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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    am·bas·sa·dor /æmˈbæsədə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  PGOan important official who represents his or her government in a foreign country 大使ambassador to the US ambassador to Spain 美国驻西班牙大使2  someone who represents a particular sport, business etc because they behave in a way that people admire 〔体育项目、行业等的〕代表人物ambassador for He has made some good films and he is a good ambassador for the industry. 他拍摄过一些好电影，是这个行业的杰出代表。 —ambassadorial /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/ adjective relations at ambassadorial level 大使级外交关系
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    ambassador• He was, after all, an ambassador for his country.• Ms Takahashi was the first Japanese woman ever to be appointed ambassador to a foreign country.• Perhaps her greatest asset as ambassador was her access to President Clinton, whom she had known for many years.• Sir Auckland Geddes is the British ambassador to Washington, • In the next few months, the two countries are to exchange ambassadors.• Act the ambassador rather than the captain of cavalry.• Mobuto spoke briefly to the Zimbalan ambassador in Swahili then beckoned the tall bodyguard towards him.    Origin ambassador (1300-1400) French ambassadeur, from an unrecorded Medieval Latin ambactiator, from Latin ambactus “vassal”
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    ambassador
    am‧bas‧sa‧dor /æmˈbæsədə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: French
     Origin: ambassadeur, from an unrecorded Medieval Latin ambactiator, from Latin ambactus 'vassal'
    1. an important official who represents his or her government in a foreign country
        ambassador to
        the US ambassador to Spain
    2. someone who represents a particular sport, business etc because they behave in a way that people admire
        ambassador for
        He has made some good films and he is a good ambassador for the industry.
    —ambassadorial /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/ adjective:
        relations at ambassadorial level


    am·bas·sadorBrE /æmˈbæsədə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /æmˈbæsədər/ 🔊 nounan official who lives in a foreign country as the senior representative there of his or her own country 大使；使节；代表◆the British Ambassador to Italy/in Rome英国驻意大利／罗马大使◆a former ambassador to the UN前任驻联合国代表◆(figurative) The best ambassadors for the sport are the players. 这种运动最好的大使就是运动员。🔊🔊▸ am·bas·sador·ial BrE /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/ 🔊NAmE /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/ 🔊 adjective