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TOEFL BNC: 1214 COCA: 1020

agent

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a·gent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countableC]  
1  BUSINESSBBa person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business 代理人，代理商；经纪人
 Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.
我们在里约热内卢的业务代表处理我们在巴西的全部业务。
agent for
 We’re acting as agents for Mr Watson.
我们是沃森先生的代理人。
→ estate agent, land agent, real estate agent, travel agent
2  AMAPARTIST/ACTORsomeone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to publish a writer’s work 〔演员、音乐家、作家等的〕经理人，经纪人
 My agent has a new script for me to look at.
我的经纪人有一个新剧本要我看。
 a literary agent
出版代理人
3  GOVERNMENT AGENTPGSCPsomeone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization 特工，情报员，间谍
 an intelligence agent
情报特工
 an FBI agent
联邦调查局探员
 an undercover (=secret) agent
密探
→ secret agent, double agent
4  HCCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect 剂
 Soap is a cleansing agent.
肥皂是一种清洁剂。
5  FORCECHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTsomeone or something that affects or changes a situation 原动力，动因
agent for/of change
 Technological advances are the chief agents of change.
技术进步是变革的主要推动力。
→ free agent
Examples from the Corpus
agent• The firm has an agent in Sydney who deals with the Australian side of the business.• Wray was filmed passing money to an enemy agent.• That raises obvious questions about the priorities of federal drug enforcement agents and prosecutors.• Not an estate agent, a valuer, a lawyer or a property slump in sight.• And owners note a perceptible increase in door-hangers, fliers and other pleas from agents to put their homes up for sale.• My meeting with the author and his agent did not go well.• The licence application must be signed by the applicant or his agent.• a book of memoirs written by a retired MI5 agent, Peter Wright• My agents fixed it for me.• My agent sent me to an audition.• She passed on to our agent the name Raphael, though he paid for it with his life.• He had been a secret agent of the enemy all along.• Residents say they understand that agents have an important job, but they accuse the feds of lies, intimidation and harassment.• Number 73 was just a doorway between a travel agent and a small grocery store, with three steps leading up to it.• a travel agent• Travel agents often advertise package tours which include a stay at a certain hotel.• The company is the UK agent for a top Danish furniture maker.
agent for• Watts acts as an agent for the sales department.
literary agent• Quitting after a fracas he had gone to work as a literary agent and had prospered.• I therefore contacted a literary agent, Al Zuckerman, who had been introduced to me as the brother-in-law of a colleague.• John Pawsey describes a week in the life of a literary agent.• Loretta Barrett, our literary agent, was a successful editor at a major publishing company.• Simple start All seemed relatively simple at the start, recalls literary agent Alexandra Cann.• Nina, the literary agent, was on her way to London on business.• I gave the novel to the literary agent Curtis Brown to negotiate with a publisher.• Her family, besieged by calls, retained New York literary agent Laurie Liss.
undercover ... agent• I want to apply to become an undercover agent.• He's an undercover sabotage agent if ever there was one.• The informant showed gun crates marked with the names of Norinco and Poly Technologies to an undercover agent.• In the guise of travelling labourers they were sent to Wokingham Fair as undercover agents.• Today, the state may employ undercover agents who falsely hold them-selves out as persons they are not.• The Fedpol had undercover agents there, naturally, but no official presence.• The national police commissioner, George Fivaz, this week said that undercover agents would be sent in.
agent for/of change• This implies a corresponding commitment by the training institutions to prepare the student to become an agent of change. 6.• In the analysis of change, the various theorists have focused on different agents of change, which are often social classes.• Some other agent of change was needed.• They are the agents of change but departments may not always perceive this role.• Likewise, the agent of change might have been better devised to give more confidence in the outcome.• Such standardization and rationalization of diverse local practices was promoted by lawyers who were the agents of change.
From Longman Business Dictionary
agenta·gent /ˈeɪdʒənt/ noun [countableC]
1COMMERCEJOBa person or company that is paid by another person or company to represent them in business
trading companies who act as agents for manufacturers
→ see also sub-agent, change agent
→ average agent → bargaining agent → business agent → buying agent → commercial agent → commission agent → customs agent → del credere agent → disbursing agent → economic agent → enrolled agent → escrow agent → estate agent → forwarding agent → free agent → house agent → insurance agent → land agent → literary agent → managing agent → overseas agent → patent agent → paying agent → real estate agent → shipping agent → transfer agent → travel agent
2someone who is paid by actors, musicians etc to find work for them
He instructed his agent to say no to the TV series.
→ press agent
Origin agent
(1400-1500) Medieval Latin from the present participle of Latin agere “to drive, lead, act, move, do”
a·gent noun
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TOEFL BNC: 1214 COCA: 1020
agent

