mission (n.)
1590年代, “派往国外” (作为代理人), 原为耶稣会士的, 来自拉丁文 missionem (名词 missio) “派遣的行为, 派遣; 释放, 自由的设置; 解除服务, 解雇”, 行动名词来自 mittere “释放, 放走” 的过去分词干. 送, 扔, “de Vaan追溯到一个PIE *m(e) ith-” 交换, 除去, “也是梵文 methete, mimetha” 变得敌对, 争吵, “哥特文 in-maidjan” 改变; “他写道,” 从原来的'交换', 意思发展到'给予, 赐予'. .. .. 和'放, 送'“.
意为” 为传播宗教或启迪社会而进行的有组织的努力“, 到了1640年代;” 传教所或传教站“的意思, 到了1769年. 外交意义上的” 因商业或政治事务而被派往外国的机构“是1620年代的; 在美国英语中, 有时是” 外国使团或大使馆, 外国使节的办公室“(1805年).
一般意义上的” 为之派遣或委托“是从1670年代开始的; 意思是” 一个人或一件事的目的地“(如 man on a mission, one's mission in life) 到1805年. 意为” 派遣飞机进行军事行动“(到1929年, 美国英语) 扩展到航天器飞行(1962年), 因此. mission control” 地面上负责指挥航天器及其乘员的团队“(1964年). 作为一种家具风格, 据说是模仿原西班牙 missions, 传到北美西部的建筑中的家具, 从1900年就有证据表明.
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1610s, "allowable," from French admissible, from past participle stem of Latin admittere "allow to enter, admit, give entrance," from ad "to" (see ad-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Meaning "capable of being allowed entrance" is from 1775; specific sense of "capable of being used in a legal decision or judicial investigation" is recorded from 1849.
early 15c., "acceptance, reception, approval," from Latin admissionem (nominative admissio) "a letting in," noun of action from past-participle stem of admittere "admit, give entrance; grant an audience," of acts, "let be done, allow, permit," from ad "to" (see ad-) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Meaning "an acknowledging" is from 1530s. Literal sense of "act of allowing to enter, admittance," is from 1620s. As short for admission price, by 1792.
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