Definition of agency in English:

agency

noun ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsiˈeɪdʒənsi

1often with adjective or noun modifier A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.
an advertising agency
广告代理。
aid agencies
援助机构。
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the primary benefits of a weblog to an ad agency is its ability to simply publish current agency thought.
- The client was an advertising agency which bought a new agency management software package.
- People who need care in the home can either pay for carers from Social Services or private agencies.
- Challenges with home help services provided by private agencies were overwhelming at times.
- Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency.
- Mr Hollinrake, who runs one of the city's most successful agencies, said businesses had never been busier.
- Trafford council wants to shake up its home care service and bring in a private company or voluntary agency.
- The staff in the international organisations and aid agencies are under a lot of pressure to meet targets.
- The claimants commissioned an advertising agency to produce the combined logo for them and paid for the commission.
- With just four staff, LCa Resourcing is a relatively small player in the bustling recruitment agency business.
- There was a crowd of advertising agency people in action, outside and in, doing a photo shoot of some new Starbucks goodie.
- Martin and his business partner Rob Morrice sold their advertising agency to set up Smuji Films last year.
- Victims of domestic violence do not necessarily have to go through the police to access the services of concerned agencies.
- He has told us that they had some consultations with an advertising agency.
- Coutts last week confirmed it had come to an arrangement with advertising agency M&C Saatchi.
- Mannya was representing a private legal consulting agency at the hearing.
- BlogAds is an online agency that allows businesses to buy advertising space on blogs.
- The event has been organised by marketing agency Food from Britain, in conjunction with Selfridge's.
- PAs are employed by private agencies or Swindon social services and have a different role to carers.
- He and his fiancée, who runs her own temporary agency business for dental nurses, wanted to move to the South Coast.
Synonyms
business, organization, company, firm, office, bureau, concern, service
branch, representative
1. 1.1 A department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization.
  办事处，机构
  the Environmental Protection Agency
  （美国）环境保护署。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We believe the Department of Justice is the appropriate agency to look into this matter.
  Others complain of the huge amount of paperwork and the array of agencies and government bodies they need to deal with.
  The company will also look to service the needs of Namibian government departments and agencies.
  The leading role in it should be taken by federal agencies of the defense sectors of industry.
  So far the executive agency of the Department of Health has said it does not divulge information about faults.
  The usually secretive agency is best known for its major role in creating the Internet.
  Section 17201 does not include any references to governmental agencies or political entities.
  It draws from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies.
  The regulatory agencies and local bodies seem to be turning a blind eye to the problem.
  The governmental agency that takes care of this long term arrangement is the IRD.
  Firstly, Scottish Enterprise is a government-funded agency not a government department.
  This is the one agency and government that not only is allowed to pray, it's demanded.
  In the education service the governing body of each agency is the employer of the chief executive.
  Ownership rights with different agencies of the Government have aggravated this neglect.
  The article then goes on to include the title of the report and the specific agency that issued it.
  The confusion does not just extend to government and public agencies.
  Meanwhile, the Prime Minister announced a separate agency to deal with WMD.
  Now it is Iraqis and one agency alone has 150 foreign workers on its books.
  Second, we do not yet have good coordination among government agencies and regulatory bodies.
  In urban areas not subject to traditional governing bodies, these alternative agencies often sufficed.
  Synonyms
  division, section, sector, subsection, subdivision, unit, branch, arm, wing, segment, compartment
2mass noun Action or intervention producing a particular effect.
（尤指产生某效果的）作用
canals carved by the agency of running water
流水冲出的运河。
Example sentencesExamples
- I may sit and may will for ever that yonder chair come to me, but without the direct agency of my body it must remain where it is.
- Hence they are not easy to weigh up their adversarial effects which are not known by the agency of action and at the time of the action.
- The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the imperceptible agency of taxes on consumption.
- Later he became strongly opposed to the theory that proglacial lakes were formed by the agency of huge glacial dams.
- Happiness is finally restored by the agency of enchanted potions.
Synonyms
action, activity, effect, influence, force, power, work
means, vehicle, medium, instrument, mechanism, route, channel, mode, technique, expedient
intervention, intercession, involvement, mediation, arbitration, interposing, instrumentality, good offices
auspices, aegis
1. 2.1count noun A thing or person that acts to produce a particular result.
  （尤指产生某效果的）作用
  the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public
  电影可以对形成公众价值观产生作用。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The aim was to bring the ordinary believer closer to the church, and incidentally raising its effectiveness for the tsar as an agency for controlling society.
  But the way it did so, through a machinic agency of chemistry and apparatus seemed to displace the human with his or her necessary subjectivity.
  Biological expertise could thus be the basis of risk prevention strategies by a variety of agencies of social control.
  The risk theory has merits that are independent of its claim to explain what it is for an agency to cause harm.
  Natural selection is an agency of adaptive change which operates between generations.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- 'doing' (see agent).

