单词	delegation
释义	delegationdel‧e‧ga‧tion /ˌdeləˈɡeɪʃən/ ●○○ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A delegation from Nigeria has arrived to have talks with the British foreign minister. Headteachers have sent a delegation to London to ask the government to put more money into education. Kemp met with the California delegation on Monday afternoon. the delegation of authority The Dutch Prime Minister led a 12 member economic delegation to Indonesia to discuss future investments in the country. The health ministers agreed to meet a delegation of heart patients. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Already a delegation of illegal immigrants has been let into the courtyard at Strasbourg. Among them was a delegation from Oxfordshire. But the foreign business delegations and conferences are multiplying. It met in late 1918, chose a delegation to Paris, and disbanded. Some birds gather and peck the concrete in the space the delegation has just been standing in. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora group of people who go somewhere to represent a country or organization► delegation a team of people who have been sent by an organization or a country to represent them at an important meeting: delegation of: · The health ministers agreed to meet a delegation of heart patients.delegation from: · A delegation from Nigeria has arrived to have talks with the British foreign minister.send a delegation: · Headteachers have sent a delegation to London to ask the government to put more money into education.lead a delegation: · The Dutch Prime Minister led a 12 member economic delegation to Indonesia to discuss future investments in the country. ► deputation formal a group of people representing a larger group who are sent to talk to a person in authority in order to make a complaint or a request: deputation of: · A deputation of church leaders has met with the government to discuss the teaching of religion in schools.meet/receive a deputation: · In the morning the minister received a deputation from the National Union of Farmers protesting about the government's plans to cut agricultural subsidies. ► mission a group of people who are sent by their government to another country in order to discuss something: · The French President has sent a mission to the region to try to find a peace formula.trade mission (=a mission to discuss trade): · A British trade mission has arrived in Moscow. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► congressional · California already has the largest congressional delegation with 52 members in the House of Representatives.· Don Edwards, D-San Jose, the dean of the California congressional delegation.· The program, supported by the Florida congressional delegation, would create 1, 000 jobs at the engine plant. ► financial · The two major components of these new managerial powers and responsibilities are financial delegation and staffing delegation.· Thus, schools not only have to deal with financial delegation but they have to be very aware of market forces.· However, financial delegation was seen as running efficiently with or without the involvement of the staff.· Arrangements for insurance will be included in the financial delegation scheme, but governors should check that cover is adequate. ► foreign · For the first time in the party's history the congress took place without the participation of foreign fraternal party delegations.· But the foreign business delegations and conferences are multiplying. ► large · In the case of some of the larger departments, delegation of sections of the self-appraisal was inevitable.· California already has the largest congressional delegation with 52 members in the House of Representatives.· Whitehall's biggest potential ally is the United States, which is sending a large delegation to fight the ban. ► official · Hulbert arrived several months ahead of the official delegation to do advance work. ► parliamentary · Two weeks ago, I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago. ► soviet · A Soviet delegation arrives this month to discuss the experiments and the choice of astronaut.· Your government's invited a Soviet delegation to talk about Berlin next week.· Among the Soviet delegation were some figures of substance. NOUN► member · Many of the delegation members had begun to weep.· He can see through the window that the delegation members have gathered at two round tables.· The delegation members stand in the back of the room until Angelita invites them to sit among the twenty or so students.· As their days there passed, the delegation members did more and more things separately. ► state · Democratic party rules require that state delegations to the convention be split evenly between men and women.· Boylan added that ethnic quotas are not imposed on state delegations to the convention. ► trade · A dinner and the theatre afterwards, arranged by his own ambassador to entertain the trade delegation he was leading. VERB► include · Baker insisted that the delegation include at least one deportee and one person with East Jerusalem links.· He stated that Bush had not been present during the Paris negotiations, but claimed that the Reagan delegation had included Casey. ► invite · Your government's invited a Soviet delegation to talk about Berlin next week. ► lead · This leads nicely to: delegation.· Party insiders had speculated about competition between Symington and Woods to lead the delegation.· Two weeks ago, I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago.· He leads Khmer Rouge delegations at international conferences, and has been promoted as the moderate face of the Khmer Rouge.· He was leading a delegation of remarkable size: no less than seven members of the Cabinet made the six-week trip. ► meet · Mr Freeman said he would come to the town after meeting an all-party delegation from the council in London.· It was suggested at one meeting with the delegation that such an investigation could prove embarrassing for current government officials.· Mr. McLoughlin I give the undertaking that I will meet any delegation that my hon. Friend wishes to bring to me.· Returning home on December 21, 1926, he was met by an imposing delegation.· The strike ended after 10 hours when Walesa agreed to meet their delegation.· Officials had indicated that he would not meet the delegation until after a final accord had been signed.· Earlier in the week Darlington council's controlling Labour group refused to meet the all-white delegation. ► receive · Instead they received a delegation of government officials, scientists, economists and businessmen. ► send · Whitehall's biggest potential ally is the United States, which is sending a large delegation to fight the ban.· Speaking through various medicine-men, the deity suggested sending a Navajo delegation eastward to Taos. ► visit · Western delegations had visited the Soviet Union during September to research the economic situation.· Last year a woman from Boston who was with a delegation of teachers visited one of the madres at her home.· A Caldaire delegation visited London earlier this week for talks with Department of Transport officials.· We visited the same classroom your delegation visited.· Mr Freeman was invited to the town by an all-party delegation of councillors who visited him in London in December. 1[countable] a group of people who represent a company, organization etcdelegation to the head of the American delegation to the United Nationsdelegation of a delegation of government officials A trade delegation will visit Kuwait.2[uncountable] the process of giving power or work to someone else so that they are responsible for part of what you normally dodelegation of the delegation of authority
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