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a group of people sent to a foreign land to set up relations and to start trade or religious work.
传教士团
The mission led by Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea in 1492.1492年，克里斯托弗·哥伦布率领的传教士团到达加勒比海的一个小岛上。- synonyms:
- ambassadors, delegation, diplomats, embassy, missionaries
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| definition 2: |
the buildings and land used by such a group or by later peoples.
传教士驻地
The monks live in a mission outside the city.和尚们住在城外的一个传教士驻地。- similar words:
- church, embassy
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a particular task or duty done out of strong belief.
使命
His mission was to help the poor.他的使命是帮助穷人。- similar words:
- offering, sacrifice, vocation
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an important task that one is sent out to do, or a goal that a person strongly feels that he or she must go out and achieve.
任务
The spy was on a secret mission for the president.Bob was sent on a mission to the grocery store by his mother.间谍正在为总统执行一项秘密任务。鲍勃被他母亲分派了去杂货店买东西的任务。- synonyms:
- assignment
- similar words:
- duty, errand, job, task
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a place, usually in a city, where poor people can go to get help. A mission often provides things like food, clothing, or a place to sleep and is typically operated by a church or other similar organization.
教堂
- synonyms:
- home, shelter
- similar words:
- protection, refuge
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function, objective, post, trek, work |
The word mission
contains the following parts:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admission, admit, admittance, commission, commissioner, commit, committee, compromise, dismiss, emission, emit, missile, mission, missionary, omit, permission, permit, premise, promise, promising, remission, submit, transmission, transmit, transmitter
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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