agency
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·gen·cy /ˈeɪdʒənsi/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural agencies) [countable] 1 BBa business that provides a particular service for people or organizations 代办处，代理处，经销处，中介处an advertising/employment/travel etc agency a local housing agency 一家当地房屋中介 → dating agency, news agency2 PGBBan organization or department, especially within a government, that does a specific job 机构；〔尤指政府内的〕局，部，处 a UN agency responsible for helping refugees 负责为难民提供帮助的联合国机构 the Environmental Protection Agency 环保局3. by/through the agency of somebody formalHELP being done as the result of someone’s help 在某人的帮助下
Examples from the Corpus
agency• In my government agency, we have independence-as an office, and as respected individuals within that agency.• Government agencies are created to perform according to different criteria from private business.• a car rental agency• Then, of course, the whole process of formal education is a crucial socialising agency.• However the FBI-style agency will not conduct its own investigations or prosecutions, although many Whitehall insiders believe this could eventually happen.• There is no question but that agency rulemaking is lawmaking in any functional or realistic sense of the term...• The study will have immediate relevance both in strengthening the capacity of the agencies dealing with the crisis and through transferability elsewhere.• The UN agency is responsible for helping refugees.an advertising/employment/travel etc agency• Two years ago, an advertising agency plastered the Paris Metro stations with posters featuring kissing couples for a soft drink promotion.• An engineering plant and an advertising agency are different and this difference will be reflected in their organisational design.• In that case an advertising agency telephoned a transparency library with whom the agency had never previously dealt.• At 18 he took a job as a junior copywriter for an advertising agency.• A city official put his arm around a developer; the chief executive of an advertising agency greeted a banker.• Branson had arranged to see an advertising agency about Oldfield producing music for a commercial for Dulux paint.• This company, at first attached to an advertising agency, later became an independent public relations consultancy.• One Harvard dealer had registered with an employment agency which stupidly sent his curriculum vitae to Harvard.From Longman Business Dictionaryagencya‧gen‧cy /ˈeɪdʒənsi/ noun (plural agencies) [countable]ORGANIZATIONS1a government department with a particular responsibilitythe Atomic Energy Agencythe Environmental Protection Agency2COMMERCE a business that provides a particular service or provides information about other businesses and their productsAssociation Marketing Inc, an insurance agency and brokerage company3MARKETINGORGANIZATIONSa business that represents a company in a particular area and sells its productsa·gen·cy nounChineseSyllable
a particular that Business business service Corpus a provides
agency
a‧gen‧cy S3 W1 /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
noun (plural agencies) [countable]
1. a business that provides a particular service for people or organizations
an advertising/employment/travel etc agency
a local housing agency ⇨ dating agency, news agency
2. an organization or department, especially within a government, that does a specific job:
a UN agency responsible for helping refugees
the Environmental Protection Agency
3. by/through the agency of somebody formal being done as the result of someone’s help
a‧gen‧cy S3 W1 /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
noun (plural agencies) [countable]1. a business that provides a particular service for people or organizations
an advertising/employment/travel etc agency
2. an organization or department, especially within a government, that does a specific job:
3. by/through the agency of somebody formal being done as the result of someone’s help
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