English主要词典
agency
Universal Words
noun (plural agencies)
1 a business or an organization that provides a particular service especially on behalf of other businesses or organizations:
an advertising / employment agency * You can book at your local travel agency. * international aid agencies caring for refugees
seealsoDATINGAGENCY, NEWSAGENCY, PRESSAGENCY
2 (especially AmE) a government department that provides a particular service:
the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
IDIOMS
through the agency of (formal) as a result of the action of sb/sth:
He obtained his position through the agency of an old friend.