agency

英 [ˈeɪdʒənsi]

美 [ˈeɪdʒənsi]

n. 服务机构; (尤指)代理机构，经销机构; (政府的)专门机构

复数：agencies　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1036 / COCA.694

习惯用语

through the agency of

noun

服务机构；（尤指）代理机构，经销机构
a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations
1. an advertising/employment agency
  广告公司；职业介绍所
2. You can book at your local travel agency .
  你可以在当地的旅行社订票。
3. international aid agencies caring for refugees
  国际援助难民事务所
（政府的）专门机构
a government department that provides a particular service
1. the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  （美国）中央情报局

See also:We had to hire maids through an agency....a successful advertising agency.advertising agency employment agency press agency travel agency
N-COUNT （政府的）局，处，署，专业行政部门
Anagencyis a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration.
1. ...the government agency which monitors health and safety at work in Britain...
  英国负责劳工医疗和安全的部门
2. Webster is retiring as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
  韦伯斯特即将从中央情报局局长的位子上退职。

noun

how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
1. a means of control
2. an example is the best agency of instruction
3. the true way to success
Synonym:meansway
a business that serves other businesses
an administrative unit of government
1. the Central Intelligence Agency
2. the Census Bureau
3. Office of Management and Budget
4. Tennessee Valley Authority
Synonym:federal agencygovernment agencybureauofficeauthority
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Synonym:representationdelegacy
the state of being in action or exerting power
1. the agency of providence
2. she has free agency

We had to hire maids through an agency.
我们得通过中介雇用女佣。
Anne chose an upmarket agency aimed at professional people.
安妮选择了一家以专业人士为服务对象的高端代理商。
As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI.
作为一个普通调查机构，他们还不足以同联邦调查局相提并论。
The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs
该机构因对救生药物的审批速度太慢而备受一些医生的诟病。
His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
要完成该机构的使命，他的作用至关重要。
The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
多个部门都可干预的事实可能会导致一些孩子被遗漏。
Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.
比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。
I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened
我给租车行写了一封信说明发生的情况。
They traced the van to a New Jersey car rental agency.
他们查出面包车属于新泽西州的一家租车行。
The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency
官方通讯社发表了直截了当的声明。