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[/ˈeɪdʒənsɪ; ˋedʒənsɪ/] n 用法:
1 (a) business or place of business providing a (usu specified) service 经销; 代办; 代理; 经销处; 代理处:
an employment, a travel, an advertising, a secretarial, etc agency 职业介绍所, 旅行社, 广告社, 秘书介绍所 *
Our company has agencies all over the world. 本公司在全世界都设有代办处.
(b) (esp US) government office providing a specific service 政府的特种机构:
Central Intelligence Agency 中央情报局. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) by/through the agency of sth/sb (fml 文) as a result of the action of sb/sth 由於或通过某人[某事物]的作用:
rocks worn smooth through the agency of water 被水冲得光滑的岩石 *
He obtained his position by/through the agency of friends. 他通过朋友的帮助得到了一个职位. |