| 单词 | embassy |
| 释义 | embassy (embəsi ) Word forms: embassies countable noun B1 An embassy is a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy. The American Embassy has already complained. Mr Cohen held discussions at the embassy with one of the rebel leaders. Synonyms: consulate, ministry, delegation, legation Collocations: embassy building The embassy building was closely guarded. Somewhere East of Life (1994) The reopening of the embassy building comes four years after a mob ransacked it in a protest over Western sanctions. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The permanent embassy building with which we are so familiar had no counterpart in sixteenth-century London. Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State (2006) The Indian military attaché, a colonel, invited the King into the embassy building to meet the Indian ambassador. TANK OF SERPENTS (2002) We know he was a hardworking embassy official. Times, Sunday Times (2009) An astonished embassy official gave them tea. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Three masked men ambushed the embassy official as he carried the cash in two suitcases to a waiting chauffeur-driven limo. The Sun (2011) Foreign embassy staff owe 50 million in unpaid congestion charge fines — plus 491,000 in parking fines and 566,000 in non-domestic rates. The Sun (2011) But six embassy staff escaped and found refuge in other embassies. The Sun (2013) It also claimed that a number of embassy staff and ambassadors of various countries had crossed. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A new report reckons that only one in 40 of our ambassadors and embassy staff speak da lingo. The Sun (2012) British embassy staff booked them on a flight home to ensure top quality treatment - but local officials feared they would infect other flyers. The Sun (2009) Foreign embassy grounds are sovereign territory, and so exempt from the ban, but staff have not reacted in the most diplomatic fashion. Times, Sunday Times A few days later he moved to the residence of a foreign embassy. Times, Sunday Times The titles were the equivalent of a secretary at a foreign embassy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It stretches five miles from tail to tip and holds many thousands of passengers: the central government, foreign embassies, museums, memorials. Times, Sunday Times Workers for foreign embassies regularly use their immunity from prosecution to park illegally. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 大使馆 Japanese: 大使館 |
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