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”