectiveadj relations at ambassadorial level 大使级外交关系
ambassador• He was, after all, an ambassador for his country.• Ms Takahashi was the first Japanese woman ever to be appointed ambassador to a foreign country.• Perhaps her greatest asset as ambassador was her access to President Clinton, whom she had known for many years.• Sir Auckland Geddes is the British ambassador to Washington, • In the next few months, the two countries are to exchange ambassadors.• Act the ambassador rather than the captain of cavalry.• Mobuto spoke briefly to the Zimbalan ambassador in Swahili then beckoned the tall bodyguard towards him. Origin ambassador (1300-1400) French ambassadeur, from an unrecorded Medieval Latin ambactiator, from Latin ambactus “vassal”