en·voy /ˈɛnˌvɔɪ, &dɪvɪdɛ;ˈɑn-/
外交使節,特使
En·voy n.
1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.
2. An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.
The envoy of a ballad is the =\“sending” of it forth.\= --Skeat.
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envoy
n 1: a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador [syn: envoy
extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary]
2: someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of
someone else [syn: emissary]
3: a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry [syn: envoi]