He started his official career as a diplomat.

他从当外交官起开始了他的从政生涯。

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If I'd had a copy of this in my days as a boy diplomat, my Foreign Service career would have come to an even more abrupt halt!

如果我在刚当外交官的时候拥有这本书的话，我的外交官生涯估计早就结束了！

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My father's career as a diplomat took our family around the world seven times, and I even spent my junior year abroad in the Far East.

我父亲的职业是外交官，因此我们家曾七次环游世界各地，我甚至在远东地区读了大三。

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Despite his years as a career diplomat, his appointment has surprised some because he has little experience of the Middle East.

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She immediately put aside her aspirations to follow in her father's footsteps pursuing a career as a diplomat.

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In his later career as a diplomat for newly independent Norway and for the League of Nations, Nansen employed the infamous Vidkun Quisling.

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