• n. 使者；全權公使

en-, 進入，使。-voy, 路，詞源同via, way.

envoy

envoy: [14] English has acquired envoy – literally ‘sent on one’s way’ – twice. The first time, it meant ‘final part of a poem’ (this is now usually spelled envoi); the second time (in the 17th century) it meant ‘diplomatic representative’. Both came from the past participle of the French verb envoyer ‘send’, which in turn was a descendant of late Latin inviāre ‘put on the way’, a compound based on the noun via ‘way’. Its plural formed the basis of invoice [16].
=> invoice

envoy (n.)

"messenger," 1660s, from French envoyé "messenger; a message; a sending; the postscript of a poem," literally "one sent" (12c.), noun use of past participle of envoyer "send," from Vulgar Latin *inviare "send on one's way," from Latin in "on" (see in- (2)) + via "road" (see via (adv.)). The same French word was borrowed in Middle English as envoi in the sense "stanza of a poem 'sending it off' to find readers" (late 14c.).

1. Edwin H. Conger was envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

埃德溫·H.康格是特命全權公使。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.

總統的使節開始了又一次外交之旅。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.

他們的代表對我方的提議毫無回應的跡象.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.

政府尚未向這一地區派過外交官.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. A special peace envoy was sent to the area.

一個和平特使奉命到了這一地區.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》