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a person whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country, for example, in an embassy 外交官 Washington's top diplomat in Havana 华盛顿驻哈瓦那的最高级别的外交官 a Western diplomat in Islamabad 一名驻伊斯兰堡的西方外交官
Wordfinder- accord
- ally
- bilateral
- cross-border
- diplomat
- embassy
- international
- rapprochement
- relationship
- treaty
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsc1, Politicsc1the chief Cuban diplomat in the United States 古巴驻美国首席外交官 two of the world's most prominent diplomats 世界上最杰出的外交官中的两位
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- prominent
- senior
- …
- be
- serve as
- work as
- …
a person who shows skill at dealing with other people 善于交际的人；通权达变的人；圆通的人；有手腕的人 You’ll need to be a real diplomat to persuade them to come to some agreement. 你需要成为一名真正的外交家来说服他们达成某种协议。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- prominent
- senior
- …
- be
- serve as
- work as
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique ‘diplomatic’, from Latin diploma from Greek diplōma ‘folded paper’, from diploun ‘to fold’, from diplous ‘double’.