- A mission is a special quest, one that involves more effort than, say, a trip to the corner store. If you were to drive all around the state searching garage sales for porcelain cats, you could say you were on a mission.
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- n. 使命，任务；代表团；布道
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1. a trade mission to China
赴华贸易代表团
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2. a fact-finding mission
核查事实的工作
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3. a mercy mission to aid homeless refugees
帮助无家可归的难民的慈善工作
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4. the head of the British mission in Berlin
在柏林的英国使团团长
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5. Her mission in lifewas to work with the homeless.
她以帮助无家可归者为己任。
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6. a US space mission
美国的太空飞行
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7. It's a mission to get there.
一路上要经历艰辛才能到达那里。
- mission (n.) 1590s, "a sending abroad," originally of Jesuits, from Latin missionem (nominative missio) "act of sending, a dispatching; a release, a setting at liberty; discharge from service, dismissal," noun of action from past participle stem of mittere "to release, let go; send, throw," which de Vaan traces to a PIE *m(e)ith- "to exchange, remove," also source of Sanskrit methete, mimetha "to become hostile, quarrel," Gothic in-maidjan "to change;" he writes, "From original 'exchange', the meaning developed to 'give, bestow' ... and 'let go, send'."
mis·sion / ˈmɪʃn ; NAmE ˈmɪʃn / noun , verb mission missions noun official job/group 官方使命；正式组织 1 [countable ] an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country 官方使命；使团的使命 ◆ a trade mission to China 赴华贸易代表团 ◆ a fact-finding mission 核查事实的工作 ◆ a mercy mission to aid homeless refugees 帮助无家可归的难民的慈善工作 ☞synonyms at task 2 [countable ] a group of people doing such a job; the place where they work 使团；代表团；执行任务的地点 ◆ the head of the British mission in Berlin 在柏林的英国使团团长 teaching Christianity 传教 3 [countable , uncountable ] the work of teaching people about Christianity, especially in a foreign country; a group of people doing such work （尤指在海外的）传教，布道；布道团 ◆ a Catholic mission in Africa 在非洲的天主教传教士 ◆ Gandhi's attitude to mission and conversion 甘地对于布道和改变信仰的态度 4 [countable ] a building or group of buildings used by a Christian mission 布道所；传教区 your duty 职责 5 [countable ] particular work that you feel it is your duty to do 使命；天职 SYN vocation ◆ Her mission in lifewas to work with the homeless. 她以帮助无家可归者为己任。 of armed forces 军队 6 [countable ] an important job that is done by a soldier, group of soldiers, etc. 军事行动 ◆ The squadron flew on a reconnaissance mission. 这支空军中队执行一项侦察任务。 ☞ collocationsat war space flight 太空飞行 7 [countable ] a flight into space 太空飞行任务 ◆ a US space mission 美国的太空飞行 ◆ mission control (= the people on earth who control and communicate with the people on the mission) 太空飞行的地面指挥人员 task 任务 8 [countable ] ( BrE) ( informal) a task or journey that is very difficult and takes a long time to complete （极其艰巨且需长时间才能完成的）任务，旅行 ◆ It's a mission to get there. 一路上要经历艰辛才能到达那里。 IDIOM ˌmission acˈcomplished used when you have successfully completed what you have had to do 任务已完成 verb [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( informal) to go on a long and difficult journey, especially one that involves going to many different places 作艰苦的长途旅行（尤指去许多地方） ◆ We had to mission round all the bars until we found him. 我们跑遍了所有的酒吧才找到他。 mis·sion / ˈmɪʃn ; NAmE ˈmɪʃn /
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