Definition of agency in US English:

agency

nounˈājənsēˈeɪdʒənsi

1often with adjective or noun modifier A business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties.
代理，中介；代理处，代办处
an advertising agency
广告代理。
aid agencies
援助机构。
Example sentencesExamples
- The claimants commissioned an advertising agency to produce the combined logo for them and paid for the commission.
- One of the primary benefits of a weblog to an ad agency is its ability to simply publish current agency thought.
- Challenges with home help services provided by private agencies were overwhelming at times.
- The staff in the international organisations and aid agencies are under a lot of pressure to meet targets.
- With just four staff, LCa Resourcing is a relatively small player in the bustling recruitment agency business.
- People who need care in the home can either pay for carers from Social Services or private agencies.
- Coutts last week confirmed it had come to an arrangement with advertising agency M&C Saatchi.
- He and his fiancée, who runs her own temporary agency business for dental nurses, wanted to move to the South Coast.
- PAs are employed by private agencies or Swindon social services and have a different role to carers.
- He has told us that they had some consultations with an advertising agency.
- There was a crowd of advertising agency people in action, outside and in, doing a photo shoot of some new Starbucks goodie.
- Mr Hollinrake, who runs one of the city's most successful agencies, said businesses had never been busier.
- BlogAds is an online agency that allows businesses to buy advertising space on blogs.
- Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency.
- The client was an advertising agency which bought a new agency management software package.
- Trafford council wants to shake up its home care service and bring in a private company or voluntary agency.
- Victims of domestic violence do not necessarily have to go through the police to access the services of concerned agencies.
- The event has been organised by marketing agency Food from Britain, in conjunction with Selfridge's.
- Martin and his business partner Rob Morrice sold their advertising agency to set up Smuji Films last year.
- Mannya was representing a private legal consulting agency at the hearing.
Synonyms
business, organization, company, firm, office, bureau, concern, service
1. 1.1 A department or body providing a specific service for a government or similar organization.
  办事处，机构
  the Environmental Protection Agency
  （美国）环境保护署。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It draws from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies.
  We believe the Department of Justice is the appropriate agency to look into this matter.
  In urban areas not subject to traditional governing bodies, these alternative agencies often sufficed.
  Section 17201 does not include any references to governmental agencies or political entities.
  So far the executive agency of the Department of Health has said it does not divulge information about faults.
  Ownership rights with different agencies of the Government have aggravated this neglect.
  Meanwhile, the Prime Minister announced a separate agency to deal with WMD.
  Others complain of the huge amount of paperwork and the array of agencies and government bodies they need to deal with.
  The usually secretive agency is best known for its major role in creating the Internet.
  This is the one agency and government that not only is allowed to pray, it's demanded.
  The leading role in it should be taken by federal agencies of the defense sectors of industry.
  The governmental agency that takes care of this long term arrangement is the IRD.
  Second, we do not yet have good coordination among government agencies and regulatory bodies.
  The confusion does not just extend to government and public agencies.
  In the education service the governing body of each agency is the employer of the chief executive.
  Now it is Iraqis and one agency alone has 150 foreign workers on its books.
  Firstly, Scottish Enterprise is a government-funded agency not a government department.
  The regulatory agencies and local bodies seem to be turning a blind eye to the problem.
  The article then goes on to include the title of the report and the specific agency that issued it.
  The company will also look to service the needs of Namibian government departments and agencies.
  Synonyms
  division, section, sector, subsection, subdivision, unit, branch, arm, wing, segment, compartment
2Action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect.
（尤指产生某效果的）作用
canals carved by the agency of running water
流水冲出的运河。
a belief in various forms of supernatural agency
Example sentencesExamples
- The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the imperceptible agency of taxes on consumption.
- Hence they are not easy to weigh up their adversarial effects which are not known by the agency of action and at the time of the action.
- Later he became strongly opposed to the theory that proglacial lakes were formed by the agency of huge glacial dams.
- I may sit and may will for ever that yonder chair come to me, but without the direct agency of my body it must remain where it is.
- Happiness is finally restored by the agency of enchanted potions.
Synonyms
action, activity, effect, influence, force, power, work
intervention, intercession, involvement, mediation, arbitration, interposing, instrumentality, good offices
1. 2.1 A thing or person that acts to produce a particular result.
  （尤指产生某效果的）作用
  the movies could be an agency molding the values of the public
  电影可以对形成公众价值观产生作用。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the way it did so, through a machinic agency of chemistry and apparatus seemed to displace the human with his or her necessary subjectivity.
  The risk theory has merits that are independent of its claim to explain what it is for an agency to cause harm.
  The aim was to bring the ordinary believer closer to the church, and incidentally raising its effectiveness for the tsar as an agency for controlling society.
  Biological expertise could thus be the basis of risk prevention strategies by a variety of agencies of social control.
  Natural selection is an agency of adaptive change which operates between generations.
3Law
The office or function of an agent.
a contract of agency

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’ (see agent).

