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Agent Person Work N Count 可数名词 Effect ˈeɪdʒənt Business

An agent is a person or business that represents others, especially in arts, business, or espionage. It can also refer to a chemical substance or a factor causing change.

An agent is a person or business that represents others, especially in arts, business, or espionage. It can also refer to a chemical substance or a factor causing change.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
estate agent
;
press agent
;
travel agent
;代理人;代理商 An agent is a person who looks after someone else's business affairs or does business on their behalf.
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.

    你这是直接购买,而不是通过代理人。

  • ...a written declaration by someone, authorizing another person to act as his agent.

    一份某人授权他人为其代理人的书面申明

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](艺术领域的)代理人,经纪人 An agent in the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers.
    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]间谍;特务 An agent is a person who works for a country's secret service.
    • All these years he's been an agent for the East.

      这些年来他一直是为东方国家效力的一位间谍。

    4
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]动力;媒介;因素;工具 If you refer to someone or something as the agent of a particular effect, you mean that they cause this effect.
      [N of n]
    • In many societies young men regard themselves as highly active, the agents of change, shapers of the world.

      在许多社会中,年轻人将自己看成是高度活跃的分子,是变革的推动者和世界的塑造者。

    5
    [N-COUNT 可数名词](化学)剂;作用剂 A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
      [supp N]
    • ...the bleaching agent in white flour.

      白面粉中的漂白剂

    • ...fibrinogen, a blood clotting agent.

      血纤维蛋白原,一种凝血剂


    Oxford agent ★ / ˈeɪdʒənt ; NAmE ˈeɪdʒənt / noun 1 ★ a person whose job is to act for, or manage the affairs of, other people in business, politics, etc. (企业、政治等的)代理人,经纪人 ◆ an insurance agent 保险经纪人 ◆ Our agent in New York deals with all US sales. 我们在纽约的代理商经办在整个美国的销售。 ☞see also
    estate agent
    ,
    land agent
    ,
    travel agent
    2 ★ a person whose job is to arrange work for an actor, musician, sports player, etc. or to find sb who will publish a writer's work (演员、音乐家、运动员、作家等的)代理人,经纪人 ◆ a theatrical/literary agent 剧院经纪人;文稿(出版)代理人 ☞see also
    press agent
    3 =
    secret agent
    ◆ an enemy agent 敌方特务 ☞see also
    double agent
    ,
    special agent
    4 ( formal) a person or thing that has an important effect on a situation 原动力,动因(指对事态起重要作用的人、事物) ◆ The charity has been an agent for social change. 这个慈善机构一直推动社会变革。 5 ( technical 术语 ) a chemical or a substance that produces an effect or a change or is used for a particular purpose (化学)剂 ◆ cleaning/oxidizing agents 去污剂;氧化剂 6 ( grammar 语法 ) the person or thing that does an action (expressed as the subject of an active verb, or in a ‘by’ phrase with a passive verb) 施事者;施动者;行为主体 ☞compare
    patient
    ☞see also
    free agent
    agent agents
    agent / ˈeɪdʒənt ; NAmE ˈeɪdʒənt /
    LDC
    agenta‧gent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]
    Word Origin
    Examples
    Thesaurus
    Collocations
    1a person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business:  Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.agent for We’re acting as agents for Mr Watson. →
    estate agent
    , land agent
    , real estate agent
    , travel agent
    2someone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to publish a writer’s work:  My agent has a new script for me to look at. a literary agent3someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization:  an intelligence agent an FBI agent an undercover (=secret) agent →
    secret agent
    , double agent
    4 technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect:  Soap is a cleansing agent.5someone or something that affects or changes a situationagent for/of change Technological advances are the chief agents of change. →
    free agent
    WDF

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    代理人(56%),代理商(32%),药剂(10%),特工人员(2%)
    n.代理人,代理商;药剂;特工
    adj.代理的
    vt.由…作中介;由…代理
    n.(Agent)人名;(罗)阿真特

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