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Agency Latin 695.Agency 英 Eɪdʒ(ə)Nsɪ]美 Edʒənsi 释义 N

正面 695.agency
英 ['eɪdʒ(ə)nsɪ]美 ['edʒənsi]

背面
释义:
n. 代理,中介;代理处,经销处
例句:
1. The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane.该机构因对飓风反应迟缓,受到严厉批评。

1. foris "out of doors, outside" => for- "outside, beyond" => foreign, forfeit, forum.2. => strange, foreign; outer, external, outdoor, out of doors.
agency 代理机构来自agent,代理人,-cy,名词后缀。
agency (n.)1650s, "active operation," from Medieval Latin agentia, noun of state from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere (see act (n.)). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861."

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