goodwill ambassador

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A public figure who, as a volunteer, is an advocate for a good cause on behalf of a public organization.
    — Russian supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova became a United Nations goodwill ambassador on Wednesday, pledging to promote the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls and tackle stigmas surrounding their bodies.

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goodwill ambassadors plural GA alternative GWA alternative Goodwill Ambassador alternative

词源

Origin 1927 when Calvin Coolidge, the United States president designated Col. Charles Lindbergh its Goodwill Ambassador during one of his most famous flights. As a compound word representing an honorific title that was merged over time from three lexemes good-will plus ambassador which is still used descriptively by the State of Kentucky to define the Kentucky Colonel as its "ambassador of good-will".
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