agency
n. 代理机构, 经销商, 中介 [化] 办事处
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教材释义与例句
代理，中介；代理处，经销处
a business that provides a particular service for people or organizations
a UN agency responsible for helping refugees
负责为难民提供帮助的联合国机构
释义与例句
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The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
能动性
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The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
能动性
可数 不可数 哲学 心理学moral agency
individual agency
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A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
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The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
可数 不可数authority of agency
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An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
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A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
可数 不可数Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Central Intelligence Agency
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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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