/ˈspəʊkspɜ:sn ||; ˈspoksˌpɝsṇ/noun [C] (plural spokespersons or spokespeople /ˈspəʊkspi:pl ||; ˈspoksˌpipḷ/) a person who is chosen to speak for a group or an organization 发言人 ☞ Spokesperson is now often preferred to spokesman or spokeswoman because it can be used for a man or a woman. 现在常用spokesperson来指spokesman或spokeswoman，因为此词男女通用。