a small group of people who are asked or allowed to act or speak for others 代表团 The mayor agreed to receive a deputation of local residents. 市长同意接待当地居民代表团。 Both sides in the dispute sent deputations to the prime minister's office. 争端双方都派代表团去首相办公室。
Extra ExamplesA deputation of 40 strikers was organized. 由 40 名罢工者组成了一个代表团。 The managing director agreed to receive a deputation from the factory. 总经理同意接见工厂的代表团。 They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain. 他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + deputation- organize
- send
- meet
- …
- deputation from
- deputation of
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘appointment to an office or function’): from late Latin deputatio(n-), from the verb deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.