mission

1. N-COUNT A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country. (尤指遠(yuǎn)赴他國(guó)的) 使命

Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America. 索爾茲伯里派他到北美執(zhí)行一項(xiàng)外交使命。

2. N-COUNT A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task. 駐外使團(tuán)

...a senior member of a diplomatic mission. …外交使團(tuán)中的一名高級(jí)成員。

3. N-COUNT A mission is a special journey made by a military aeroplane or spacecraft. (軍用飛機(jī)或宇宙飛船的) 飛行任務(wù)

...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains. …在德克薩斯州西部山區(qū)執(zhí)行訓(xùn)練任務(wù)時(shí)墜毀的一架轟炸機(jī)。

4. N-SING 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. 使命; 天職

He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil. 他把保護(hù)弱者不受壞人傷害看作自己一生的使命。

5. N-COUNT A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity. 傳教活動(dòng)

They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 他們說(shuō)上帝向他們開(kāi)口講話，告訴他們到西半球最貧窮的國(guó)家繼續(xù)進(jìn)行傳教活動(dòng)。

6. N-COUNT A mission is a building or group of buildings in which missionary work is carried out. 布道所

I reside at the mission at St. Michael's. 我住在圣邁克爾教堂的布道所。