Our mission was to recover the stolen plans.我们的任务是找回被盗的计划书。
He was sent on a fact-finding mission. = He was sent on a mission to gather information.他被派去了解情况。
By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike.经过耐心协商,她完成了避免罢工的使命。
go on a rescue mission [=go somewhere to rescue someone]执行救援任务
The volunteers were on a mission of mercy to help victims of the disaster. [=the volunteers were sent to help the victims of the disaster]志愿者被派去帮助受灾民众。
a mercy mission救助任务
b :a specific military or naval task军事任务
a reconnaissance mission侦察任务
a peacekeeping mission维和任务
a combat/training mission战斗/训练任务
c :a flight by an aircraft or spacecraft to perform a specific task飞行任务
:a task that you consider to be a very important duty使命;天职
His mission is to help poor children. = He has made it his mission in life to help poor children. = He's a man with a mission: to help poor children.他的人生使命是帮助贫困儿童。
She's on a mission to locate her lost sister. [=she is very determined to find her lost sister]她决心要找到走失的妹妹。
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:a group of people sent to a foreign country for a specific reason (such as to have discussions or to provide training or assistance)外交使团
a member of a trade mission贸易使团成员
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a :a group of people who are sent to a foreign country to do religious work:a group of missionaries传教团;布道团
a Catholic mission天主教传教团
b :a place or building where such work is done传教地;布道场所
touring a Spanish mission in California参观加利福尼亚的西班牙教区
: a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a foreign country
served on a mission to improve agricultural methods
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: a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate (see propagatesense 3b) its faith or carry on humanitarian work
… there was a little port called Quinchang, where the fathers of the mission usually landed from Macao, on their progress to teach the Christian religion to the Chinese … Daniel Defoe
b
: assignment to or work in a field of missionary enterprise
c(1)
: a mission establishment
(2)
: a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support
Spanish missions in California
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missions plural: organized missionary work
e
: a course of sermons and services given to convert the unchurched or quicken Christian faith
: of or relating to a style used in the early Spanish missions of the southwestern U.S.
mission architecture
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: of, relating to, or having the characteristic of a style of plain heavy usually oak furniture originating in the U.S. in the early part of the 20th century
Noun Our mission was to recover the stolen plans. By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike. a mission to the moon a member of a trade mission
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In one memorable scene, the men on the mission (played by stars including Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck and David Niven) hesitate to kill a woman discovered to be a turncoat. Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 Each one offers something different but all have the same mission — to scare the hell out of its unwitting victims. Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 The mission, dubbed NS-23, was flying 36 payloads, with two flying on the exterior of the booster. Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 China is upping its moon-mining efforts; the next mission, the Chang’e-7, will reportedly focus on the search for water near the moon’s South Pole. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2022 The mission, known as NS-23, was carrying 36 payloads and experiments from various research institutions on an intended suborbital flight to the edge of space and back. Denise Chow, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Bloomberg reports that China's next unmanned mission, Chang'e-7, will target the South Pole. Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 11 Sep. 2022 During the August 2021 evacuation mission in Kabul, in which Germany took part, only 10 of 30 transport aircraft were usable. Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 The company's spacecraft will be part of NASA's Artemis mission, which plans to put the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024 and establish a sustainable human lunar presence by the end of the decade. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2022 It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2022 It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2022 It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2022 It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2022 It’s the most powerful operational rocket active, although both the Artemis I mission using the Space Launch System and SpaceX’s in-the-works Starship with Super Heavy rockets will exceed that. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2022 Promoted to mission commander of the shuttle Columbia in 1999, and the Discovery in 2005, Collins found the position involved less fun and more responsibility. Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Oct. 2021 Next, the stage will be refurbished as needed and shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the Artemis I mission. Julia Musto, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2021
Adjective
