单词 | alphabetical agency |
释义 | > as lemmasalphabetical agency alphabetical agency n. chiefly U.S. = alphabet agency n. at alphabet n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1903 F. Crissey in Washington Post 8 Nov. 7/1 The W.C.T.U. and Y.M.C.A. and other alphabetical agencies of civilization. 1946 J. H. Cohen They builded Better than they Knew xv. 162 In 1942-1945, we went through ‘rationing’ and ‘ceiling prices’ and saw the multiplication of alphabetical agencies of government making rules for nearly every act of our daily life. 2002 Canad. Business (Nexis) 15 Apr. 53 I take great delight in quizzing people who think they are the consummate Washington insiders... They know every single alphabetical agency and acronym..and then I say, ‘Have you ever heard of the N-R-S-R-O?’. < as lemmas |
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