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agency

/ey-juhn-see/US // ˈeɪ dʒən si //UK // (ˈeɪdʒənsɪ) //

机构

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·gen·cies.

    • : an organization, company, or bureau that provides a particular service: a nonprofit agency for the poor.
    • : a company having a franchise to represent another: Perhaps we should be looking for a new advertising agency.
    • : a governmental bureau or administrative division, or an office that represents it: My internship at the FDA led to job opportunities with other federal agencies.
    • : the place of business of an agent: If you stop by the agency tomorrow, we can go over the details of the land sale.
    • : Indian agency.
    • : the duty or function of an agent.
    • : the relationship between a principal and his or her agent: Investment firms must incentivize proper agency so that fund managers prioritize the investor’s interests over their own.
    • : the state of being in action or of exerting power; operation: the agency of divine Providence.
    • : the capacity to act or exert power: We may have our free agency, but we are responsible for our choices.
    • : a means of exerting power or influence; instrumentality: nominated by the agency of friends.

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Examples

  • “Letting the most junior members set the agenda might be a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool, but it is no way to run a federal agency,” Barr said in a speech to an event hosted by conservative Hillsdale College.

  • Using NBCU’s program would also have the advantage of being able to dig deeper into NBCU’s contribution to an advertiser’s business results, according to agency executives.

  • Privacy and security were important considerations before committing to use the product, said Paul Davison, Vice Media Group vice president of agency development, for international in statement.

  • Although a longer term may help agencies recruit, it still would not provide the individual with the security of a permanent position, she said.

  • The upfront held to its traditional calendar-year model, and most of the money committed has gone to TV networks for ads that will air on linear TV, according to agency executives.

  • Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.

  • Wisner continues to feel angry toward the agency because she believes she was misled.

  • “Mostly people on a budget use it,” Franz Dobersberger, managing director of a Bangkok travel agency, told The Daily Beast.

  • Larson, as usual, instills gravitas and agency in an otherwise underwritten character.

  • Essentially, we are being left in a position where we are expected to just take agency promises at face value.

  • Having thus enrolled himself as one of the Agency Indians, he had a claim on this the Agency doctor.

  • Yet he succeeded in getting many to take the agency and these received orders and sent for the books.

  • Indeed, in many cases a general agency requires the employment of many persons to execute the business.

  • In many cases an agency is created for an indefinite period, and in these either party can terminate it whenever he desires.

  • The death of either agent or principal terminates the agency except in cases of personal interest.