《使节》是詹姆斯晚年自我评价最高的一部作品,这不仅与他高超的创作技巧,更与他作品的主题有着密切的关系。在此试图通过分析主人公斯特瑞赛的形象,来阐释詹姆斯晚期作品中对欧美文化融合的一种新的表达方式——即描绘他心目中理想的美国人的形象。 “Ambassadors” is the highest self-evaluation of James work in his later years, not only with his superb creative skills, but also with the theme of his work has a close relationship. This article attempts to explain the image of the protagonist Stépésie by explaining a new way of expressing James’ later works on the fusion of European and American cultures - the image of the American depicting his ideal.