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单词 attaché
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Definition of attaché in English:

attaché

noun əˈtaʃeɪ
  • 1A person on the staff of an ambassador having a specialized area of responsibility.

    naval and air attachés
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He also had close personal connections with Israel, having frequently worked two-week stints as a defense attaché at the US embassy in Tel Aviv as part of his service in the military reserve.
    • According to media reports, the defence attaché of the US embassy in Colombo accompanied the group.
    • The Ambassador thought that his attaché lacked objectivity and analytical skill.
    • The Philippines labor attaché in Dubai said repatriation is being arranged.
    • The British attaché he saw dismissed him with the words ‘I don't believe you’.
    • Its embassy has three full-time Australian police attachés whose duties include the tracking of paedophiles.
    • As we were being shown around, one of the other ambassadors and his attaché, Richard, arrived.
    • It was then that Hungary assigned him to serve as assistant military and air attaché in London.
    • He served as a naval attaché in Washington, and in the 1930s was responsible for developing the Japanese Navy Air Corps.
    • In the last week of June, a defense attaché and a political officer from the US Embassy in New Delhi made an unpublicised visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
    • Because the larger U.S. federal law-enforcement agencies have attachés posted in foreign countries, their agents often end up handling investigations.
    • In September Dixon received telegrams informing him that his air attaché was being replaced.
    • Several thousand students have passed through the Marshall Center and gone on to hold positions as Cabinet ministers, ambassadors and defense attachés.
    • Stokovsky obliged, preparing a letter to the Soviet diplomatic attaché in Warsaw.
    • Green said that the press attaché at the U.S. embassy in Amman had passed on the information.
    • Martin Rwoceaczyt, the press attaché of the French Embassy in Sofia, refused to comment on the matter due to a lack of official information from Paris.
    • As international crime began to look like a growing threat, FBI director Louis Freeh seized the opportunity to nearly double the number of law enforcement attachés assigned to U.S. embassies.
    • Three officials from the foreign ministry in Pyongyang, and an attaché from the North Korean embassy in London, met Irish economic and political experts in meetings arranged by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
    • He became a sailor, and upon graduation from the Japanese Naval Staff College, was assigned as Japan's naval attaché to the United States.
    • During this journey Layard became fascinated by archaeology and became an unpaid diplomatic attaché in Constantinople so that he could continue and expand his interests.
    • Between 1940 and 1945, Krapf was a legation secretary and attaché with the German embassy in Tokyo and was active as an informant for the security agency.
    Synonyms
    envoy, diplomat, ambassador extraordinary, ambassador plenipotentiary, plenipotentiary, consul, chargé d'affaires, emissary, legate, nuncio, papal nuncio, representative, deputy
  • 2North American

    short for attaché case
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reaches into his attaché, removes a jewel case and hands it to her.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French, literally 'attached', past participle of attacher.

Rhymes

cachet, papier-mâché, sachet, sashay
 
 

Definition of attaché in US English:

attaché

noun
  • 1A person on the staff of an ambassador, typically with a specialized area of responsibility.

    military attachés
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He served as a naval attaché in Washington, and in the 1930s was responsible for developing the Japanese Navy Air Corps.
    • The Ambassador thought that his attaché lacked objectivity and analytical skill.
    • Three officials from the foreign ministry in Pyongyang, and an attaché from the North Korean embassy in London, met Irish economic and political experts in meetings arranged by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
    • Because the larger U.S. federal law-enforcement agencies have attachés posted in foreign countries, their agents often end up handling investigations.
    • According to media reports, the defence attaché of the US embassy in Colombo accompanied the group.
    • Green said that the press attaché at the U.S. embassy in Amman had passed on the information.
    • He also had close personal connections with Israel, having frequently worked two-week stints as a defense attaché at the US embassy in Tel Aviv as part of his service in the military reserve.
    • The Philippines labor attaché in Dubai said repatriation is being arranged.
    • As international crime began to look like a growing threat, FBI director Louis Freeh seized the opportunity to nearly double the number of law enforcement attachés assigned to U.S. embassies.
    • It was then that Hungary assigned him to serve as assistant military and air attaché in London.
    • Its embassy has three full-time Australian police attachés whose duties include the tracking of paedophiles.
    • In September Dixon received telegrams informing him that his air attaché was being replaced.
    • Stokovsky obliged, preparing a letter to the Soviet diplomatic attaché in Warsaw.
    • He became a sailor, and upon graduation from the Japanese Naval Staff College, was assigned as Japan's naval attaché to the United States.
    • As we were being shown around, one of the other ambassadors and his attaché, Richard, arrived.
    • The British attaché he saw dismissed him with the words ‘I don't believe you’.
    • During this journey Layard became fascinated by archaeology and became an unpaid diplomatic attaché in Constantinople so that he could continue and expand his interests.
    • Martin Rwoceaczyt, the press attaché of the French Embassy in Sofia, refused to comment on the matter due to a lack of official information from Paris.
    • Between 1940 and 1945, Krapf was a legation secretary and attaché with the German embassy in Tokyo and was active as an informant for the security agency.
    • In the last week of June, a defense attaché and a political officer from the US Embassy in New Delhi made an unpublicised visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
    • Several thousand students have passed through the Marshall Center and gone on to hold positions as Cabinet ministers, ambassadors and defense attachés.
    Synonyms
    envoy, diplomat, ambassador extraordinary, ambassador plenipotentiary, plenipotentiary, consul, chargé d'affaires, emissary, legate, nuncio, papal nuncio, representative, deputy
  • 2North American

    short for attaché case
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reaches into his attaché, removes a jewel case and hands it to her.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French, literally ‘attached’, past participle of attacher.

 
 
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