agencies
基本解釋
- n.代理;代理処;政府機搆
詞源解說
- 17世紀(jì)50年代進入英語,直接源自中世紀(jì)拉丁語的agentia;最初源自拉丁語的agentem,意爲(wèi)爲(wèi)別人經(jīng)營生意的地方。
用法辨析
- agency的基本意思是“經(jīng)銷処,代理行”,也可指政府或國際機搆中的“部,処”。
- agency也可作“動力,力量,作用”解,常用作單數(shù)名詞。agency後可接of短語作其定語。
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- An agency has been opened at the following address.
一個代辦処已在下述地點開始營業(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)銷処經(jīng)營。
用作名詞 (n.)
~+ prep. -phrase
詞組短語
- create an agency 創(chuàng)辦一個機搆
- establish an agency 成立一個代理処
- operate an agency 經(jīng)營一個機搆
- advertising agency 廣告公司;廣告商
- housing agency 房地産經(jīng)營所
- private agency 私人機搆
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+~
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;代理処(agency的複數(shù))