chargé d'affaires /Jccjei dae'fea (r); /or'ze6se'fcr/ n (pl charges d'affaires, pronunciation unchanged 復(fù)數(shù)讀音不變) official who takes the place of an ambassador, or minister when the ambassador, etc is absent from his post. 代辦 (大使或公使公出時(shí)的代理者) 。