agencies
基本解釋
- n.代理;代理處;政府機(jī)構(gòu)
詞源解說(shuō)
- 17世紀(jì)50年代進(jìn)入英語(yǔ),直接源自中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ)的agentia;最初源自拉丁語(yǔ)的agentem,意為為別人經(jīng)營(yíng)生意的地方。
用法辨析
- agency的基本意思是“經(jīng)銷處,代理行”,也可指政府或國(guó)際機(jī)構(gòu)中的“部,處”。
- agency也可作“動(dòng)力,力量,作用”解,常用作單數(shù)名詞。agency后可接of短語(yǔ)作其定語(yǔ)。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- An agency has been opened at the following address.
一個(gè)代辦處已在下述地點(diǎn)開(kāi)始營(yíng)業(yè)。 - Those goods are sold in Europe through the agency of that company.
那些貨物在歐洲都由那家公司的經(jīng)銷處經(jīng)營(yíng)。
用作名詞 (n.)
~+ prep. -phrase
詞組短語(yǔ)
- create an agency 創(chuàng)辦一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)
- establish an agency 成立一個(gè)代理處
- operate an agency 經(jīng)營(yíng)一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)
- advertising agency 廣告公司;廣告商
- housing agency 房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)營(yíng)所
- private agency 私人機(jī)構(gòu)
用作名詞 (n.)
動(dòng)詞+~
形容詞+~
英英字典
- An agency is a business that provides a service on behalf of other businesses.
- &rarrsee also ad agency , employment agency
- An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration.
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 代理;代理處(agency的復(fù)數(shù))