英语词汇“agency”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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