agency

一、真题好句
agency 选择性必修1000 全国卷频次:0 教材出处:译林版选必修B3U2
/ˈeɪdʒənsɪ/
n. agencies 8
服务机构；代理
高考真题原句选：
I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper.
Stage schools often act as agencies to supply children for stage and television work.

二、词组｜习惯用语
news agency 通讯社；新闻通讯社
xinhua news agency 新华社
travel agency 旅行社
agency business 代理业务
advertising agency 广告公司；广告商
government agency 政府机关
sole agency 独家经理；唯一代理
space agency 航天局；宇航局
shipping agency 船舶代理；船舶代理公司；航运公司
environmental protection agency （美）环境保护署（略作EPA）
environmental protection agency (epa) 环保署
agency agreement [经]代理协议；通汇契约
agency cost 代理成本
intelligence agency 情报局；情报单位
real estate agency 房地产公司
insurance agency 保险代理机构；保险代理行；保险代理公司
agency theory 代理理论
exclusive agency 独家代理商
employment agency 职业介绍所
regulatory agency [计]管理机构；调节机构

三、词根记忆词典 [12060](090529)

agency
n.
代理(處);代辦處;[美](政府的)機關,廳At the agency, the aged agent is urgently urged to go for surgery by the gentle surgeon.在辦事處,溫和的外科醫生急切地催促年老的代理商做外科手術.
代理處(ag+ency表示機構或狀態→代理機構)[ag=do,act,表示”做,代理做”]

agency / 5eidVEnsi /
noun
(pl. -ies)
1. a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations
服务机构；(尤指)代理机构,经销机构:
an advertising / employment agency
广告社；职业介绍所
You can book at your local travel agency.
你可以在当地的旅行社订票。
international aid agencies caring for refugees
国际援助难民事务所
⇨ see also dating agency , news agency , press agency
2. (especially NAmE) a government department that provides a particular service
(政府的)专门机构:
the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
(美国)中央情报局
IDIOMS
▪ through the agency of (formal) as a result of the action of sb / sth
由于…的作用

agency /ˈeɪdʒənsi/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural agencies) [countable] 1  a 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 agency
2  an 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 formal being done as the result of someone’s help 在某人的帮助下

agency ★★★★☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词See also:advertising agency;employment agency;press agency;travel agency;经销；代理；经销店；代理公司 An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses.

【搭配模式】：oft supp N

【FIELD标签】：BUSINESS 商
We had to hire maids through an agency.

我们得通过中介雇用女佣。

…a successful advertising agency.

一家成功的广告代理公司

2.N-COUNT 可数名词（政府的）局，处，署，专业行政部门 An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration.

【搭配模式】：oft supp N
…the government agency which monitors health and safety at work in Britain…

英国负责劳工医疗和安全的部门

Webster is retiring as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

韦伯斯特即将从中央情报局局长的位子上退职。

agency /ˈeɪʤənsi/ noun
plural agencies [count] 1
: a business that provides a particular service代理行；经销处
an insurance/travel/employment agency
保险代理行；旅行社；职业介绍所
a prominent ad agency
著名的广告代理公司
2
: a government department that is responsible for a particular activity, area, etc.（政府的）专门机构，职能部门
federal law enforcement agencies
联邦政府的各个执法部门
the federal agency in charge of printing money
负责印钞的联邦政府部门
various government agencies
各种政府机构
through the agency of formal
: by using the help or services of (something or someone)在…的帮助下；由于…的服务
The treaty was ratified through the agency of a neutral country.
条约在一个中立国的帮助下得以正式批准。