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."
雙語例句
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?yōu)槭裁床凰﹂_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.