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单词 agent
释义

agent

See also: Agent

English

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɛnt/
  • (file)

Noun

agent (plural agents)

  1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act
    • 1862, Brigham Young, “Call for Teams to Go to the Frontiers, etc.”, in Journal of Discourses, volume 9:
      Seeing we are so wonderfully endowed with priceless gifts by our Heavenly Father, will he not require usury at our hands? He will. But he has made us agents to ourselves, which makes us responsible for the way in which we use the talents he has given us, for the manner we expend the gold and silver, the wheat and fine flour, the cattle upon a thousand hills, and the wine and oil, for they all belong to Him
  2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
    • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 36, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:
      I see in him [Moby Dick] outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him.
  3. A person who looks for work for another person
    • 4 June 2016, Press Association, Ronald Koeman’s agent says Dutchman has agreed terms with Everton
      Ronald Koeman has agreed a deal with Everton to become their new manager, his agent has reportedly told Dutch media. The agent Rob Jansen said, according to the popular Voetbal International website, that it was now down to Southampton and Everton to agree a compensation package for the Dutchman, who has a year remaining on his contract at St Mary’s.
  4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency
  5. An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
    • 1807, James Edward Smith, An introduction to physiological and systematical botany/Chapter 11
      So far seems to be the work of chemistry alone; at least we have no right to conclude that any other agent interferes; since hay, when it happens to imbibe moisture, exhibits nearly the same processes."
  6. (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
  7. (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
    • 2009, Tarsee Li, The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization, p. 58:
      A verb is typically described as active when its subject is the agent or actor. By contrast, a verb is said to be passive when the subject does not perform the action, but is the patient, target, or undergoer of the action.
  8. (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
    • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling (page 108)
      Nevada casinos are fleeced out of millions of dollars yearly by agents (cheats acting as players) in collusion with crooked Black Jack dealers and pit bosses.

Synonyms

  • (one who exerts power): See also Thesaurus:doer
  • (one who acts in place of another): See also Thesaurus:deputy
  • (person who looks for work for another person): manager, representative, rep
  • (someone who works for an intelligence agency): See also Thesaurus:spy
  • (grammar): actor, performer

Antonyms

  • (grammar): patient, recipient, undergoer

Derived terms

  • agent general
  • agent noun
  • Agent Orange
  • agent participle
  • agentry
  • agentship
  • antibacterial agent
  • anti-caking agent
  • anticaking agent
  • anti-foaming agent
  • antimicrobial agent
  • bargain agent
  • binding agent
  • bleaching agent
  • blowing agent
  • bonding agent
  • book agent
  • casting agent
  • catalytic agent
  • change agent
  • chelating agent
  • chemical agent
  • clarifying agent
  • cleaning agent
  • clearing agent
  • coating agent
  • colour retention agent
  • contract agent
  • contrast agent
  • crown agent
  • double agent
  • dry agent
  • drying agent
  • estate agent
  • firming agent
  • flavoring/flavouring agent
  • flour treatment agent
  • foaming agent
  • foreign agent
  • free agent
  • gelling agent
  • glazing agent
  • improving agent
  • Indian agent
  • infeasible agent
  • innocent agent
  • intelligence agent
  • intelligent agent
  • land agent
  • law agent
  • leavening agent
  • lifting agent
  • mail user agent
  • multi-agent system
  • nerve agent
  • nettle agent
  • oxidising agent
  • oxidizing agent
  • parliamentary agent
  • press agent
  • principal-agent problem
  • processing agent
  • purchasing agent
  • raising agent
  • reducing agent
  • road-agent
  • road agent
  • secret agent
  • select agent
  • service agent
  • shipping agent
  • shopping agent
  • sleeper agent
  • sourcing agent
  • special agent
  • structuring agent
  • teachable agent
  • thickening agent
  • transfer agent
  • travel agent
  • triple agent
  • user agent
  • voluntary agent
  • wetting agent
  • whitening agent
  • act
  • action
  • agency

Translations

See also

  • proxy

Further reading

  • agent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • agent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

  • Tegan, ganté, genta

Azerbaijani

Noun

agent (definite accusative agenti, plural agentlər)

  1. agent

Declension

    Declension of agent
singularplural
nominativeagent
agentlər
definite accusativeagenti
agentləri
dativeagentə
agentlərə
locativeagentdə
agentlərdə
ablativeagentdən
agentlərdən
definite genitiveagentin
agentlərin
    Possessive forms of agent
nominative
singularplural
mənim (my)agentimagentlərim
sənin (your)agentinagentlərin
onun (his/her/its)agentiagentləri
bizim (our)agentimizagentlərimiz
sizin (your)agentinizagentləriniz
onların (their)agenti or agentləriagentləri
accusative
singularplural
mənim (my)agentimiagentlərimi
sənin (your)agentiniagentlərini
onun (his/her/its)agentiniagentlərini
bizim (our)agentimiziagentlərimizi
sizin (your)agentiniziagentlərinizi
onların (their)agentini or agentləriniagentlərini
dative
singularplural
mənim (my)agentiməagentlərimə
sənin (your)agentinəagentlərinə
onun (his/her/its)agentinəagentlərinə
bizim (our)agentimizəagentlərimizə
sizin (your)agentinizəagentlərinizə
onların (their)agentinə or agentlərinəagentlərinə
locative
singularplural
mənim (my)agentimdəagentlərimdə
sənin (your)agentindəagentlərində
onun (his/her/its)agentindəagentlərində
bizim (our)agentimizdəagentlərimizdə
sizin (your)agentinizdəagentlərinizdə
onların (their)agentində or agentlərindəagentlərində
ablative
singularplural
mənim (my)agentimdənagentlərimdən
sənin (your)agentindənagentlərindən
onun (his/her/its)agentindənagentlərindən
bizim (our)agentimizdənagentlərimizdən
sizin (your)agentinizdənagentlərinizdən
onların (their)agentindən or agentlərindənagentlərindən
genitive
singularplural
mənim (my)agentiminagentlərimin
sənin (your)agentininagentlərinin
onun (his/her/its)agentininagentlərinin
bizim (our)agentimizinagentlərimizin
sizin (your)agentinizinagentlərinizin
onların (their)agentinin or agentlərininagentlərinin

