| 单词 | foreign service |
| 释义 | foreign serviceSEE SYNONYMS FOR foreign service ON THESAURUS.COM noun (often initial capital letters)a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries. Origin of foreign serviceFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby foreign serviceforeign office, foreign policy, foreign relations, Foreign Relations Committee, foreign secretary, foreign service, foreign-trade zone, forejudge, foreknow, foreknowledge, forel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foreign service
British Dictionary definitions for foreign serviceforeign service nounmainly US the diplomatic and usually consular personnel of a foreign affairs ministry or foreign office collectively who represent their country abroad, deal with foreign diplomats at home, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for foreign serviceForeign Service The professional arm of the executive branch that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world. Ambassadors, though officially members of the Foreign Service, are sometimes friends of the president of the United States appointed in gratitude for support given during elections. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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