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

The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in
该机构说国际救援机构也提供了支援。
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。
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。
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。
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。
They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.
他们甚至设立了自己的通讯社来宣扬反孤立主义。
Tours leave from Palma and are bookable at some hotels or any travel agency.
旅行从帕尔马开始，可以在一些旅馆或任何旅行社预订这些旅游线路。
If you travel frequently, find an agency that will change one foreign currency directly into another.
如果经常旅行，找一家能直接兑换外币的旅行社。
We have had to ask the agency and their client to tone their ads down.
我们不得不要求广告公司及其客户将他们的广告处理得低调些。
A correspondent for Reuters news agency says he saw a number of demonstrators being beaten.
路透社通讯员说，他看到一些示威者遭到殴打。