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 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.
The secretary bird.
A messenger-at-arms.
To send something by messenger.
a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
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.
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.
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.
The secretary bird.
A messenger-at-arms.
To send something by messenger.
a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
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.
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.