Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1214
Fully loadedagent
代理人;代理商;代表
a person or organization that represents another person or group and acts in their place
- 1.
One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- 2.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
能动的有效原因;能产生某种效果的事物
- 3.
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
- 4.
a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
代表他人或组织行事的代理人
- 5.
A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.
- 6.
a substance that exerts some force or effect
施加某种力或作用的物质
- 7.
Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
- 8.
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
- 9.
In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
- 10.
The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- 11.
A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
经纪人;特工;间谍;剂;作用物;动因;行为者;行动者;施事;施动者
In use
The real estate agent showed us several houses.
Our insurance agent helped us file a claim.
The travel agent booked our flights and hotel.
their research uncovered new disease agents
agent of sth
表示‘…的动因或代理人’。
He is an agent of change.
他是变革的推动者。
agent for sb/sth
表示‘代表…的代理人’。
She works as an agent for a publishing company.
她是一家出版公司的代理人。
Common mistakes
He agented the deal.
Connections
Collocations
- travel agent
- 旅行代理人
- She booked the trip through a travel agent.她通过旅行代理人预定了这次旅行。
- real estate agent
- 房地产经纪人
- The real estate agent showed us several houses.房地产经纪人带我们看了几栋房子。
- secret agent
- 秘密特工
- James Bond is a famous secret agent.詹姆斯·邦德是一位著名的秘密特工。
- double agent
- 双重间谍
- The double agent was passing information to the enemy.那个双重间谍正在向敌人传递情报。
- chemical agent
- 化学制剂
- A chemical agent was used to sterilize the equipment.一种化学制剂被用于消毒设备。
- free agent
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个特工(agent)拿着A(Agent首字母)形状的证件,在机场(airport)办事,他是你的代理人。
Context & Register
通常用于法律、商业和日常语境,指代代表他人行事的人,语气中性。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常与of或for连用
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with 'ent' and share the /ənt/ ending sound. Note that the 'g' in agent is /dʒ/, while in patient and ancient the preceding consonant is /ʃ/. The stressed vowels differ, so these words do not rhyme with agent.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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