middlemen

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

1. N-COUNT 经纪人;中间商;经销商 A middleman is a person or company which buys things from the people who produce them and sells them to the people who want to buy them. 
  • Why don't they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves?

    他们为什么不甩开中间商,让我们自己干呢?

2. N-COUNT 中间人;掮客;调解人 A middleman is a person who helps in negotiations between people who are unwilling to meet each other directly. 
  • The two sides would only meet indirectly, through middlemen.

    双方只会通过中间人间接接触。