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agency ☞agencyn. [′eɪdʒǝnsɪ] (agencies)
双解释义 1. C 经销处，代理行 a business that makes its money especially by bringing people into touch with others or the products of others 2. C 部，处 a department of a government or international body 3. S 动力，力量，作用 the power or force which causes a result 基本要点 1. agency的基本意思是“经销处，代理行”，也可指政府或国际机构中的“部，处”。2. agency也可作“动力，力量，作用”解，常用作单数名词。agency后可接of短语作其定语。词汇搭配 动词+～ create an ～ 创办一个机构 establish an ～ 成立一个代理处 operate an ～ 经营一个机构 形容词+～ advertising ～ 广告代办处 housing ～ 房地产经营所 private ～ 私人机构 public ～ 公立机构 regulatory ～ 管制机构 voluntary ～ 自愿机构名词+～ detective ～ 侦探社 employment ～ 职业介绍所 government ～ 政府代办处 law enforcement ～ 执法机构 news ～ 通讯社 ticket ～ 售票代理处 tourist ～ 旅行社 travel ～ 旅行社 welfare ～ 福利机构，救济机构介词+～ at an ～ 在代理处 through the ～ of 通过…的作用，借助于，利用～+介词 ～ of that company 那家公司的代理处句型例句 An agency has been opened at the following address. 一个代办处已在下述地点开始营业。 The company has agencies almost in all parts of the world. 那家公司几乎在世界各地都设有代办处。 There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations. 联合国有许多专门机构。 Agency France Presse enjoys great popularity both at home and abroad. 法新社在国内外都很有名气。 Electronic computers have gradually become the potent and indispensable agency in our modern civilization. 电子计算机已逐渐成为我们现代文明所不可缺少的强大力量。▲ ～+prep.-phrase Those goods are sold in Europe through the agency of that company. 那些货物在欧洲都由那家公司的经销处经营。 Rocks are worn smooth through the agency of water. 岩石由于水的作用而被磨光。 Jack got a good position in a business firm through the agency of friends. 由于朋友们的努力，杰克在一家商业公司谋得了一个很好的职务。词语辨异 ♣ agency, action, function 参见action条。 补充资料 ［词源］拉丁语agere（办事的能力或场所） |