He spoke only briefly and elliptically about the mission.

他只是简要且隐晦地谈及了这项任务。

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He was taken to a US airbase to be debriefed on the mission.

他被带到美国空军基地汇报执行使命情况。

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He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.

他把保护弱者不受坏人伤害看作自己一生的使命。

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He said the mission in Iraq is changing from a military effort led by troops to a civilian effort led by diplomats.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

On the one hand, he says, his reference to a divine mission, he explicitly says there, will be taken by his audience as being just another instance of Socratic irony and insincerity.

一方面，他表示自己所指的神授任务，他很明白地表示，将会被听众误以为只是另一轮的,苏格拉底式讽刺及伪善。

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Mr.Rasmussen said he is confident there will soon be substantially more troops and with that, new momentum for the mission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Wilson angered the Bush administration when he publicly described a fact-finding mission he undertook for the CIA. While on the mission, Wilson said he found no evidence that Iraq had attempted to purchase materials to manufacture weapons of mass destruction.

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If there was a leader, he failed to show up for the most important mission he accepted...protecting our President.

CNN: The not so Secret Service

Thus far, I haven't heard anything to explain what he feels their mission will be, a timeline, and what specifically he hopes they'll accomplish.

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