agency
【机构、公司、组织、代理作用】
"Agency" 是一个名词,通常指的是一个机构、公司或组织,尤其是那些提供特定服务的机构。它也可以指代行动或自主性,尤其是在社会、政治或个人层面上,表示一个个体或群体能够采取行动或做出决策的能力。具体含义如下:
- 机构、公司、组织:
- She works for a travel agency.
(她在一家旅行社工作。)
- She works for a travel agency.
- 政府机构:
- The environmental agency has issued a new policy on pollution.
(环保局发布了新的污染政策。)
- The environmental agency has issued a new policy on pollution.
- 代理作用:指代表他人行事的行为或能力。
- The agency acted on behalf of the client.
(该代理机构代表客户行事。)
- The agency acted on behalf of the client.
- 自主性、能动性:指个体或群体的行动能力。
- The agency of individuals in shaping their own destiny is central to the philosophy of existentialism.
(个体在塑造自己命运中的能动性是存在主义哲学的核心。)
- The agency of individuals in shaping their own destiny is central to the philosophy of existentialism.