agency
noun /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
/ˈeɪdʒənsi/
(plural agencies)
Idioms - a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially when representing other businesses or organizations
服务机构；（尤指）代理机构，经销机构 - She works for an advertising agency.
她在一家广告公司工作。 - international aid agencies caring for refugees
国际援助难民事务所 - through an agency He managed to find a job through an agency.
他通过中介找到了工作。
Topics Businessb2- I've signed up with a temping agency.
我已签约了一家临时工代理机构。 - Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
问题的细节将由咨询台人员登记，然后他们再与相关部门取得联系。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- federal
- government
- …
- through an/the agency
- She works for an advertising agency.
- a government department that provides a particular service
（政府的）专门机构 - law enforcement agencies
执法机关 - Some laboratories are operated by government agencies.
一些实验室由政府机构管理。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- federal
- government
- …
- through an/the agency
- law enforcement agencies
词源mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’, from agere.
Idioms
through the agency of
- (formal) as a result of the action of somebody/something
由于…的作用 - He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.
他通过一位老朋友的代理获得了他的职位。
- He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.