Picture someone being sent off with an important job to carry out — handed a task and dispatched somewhere to get it done. From that one act of 'being sent with a job', the word fans out: the job itself, the inner sense of purpose, an organisation's aim, the team sent abroad, religious sending-out, and set phrases of triumph or drive.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'missio', meaning 'a sending', from 'mittere' (to send). At root a mission is the act of being sent — every modern sense circles back to someone or something being sent out to do a job.
源自拉丁文 missio,意思是「差遣、派出」,來自 mittere（送、派）。mission 的根本就是「被派出去」這件事,所有現代意思都繞回「某人或某物被派去辦一件事」這個畫面。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'mission (n.)'
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原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Missionname
- 1
A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
- 2
A neighborhood of San Francisco.
missionnoun/ˈmɪʃ.ən/
- 1
A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- 2
A important goal or purpose; an objective.
- [She] made it her mission in life to make sure that no one around them would ever know the real truth. But this daughter of hers, she was a loose cannon, she was not someone to be trusted.[…]
- The first page [of her CV] was a statement of her mission and role in life, which was to add the highest value in everything she undertook. On page two, we listed her primary governing values and operating principles. The third page listed her objectives[…]
- 3
A missionary expedition.
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Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
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CatholicismChristianityAn infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
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A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]
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obsoleteDismissal; discharge from service
- 8
A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
- 9
An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
- 10
slangdrugsmedicinepharmacologyA drug run.
- 11
An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
- I was thinking like meat, [you could use this wooden device to] tenderize a steak ... but not into a wooden box, 'cause it's gonna be a mission to clean.
missionverb/ˈmɪʃ.ən/
- 1
To send on a mission.
- 2
To do missionary work, proselytize.
- 3
To undertake an arduous or long task that requires substantial effort.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。