亨利.詹姆斯在《专使》中推迟主人公专使使命结束的方式是通过句式结构形式和小说情节人物个性及主题内涵的巧妙结合实现的。可以说,《专使》的语言形式与所表达的内容之间存在着象似关系。这主要表现在使用圆周句、名词化结构、大量修饰语以及插入成分和疑问成分等来拉长句子形式从而来拖延时间及行动。 The way that James James postpones the mission of protagonist in “Envoys” is achieved through the clever combination of the syntactic structure and the plot personality and theme. It can be said that there is an image-like relationship between the language form of “envoys” and the content they are expressing. This is mainly manifested in the use of circular sentences, nominal structure, a large number of modifiers, as well as the insertion of elements and questioning elements to prolong sentence form to delay the time and action.