mission

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

Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America. 索爾玆伯裡派他到北美執(zhí)行一項外交使命。

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

...a senior member of a diplomatic mission. …外交使團中的一名高級成員。

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

...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains. …在德尅薩斯州西部山區(qū)執(zhí)行訓練任務時墜燬的一架轟炸機。

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

They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 他們說上帝曏他們開口講話，告訴他們到西半球最貧窮的國家繼續(xù)進行傳教活動。

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

I reside at the mission at St. Michael's. 我住在聖邁尅爾教堂的佈道所。