deputation

Word family noundeputationdeputyverbdeputizedepute

dep·u·ta·tion /ˌdepjəˈteɪʃən/ noun [countableC] formal

REPRESENTa small group of people who are sent to talk to someone in authority, as representatives of a larger group 〔代表大批人与当权者谈判的〕代表团

Examples from the Corpus

deputation• In the morning the minister received a deputation from the National Union of Farmers protesting about the government's plans to cut agricultural subsidies.• The council also passed a further motion to send a deputation to the Southern Board to express their concern.• It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised.• A deputation of church leaders has met with the government to discuss the teaching of religion in schools.• A deputation of Confederates had come to demand that he and his men evacuate the fort without further delay.• A deputation of dark-suited, middle-aged men appeared at the hotel entrance, smiling like grannies at a railway station.• Gone are the days of deputation.• Then, with one short hostile look at the deputation, Lee resumed his chair.

词汇	deputation
释义	deputation Word family noundeputationdeputyverbdeputizedepute dep·u·ta·tion /ˌdepjəˈteɪʃən/ noun [countableC] formal REPRESENTa small group of people who are sent to talk to someone in authority, as representatives of a larger group 〔代表大批人与当权者谈判的〕代表团 Examples from the Corpus deputation• In the morning the minister received a deputation from the National Union of Farmers protesting about the government's plans to cut agricultural subsidies.• The council also passed a further motion to send a deputation to the Southern Board to express their concern.• It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised.• A deputation of church leaders has met with the government to discuss the teaching of religion in schools.• A deputation of Confederates had come to demand that he and his men evacuate the fort without further delay.• A deputation of dark-suited, middle-aged men appeared at the hotel entrance, smiling like grannies at a railway station.• Gone are the days of deputation.• Then, with one short hostile look at the deputation, Lee resumed his chair.
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