agency

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. countable,uncountable
    — A few advances there are in the following papers tending to assert the superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world.
  2. The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. countable,uncountable
    — moral agency
  3. A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved. countable,uncountable
  4. The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent. countable,uncountable
    — authority of agency
  5. An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency. countable,uncountable
    — As an employment agency you have a responsibility to supply work to the individual agency worker, as well as a service to the client.
  6. A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government. countable,uncountable
    — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

词形变化

agencies plural

词汇关系

近义词
action activity agency agent agentship cause device force function means operation power
反义词
nonagency
下位词
advertising agency agency credit memo agency debit memo agency dilemma agency pricing agency problem agency shop alphabet agency cabinet agency causal agency coagency collection agency counteragency Crow Agency cyberagency dating agency employment agency escort agency estate agency free agency Highways Agency hypoagency intelligence agency interagency introduction agency job agency marriage agency miniagency moral agency multiagency news agency newsagency press agency quasi-judicial agency regulatory agency relief agency service agency space agency state liquor agency subagency superagency syndication agency temp agency three letter agency three-letter agency tourist agency travel agency
衍生词
agencylike agencywide inter-agency
相关词
act action agent

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Medieval Latin agēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Medieval Latin -ius
Medieval Latin -ia
Medieval Latin agēntiabor.
English agency
From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).
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