embassy

embassy

英 ['embəsɪ]
　　美 ['ɛmbəsi]

n. 大使館；大使館全體人員

n.(名詞)embassy作“大使館全體成員”解用作主語時，如側重整體，則謂語動詞用單數形式；如側重個體，則謂語動詞用復數形式。

中文詞源：

embassy 大使館

來自PIE*ambi-ag, 詞源同ambassador. 來自PIE*ambi, 兩邊，周圍，見ambient，-ag, 做，見agent. -ss，過去分詞後綴。原指國王的封臣，後指大使。

例句：

1. Embassy security personnel refused to admit him or his wife.
使館保安人員不允許他和夫人進入。

2. One young policeman stood guard outside the locked embassy gates.
一位年輕的警察在大門緊閉的使館外站崗。

3. Light and water in embassy buildings were cut off.
大使館內的水電都被切斷瞭。

4. The embassy official claimed diplomatic immunity and was later released.
那名使館官員申請外交豁免，隨後被釋放。

5. Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound.
當他們逃進使館大院時，警察向他們開瞭槍。