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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   agent

   • IPA[ˈāj(ə)nt]

   美式

   • n.
     a person who acts on behalf of another person or group；a person who manages business, financial, or contractual matters for an actor, performer, writer, etc.

   • noun: agent, plural noun: agents

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person who acts on behalf of another person or group in the event of illness, a durable power of attorney enabled her nephew to act as her agent 同義詞 representative, negotiator, business manager, emissary, envoy, ... 更多factor, go-between, proxy, surrogate, trustee, liaison, broker, delegate, spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, frontman, mouthpiece, informalrep
   • ▪ a person who manages business, financial, or contractual matters for an actor, performer, writer, etc. his agent was able to negotiate a long-term contract
   • ▪ a person or company that provides a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties a travel agent shipping agents 同義詞 agency, business, organization, company, firm, ... 更多office, bureau, concern, service
   • ▪ a person who obtains information for a government or other official body, typically in secret a trained intelligence agent KGB agents 同義詞 spy, secret agent, undercover agent, operative, fifth columnist, ... 更多Mata Hari, informalmole, spook, snooper, G-man, archaicintelligencer, beagle, lurcher
   • 2. a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect these teachers view themselves as agents of social change 同義詞 medium, means, instrument, vehicle, power, ... 更多force
   • ▪ a substance that brings about a chemical or physical effect or causes a chemical reaction there is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents to combat infections the bleaching agent used is hydrogen peroxide
   • ▪ the doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of an active verb or in a by phrase with a passive verb. 同義詞 doer, performer, author, executor, perpetrator, ... 更多operator, operative, mover, producer, cause, origin, root, source, instrument, catalyst