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an act of sending somebody to a particular place to do their job, especially for a limited period of time 派驻 an overseas posting 派驻海外 a two-year posting to Athens 在雅典任职两年 The island is rated by diplomats as a hardship posting (= one that people do not like to be sent to because it is not a very comfortable place to live). 该岛被外交官评为艰苦地区。
Extra ExamplesHe received a posting to Japan as soon as his training was finished. 培训一结束,他就收到了派往日本的任命。 He asked for a posting to the Middle East. 他申请派驻中东。 She has now accepted a posting as ambassador to Latvia. 她现在已接受任命,担任驻拉脱维亚大使。 She was unable to take up the Bangkok posting. 她不能接受派驻曼谷的任命。 Her next posting was at the Department of Health. 她下一个职位是在卫生部。 Staff will work abroad on 2–5 year postings. 员工将被派往海外工作2至5年。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- diplomatic
- foreign
- overseas
- …
- get
- take up
- posting as
- posting to
- (also post)
a message sent to a discussion group on the internet; a piece of writing that forms part of a blog (发送到互联网讨论组的)帖子,信息;博文;网志文章 job postings on the website 网站上的招聘信息 postings on our message board 我们留言板上的帖子 I've made a couple of postings about identity theft. 我发了几个关于身分盗窃的帖子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Internet
- online
- blog
- …
- make
- write
- read
- …
- posting about
- posting on