mission
noun
uk/ˈmɪʃ.ən/us/ˈmɪʃ.ən/missionnoun(JOB)
C2[C]
animportantjob,especiallyamilitaryone, that someone issentsomewhereto do:
（尤指军事）任务，使命Yourmission is toisolatetheenemybydestroyingall thebridgesacrosstheriver.你的任务是破坏这条河上所有的桥梁，以孤立敌军。
apeace/rescue/fact-findingmission和平使命／救援任务／核查事实的工作
B2[C]
anyworkthat someonebelievesit istheirdutyto do:
使命，天职My missioninlifeis toeducatetherichabout thesufferingof thepoor.我一生的使命就是让富人认识到穷人所受的痛苦。
She's a womanwith amission and she'sabsolutelydeterminedtofinishtheproject.她是个有使命感的女人，已下定决心完成这项计划。
something you want to do or achieve
- aimOur aim in protesting is to raise awareness of the unfairness of the system.
- goalMy goal in life has always been to be financially independent.
- objectiveOne of my objectives for this year is to increase sales.
- targetIf you meet your sales targets you will receive a generous bonus.
- dreamWhen I was growing up my dream was to perform in front of millions of people.
- hopeMy hope is that there will be some kind of positive outcome to this process.
mission accomplished
something that you say when you havefinisheddoing something that you were told to do:
完成任务Missionaccomplished. I've got everything youaskedfor on thelist.完成任务！我拿到了你列在清单上的所有东西。
- Thepilotswerethoroughlydebriefedafter every mission.
- The UNSecretaryGeneralis on afence-mendingmission.
- They were takenprisonerwhile on areconnaissancemission behindenemylines.
- They were on amercymission to takefoodto therefugeeswhen they wereattacked.
- She told us about hisbrother, Apollo,bornin 1969 andnamedfor the U.S.astronauts' mission to themoon.
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- moonlight
- skivvy
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- undertaking
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The armed forces generally
Goals and purposes
Finished & over
missionnoun(PEOPLE)
[C,+ sing/pl verb]
agroupofpeoplewhosejobis toincreasewhat isknownabouttheircountry,organization, orreligionin anothercountryorarea, or theplacewhere suchpeoplearebased:
外交使团，代表团，传教团；外交使团（或代表团）驻所，传教团驻地Morefundsareneededtoestablishtrademissions ineasternEurope.需要更多的资金在东欧建立贸易代表团。
TheMethodistmission issituatedin one of thepoorestpartsof thecity.循道宗传教团设于这个城市最贫穷的地方之一。
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- multi-religious
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Sikhism
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- the Episcopal Church
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Organizations, Societies & clubs