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ambassadornoun[C](GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL)B2animportantofficialwhoworksin aforeigncountryrepresentinghis or her owncountrythere, and who isofficiallyacceptedin thispositionby thatcountry: 大使 The UK's ambassadorinMoscow hasrefusedtocomment.英国驻莫斯科大使已拒绝发表评论。 She's aformerambassadortotheUnitedStates.她是前驻美国大使。 Late lastnight, theFrenchambassador wassummonedto the ForeignOfficetodiscussthecrisis.昨晚深夜法国大使被外交部召见,商讨这起危机事宜。 At thattime,SirJeremy Greenstock was the British UN ambassador(=representedtheUnitedKingdom at theUnitedNations). - Heaccusedthe ambassador ofdiplomaticdouble-talk.
- The ambassadordeniedthat anymissileshad beenfiredacrosstheborder.
- The ambassador is giving abanquetfor thevisitingpresident.
- The ambassador hasofferedtoactas ago-betweenfor the twocountriesinvolvedin theconflict.
- As an ambassador, sheenjoysa veryprivilegedstatus.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesInternational relations: diplomacy & mediation - ambassadorial
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- appeasement
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See more results » ambassadornoun[C](REPRESENTATIVE)apersonwhorepresents,speaksfor, oradvertisesaparticularorganization,groupofpeople,activity, orbrand(=typeofproduct): As aUNICEFgoodwillambassador, shespeaksout onbehalfof children'scauses. He was really an ambassadorforsurfingbecause he was such agentleman. She is atouringcelebrityambassador for aprestigewatchcompany. - He hasvisitedwar-tornareasas aUNICEFambassador.
- Mr. Anderson, who is ayouthambassador forOxfamAmerica,visitedthe Abu Shoukrefugeecamp.
- Shespendsmuch of hertimeservingas an ambassador fororganicfoodsandfarmingandspeakingout againstgeneticallymodifiedfoods.
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See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Advertising and marketing (Definition ofambassadorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)B2animportantofficialwhoworksin aforeigncountryrepresentinghis or her owncountrythere, and who isofficiallyacceptedin thispositionby thatcountry 大使The UK's ambassadorinMoscow hasrefusedtocomment.英国驻莫斯科大使已拒绝发表评论。 She's aformerambassadortothe United States.她是前驻美国大使。 Late lastnight, theFrenchambassador wassummonedto the ForeignOfficetodiscussthecrisis.昨晚深夜法国大使被外交部召见,商讨这起危机事宜。 - Heaccusedthe ambassador ofdiplomaticdouble-talk.
- The ambassadordeniedthat anymissileshad beenfiredacrosstheborder.
- The ambassador is giving abanquetfor thevisitingpresident.
- The ambassador hasofferedtoactas ago-betweenfor the twocountriesinvolvedin theconflict.
- As an ambassador, sheenjoysa veryprivilegedstatus.
ambassador| American Dictionaryanofficialwhorepresentshis or her owncountryin aforeigncountry: the US ambassador to Sweden (Definition ofambassadorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofambassadorambassador The role of honest broker in negotiations between loquacious opponents, however, was not to the ambassador's liking.From theCambridge English Corpus That's because they keep trying the same old methods, like speeches, letters, conferences, ambassadors, war.From theCambridge English Corpus Expelled from the party, he sought work for the government when war broke out and became a rovingambassador, seemingly above party.From theCambridge English Corpus Is there a morphological analysis in such words as boisterous,ambassador, annual, poem (cf. poet), agrarian, armor, benediction, crucial, or worn?From theCambridge English Corpus However, the contact was limited to some adventurous travelers and a few ambassadors, whose view of life and ideas left little impact.From theCambridge English Corpus The lowliest foreigners coming to this country became first-class gentlemen and messenger boys would turn into ambassadors.From theCambridge English Corpus The author is not a dogmatic 'no-change-at-all' environmentalist or a 'doom and gloom, degradation everywhere'ambassador.From theCambridge English Corpus After keeping him waiting for a month, the king finally admitted theambassadorfor a private audience.From theCambridge English Corpus In seeming cordiality, but not in good faith, theambassadorand the president pursued their dialogue.From theCambridge English Corpus Welles did not report having made any such concession, although the deal seems plausible and in line with the ambassador's approach at the time.From theCambridge English Corpus Theambassador, for his part, had to deal with another incongruity between ends and means.From theCambridge English Corpus She was literally anambassadorfor the plant sciences from the north, to the south, east and west!From theCambridge English Corpus Special "ambassadors" have been appointed to promote the dissemination of project findings.From theCambridge English Corpus Some musicians are ambassadors of a particular type of music, of their country's music, or that of their ethnic, cultural or social background.From theCambridge English Corpus Theambassadorhoped the line would play well, and there were signs that it would.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/ambassador## |