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a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially when representing other businesses or organizations 服务机构；（尤指）代理机构，经销机构 She works for an advertising agency. 她在一家广告公司工作。 international aid agencies caring for refugees 国际援助难民事务所 - through an agency
He managed to find a job through an agency. 他通过中介找到了工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb2I've signed up with a temping agency. 我已签约了一家临时工代理机构。 Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency. 问题的细节将由咨询台人员登记，然后他们再与相关部门取得联系。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
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a government department that provides a particular service （政府的）专门机构 law enforcement agencies 执法机关 Some laboratories are operated by government agencies. 一些实验室由政府机构管理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin agentia, from agent- ‘doing’, from agere.
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through the agency of
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as a result of the action of somebody/something 由于…的作用 He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend. 他通过一位老朋友的代理获得了他的职位。