mission
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A mission is an important task that people are given to do, especially one that involves travelling to another country. (尤指远赴他国的) 使命
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America. 索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交使命。
2. N-COUNT A mission is a group of people who have been sent to a foreign country to carry out an official task. 驻外使团
...a senior member of a diplomatic mission. …外交使团中的一名高级成员。
3. N-COUNT A mission is a special journey made by a military aeroplane or spacecraft. (军用飞机或宇宙飞船的) 飞行任务
...a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains. …在德克萨斯州西部山区执行训练任务时坠毁的一架轰炸机。
4. N-SING If you say that you have a mission, you mean that you have a strong commitment and sense of duty to do or achieve something. 使命; 天职
He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil. 他把保护弱者不受坏人伤害看作自己一生的使命。
5. N-COUNT A mission is the activities of a group of Christians who have been sent to a place to teach people about Christianity. 传教活动
They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 他们说上帝向他们开口讲话，告诉他们到西半球最贫穷的国家继续进行传教活动。
6. N-COUNT A mission is a building or group of buildings in which missionary work is carried out. 布道所
I reside at the mission at St. Michael's. 我住在圣迈克尔教堂的布道所。
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mission /ˈmɪʃən/ (missions)
剑桥词典
- The pilots were thoroughly debriefed after every mission.
- The UN Secretary General is on a fence-mending mission.
- They were taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines .
- They were on a mercy mission to take food to the refugees when they were attacked .
- She told us about his brother , Apollo, born in 1969 and named for the U.S. astronauts ' mission to the moon .
mission noun (JOB)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]an important job , especially a military one, that someone is sent somewhere to do
（尤指军事）任务，使命
Your mission is to isolate the enemy by destroying all the bridges across the river . 你的任务是破坏这条河上所有的桥梁，以孤立敌军。
a peace /rescue /fact-finding mission 和平使命／救援任务／核查事实的工作
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
any work that someone believes it is their duty to do
使命，天职
My mission in life is to educate the rich about the suffering of the poor . 我一生的使命就是让富人认识到穷人所受的痛苦。
She's a woman with a mission and she's absolutely determined to finish the project . 她是个有使命感的女人，已下定决心完成这项计划。
mission accomplished
something that you say when you have finished doing something that you were told to do
完成任务
Mission accomplished . I've got everything you asked for on the list . 完成任务！我拿到了你列在清单上的所有东西。
例句
mission noun (PEOPLE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时，在英式英语中，该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中，使用动词的单数更好 ]a group of people whose job is to increase what is known about their country , organization , or religion in another country or area , or the place where such people are based
外交使团，代表团，传教团；外交使团（或代表团）驻所，传教团驻地
More funds are needed to establish trade missions in eastern Europe . 需要更多的资金在东欧建立贸易代表团。
The Methodist mission is situated in one of the poorest parts of the city . 循道宗传教团设于这个城市最贫穷的地方之一。 返回 mission