[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
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an advertising agency 广告代理
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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
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the Environmental Protection Agency .(美国)环境保护署。
[mass noun]action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect
(尤指产生某效果的)作用
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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)
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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。
"mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin