跟我背CET4核心词汇:agency

　　agency

　　n.

　　经销处,代理行 a business that makes its money especially by bringing people into touch with others or the products of others

　　部,处 a department of a government or international body

　　动力,力量,作用 the power or force which causes a result

　　同义词

　　n. delegacy，federal agency，government agency，means

　　参考例句

　　1. Is it a government agency ?

　　它是一个政府机构吗?

　　2. The news agency can always provide its reader with the exclusive news.

　　这家通讯社总是能提供他的读者们独家的资讯。

　　3. Asking what it means to be moral challenges us to think about how our own capacity for moral agency came about.

　　有道德感意味着什么这个问题，促使我们思考我们自己的道德行为的能力是如何来的。

　　双语释义

　　1.N-COUNT An agency is a business that provides a service on behalf of other businesses. 代理公司

　　例：We had to hire maids through an agency.

　　我们得通过代理公司雇用女佣。

　　2. see also ad agency, employment agency

　　3.N-COUNT An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration. 地区政府

　　例：She is calling for a collaboration of local, state and federal agencies to deal with the problem.

　　她在呼吁地方、州和联邦等各级政府通力合作来处理这个问题。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　I hope we can see eye to eye about the other terms of the agency then.

　　我希望到那时候我们能在代理协议的其他条款上能取得一致意见。

　　I got this job through an employment agency.

　　我通过职业介绍所找到了这份工作。

　　They resigned their child to an adoption agency.

　　他们把自己的孩子交给了一家收养机构。

　　The agent is the person who works for a government agency in secret.

　　特工人员是为政府部门秘密工作的人。