| 单词 | agent |
| 释义 | agentagent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] 1BUSINESS a person or company that represents another person or company in business, in legal problems, etc.: Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.agent for We’re acting as agents for Mr. Watson. → see also real estate agent, travel agent2ACTOR/ARTIST someone who is paid by actors, musicians, etc. to find work for them, or who finds someone to publish a writer’s work: My agent sent me to an audition. a literary agent3GOVERNMENT/POLICE someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization: an FBI agent an undercover (=secret) agent → see also double agent, secret agent4CHEMICAL a chemical or substance that makes other substances change: Soap is a cleansing agent.5FORCE someone or something that affects or influences a situation: Williams has been a major agent of change (=someone who causes changes) in the auto industry.[Origin: 1400–1500 Medieval Latin, from the present participle of Latin agere to drive, lead, act, move, do] → see also free agent |
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