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	agency /ay"jeuhn see/, n. , pl. agencies. 1. an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency. 2. a company having a franchise to represent another. 3. a governmental bureau, or an office that represents it. 4. the place of business of an agent. 5. See Indian agency. 6. an administrative division of a government. 7. the duty or function of an agent. 8. the relationship between a principal and his or her agent. 9. the state of being in action or of exerting power; operation: the agency of Providence. 10. a means of exerting power or influence; instrumentality: nominated by the agency of friends. [1650-60; < ML agentia, equiv. to L ag- (root of agere to do, act, manage) + -entia -ENCY] Syn. 10. intercession, good offices.
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