2someone who represents a particular sport, business etc because they behave in a way that people admire 〔体育项目、行业等的〕代表人物
ambassador for
He has made some good films and he is a good ambassador for the industry.
他拍摄过一些好电影,是这个行业的杰出代表。
—ambassadorial /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/adjectiveadj
relations at ambassadorial level
大使级外交关系
Examples from the Corpus
ambassador• He was, after all, an ambassador for his country.• Ms Takahashi was the first Japanese woman ever to be appointedambassador to a foreign country.• Perhaps her greatest asset as ambassador was her access to President Clinton, whom she had known for many years.• Sir Auckland Geddes is the Britishambassador to Washington, • In the next few months, the two countries are to exchangeambassadors.• Act the ambassador rather than the captain of cavalry.• Mobuto spoke briefly to the Zimbalan ambassador in Swahili then beckoned the tallbodyguard towards him.
Originambassador
(1300-1400)Frenchambassadeur, from an unrecorded Medieval Latinambactiator, from Latinambactus“vassal”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AMBASSADOR | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤former前任大使▸➤British, French, US, etc.英國、法國、美國等大使➤unofficial非官方大使➤special特使➤roving巡迴大使◇She served as a roving ambassador, with 51 trips to foreign countries by 1999.她是一名巡迴大使,到 1999 年已出訪國外 51 次。➤goodwill親善大使◇The Hollywood actress talked about her role as a UN goodwill ambassador.這位好萊塢女星談起了自己擔任聯合國親善大使的經歷。VERB + AMBASSADOR➤act as, serve as作為大使;擔任大使▸➤appoint, appoint sb (as), make sb任命大使;任命某人為大使;使某人成為大使◇She's been appointed ambassador to the UN.她已被任命為駐聯合國大使。➤send派遣大使◇The King sent an ambassador to Paris.國王派了一名使臣去巴黎。➤recall, withdraw召回大使;撤回大使◇The US ambassador was recalled to Washington in protest.美國把大使召回華盛頓以示抗議。➤expel驅逐大使PREPOSITION➤ambassador in在⋯的大使◇the Israeli ambassador in London在倫敦的以色列大使➤ambassador for (oftenfigurative) ⋯的代表◇He's a great ambassador for the sport of bodybuilding.他是傑出的健美運動形象大使。➤ambassador to駐⋯的大使◇He served as ambassador to Syria.他任駐敍利亞的大使。