mission /ˈmɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4

• 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

  例：

  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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  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

  例：

  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

  例：

  I reside at the mission at St. Michael's.

  我住在圣迈克尔教堂的布道所。