单词 | goodwill ambassador |
释义 | > as lemmasgoodwill ambassador goodwill ambassador n. a person serving (usually unofficially) to promote goodwill between countries, institutions, etc.; now chiefly (frequently with capital initials) a well-known person (esp. a celebrity) appointed by a charity or other organization to publicize its activities or promote a specified cause. ΚΠ 1926 Kokomo (Indiana) Daily Tribune 28 July 9/6 (headline) Planning for Paris. Legionnaires in 1927 to be good will ambassadors, says elder. 1928 Washington Post 10 Jan. 1/5 Another triumph awaited the good will ambassador from the United States, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, when he landed on the field here [sc. Panama City] today. 1938 Mich. Alumnus 22 Oct. 54/1 While abroad..he became an unofficial ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for the University and the Alumni Association, visiting with many alumni. 1954 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 21 Apr. 9/3 Comedian Danny Kaye arrived here Tuesday on a round-the-world tour as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund. 2013 W. T. Kalusa & M. Vaughan Death, Belief & Politics in Central Afr. Hist. viii. 294 She..was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Safe Motherhood by the African Union. < as lemmas |
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