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美狄亚剧本简略版

Word of the Day : October 25, 2020

emissary

特使；密使

noun EM-uh-sair-ee

1 : one designated as the agent of another : representative

被指定为某人的代理人：代表

2 : a secret agent

秘密特工

Examples

"America has a long tradition of deploying political emissaries. They can have the authority of a direct line to the president." — The Economist, 13 Aug. 2020

“美国有着部署政治使节的悠久传统。他们可以直接与总统保持联系。

"He had founded that fellowship of the Black Arrow, as a ruined man longing for vengeance and money; and yet among those who knew him best, he was thought to be the agent and emissary of the great King-maker of England, Richard, Earl of Warwick." — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow, 1888

他建立了“黑箭”团队，他是一个渴望复仇和赚钱的残酷人。 但在最了解他的人中，他被认为是英格兰伟大的国王理查德·沃里克伯爵的代理或使者。”

Did You Know?

An emissary is often a person who is sent somewhere in order to act as a representative. The key in that sentence is sent; emissary derives from Latin emissus, the past participle of the verb emittere, meaning "to send out." By the early 17th century, it was a commonly seen and heard word. An earlier common emittere descendant is emit. In addition, emittere itself comes from Latin mittere ("to send"), which is an ancestor of many English words, including admit, commit, mission, omit, permit, premise, promise, and submit.

An emissary「使者」通常是作为代表而被派往某个地方的人。该句子中的密钥已发送； emissary源自拉丁语emissus，即动词 emittere 的过去分词，意思是“to sent out「发出」”。到17世纪初，它是一个常见的单词。较早常见的 emittere 的衍生词 emit「发射」。另外，emittere 本身来自拉丁语mittere（“to send「发送到」”），它是许多英语单词的起源，包括admit「承认」，commit「承诺」，mission「使命」，omit「省略」，permit「许可」，premise「前提」，promise「承诺」和submit「提交」。

Word Family Quiz

What relative of Latin mittere begins with "s" and refers to a thought or idea based on scanty evidence?