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agent [ˈeıdʒənt] N

estate agent N Brit

house agent N mainly Brit

secret agent N

travel agent N

wetting agent N

Usage examples with agent

an undercover agent
间谍

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The matrix is a continuous layer of elongated fibre strands held together by a water-resistant bonding agent.
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Ideally, a customs agent could obtain a sampling of wood from a shipment of timber during the process of importation.
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During this sting operation, he worked as an undercover agent.
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Thus, each agent can be represented by a characteristic fingerprint of cell-line responsiveness, indicated by the bar graph presentation.
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A kind verdict would call his upending of the secret-agent genre uproariously playful.
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It is also employed as a matting agent in earthenware glazes and can be used to produce magnesia mattes at high temperatures.
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It is the treatment of choice for crusted scabies, and is often used in combination with a topical agent.
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In the future there will be agent's revisions, editor's revisions, proof-reader's revisions.
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Bleached flour is any refined flour with a whitening agent added.
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According to the upmarket estate agent, while inflation-adjustedhouse prices grew 68pc in the Noughties, prices will grow just 40pc in the next decade.
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