agent

agent
noun
  1. a person who acts on behalf of another, in particular
    代理人,尤指
    ■a person who manages business, financial, or contractual matters for an actor, performer, or writer
    经纪人
    ■a person or company that provides a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties
    中介,代理商
    a travel agent.
    旅行社。
    shipping agents.
    各运货代理商。
    a letting agent.
    出租中介。
    ■a person who obtains information for a government or other official body, typically in secret
    间谍
    a trained intelligence agent.
    受过训练的情报人员。
    KGB agents.
    克格勃间谍。
    an FBI agent.
    美国联邦调查局谍报人员。
  2. a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect
    起积极作用(或产生特定效果)的人(或物),作用因素
    agents of environmental change.
    环境变化因素。
    bleaching agents.
    漂白因子。
    ■(Grammar)the doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of an active verb or in a by phrase with a passive verb
    (语法)施动者
    ■(Computing)an independently operating Internet program, typically one set up to locate information on a specified subject and deliver it on a regular basis
    (计算机)代理人程序
派生
agentive
adjective
  1. (Grammar)(语法)
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'someone or something that produces an effect'): from Latin agent- 'doing', from agere
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