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legate sth to sb
动词legate意为“遗赠、作为遗产让与”，常用于legate sth to sb结构，较正式且多见于法律语境。
She legated her entire estate to her nephew.
她把全部财产遗赠给了侄子。
公使馆成员；使馆人员
legates — plural of legate
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公使馆成员；使馆人员
a member of a legation
She legated her entire estate to her nephew.
她把全部财产遗赠给了侄子。
代表教皇的使节,特指执行特殊教会使命的教皇大使
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
大使或信使
An ambassador or messenger.
古罗马总督或将军的副手
The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
The ambassador introduced the new legate to the foreign ministry officials.
大使把新任公使馆成员介绍给外交部官员。
Each legate carried documents authorizing the negotiations.
每位公使馆成员都携带授权谈判的文件。
She served as a legate at the embassy for three years.
她在大使馆担任了三年公使馆成员。
动词legate意为“遗赠、作为遗产让与”，常用于legate sth to sb结构，较正式且多见于法律语境。
She legated her entire estate to her nephew.
她把全部财产遗赠给了侄子。
名词legate指“使节、公使馆成员”，常用a legate to表示派往某地或某机构的代表。
He served as a legate to the Vatican.
他担任驻梵蒂冈的使节。
也可用the legate of [人/机构]表示某人的使节，注意与legate to [地点/机构]的搭配不同。
The legate of the Pope arrived in the city.
教皇的使节抵达了这座城市。
Not this
The company sent a legate to negotiate the contract.
Use this
The company sent a delegate to negotiate the contract.
legate 指教皇使节或公使馆成员，不是一般的会议代表；表达‘代表、代理人’应使用 delegate。这个错误源于把 legate 和 delegate 当成同义词。
Not this
The teacher legated the cleaning work to the students.
Use this
The teacher delegated the cleaning work to the students.
动词 legate 意为‘把财产遗赠给某人’，不表示‘委派、分派任务’；表示把工作交给别人完成要用 delegate。避免把 delegate 的词形与 legate 混淆。
Not this
He received a large legate from his grandfather.
Use this
He received a large legacy from his grandfather.
名词 legate 指使节、使者，不是‘遗产’；表示遗留下来的财物或遗产要用 legacy。注意这两个词的拼写和含义不同。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
教皇特使
The pope sent a papal legate to the council.
教皇派了一位特使参加会议。
派遣特使
The king sent a legate to negotiate with the neighboring kingdom.
国王派遣了一位特使与邻国谈判。
把某物遗赠给某人
She legated her entire library to the university.
她把自己的全部藏书遗赠给了那所大学。
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谐音“理该特”：使者/使节办事理该特别尽责，记住 legate。
语域：formal 常见场景：外交、宗教、历史文献 名词 legate 常用于正式或书面语境，多指教皇使节或外交使团成员；日常口语中很少单独使用，更自然的说法可能是 envoy 或 representative。
legate（/lɪˈɡeɪt/）的重音在最后一个音节 -gate，真正押韵的是 negate（/nɪˈɡeɪt/）。delegate、relegate、castigate 拼写也以 -gate 结尾并读 /ɡeɪt/，但重音在词首，不严格押韵；profligate、surrogate 的 -gate 读 /ɡət/，发音差别较大，注意不要按拼写类推。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.