单词 | persona non grata |
释义 | persona non gratan. In predicative use. An unacceptable or unwelcome person, esp. a foreign diplomat; (without article) unacceptable, unwelcome. Cf. persona grata n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > unpopularity > [noun] > unpopular person persona non grata1888 1888 Times 1 Nov. 5/2 If by his conduct he [sc. a diplomatic representative] renders himself persona non grata, an announcement of the fact may be made to his Government. 1891 Polit. Sci. Q. 6 380 Minister to China, Henry W. Blair, who was declared, however, a persona non grata to the Chinese government. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vi. 65 See that, Mr. Gould? Persona non grâta. That's the reason our Government is never properly informed. 1952 O. A. Maslenikov Frenzied Poets v. 85 Biely discovered that he had become a persona non grata in all editorial offices of Russia. 1973 Times 15 Feb. 7/8 The Iraq Government had decided to retaliate by declaring the Pakistan Ambassador and a Second Secretary as personae non gratae and warning them against returning to Iraq. 1994 Denver Post 23 Jan. a7/1 We've all agreed that part-time workers are going to be persona non grata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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