;经销;代理;经销店;代理公司 An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses.
[oft supp N]
[BUSINESS 商]
We had to hire maids through an agency.
我们得通过中介雇用女佣。
...a successful advertising agency.
一家成功的广告代理公司
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](政府的)局,处,署,专业行政部门 An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration.
[oft supp N]
...the government agency which monitors health and safety at work in Britain...
英国负责劳工医疗和安全的部门
Webster is retiring as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
韦伯斯特即将从中央情报局局长的位子上退职。
Oxford
agency★/ˈeɪdʒənsi; NAmEˈeɪdʒənsi/noun(pluralagencies)1★a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations 服务机构;(尤指)代理机构,经销机构◆an advertising/employment agency广告社;职业介绍所◆You can book at your local travel agency.你可以在当地的旅行社预订。◆international aid agenciescaring for refugees 国际援助难民事务所☞see also
dating agency
,
news agency
,
press agency
2★( especially NAmE) a government department that provides a particular service (政府的)专门机构◆the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)(美国)中央情报局IDIOMthrough the agency of( formal) as a result of the action of sb/sth 由于…的作用agencyagenciesagency/ˈeɪdʒənsi; NAmEˈeɪdʒənsi/
1a business that provides a particular service for people or organizationsan advertising/employment/travel etc agency a local housing agency →
dating agency
, news agency
2an organization or department, especially within a government, that does a specific job: a UN agency responsible for helping refugees the Environmental Protection Agency3by/through the agency of somebody formal being done as the result of someone’s help
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