• n. 中間人；經紀人；調解人

比喻用法。

middleman (n.)

in the trading sense, 1795, from middle + man. From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course."

1. Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman .

直接從生產廠家購買，繞過中間商。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Why don't they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves?

他們為什么不甩開中間商，讓我們自己干呢？

來自柯林斯例句

3. There was no middleman in this transaction.

這筆交易沒有中間人。

來自辭典例句

4. He acted as a middleman in discussions between the two companies.

他在兩公司的談判中作中間人.

來自辭典例句

5. The middleman does not have goods himself.

中間商自己沒有貨物.

來自辭典例句