以下是关于"messenger"与"envoy"的用法辨析:
1. 词源与基本含义
- messenger:源自古法语"messager",指携带信息的普通信使(中性词)
- envoy:源自法语"envoyé",本义为"被派遣者"(正式用语)
2. 现代用法区别
(1)messenger:
- 指代任何传递信息的人或物(包括现代通讯软件)
- 可指非官方的、日常的信息传递者
- 例:The pigeon acted as a messenger during the war.
(2)envoy:
- 特指官方派遣的外交代表(大使级以下)
- 带有正式的政治/外交色彩
- 例:The U ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
a representative.
a diplomat.
a messenger.
a short stanza at the end of a poem.
One who brings messages.
A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
An instant messenger program.
A forerunner.
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
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.
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; - also in the French from, l'envoi.
One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages.
One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; - formerly used for heaving in the cable.
A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
a representative.
a diplomat.
a messenger.
a short stanza at the end of a poem.
One who brings messages.
A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
An instant messenger program.
A forerunner.
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
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.
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; - also in the French from, l'envoi.
One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages.
One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.
A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; - formerly used for heaving in the cable.
A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.