agency

agency
noun
  1. [often with adj or noun modifier]a business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties
    代理，中介；代理处，代办处
    an advertising agency.
    广告代理。
    aid agencies.
    援助机构。
    ■a department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization
    办事处，机构
    the Environmental Protection Agency.
    （美国）环境保护署。
  2. [mass noun]action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect
    （尤指产生某效果的）作用
    canals carved by the agency of running water.
    流水冲出的运河。
    ■[count noun]a thing or person that acts to produce a particular result
    起作用的事物（或人）
    the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public.
    电影可以对形成公众价值观产生作用。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- 'doing' (see agent)
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