[/ˈkɔnsl; ˋkɑnsl/] n 用法: 1 official appointed by a state to live in a foreign city in order to help people from his own country who are travelling or living there, and protect their interests 领事: the British Consul in Marseilles 英国驻马赛领事. Cf 参看 High Commissioner (high1). 用法: 2 either of the two magistrates who ruled in ancient Rome before it became an Empire (古罗马成为帝国之前的)两执政官之一. 用法: 3 any one of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic (1799-1804) (1799-1804年法兰西共和国的)三个主要执政官之一. |