agent

英 [ˈeɪdʒənt]

美 [ˈeɪdʒənt]

n. (企业、政治等的)代理人，经纪人; (演员、音乐家、运动员、作家等的)代理人; 原动力，动因(指对事态起重要作用的人、事物)

复数：agents　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1214 / COCA.1020

牛津词典

noun

（企业、政治等的）代理人，经纪人
a person whose job is to act for, or manage the affairs of, other people in business, politics, etc.
1. an insurance agent
  保险经纪人
2. Our agent in New York deals with all US sales.
  我们在纽约的代理商经办在整个美国的销售。
（演员、音乐家、运动员、作家等的）代理人，经纪人
a person whose job is to arrange work for an actor, musician, sports player etc. or to find sb who will publish a writer's work
1. an enemy agent
  敌方特务
（演员、音乐家、运动员、作家等的）代理人，经纪人
a person whose job is to arrange work for an actor, musician, sports player etc. or to find sb who will publish a writer's work
1. an enemy agent
  敌方特务
原动力，动因（指对事态起重要作用的人、事物）
a person or thing that has an important effect on a situation
1. The charity has been an agent for social change.
  这个慈善机构一直推动社会变革。
（化学）剂
a chemical or a substance that produces an effect or a change or is used for a particular purpose
1. cleaning/oxidizing agents
  去污剂；氧化剂
施事者；施动者；行为主体
the person or thing that does an action (expressed as the subject of an active verb, or in a ‘by’ phrase with a passive verb)

See also:You are buying direct, rather than through an agent....a written declaration by someone, authorizing another person to act as his agent.estate agent press agent travel agent
（艺术领域的）代理人，经纪人
Anagentin the arts world is a person who gets work for an actor or musician, or who sells the work of a writer to publishers.
N-COUNT 间谍；特务
Anagentis a person who works for a country's secret service.
1. All these years he's been an agent for the East.
  这些年来他一直是为东方国家效力的一位间谍。
N-COUNT 动力;媒介;因素;工具
If you refer to someone or something as theagent ofa particular effect, you mean that they cause this effect.
1. In many societies young men regard themselves as highly active, the agents of change, shapers of the world.
  在许多社会中，年轻人将自己看成是高度活跃的分子，是变革的推动者和世界的塑造者。
N-COUNT （化学）剂;作用剂
A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind ofagent.
1. ...the bleaching agent in white flour.
  白面粉中的漂白剂
2. ...fibrinogen, a blood clotting agent.
  血纤维蛋白原，一种凝血剂

noun

the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
Synonym:agentive role
an active and efficient cause
1. their research uncovered new disease agents
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Synonym:factorbroker
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
Synonym:federal agent
a substance that exerts some force or effect

I am not a hired agent for the former president.
我可不是那位前总统的说客。
The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years
该特工人员为东德做了20多年的间谍。
The purchasing agent rushes around every day to secure materials.
采购员天天为备料东奔西走。
Beeswax acts as an emulsifying agent.
蜂蜡起到乳化剂的作用。
As an agent, you may have an inside track when good deals become available.
作为代理人，一旦有划算的买卖你恐怕能近水楼台先得月。
An agent bought the rights to his life
一个经纪人购买了他的传记的出版权。
The chemical agent, whether it be mustard gas or nerve gas, can be absorbed by the skin.
这类化学制剂，不管是芥子气还是神经瓦斯，都会被皮肤吸收。
Soap is a cleansing agent.
肥皂是一种清洁剂。
Etiasa is an effective agent for treatment of ibd.
艾迪莎是一个治疗ibd的安全有效的药物。
'I'm sorry,' he told the real estate agent, 'but we really must go now.'
“对不起，”他对房地产代理人说，“但现在我们真的必须走了。”