;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.
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[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。
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[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。
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[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; NAmEˈeɪdʒənt/noun1★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
agentagentsagent/ˈeɪdʒənt; NAmEˈeɪdʒənt/
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agenta‧gent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ ●●○S3W3 noun [countable]
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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
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