记忆方法
1、拉丁 agere 是「做、驱动」：ag(做)+ -ent(…的人)= 替你做事的人→代理人、代理商。
2、引申到「起作用的物」：药剂、作用因素；secret agent 特工。
3、同根一大串：act 行动、agenda 议程(该办的事)、examine 细查、cogent 有说服力的。
2、引申到「起作用的物」：药剂、作用因素；secret agent 特工。
3、同根一大串：act 行动、agenda 议程(该办的事)、examine 细查、cogent 有说服力的。
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词族 · agent
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
agent 代理
来自词根ag, 做, 同act.
英语词源
- agent
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agent: [15] Latin agere, a verb of great semantic breadth (‘drive, lead, act, do’), has been a prolific source of English words. Its past participle, āctus, produced act, action, active, actor, actual, cachet, and exact, while other parts of its paradigm lie behind agile, agitate, ambiguous, coagulate, cogent, cogitate, examine, exigent, exiguous, and prodigal.
Its most obvious offspring, however, are agent (literally ‘(person) doing something’) and agency, formed from the Latin present participial stem agent-. Agere itself is of considerable antiquity, being related to other Indo-European verbs such as Greek ágein ‘drive, lead’, Old Norse aka ‘travel in a vehicle’, and Sanskrit ájati ‘drives’.
=> act, agile, ambiguous, cachet, cogent, demagogue, exact, examine, prodigal - agent (n.)
- late 15c., "one who acts," from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere "to set in motion, drive, lead, conduct" (see act (n.)). Meaning "any natural force or substance which produces a phenomenon" is from 1550s. Meaning "deputy, representative" is from 1590s. Sense of "spy, secret agent" is attested by 1916.
- agent (adj.)
- 1610s, from agent (n.).
权威例句
- 1. The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years.
- 该特工人员为东德做了20多年的间谍。
- 2. We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque.
- 我们径直到房地产经纪人那里开了一张支票。
- 3. Cheap flights are available from budget travel agent from £240.
- 收费低廉的旅行社可以提供240英镑起的低价机票。
- 4. Remember, the estate agent is working for the vendor.
- 记住，房地产代理商是为房地产卖方服务的。
- 5. My agent told me, "This'll make your name a household word."
- 我的经纪人告诉我：“这将使你一举成名。”
词语辨析
【representative, deputy, substitute, agent, delegate】
这组词都有“代表、代理人”的意思，其区别是：
representative: 一般指被选举或委派代表某人或一些人或某个较大团体的人，其职务有时是较长期的。
deputy: 指上级授权代理行事的代表，特指被选择为执行全部或部分公务的人。
substitute: 主要强调某人或某物可以用来代替别的人或物的作用。
agent: 普通用词，通常指经授权代理另一个人或团体，或指在双方之间代表一方起中间作用的人。
delegate: 指一般被派参加某一会议的代表。
这组词都有“代表、代理人”的意思，其区别是：
representative: 一般指被选举或委派代表某人或一些人或某个较大团体的人，其职务有时是较长期的。
deputy: 指上级授权代理行事的代表，特指被选择为执行全部或部分公务的人。
substitute: 主要强调某人或某物可以用来代替别的人或物的作用。
agent: 普通用词，通常指经授权代理另一个人或团体，或指在双方之间代表一方起中间作用的人。
delegate: 指一般被派参加某一会议的代表。