Further reading

  • agent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin agēns, attested from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈʒent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əˈʒen/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒent/

Noun

agent m or f (plural agents)

  1. agent

Derived terms

  • agent doble
  • agent secret
  • agència

References

  1. agent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

  • “agent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “agent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “agent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology

From English agent.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ei1 zeon2

  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: ei1 zeon2
      • Yale: ēi jéun
      • Cantonese Pinyin: ei1 dzoen2
      • Guangdong Romanization: éi1 zên2
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ei̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃɵn³⁵/

Noun

agent

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) sales agent

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin agentis (acting).

Noun

agent

  1. agent

Declension

Derived terms

  • agentlik

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡɛnt]

Noun

agent m

  1. agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
  • See akt
  • agentura

Further reading

  • agent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • agent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • agent in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Latin agēns.

Noun

agent c (singular definite agenten, plural indefinite agenter)

  1. agent (all senses)

Declension

Synonyms

  • spion

Derived terms

  • agentfilm
  • agent provocateur
  • agentroman
  • agentur
  • dobbeltagent
  • efterretningsagent
  • generalagent
  • handelsagent
  • politiagent

See also

  • agens
  • kommissionær
  • repræsentant
  • subjekt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French agent, from Latin agēns (one who acts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˈɣɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧gent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

agent m (plural agenten, diminutive agentje n, feminine agente)

  1. a police officer
    Toen confisceerde de agent de wiet en rookte het in één keer op.
    Then the police officer confiscated the weed and smoked it all in one go.
    Synonym: politieman
    1. a police officer of the low(est) rank, constable, junior officer
      Synonym: politieagent
  2. an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent
  3. an agent (one who acts on behalf of another)
    1. a broker
      Synonym: makelaar
    2. a middleman, surrogate

Derived terms

  • agentschap
  • beursagent
  • verzekeringsagent
  • wisselagent
  • agens

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: agent
  • Caribbean Javanese: akhèn
  • Indonesian: agen

Anagrams

  • gaten

French

Etymology

From Middle French agent, from Latin agēns, agentis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʒɑ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

agent m (plural agents, feminine agente)

  1. agent

Derived terms

  • agent de police
  • agent de quartier
  • agent de sécurité
  • agent double
  • agent immobilier
  • agent orange
  • agent provocateur
  • agent secret
  • complément d'agent
  • nom d'agent
  • agence

Descendants

  • Turkish: ajan

Further reading

  • agent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • étang
  • gante, ganté
  • géant
  • gênât

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English agent.

Noun

agent m (invariable, feminine agente)

  1. agent

Anagrams

  • tange, tenga

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡent/, [ˈäɡɛn̪t̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒent/, [ˈäːd͡ʒen̪t̪]

Verb

agent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of agō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis.

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agenter, definite plural agentene)

  1. an agent

References

  • “agent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “agent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis.

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agentar, definite plural agentane)

  1. an agent

References

  • “agent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agent,[1][2] from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens. First attested in 1609.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɛnt
  • Syllabification: a‧gent

Noun

agent m pers (diminutive agencik or agenciak, feminine agentka)

  1. (espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
    Synonyms: szpieg, wywiadowca
  2. (law) commission agent (agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name)
    Synonym: ajent
  3. (business) representative (company agent)
    Synonym: przedstawiciel
  4. (acting, literature) impresario, literary agent
    agent literackia literary agent
  5. (espionage) officer, peeper, secret agent
    Synonyms: cichociemny, tajniak
  6. (Middle Polish) legal defense assistant [from the middle of the 17th century to the middle of the 18th century][3]
    agent trybunałua tribunal assistant

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • agenturalny
  • agenturowy
nouns
  • agentura
  • podwójny agent
adjective
  • agencyjny
adverbs
  • agencyjnie
  • agenturalnie
nouns
  • agencja
  • agenda
  • agendka
  • agens
  • agenturalność
  • agenturka

Collocations

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  3. Teresa Sokołowska (21.05.2009), AGENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

  • agent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • agent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), agient”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), agent”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • aghent

Etymology

From French agent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈdʒent]

Noun

agent m (plural agenți, feminine equivalent agentă)

  1. agent

Declension

Further reading

  • agent in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Alternative forms

  • awgent

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːdʒənt/, /ˈɑː-/

Noun

agent (plural agents)

  1. (law) solicitor

Verb

agent (third-person singular simple present agents, present participle agentin, simple past agentit, past participle agentit)

  1. to act as law agent

References

  • agent, n. & v. tr.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎɡent/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gent

Noun

àgent m (Cyrillic spelling а̀гент)

  1. agent

Declension

References

  • agent” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

agent c

  1. an agent

Declension

Declension of agent 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativeagentagentenagenteragenterna
Genitiveagentsagentensagentersagenternas
  • agentfilm
  • agentkontor
  • agentprovision
  • agentroman
  • agentskap
  • agentur
  • agentverksamhet
  • handelsagent

See also

  • aktör
  • ombud

References

  • agent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • agnet, genat, tagen, tagne

Tatar

Noun

agent

  1. Latin spelling of агент (ağent)
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