agent
noun[C]
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/agentnoun[C](REPRESENTATIVE)
B2
apersonwhoactsfor orrepresentsanother:
代理人;代理商Pleasecontactouragent in Spain forfurtherinformation.如需更多信息,请联系本公司在西班牙的代理。
apersonwhorepresentsanactor,artist, orwriter
(演员、艺术家、作家等的)经纪人,代理人- Los Angeles isfullofbeautifulgirlsworkingaswaitresses,hopingto bediscoveredby amovieagent.
- She hasworkedas anestateagent among other things.
- The agent has put apriceof £120,000 onourhouse.
- Theundercoveragents went to therendezvousknowingthat it might be atrap.
- Unhappytouristshavepointedthefingeratunhelpfultravelagents.
People who sell things
- assistant
- auctioneer
- barker
- barrow boy
- black marketeer
- cashier
- franchisee
- gallerist
- haberdasher
- hawker
- ironmonger
- sales assistant
- sales force
- sales rep
- salesclerk
- salesman
- tradesman
- tradespeople
- vendor
- wholesaler
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Artists
People who work in publishing
agentnoun[C](SPY)
B2
someone whoworkssecretlyfor thegovernmentor otherorganization:
特工人员;间谍asecret/foreignagent特工人员/外国间谍
Synonyms
operative
spy
See also
secret agent
International relations: spying and espionage
- agent provocateur
- anti-bug
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- intel
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the insideidiom
- scout
- shadow
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy onsomeone/something
- superspy
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- tradecraft
agentnoun[C](CAUSE)
apersonor thing thatproducesaparticulareffectorchange:
原动力,动因;作用剂apowerfulcleaningagent高效清洁剂
araisingagent forcakes蛋糕发酵剂
aclottingagent凝结剂
literaryHe was the agentoftheirdestruction.是他导致了他们的毁灭。
Causing things to happen
- -induced
- activate
- activation
- actuation
- attribute
- attributesomethingtosomeone
- awaken (something) insomeone
- in
- inaugurate
- inauguration
- instate
- pioneer
- realization
- realize
- reattribute
- reawaken
- reimpose
- render
- seed
- spark