a person who buys and sells things for other people 经纪人;掮客 Ask advice from an insurance broker. 咨询一下保险经纪人。 a broker for the company 这家公司的经纪人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- credit
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- act as
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a person or an organization that buys and sells shares for other people 经纪人;掮客 - broker (between A and B)
a person who arranges the details of an agreement between two groups or countries that disagree or oppose each other 安排,协商(协议的细节,尤指在两国间) He offered to act as a broker between the rebels and the government. 他提出充当反叛者和政府之间的中间人。
Extra ExamplesHe acted as broker between the two opposing sides. 他充当了对立双方的中间人。 He used his position to establish himself as a power broker. 他利用自己的职位确立了自己政治掮客的地位。
see also honest broker, pawnbroker, power broker
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.