使命

• 拼音: shǐ mìng
• 汉字拆解: 使 = 人 + 吏 (send, commission, envoy); 命 = 口 + 令 (order, mandate, destiny, life)

含义

Mission; mandate; calling. A weighty responsibility or duty entrusted to a person, organisation, or nation.

Implies a sense of historical or moral gravity — it is not merely a task but a duty of profound importance. Common in military, diplomatic, political, and organisational contexts. Collocations: 历史使命 (historical mission), 神圣使命 (sacred mission), 完成使命 (fulfil one's mission), 使命感 (sense of mission). Often used in mission statements, national narratives, and speeches to invoke collective responsibility.

例句

1. 这一代年轻科研人员深感肩负着推动国家基础科学突破的历史使命，始终以高度的责任感投入研究工作。
2. 外交官赴任时必须清晰认知自身的使命，在维护国家核心利益的前提下，妥善处理各类双边与多边事务。
3. 这所大学将培养具备全球视野与人文关怀的复合型人才视为自身的核心使命，并将其贯穿于所有学科的课程设计之中。

用法指南

语境: military, diplomacy, politics, organisations, education, personal calling

语气: solemn

正确说法

• 党章明确规定，共产党员肩负着为实现中华民族伟大复兴而奋斗的历史使命，这一使命贯穿党的全部奋斗历程之中。(The Party Constitution explicitly stipulates that Communist Party members bear the historical mission of striving for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, a mission that runs through the entire course of the Party's struggle.)
• 这支医疗救援队在接到出发命令的两小时内迅速集结完毕，全体队员对此次赴灾区援助的使命充满了责任感与使命感。(This medical rescue team assembled rapidly within two hours of receiving the departure order; every team member was filled with a profound sense of responsibility and mission for this assignment to provide aid in the disaster zone.)

错误说法

• 使命 for everyday tasks or minor assignments — use 任务 (task), 职责 (duty), or 工作 (work/job); 使命 is reserved for weighty responsibilities with moral, historical, or institutional gravity and sounds pompous when applied to routine work

起源与历史

使 (send, commission, cause to act) + 命 (mandate, order, destiny, life)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal