intercession
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈseʃ.ən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈseʃ.ən/[U]
theactof usingyourinfluenceto make someone inauthorityforgivesomeoneelseorsavethem frompunishment:
求情,说情Severalpoliticalprisonershave beenreleasedthrough the intercession of AmnestyInternational.经大赦国际的斡旋,几名政治犯被释放了。
[CorU]
aprayerthatasksGodor agodtohelporcureotherpeople
代人祈求的祷告International relations: diplomacy & mediation
- ambassador
- ambassadorial
- appease
- appeasement
- attaché
- diplomat
- diplomatic
- diplomatic bag
- diplomatic corps
- diplomatic immunity
- intercede
- internationalist
- interventionism
- legation
- mediate
- mediation
- plenipotentiary
- shuttle diplomacy
- undiplomatic
- undiplomatically
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