| 单词 | mission |
| 释义 | mission (once / 72 pages) n A mission is a special quest, one that involves more effort than, say, a trip to the corner store. If you were to drive all around the state searching garage sales for porcelain cats, you could say you were on a mission. Mission comes from a Latin word that means “to send.” It was first used by Jesuit missionaries who sent members of their order overseas to establish schools and churches. Foreign travel is still associated with the word. When diplomats and humanitarian workers travel abroad, we often refer to those trips as missions. WORD FAMILYmission: missional, missionary, missioner, missions+/missional: missionally/missionary: missionaries/missioner: missioners USAGE EXAMPLESExplaining this research is clearly within the mandate of the Labor Department, whose mission statement includes a pledge to “advance opportunities for profitable employment.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) But Obamacare is fulfilling its mission to help many thousand Americans get health insurance. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was to enable a permanent moon base to support missions to “Mars and other destinations.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters the planes were on a bombing mission Syn|Hypo|Hyper military mission combat mission a mission to capture or defend something search missiona mission to discover something search and destroy missionan operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them direct supporta mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance military operation, operation activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) 2n a special assignment that is given to a person or group a confidential mission to London Syn|Hypo|Hyper charge, commission fool's errand a fruitless mission mission impossiblean extremely dangerous or difficult mission martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide missionkilling or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb assignment, duty assignment a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) 3n a group of representatives or delegates Syn|Hypo|Hyper commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation diplomatic mission a mission serving diplomatic ends embassyan ambassador and his entourage collectively High Commissionan embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another foreign mission, legationa permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister organisation, organization a group of people who work together 4n an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work Syn|Hyper foreign mission, missionary post, missionary station NGO, nongovernmental organization an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government 5n the organized work of a religious missionary Syn|Hypo|Hyper missionary work da'wah, dawah missionary work for Islam work activity directed toward making or doing something |
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