agent

agente, rappresentante

Persona che agisce per conto di un’altra persona o organizzazione, spesso gestendo affari o prendendo decisioni.

In inglese semplice: Someone who acts for another person or organization, often arranging business or making decisions.

• Call your travel agent.
• His agent arranged the film contract.
• The insurance agents answered our questions.

Come si usa: agent for someone/something (She works as an agent for several musicians.)

Sinonimi: representative

Espressioni comuni: estate agent, travel agent, agent for someone

agente

Sostanza o forza che provoca un cambiamento o produce un effetto.

In inglese semplice: A substance or force that causes a change or produces an effect.

• Soap is a cleaning agent.
• The laboratory identified the infectious agent.
• Wind acts as an agent of erosion.

Sinonimi: cause

Espressioni comuni: cleaning agent, infectious agent, agent of change

agente

Persona o essere capace di agire e fare scelte che influiscono sulle cose.

In inglese semplice: A person or being able to act and make choices that affect things.

• A moral agent can make choices.
• The theory treats each person as an independent agent.
• Are animals responsible agents in the same way humans are?

Sinonimi: actor

Espressioni comuni: moral agent, rational agent, free agent