agent
n. 代理人/商,经纪人; 间谍; 动力; (化学)剂; 行为主体
An agent is a person who looks after someone else's business affairs or does business on their behalf.
You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
你这是直接购买,而不是通过代理人。
...a written declaration by someone, authorizing another person to act as his agent.
一份某人授权他人为其代理人的书面申明
An agent in the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers.
An agent is a person who works for a country's secret service.
All these years he's been an agent for the East.
这些年来他一直是为东方国家效力的一位间谍。
If you refer to someone or something as the agent of a particular effect, you mean that they cause this effect.
In many societies young men regard themselves as highly active, the agents of change, shapers of the world.
在许多社会中,年轻人将自己看成是高度活跃的分子,是变革的推动者和世界的塑造者。
A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
...the bleaching agent in white flour.
白面粉中的漂白剂
...fibrinogen, a blood clotting agent.
血纤维蛋白原,一种凝血剂
1. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect;
2. a substance that exerts some force or effect
3. a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
4. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
5. any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
6. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause
delegate, deputy, representative, agent, substitute
这些名词有"代表,代理人"之意。
My agent arranged the sale of the house.
我的代理人对房子的出售作了安排.
The agent was in the employ of a foreign country.
这个特工人员是外国雇佣的.
Soap is not the only cleansing agent.
肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂.
My father commissioned a real estate agent to sell our house.
我父亲委托了一名房地产经纪人来卖我们的房子.
The purchasing agent rushes around every day to secure materials.
采购员天天为备料东奔西走.