noun¹

 1works in an agency代理ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGENT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤booking, ticket, travel預訂代理人；票務代理人；旅行代辦人▸➤election, parliamentary (BrE) 選舉代理人；受託在議會為黨派效力的議員▸➤advertising, press, publicity廣告代理人；新聞廣告員；廣告員▸➤land, leasing, letting, managing, rental (NAmE) 地產管理人；房屋租賃代理；房屋中介；經理人；租賃代理➤estate, real estate (NAmE) 房地產經紀人◇They were advised by the real estate agent that their house would not be saleable.房地產經紀人說他們的房子不能出售。➤border-patrol, law enforcement邊境巡邏人員；執法人員▸➤insurance保險代理人▸➤literary, sports, talent文稿出版代理人；體育經紀人；星探▸➤local地方代理◇The company has developed sales through local agents in key markets.該公司通過當地的代理商增加了在主要市場的銷售。VERB + AGENT➤employ, have, use雇用代理人；有經紀人；用經紀人◇I have an agent who deals with all my contracts.我有一個處理我所有合同的經紀人。➤appoint, get (sb), hire (especially NAmE) 指定經紀人；（給某人）找代理；聘用經紀人◇If you want to get published, get yourself an agent!想出版，你就得找個代理人！➤act as任代理▸➤fire, sack (BrE) 解雇代理PREPOSITION➤through an agent通過代理人◇She got the work through an agent.她通過經紀人找到了這份工作。➤agent for⋯的代理◇an agent for a shipping company一家航運公司的代理商  ➡ note at job
agent

noun²

 2spy間諜ADJECTIVE➤intelligence情報人員▸➤enemy, foreign敵探；外國特工▸➤federal, government聯邦特工；政府密探▸➤covert, secret, special, undercover密探；特務▸➤double雙重間諜◇As a double agent, he worked for the Americans and the Russians.他是雙面間諜，同時為美俄兩國服務。
agent

noun³

 3person/thing that has an effect起作用的人或物ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤chief, main, primary, prime, principal首要的／主要的／重要的／關鍵的／最主要的原因▸➤effective有效的力量▸➤human人類的力量▸➤moral, rational道德的／理性的力量▸➤free按自由意志行事的人◇I told him I couldn't stop him and that he was a free agent.我告訴他我無法阻止他，他有行動自由。PREPOSITION➤agent for⋯的力量◇The charity is an agent for social change.這個慈善組織是推動社會變革的力量。PHRASES➤an agent for change, an agent of change變革的動因
TOEFL BNC: 1214 COCA: 1020
agent

noun

agent ♦︎ spy ♦︎ mole ♦︎ double agentThese are all words for a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization or person. 这些词均表示刺探情报的人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an agent / a spy / a double agent for sb◆a / an enemy / foreign / government agent / spy◆to work / act / recruit sb as an agent / a spy / a double agent■ agent ˈeɪdʒənt [countable] a person who is used by a government to find out secret information about other countries or governments （为政府工作的）特工，间谍◆He would have made a good secret agent－a James Bond type.他本可以成为一名出色的特工－詹姆斯•邦德那类的。◆She was operating as an undercover agent in London.她是密探，正在伦敦暗访。ⓘ When agent is used alone, without an adjective, the context must show that you are talking about sb who secretly gathers information. * agent单独使用、没有形容词修饰时，上下文语义必须能显示所提到的人是个密探◆He was convicted of acting as an agent for the Soviet Union.他因给苏联当间谍而被定罪。If it is not clear from the context, an adjective such as secret, undercover, intelligence, government, British or CIA is necessary. 如果上下文语义不明确，则必须使用secret、undercover、intelligence、government、British或CIA等修饰语。 ■ spy [countable] a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization, or person, especially sb who is employed by a government or the police （尤指受雇于政府或警方的）特工，间谍，密探◆He became a government spy during the war.战争期间他为政府当间谍。◆Video spy cameras are being used in public places.公共场所启用了监控摄像系统。NOTE 辨析 Spy or agent? Spy covers a wider range of uses than agent or secret agent, as it can be used to talk about sb who is employed to get information about a person or organization, not just a country or government. Spy is also often used before another noun to describe things that are used to spy on people. * spy比agent和secret agent使用范围广，不仅可以指受雇搜集国家或政府情报的间谍，也可以指受雇搜集个人或机构信息的密探。spy还常用在另一名词前指用于监控的设备◆a spy satellite / camera / system / plane监控卫星／摄像机／系统／飞机A spy story/novel/thriller is a book or a film about spies. * spy story/novel/thriller是关于间谍的小说或电影。 ■ mole [countable] (especially journalism 尤用于新闻) a person who works within an organization and secretly passes important information to another organization or country （机构里的）间谍，内奸◆A police mole working inside the company had supplied them with the details.警方安插在公司内部的卧底为他们提供了详情。■ ˌdouble ˈagent [countable] a person who is a spy for a particular country, and also for another country which is an enemy of the first one 双重间谍◆They couldn't prove it, but he was almost certainly a double agent.他们虽不能证明，但基本肯定他是个双重间谍。
TOEFL BNC: 1214 COCA: 1020
agent
General words for business people and managers: account executive, administrator, agent...
General types of business or company: account, acquisition, affiliate...
Assistants, helpers and secretaries: accomplice, acolyte, administrative assistant...
In the UK Parliament and Assemblies: agent, backbench, backbencher...
Spies and spying: agent, breach of security, bug...
Individual government officials: agent, alderman, alderwoman...
General words for materials and substances: substance, material, powder...
Causes: cause, catalyst, source...

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