legation meaning in English
n.
1.使节的派遣；使节所负的使命。
2.公使馆；公使馆全体人员。
3.使节的职位[职权]。
Examples
- Inside the british legation a few armed soldiers walked about the gardens .
在英国公使馆里，几个武装士兵在花园里踱来踱去。 - As we reached the turning which led to the legation there was a traffic block .
我们到达通往公使馆的拐角处时，路上已被堵得水泄不通。 - Later we tried to aid those trapped in the legation quarters, to reason with chinese of responsibility .
后来我们又设法帮助那些被骗进洋人住宅区的人，对中国同胞晓以大义。 - He had long since become callous to the woes of the driven unfortunates who haunted the legation .
那些被赶出家园的倒楣人老是到公使馆纠缠不休，他对他们的苦难早已无动于衷了。 - Or any of the legations waiting in the next room
或者隔壁罗马教皇的使者