proxy
🇺🇸
/ˈprɑːksi/
🇬🇧
/ˈprɒksi/
Permission to let someone act for you.
You can vote either in person or by proxy, which means someone else votes on your behalf.
你可以直接投票,也可以委托他人代为投票。
A person who acts for someone else.
They were like proxy parents to me, providing guidance and support when my real parents couldn't.
他们就像我的代理父母一样,在我没有真正父母的时候给予我指导和支持。
A substitute for something being measured.
The number of patients on a doctor's list was seen as a good proxy for assessing how hard they work, as it reflects the doctor's workload.
医生名单上的病人数量被视为评估他们工作有多努力的好代理,因为它反映了医生的工作量。