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intermediary

noun
🔊/ˌɪntəˈmiːdiəri/
🔊/ˌɪntərˈmiːdieri/
(plural intermediaries)
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  1. intermediary (between A and B) a person or an organization that helps other people or organizations to make an agreement by being a means of communication between them 中间人；调解人synonym mediator, go-between
    • Financial institutions act as intermediaries between lenders and borrowers.金融机构充当贷方和借方的中间人。🔊🔊
    • All talks have so far been conducted through an intermediary.到目前为止所有的谈判都是通过调停人进行的。🔊🔊
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    • She agreed to act as intermediary between the two tribes.她同意担任两个部落之间的调解人。
    • The product is then sold to the end-user via an intermediary.之后产品经由中间商销售给终端用户。
    • They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过中间人对他们进行了间接接触。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • financial
    verb + intermediary
    • act as
    preposition
    • through an intermediary
    • via an intermediary
    • intermediary between
    • …
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French intermédiaire, from Italian intermediario, from Latin intermedius, from inter- ‘between’ + medius ‘middle’.

intermediary

adjective
🔊/ˌɪntəˈmiːdiəri/
🔊/ˌɪntərˈmiːdieri/
 [only before noun]
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  1. helping other people or organizations to make an agreement by being a means of communication between them中间人；调解人
    • to play an intermediary role in the dispute担任纠纷中的调解人
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  2. located or happening between to places, times or stages（两地、两物、两种状态等）之间的，中间的
    • an intermediary stage of development发展的中间阶段
    • Mountains were seen as an intermediary realm between heaven and earth.山区被视为天地之间的中介领域。