embassy
n. 大使馆, 大使馆全体人员 [经] 大使馆
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大使馆；大使馆全体人员
a group of officials who represent their government in a foreign country, or the building they work in
the American Embassy in Paris
美国驻巴黎大使馆
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The function or duty of an ambassador.
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An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
大使馆
The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
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A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
The Japanese embassy to the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., where it was received by James Buchanan, before continuing on to New York and then returning to Japan, making several stops on the way.
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The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
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A written account as to an embassy.
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Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosder. Old Occitan ambaissadabor. Old Italian ambasciatader. Old French ambascee Middle French ambasseebor. English ambassy English embassy Modern variant of obsolete ambassy, from Middle French ambassee (“mission, embassy”), from Old French ambascee (also enbassee (“message for a high official, official mission”)) from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Occitan ambaissada (“embassy”), derived from ambaissa (“message”), from Late Latin ambactia (“service rendered”) (attested also as ambascia, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service”), *ambahtaz (“follower, servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos (“dependant, vassal”, literally “one who is sent around”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”); compare Latin ambactus, Old Irish amus, amsach (“mercenary, servant”), Welsh amaeth (“tenant farm”)). Doublet of ambassade.
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