词汇	agency
释义	Definition of agency in English: agency noun ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsiˈeɪdʒənsi 1often with adjective or noun modifier A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group. an advertising agency 广告代理。 aid agencies 援助机构。 Example sentencesExamples One of the primary benefits of a weblog to an ad agency is its ability to simply publish current agency thought. The client was an advertising agency which bought a new agency management software package. People who need care in the home can either pay for carers from Social Services or private agencies. Challenges with home help services provided by private agencies were overwhelming at times. Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency. Mr Hollinrake, who runs one of the city's most successful agencies, said businesses had never been busier. Trafford council wants to shake up its home care service and bring in a private company or voluntary agency. The staff in the international organisations and aid agencies are under a lot of pressure to meet targets. The claimants commissioned an advertising agency to produce the combined logo for them and paid for the commission. With just four staff, LCa Resourcing is a relatively small player in the bustling recruitment agency business. There was a crowd of advertising agency people in action, outside and in, doing a photo shoot of some new Starbucks goodie. Martin and his business partner Rob Morrice sold their advertising agency to set up Smuji Films last year. Victims of domestic violence do not necessarily have to go through the police to access the services of concerned agencies. He has told us that they had some consultations with an advertising agency. Coutts last week confirmed it had come to an arrangement with advertising agency M&C Saatchi. Mannya was representing a private legal consulting agency at the hearing. BlogAds is an online agency that allows businesses to buy advertising space on blogs. The event has been organised by marketing agency Food from Britain, in conjunction with Selfridge's. PAs are employed by private agencies or Swindon social services and have a different role to carers. He and his fiancée, who runs her own temporary agency business for dental nurses, wanted to move to the South Coast. Synonyms business, organization, company, firm, office, bureau, concern, service branch, representative 1.1 A department or body providing a specific service for a government or other organization. 办事处，机构 the Environmental Protection Agency （美国）环境保护署。 Example sentencesExamples We believe the Department of Justice is the appropriate agency to look into this matter. Others complain of the huge amount of paperwork and the array of agencies and government bodies they need to deal with. The company will also look to service the needs of Namibian government departments and agencies. The leading role in it should be taken by federal agencies of the defense sectors of industry. So far the executive agency of the Department of Health has said it does not divulge information about faults. The usually secretive agency is best known for its major role in creating the Internet. Section 17201 does not include any references to governmental agencies or political entities. It draws from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies. The regulatory agencies and local bodies seem to be turning a blind eye to the problem. The governmental agency that takes care of this long term arrangement is the IRD. Firstly, Scottish Enterprise is a government-funded agency not a government department. This is the one agency and government that not only is allowed to pray, it's demanded. In the education service the governing body of each agency is the employer of the chief executive. Ownership rights with different agencies of the Government have aggravated this neglect. The article then goes on to include the title of the report and the specific agency that issued it. The confusion does not just extend to government and public agencies. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister announced a separate agency to deal with WMD. Now it is Iraqis and one agency alone has 150 foreign workers on its books. Second, we do not yet have good coordination among government agencies and regulatory bodies. In urban areas not subject to traditional governing bodies, these alternative agencies often sufficed. Synonyms division, section, sector, subsection, subdivision, unit, branch, arm, wing, segment, compartment 2mass noun Action or intervention producing a particular effect. （尤指产生某效果的）作用 canals carved by the agency of running water 流水冲出的运河。 Example sentencesExamples I may sit and may will for ever that yonder chair come to me, but without the direct agency of my body it must remain where it is. Hence they are not easy to weigh up their adversarial effects which are not known by the agency of action and at the time of the action. The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the imperceptible agency of taxes on consumption. Later he became strongly opposed to the theory that proglacial lakes were formed by the agency of huge glacial dams. Happiness is finally restored by the agency of enchanted potions. Synonyms action, activity, effect, influence, force, power, work means, vehicle, medium, instrument, mechanism, route, channel, mode, technique, expedient intervention, intercession, involvement, mediation, arbitration, interposing, instrumentality, good offices auspices, aegis 2.1count noun A thing or person that acts to produce a particular result. （尤指产生某效果的）作用 the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public 电影可以对形成公众价值观产生作用。 Example sentencesExamples The aim was to bring the ordinary believer closer to the church, and incidentally raising its effectiveness for the tsar as an agency for controlling society. But the way it did so, through a machinic agency of chemistry and apparatus seemed to displace the human with his or her necessary subjectivity. Biological expertise could thus be the basis of risk prevention strategies by a variety of agencies of social control. The risk theory has merits that are independent of its claim to explain what it is for an agency to cause harm. Natural selection is an agency of adaptive change which operates between generations. Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- 'doing' (see agent). Definition of agency in US English: agency nounˈājənsēˈeɪdʒənsi 1often with adjective or noun modifier A business or organization established to provide a particular service, typically one that involves organizing transactions between two other parties. 代理，中介；代理处，代办处 an advertising agency 广告代理。 aid agencies 援助机构。 Example sentencesExamples The claimants commissioned an advertising agency to produce the combined logo for them and paid for the commission. One of the primary benefits of a weblog to an ad agency is its ability to simply publish current agency thought. Challenges with home help services provided by private agencies were overwhelming at times. The staff in the international organisations and aid agencies are under a lot of pressure to meet targets. With just four staff, LCa Resourcing is a relatively small player in the bustling recruitment agency business. People who need care in the home can either pay for carers from Social Services or private agencies. Coutts last week confirmed it had come to an arrangement with advertising agency M&C Saatchi. He and his fiancée, who runs her own temporary agency business for dental nurses, wanted to move to the South Coast. PAs are employed by private agencies or Swindon social services and have a different role to carers. He has told us that they had some consultations with an advertising agency. There was a crowd of advertising agency people in action, outside and in, doing a photo shoot of some new Starbucks goodie. Mr Hollinrake, who runs one of the city's most successful agencies, said businesses had never been busier. BlogAds is an online agency that allows businesses to buy advertising space on blogs. Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency. The client was an advertising agency which bought a new agency management software package. Trafford council wants to shake up its home care service and bring in a private company or voluntary agency. Victims of domestic violence do not necessarily have to go through the police to access the services of concerned agencies. The event has been organised by marketing agency Food from Britain, in conjunction with Selfridge's. Martin and his business partner Rob Morrice sold their advertising agency to set up Smuji Films last year. Mannya was representing a private legal consulting agency at the hearing. Synonyms business, organization, company, firm, office, bureau, concern, service 1.1 A department or body providing a specific service for a government or similar organization. 办事处，机构 the Environmental Protection Agency （美国）环境保护署。 Example sentencesExamples It draws from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies. We believe the Department of Justice is the appropriate agency to look into this matter. In urban areas not subject to traditional governing bodies, these alternative agencies often sufficed. Section 17201 does not include any references to governmental agencies or political entities. So far the executive agency of the Department of Health has said it does not divulge information about faults. Ownership rights with different agencies of the Government have aggravated this neglect. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister announced a separate agency to deal with WMD. Others complain of the huge amount of paperwork and the array of agencies and government bodies they need to deal with. The usually secretive agency is best known for its major role in creating the Internet. This is the one agency and government that not only is allowed to pray, it's demanded. The leading role in it should be taken by federal agencies of the defense sectors of industry. The governmental agency that takes care of this long term arrangement is the IRD. Second, we do not yet have good coordination among government agencies and regulatory bodies. The confusion does not just extend to government and public agencies. In the education service the governing body of each agency is the employer of the chief executive. Now it is Iraqis and one agency alone has 150 foreign workers on its books. Firstly, Scottish Enterprise is a government-funded agency not a government department. The regulatory agencies and local bodies seem to be turning a blind eye to the problem. The article then goes on to include the title of the report and the specific agency that issued it. The company will also look to service the needs of Namibian government departments and agencies. Synonyms division, section, sector, subsection, subdivision, unit, branch, arm, wing, segment, compartment 2Action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect. （尤指产生某效果的）作用 canals carved by the agency of running water 流水冲出的运河。 a belief in various forms of supernatural agency Example sentencesExamples The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the imperceptible agency of taxes on consumption. Hence they are not easy to weigh up their adversarial effects which are not known by the agency of action and at the time of the action. Later he became strongly opposed to the theory that proglacial lakes were formed by the agency of huge glacial dams. I may sit and may will for ever that yonder chair come to me, but without the direct agency of my body it must remain where it is. Happiness is finally restored by the agency of enchanted potions. Synonyms action, activity, effect, influence, force, power, work intervention, intercession, involvement, mediation, arbitration, interposing, instrumentality, good offices 2.1 A thing or person that acts to produce a particular result. （尤指产生某效果的）作用 the movies could be an agency molding the values of the public 电影可以对形成公众价值观产生作用。 Example sentencesExamples But the way it did so, through a machinic agency of chemistry and apparatus seemed to displace the human with his or her necessary subjectivity. The risk theory has merits that are independent of its claim to explain what it is for an agency to cause harm. The aim was to bring the ordinary believer closer to the church, and incidentally raising its effectiveness for the tsar as an agency for controlling society. Biological expertise could thus be the basis of risk prevention strategies by a variety of agencies of social control. Natural selection is an agency of adaptive change which operates between generations. 3Law The office or function of an agent. a contract of agency Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’ (see agent).
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