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broker

noun
🔊/ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkər/
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  1. a person who buys and sells things for other people经纪人；掮客
    • Ask advice from an insurance broker.咨询一下保险经纪人。
    • a broker for the company这家公司的经纪人
    Topics Moneyc2, Businessc2, Jobsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • credit
    • insurance
    • mortgage
    • …
    verb + broker
    • act as
    • be
    preposition
    • broker between
    • broker for
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  2. (also stockbroker)
     a person or an organization that buys and sells shares for other people经纪人；掮客
  3. broker (between A and B) a person who arranges the details of an agreement between two groups or countries that disagree or oppose each other 安排，协商（协议的细节，尤指在两国间）
    • He offered to act as a broker between the rebels and the government.他提出要在叛军和政府之间担任经纪人。
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    • He acted as broker between the two opposing sides.他充当了对立双方的中间人。
    • He used his position to establish himself as a power broker.他利用自己的职位确立了自己政治掮客的地位。
    4. see also honest broker, pawnbroker, power broker
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.

broker

verb
🔊/ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they broker
🔊/ˈbrəʊkə(r)/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkər/
he / she / it brokers
🔊/ˈbrəʊkəz/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkərz/
past simple brokered
🔊/ˈbrəʊkəd/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkərd/
past participle brokered
🔊/ˈbrəʊkəd/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkərd/
-ing form brokering
🔊/ˈbrəʊkərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbrəʊkərɪŋ/
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  1. broker something to arrange the details of an agreement, especially between different countries安排，协商（协议的细节，尤指在两国间）
    • a peace plan brokered by the UN由联合国出面协商的和平计划
    • Efforts to broker a compromise solution failed.促成折衷解决方案的努力失败。
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    Topics Politicsc2, Businessc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a retailer or pedlar): from Anglo-Norman French brocour, of unknown ultimate origin.