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单词 agency
释义 agen·cy
\ˈājənsē, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: agent (II) + -cy
1. : the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power : action or activity : operation
 < I have no intention to dispute her free agency — Tobias Smollett >
2. : a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved : instrumentality, means
 < through the agency of Benjamin Rush he renewed relations with Jefferson — W.C.Ford >
 < example is still … the greatest agency by which men help each other — G.F.Kennan >
3.
 a. : the office or function of an agent
 b. : the relationship between a principal and his agent
4.
 a. : an establishment engaged in doing business for another
  < an advertising agency >
  < an employment agency >
 b. : the place of business or the district of such an agency
5.
 a. : a department or other administrative unit of a government
  < the War Department, the only agency equipped to administer occupied areas — E.J.Hayward >
  < the independent agencies are generally regulatory in nature — H.M.Somers >
 b. : the office or headquarters of a government agent (as of an Indian agent)
  < the house had once been used as an Indian agency >
 c. : the district administered by a government agent (as by a former British agent in India)
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