A host of studies confirm this covering a wide range of business settings: branch banks, retail stores, real estate agencies, factories, call centres. . . to name but a few.

大量的研证明这点，其中包括许多商业背景：银行分行、零售店、房地产中介、工厂、电话中心...... 这里只列举几例。

There is no point in doing this with intermediaries.

和中介进行交谈是没有意义的。

The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone, with no intrusion on green belt.

最近，伦敦房地产中介公司“Stirling Ackroyd”在伦敦找出足够多的建设地点，这些地方能够建设五十万套住房，且不会侵占绿化带。

We want to make some appointments with estate agents.

我们想和房屋中介约个时间谈一下。

C) strict management of real estate agents.

C）严格管理房地产中介。

This notion of a financial intermediary does add value to society.

这里的金融中介机构确实给社会增添。

First of all, I'm not just a real-estate agent.

首先 我不只是一个房地产中介。

Brighton Estate Agent, how can I help you?

布莱顿房地产中介，请问需要什么服务吗？

So the agency I was talking about is called Bankside—they're based in Docklands—I can tell you the address now—497 Eastside.

我提过的那个中介名字叫 Bankside——他们位于港区——我现在可以告诉你具体的位置——497 Eastside。

They want to maintain this direct relationship with their workers, they call unions an intermediary.

他们希望与工人保持这种直接关系，他们称工会为中介。

I'd better call the rental agent and get directions.

我最好给中介打个电话问清楚具体地址。

Smithson saw his works of art as the mediators between the environment and the economy.

史密森认为他的艺术作品是环境和经济之间的中介。

He says hospitals, middlemen and court officials all benefit from it.

他说，医院、中介和法院都从中获利。

We're not a policing agent. And it's time for us to come home.

我们不是维持治安的中介。我们该回家。

If you want the truth as you say, there can be no intermediaries, no middlemen.

如果你想要你所说的真相，那就不能有中介人，不能有中间人。

Uh, for the record, I am a respected realtor.

我澄清下 我是个受人尊敬的房产中介。

I'm kidding. You don't pay me directly.

开玩笑的 中介费不是直接给我的。

Then the agency shouldn't have given you my name.

那么中介不该给你我的名字。

They enable secure online payments without the use of third-party intermediaries.

它们允许进行安全的在线支付，无需第三方中介。

Well, obviously, you realized I'm not a travel agent.

很显然，你发现我不是一名旅游中介。