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/ˈembəsi/
A group of people who represent their country in another country, or the building where they work.
大使館
複數 embassies
核心畫面
A piece of one country's official presence standing inside another country — the ambassador and their staff, and the building they work in. The word covers both the people and the place, so it can mean either depending on the sentence.
可以想成：一個國家的官方存在，落腳在另一個國家裡——大使和他的團隊，以及他們辦公的那棟建築。這個字「人」和「地方」兩…更多收起
可以想成：一個國家的官方存在，落腳在另一個國家裡——大使和他的團隊，以及他們辦公的那棟建築。這個字「人」和「地方」兩個意思都包，看句子怎麼用：go to the embassy 講的是那棟樓，the embassy said 講的是那群人。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
embassynoun/ˈɛmbəsi/
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The function or duty of an ambassador.
- The King told me, […] That I ſhould have the Character of Ambaſſador Extraordinary, and the ſame Allovvance I ſhou'd have had in Spain: Upon this Offer I made no Demurr, but immediately accepted it, and ſo my Ambaſſy vvas declar'd in May 1674.
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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.
- The American embassy to France is located in Paris.
- 3
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.
- Then go we in to know his embassy; Which I could with a ready guess declare Before the Frenchman speak a word of it.
- 4
The official residence of such a group, or of an ambassador.
- 5
archaicA written account as to an embassy.
- By the various Relations, Embaſſies and Voyages of Siam that have been publiſht within theſe laſt Four Years […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。