Emissary
['emɪs(ə)rɪ] or ['ɛmɪsɛri]
解释:
(n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
(a.) Exploring; spying.
(a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Messenger, spy, scout, secret agent.
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例句:
- I know the sort, said Mr. Hawley; some emissary. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- His emissary obeyed, and brought the desired intelligence. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The Colonel and his aide-de-camp went out to meet the gentleman, rightly conjecturing that he was an emissary of Lord Steyne. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- This matter, in my belief, the Steyne emissary cried, ought to be buried in the most profound oblivion. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I'm extremely sorry, sir, said this emissary, that a little accident has occurred at the Miss du Lacs': a leak in the water-tank. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- If you're an emissary you're an emissary. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I had not been laid down five minutes, when another emissary arrived: Goton came, bringing me something to drink. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The emissary, Madame Olenska rejoined, still smiling, might, for all I care, have left already; but he has insisted on waiting till this evening . 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- It was that of Eustacia's emissary. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- They were strangers--emissaries from the large towns. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
整理:特蕾西