a‧gent S3 W2 / eɪdʒ ə nt / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a person or company that represents another person or company, especially in business :

Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.

agent for

We’re acting as agents for Mr Watson. → estate agent , land agent , real estate agent , travel agent

2 someone who finds work for actors, musicians etc, or who finds someone to publish a writer’s work :

My agent has a new script for me to look at.

a literary agent

3 someone who works for a government or police department, especially in order to get secret information about another country or organization :

an intelligence agent

an FBI agent

an undercover (= secret ) agent → secret agent , double agent

4 technical a chemical or substance that is used for a particular purpose or that has a particular effect :

Soap is a cleansing agent.

5 someone or something that affects or changes a situation

agent for/of change

Technological advances are the chief agents of change. → free agent