agency

noun

1. 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
2. （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

1. See also: We had to hire maids through an agency. ...a successful advertising agency. advertising agency employment agency press agency travel agency
2. N-COUNT （政府的）局，处，署，专业行政部门
   An agency is 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。

1. His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
   要完成该机构的使命，他的作用至关重要。
2. Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.
   比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。
3. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency
   所有青年团体必须并入全国青年事务处。
4. We had to hire maids through an agency.
   我们得通过中介雇用女佣。
5. 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。
6. The Agency's budget simply did not allow for such a massive increase.
   该机构的预算根本没有将如此大额的超支计算在内。
7. 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。
8. As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI.
   作为一个普通调查机构，他们还不足以同联邦调查局相提并论。
9. Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has banked your cheque, the process begins.
   一旦在某个代理行登记了详细信息并由它将支票存入银行，这一程序就开始了。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. I joined a dating agency.
    我加入了一个婚介机构。
13. This agency has been far too easy on the timber industry over the years.
    多年以来，这个机构对木材业的管理太过宽松了。
14. The Central Intelligence Agency employed a goodly number of expert professionals in this particular field
    中央情报局雇用了一大批这一领域的顶尖专业人才。
15. His agency hires out security guards and bodyguards.
    他这家中介公司有保安和保镖可供雇用。
16. The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
    多个部门都可干预的事实可能会导致一些孩子被遗漏。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. The agency plucked Naomi from obscurity and turned her into one of the world's top models.
    这个经纪公司挖掘了默默无闻的娜奥米，并把她打造成了世界顶尖模特。
21. The agency has been rebuilding under new management.
    这个机构在新的管理机制下一直在进行重建。
22. Their dreams went up in smoke after the collapse of their travel agency.
    他们的旅行社倒闭之后，他们的梦想也随之破灭了。
23. The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane.
    该机构因对飓风反应迟缓，受到严厉批评。
24. 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。
25. They traced the van to a New Jersey car rental agency.
    他们查出面包车属于新泽西州的一家租车行。
26. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
    该代理机构应削减11%的周转时间。
27. The government will have to create a special agency to underwrite small business loans
    政府需要设立专门机构来为小企业贷款作担保。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。

n.

through the agency of

• 由于…的作用
  as a result of the action of sb/sth

noun

1. 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

2. a business that serves other businesses

3. 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

4. the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

   Synonym:    representationdelegacy

5. the state of being in action or exerting power
   1. the agency of providence
   2. she has free agency