学个词Learn a Word 第1569-envoy
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：英语单词荟萃
英语课
今天我们要学的词是 envoy 1. Envoy 是特使的意思。Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan resigned as international peace envoy for Syria. 前联合国秘书长安南辞去了叙利亚国际和平特使的职务。A UN human rights envoy visited Myanmar to investigate ethnic 2 clashes in June. 一位联合国人权特使前往缅甸，调查那里六月份发生的族群冲突。A UN envoy for Somalia strongly condemned 3 the killing 4 of a prominent Somali comedian 5 and media worker. 联合国的索马里特使对索马里一位著名喜剧艺术家和媒体工作者被害一事提出强烈遣责。好的，今天我们学习的词是 envoy, envoy, envoy...
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。