- When you're buying a house or negotiating your break-out movie contract, it's a good idea to hire an agent to represent you — someone who can keep a cool head and get the best deal for you.
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- n. 代理人，经纪人；特工
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1. house agent
房屋中介人
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2. Who will agent the deal?
那笔生意将由谁来代理?
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3. an insurance agent
保险经纪人
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4. a theatrical agent, a literary agent
剧院经纪人；文稿（出版）代理人
- agent (adj.) 1610s, from agent (n.).
- agent (n.) late 15c., "one who acts," from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere "to set in motion, drive forward; to do, perform; keep in movement" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move"). Meaning "any natural force or substance which produces a phenomenon" is from 1550s. Meaning "deputy, representative" is from 1590s. Sense of "spy, secret agent" is attested by 1916.
agent ★ / ˈeɪdʒənt ; NAmE ˈeɪdʒənt / noun 1 ★ a person whose job is to act for, or manage the affairs of, other people in business, politics, etc. （企业、政治等的）代理人，经纪人 ◆ an insurance agent 保险经纪人 ◆ 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。 ☞see also estate agent , land agent , travel agent 2 ★ 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 （演员、音乐家、运动员、作家等的）代理人，经纪人 ◆ a theatrical/literary agent 剧院经纪人；文稿（出版）代理人 ☞see also press agent 3 = secret agent ◆ an enemy agent 敌方特务 ☞see also double agent , special agent 4 ( formal) a person or thing that has an important effect on a situation 原动力，动因（指对事态起重要作用的人、事物） ◆ The charity has been an agent for social change. 这个慈善机构一直推动社会变革。 5 ( technical 术语 ) a chemical or a substance that produces an effect or a change or is used for a particular purpose （化学）剂 ◆ cleaning/oxidizing agents 去污剂；氧化剂 6 ( grammar 语法 ) 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) 施事者；施动者；行为主体 ☞compare patient ☞see also free agent agent agents agent / ˈeɪdʒənt ; NAmE ˈeɪdʒənt /
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