legate
美音:
[´legət
]英音:
[´legət
]n.使节
难易程度:
legate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:legateship
词根
leg=to appoint(指定;任命),to send(送)
近义词, 同义词
legate
/'legɪt; `lɛˇɪt/
n ambassador of the Pope to a foreign country 罗马教皇的使节.
legate
n[C][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Old French;Origin: legat, from
Latin legatus, from the past participle of legare
'to send as a representative, leave after your death', from lex;
LEGAL]
an important official representative, especially an official representative of the
Pope