The frigates are based on the existing Franco-Italian FREMM multi-mission frigate design, but with American radar, sonar, and weapons. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2022 Two were suicides and two were non-mission, accidental firearm discharges. Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022 The scene now zooms down to the character to emphasize her mid-mission request. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2022 Future techniques might include using gravity to tug asteroids out of orbit, zapping them with lasers, or even moving them with tractor beams, said NASA planetary defense officer Lindley Johnson said in a pre-mission news conference.Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2021 The Air Force once vaguely entertained the notion of replacing the RC-135s with a new 767-based multi-mission place called the E-10. David Axe, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 Andrew Wood, a Marine Corps spokesperson, said the updates include additional inspections for watertight integrity and stricter requirements for what material discrepancies would render a vehicle non-mission capable. Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2021 Their conclusions, published in Science magazine and presented at the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, were reached by using cross-mission data from the agency's Planetary Data System (PDS). Julia Musto, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2021 The Constellation ships are multi-mission ships that are capable of anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare (anti-ship and land attack), and anti-air warfare (anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and now anti-drone) missions. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun, Verb, and Adjective
New Latin, Medieval Latin, & Latin; New Latin mission-, missio religious mission, from Medieval Latin, task assigned, from Latin, act of sending, from mittere to send
1important task重要任務ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISSION | MISSION + VERB | MISSION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤joint共同的使命◇a joint Anglo-American mission英美聯合任務➤covert, secret, stealth, undercover秘密任務;暗中進行的任務▸➤dangerous危險的任務▸➤suicide自殺式行動➤historic歷史使命➤routine例行任務▸➤fact-finding, training實情調查/訓練任務➤tactical戰術任務➤escort護送任務▸➤reconnaissance偵察任務▸➤bombing, combat, military轟炸/戰鬥/軍事任務➤wartime戰時任務➤search-and-destroy搜索殲敵任務▸➤mercy, rescue救援/營救任務▸➤peacekeeping維和行動▸➤diplomatic外交使命➤humanitarian人道主義使命➤failed, successful失敗的/成功的任務➤special特殊使命VERB + MISSION➤carry out, conduct, execute, go on, perform, undertake執行任務;貫徹使命▸➤accomplish, complete完成任務;達成使命◇Our mission accomplished, we headed for home.完成任務後,我們就返回了。➤dispatch sb on, give, send sb on派遣某人執行任務;給予任務◇An aid team will be sent on a mission to the earthquake zone.將派一支救援隊去地震災區執行任務。➤launch啟動任務◇It was too late to launch a rescue mission.當時展開救援行動已經太晚了。➤fly, fly on (used of military planes用於軍用飛機)執行飛行任務◇He flew a total of 41 missions over the country.他在全國各地上空共執行過 41 次飛行任務。➤abandon, abort, cancel (esp. of military missions尤指軍事任務)放棄使命;中止任務;取消任務◇The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他們中止執行任務。MISSION + VERB➤end in failure, fail任務以失敗告終;未能完成任務◇Their mission ended in failure.他們的任務以失敗告終。➤be a success, succeed任務成功完成MISSION + NOUN➤objective任務目標➤accomplishment (NAmE) 任務完成PREPOSITION➤on a/the mission執行任務中◇He was sent on a secret mission approved by the Pentagon.他被派出執行一項由五角大樓批准的秘密任務。PHRASES➤mission impossible不可能完成的任務◇Many regard his task as mission impossible.許多人認為他的任務不可能完成。mission
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2team sent to perform a task執行任務的團隊ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISSION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤diplomatic, military, trade外交使團;軍事代表團;貿易代表團VERB + MISSION➤establish, set up設團;組團▸➤send派遣代表團PREPOSITION➤mission to派往⋯的代表團◇The US is sending a trade mission to China.美國將派一個貿易代表團去中國。mission
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3into space太空ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISSION | MISSION + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤shuttle, space, spacecraft航天飛機航天任務;航天任務;宇宙飛船航天任務➤lunar, planetary登月/登陸行星的任務▸➤manned, unmanned載人/無人航天任務➤robotic機器人航天任務VERB + MISSION➤go on, make執行航天任務◇He's been on several shuttle missions over the last decade.過去 10 年中他執行過數次航天飛機任務。➤abort中止航天任務MISSION + NOUN➤control航天地面指揮中心◇The spacecraft lost contact with mission control.航天器與地面指揮中心失去了聯繫。PREPOSITION➤on a/the mission執行航天任務中◇experiments conducted on a space mission航天飛行中進行的實驗➤mission to去往⋯的航天任務◇a successful spacecraft mission to Venus至金星的成功的航天飛行mission
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4special aim特殊目的ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISSION | MISSION + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤main, primary主要/首要使命➤stated規定的使命VERB + MISSION➤have負有使命◇He now has a mission in life: to expand the horizons of those around him.現在他的人生有了使命,就是使周圍的人眼界開闊起來。➤pursue執行使命➤fulfil/fulfill, meet履行/實現使命MISSION + NOUN➤statement宗旨說明PHRASES➤a man with a mission, a woman with a mission肩負使命的男子/女子◇You can tell by the determined way he talks that he is a man with a mission.從他堅定的談吐就可以看出他是一個肩負使命的人。➤a sense of mission使命感◇A powerful sense of mission underpins everything he does.強烈的使命感支撑着他所做的一切。mission
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5place where people work to help others幫助他人的地方ADJECTIVE | VERB + MISSION | MISSION + NOUNADJECTIVE➤Christian基督教慈善機構➤educational教育慈善機構VERB + MISSION➤establish, found建立/創辦慈善機構▸➤run管理慈善機構MISSION + NOUN➤work慈善工作▸➤hospital, school慈善醫院/學校