agency
US: /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
UK: /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
UK: /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
agency /'eidʤənsi/
- danh từ
- tác dụng, lực
- sự môi giới, sự trung gian
- through (by) the agency of...: nhờ sự môi giới của...
- (thương nghiệp) đại lý, phân điểm, chi nhánh
- cơ quan, sở, hãng, hãng thông tấn
- Vietnam News Agency: Việt Nam thông tấn xã
Advanced English dictionary
+ 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
See also -
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.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
means, medium, instrumentality; intervention, intercession, action, intermediation; operation, mechanism, force, power, activity, working(s), energy:
Pollen is carried from flower to flower by the agency of certain insects.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
official | federal, government, public, state | UN | external, independent, outside | commercial, private | voluntary | international, local | multilateral | adoption, advertising, aid, dating, employment, estate, intelligence, marketing, news, press, recruitment, relief, research, travel, etc. | appropriate
Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
PREP.
through an/the ~
He managed to find a job through an agency.
More information about ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION:
create, establish, form, found, set up, start ~
an association created to promote local industry The company was founded in 1981.
dissolve ~
(often law)She sought a court order to have the partnership dissolved.
run ~
He runs an accountancy firm.
manage ~
The executive committee manages the group on a day-to-day basis.
be/become a member of, join ~
She became a member of the Society of Arts.
leave ~
The country plans to leave the organization.
Concise English dictionary
agencies'eɪdʒənsɪ
noun
+an administrative unit of government
+a business that serves other businesses
+the state of being in action or exerting power
+the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
+how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
