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代理,代理人,委托书 ;   代理主机,(是一种在防火墙保护下的大系统中,以PROXY作为代理主机来存取INTERNET)

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Proxy \Prox"y\, n.; pl. {Proxies}. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf.
   {Proctor}.]
   1. The agency for another who acts through the agent;
      authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a
      legislative or corporate capacity.

            I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
                                                  --Burke.

   2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote
      for another.

            Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament
            his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
                                                  --Blackstone.

   3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote
      in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.

   4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits
      in the ecclesiastical courts. --Burrill.

   5. (Eccl.) See {Procuration}. [Obs.]

Proxy \Prox"y\, v. i.
   To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of
   another. [R.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

proxy
     n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: {placeholder},
          {procurator}]
     2: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a
        corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at
        a corporate meeting