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

The agent was in the employ of a foreign country.
这个特工人员是外国雇佣的。
We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent
我们完全相信他曾经是一名克格勃特工。
The purchasing agent rushes around every day to secure materials.
采购员天天为备料东奔西走。
We talked to her agent. He's your agent, too, right?
我们和她的经纪人谈过了。他也是你的经纪人，对吧？
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。
Cheap flights are available from budget travel agent from £ 240.
收费低廉的旅行社可以提供240英镑起的低价机票。
The life of an FBI agent wasn't always as glamorous as people thought.
美国联邦调查局特工的生活并非总像人们想象的那么刺激。
I am not a hired agent for the former president.
我可不是那位前总统的说客。
A travel agent quoted her £ 160 for a flight from Bristol to Palma
一位旅行社职员给她开出的从布里斯托尔至帕尔马的机票报价是160英镑。
Remember, the estate agent is working for the vendor.
记住，房地产代理商是为房地产卖方服务的。